Dec 11 2007
Simmtronic has been awarded a contract from PIP Electrics Ltd to supply fully addressable lighting controls for 20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf. Every luminaire in the building will be controlled under DALI protocol by Simmtronic systems. All emergency luminaires will incorporate DALI control inverters to enable the lighting control system to automatically test the emergency installation via the DALI protocol.
20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf.
This building is currently under construction and due for completion in Autumn 2008. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, it offers approximately 300,000ft2 of office space above ground plus ancillary space. Prudential Retirement Income Ltd has taken long leasehold interests in this building, and an American investment bank has taken an occupational lease on it to consolidate its three current London offices into a single headquarters facility by early 2009.
Hilson Moran, the M & E Consultant has specified an energy saving lighting control scheme, predominantly presence based and with daylight linking on the perimeter rows of luminaires. The offices and trading floors have a combination of recessed modular fittings and suspended linear direct/indirect luminaires. For the recessed modular fittings, Simmtronic’s nine output DALI LCMs are being configured one per port to eliminate sub-addressing. These DALI controls feature ballast and lamp failure error feedback to alert facilities and maintenance staff to replacement requirements. The suspended luminaires incorporate a linear lighting control scheme, fed from one end, and will therefore have DALI Hub LCMs with sub-addressing of individual luminaires.
Simmtronic has established an enviable reputation for high-reliability lighting controls with a proven track record in handling large projects to demanding specification. It has completed more than 700 commercial projects, providing future-proof, fully addressable lighting control systems for many of the UK’s largest and most prestigious corporate developments and has supplied many of the largest DALI projects to date.