Dextra Lighting Supplies Ilfracombe Arts College

gazza — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000

gazza Wed, 15/05/2013

Ilfracombe Arts College is a community college that is quickly gaining an impressive reputation in the North Devon region. With a good Ofsted report and ever increasing student base the college has had to undergo major building and refurbishment work to help aid continuous development and improvement. Recently £3 million has been spent on its Beacon Art Centre and a further £1 million on a further refurbishment programme.
When NPS Group approached Dextra Lighting about upgrading the classroom lighting in the science/technology classrooms and toilets to surface mounted LED luminaries, the company’s Graduate LED and Amenity Plus LED ranges were chosen. NPS Group and the college wanted a maintenance free education lighting solution which was going to reduce their current running costs, increase the existing class room lighting levels and was going to make the classrooms look as if they have had a complete refurbishment.
The Graduate LED range offers the right mix of flexibility and innovation. Already with a healthy reputation around the

UK, and one that has become synonymous with high quality school lighting and college lighting within the sector, the Graduate LED enables a wide range of classroom lighting to benefit from this unrivalled product. It offers the major benefits expected from school lighting fixtures – excellent energy efficiency and a 50,000 hour lifetime.
Combining energy efficiency with cost savings, the Graduate is fitted with an LED variant that offers maximum flexibility and enables lighting functions to be changed as often as necessary to cope with times of day, activity levels and working environment. The new LED lighting variant has been designed to incorporate an optional integral microwave sensor with bright out control to further increase the achievable energy savings, reduce carbon footprint and increase return on investment.
Thanks to the Graduate LED’s advanced sensor technology, which requires no modification of external wiring, it is ideal in retrofit settings such as school lighting, college lighting and university lighting.
The other product chosen by the college and NPS Group is the Amenity Plus LED. This is produced in conjunction with Tridonic and exclusive to Dextra Lighing allowing it to offer a range of functions unique to the company. With 1500 lumen output and light output ratios in excess of 80% this product range gives similar performance to a 28W 2D luminaire with the benefit of a 50,000 hour product lifetime and five year warranty.
The Amenity Plus LED can be offered with optional integral sensor, emergency, corridor mode or dimming options all of which can be combined to tailor the luminaire to suit your application. This product range is available with black or white polycarbonate bodies, ensuring that this luminaire will meet both your aesthetic and practical needs.
The Amenity Plus LED range is sealed to IP65 allowing for use in external lighting areas such as under canopies, but is equally suited to a range of internal applications such as corridors, stairways, toilets and storage areas.
NPS Group and Ilfracombe College’s teachers have both reported the new light fittings are not only working well but are improving the education lighting within the classrooms around the college.

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Graduate LED Range from Dextra Lighting

gazza — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000

Graduate LED Range from Dextra Lighting

gazza Thu, 09/05/2013

Successful products are often those that offer both flexibility and innovation. Light fittings are no different and Dextra Lighting has overachieved with both these aims with its Graduate LED range. Already with a healthy reputation around the UK, and one that has become synonymous with high quality education lighting within the sector, Dextra Lighting has now re-launched the product as an LED version. This enables a wide range of classroom lighting to continue to benefit from this unrivalled product which offers the benefits expected from school lighting fixtures – excellent energy efficiency and a 50,000 hour lifetime.
But the development hasn’t stopped there. The Graduate LED is not restricted to academic environments with many other applications within industry, commercial, corridor and healthcare, able to benefit from the extreme flexibility and gear options available with the Graduate LED.
Combining energy efficiency with high transmission, the Graduate is fitted with an LED variant that offers even more flexibility and enables different lighting functions to be selected to cope with times of day, activity levels, and working environment. The new LED variant has been designed to incorporate an optional integral microwave sensor and bright out control further increasing the achievable energy savings, reducing carbon footprint and increasing return on investment.
The Graduate LED is ideal in retrofit settings such as corridor lighting where there is a requirement for contemporary corridor lighting or LED lighting design thanks to the Graduate LED sensor control feature which requires no modification of external wiring. The Graduate LED can also be offered with a range of stand alone sensors such as the Dextra Lighting Reacta 44 which offers presence detection, fully dimmable daylight regulation and remote control programmability. This is ideal for commercial lighting and healthcare lighting. To further strengthen the Graduate LED as the lighting design choice for school lighting, college lighting and university lighting the Graduate LED is offered with switch dimming, analogue dimming or DALI dimming functions. Emergency options are available in standard, self test and auto test ensuring that the Graduate LED suits client needs in entirety. The Graduate LED remains an attractive solution for education lighting and led hospital lighting as well as a wide range of other applications such as corridors, stairways and suspended corridor lighting.

Summary of applications:
The Graduate LED is ideal for classroom lighting fixtures within schools, colleges and universities as well as training centres. It also appeals within the health care lighting sector within hospitals, doctor’s surgeries and clinics. It performs well in corridors within leisure centres, corridors, service areas and commercial environments where pir light sensors are required and on stairways within office buildings, schools and workplaces where there is a requirement for low energy LED lighting. The Graduate LED contains a unique system which allows optimisation of luminaires to provide the required light levels whilst minimising energy consumption thereby prolonging luminaire performance by ensuring the installation is not overly lit and maintaining optimum efficiency levels. The Graduate LED is perfect for commercial interior lighting and an effective solution for led industrial lighting. Because no UV or infrared is produced this widens potential within healthcare environments. LED lights do not need to warm up and are not affected by switching meaning LED life remains the same regardless of switching cycles making it an ideal solution for corridor lighting.

Other key features of the Graduate LED include:
Fully covered by the Dextra Lighting 5 year system warranty.
Supplied fully assembled and ready to install with no requirements for on site assembly.
Removable gear tray allows for simple installation and maintenance.

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