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Light
& Building Frankfurt 2006
Clifton Bridge
Howard
St Sheffield
EFO
Lamp Colour
Hurlingham
Club Sculpture
Clinton
Library
Crescent
at Arc05
St
Giles Hotel
CL
Standard stars in France
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11th May 2006
Light & Building Frankfurt
2006
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11th May 2006
Clifton Bridge Switched
On!
The new lighting scheme
for the Clifton Suspension bridge was officially switched on in
early April in a ceremony complete with fireworks, timed to coincide
with the bi centennial of the birth of its designer, Isambard Kingdom
Brunel.
The structure, spanning the river Avon in Bristol, has always been
lit, but this scheme from Pinniger & Partners used the latest
technology and Crescent Lighting provided 748 special 3x 1w LED
fittings to illuminate the iron chains that hang over the road deck.
Although initially based around a standard exterior spotlight, the
final design is almost totally different, with an attachment clamp
(no drilling allowed on the chains!), a special glare guard, and
a paint finish to match the one on the chains.
The drivers are mounted
in the two towers at either end of the bridge to keep access easy,
and are controlled from an Ex-Or system which is operated from the
Bridgemaster's control office.
The horizontal bridge
deck is illuminated by fluorescent fittings which both delineate
the structure from the outside and provide lighting for the pedestrian
walkways on the inside.
Crescent would like to
thank Pinniger & Partners, Silcock Dawson the engineering consultants,
Bridgemaster John Mitchell and Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust for
their cooperation in this project.
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19th February 2006
Howard
St Sheffield
Crescent lighting have
supplied fibre optic lighting to the dramatic new water feature
in the Howard Street pedestrian area of Sheffield.
The Howard Street and
Hallam Garden areas are part of a huge regeneration project to link
the railway station to the city centre via an attractive pedestrian
route.
Howard Street has been pedestrianised and landscaped with a new
paved surface, lit seating areas, and new street lighting, as well
as the new water feature.
The water feature (the
design of which is a metaphor for molten steel running down the
hill, cooling as it goes, before disappearing down the 'sink'!)
comprises a fountain feeding a rill leading down to the collection
sink. The water is recirculated passing through a filter system,
before being pumped back up to the fountain.
The fountain and rill areas are covered in a 'hot metal' mosaic
tile design with the colours changing as the rill goes further away
from the fountain and towards the sink, and the 'metal' cools.
Lighting designers Sutton
Vane Associates worked closely with Sheffield City Council to devise
and decided that the fountain & rill feature should be lit with
fibre optics.
The fountain used paver fittings with clear glass lenses, whilst
the rill used the lightbar linear fibre optic system, which was
hard anodised & resin filled to protect it from the elements.
There was over 30 metres of Lightbar fitted to one side of the rill
powered by eight IP 45 250w HQI CRE4625 projectors.
The top smaller image
above shows the special seats illuminated by the CLS linear LED
system
Thanks go to Sutton Vane
& Sheffield City Council, who kindly provided the images.
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19th July 2005
New
EFO Lamp Colour
Crescent Lightings parent
company, Fiberstars have started shipments of a new Daylight lamp
for the company’s new energy saving lighting technology, EFO
(Efficient Fiber Optics).
The new lamp was showcased
at two recent trade shows – Lightfair International 2005 in
New York, and the Edison Electric Institute National Accounts Spring
2005 Workshop in Las Vegas, Nevada. The lamp, which features a light
spectrum that duplicates sunlight, was received positively by prospective
customers.
The new Daylight lamp
addresses the light colour requirements of some customers and lighting
designers. It meets the demand for premium white light and has a
high Colour Rendering Index, indicating its ability to accurately
render the colour red. The new Daylight lamp will be sold as a companion
product with the existing EFO Warm White lamp and give customers
more choices in the application of EFO. The new lamp is believed
to broaden the marketing opportunities for EFO, especially in lighting
clothing, cosmetics and in other colour sensitive environments,
including museums and commercial buildings.
The Daylight lamp was
beta site tested in the sea food department of the Whole Foods Market®
landmark store in Austin, Texas. The installation increased the
amount of light typically delivered by halogen MR16 lamps, and reduced
energy consumption by 72%.
Fiberstars EFO is more
energy efficient than halogen, other incandescent lamps, compact
fluorescent lamps and LEDs. It significantly reduces watts per square
metre without sacrificing light levels and helps meet lighting wattage
restrictions demanded by new energy regulations for commercial market
new construction and renovations in the USA.
One EFO 70 watt lamp
replaces up to eight (8) 50 watt MR16 halogen lamps – an energy
savings of over 80%. It can also replace (4) four 26 watt compact
fluorescent lamps, an energy savings of 33%, and 60 3-watt LED devices,
an energy savings of over 60%.
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31st May 2005
Hurlingham Club Sculpture
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A new sculpture has been unveiled at the Hurlingham club in on the
bank of the Thames in London.
A two metre diameter sphere (recalling the domed conservatory at Hurlingham
in Victorian times) constructed from copper & navel brass rings
sits in the centre of a pool, with water cascading gently around its
edge into the moat below.
The superb Barry Mason designed piece uses Crescent fibre optic lighting
to bring it alive during the hours of darkness.
This is the largest commission
that Mason has ever tackled involving, water & light and to
refine the design he used a mock up at water feature and fountain
specialists Ustergate who supplied all the water related equipment.
Crescent also conducted trials with Ustagate and the fibre optic
equipment at this stage to establish the best combination for the
project.
Lengths of the linear fibre optic Lightbar range were formed into
curves to match the circumference of the pool (about 14 metres),
and installed so that the water flows close by them, picking up
the light on the way, the movement of the water making the light
appear to flicker softly.
The central sphere is lit with four fountain spots within its base,
which are focused so as to illuminate the whole of the inside.
CRE4625 250w IP46projectors were used with FSPTe50 optical cable
for the spots.
For more information on Barry Mason sculptures visit www.barry-mason.co.uk
"For me the
idea behind a sculpture is paramount, and the methods and materials
chosen to express the idea should be the best available".
Barry Mason
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24th
April 2005
Clinton Library, Little Rock, Arkansaw
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EFO (Efficient
Fiber Optics) manufactured by our parent company, Fiberstars is
featured in the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center
- America's 12th Presidential Library. The $160 million center
is located in the River Market District of downtown Little Rock,
and contains 20,000 square feet of library and museum space.
The William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center and Library,
designed by Polshek Partnership Architects, is cantilevered over
the Arkansas River, & offers visitors breathtaking views of
the Center's nearly 28-acre park, downtown Little Rock, the city's
other six bridges and the mountains beyond.
Fiberstars'
energy efficient EFO 4+4 illuminators and EFO LightBeam Lightbars
light up wall cases in the columns of the Presidential Library.
The EFO 4+4 illuminator is an energy efficient illuminator ideal
for downlighting, accent lighting and case lighting applications.
EFO LightBeam Lightbars are low profile, linear light fixtures
that illuminate along a linear path with the light aimed exactly
where it's needed. The light directed has no electrical hazards,
ultraviolet rays and is virtually infrared free, making it ideal
for illuminating artifacts in the Clinton library. In addition,
EFO LightBeam is used to light the long cases on the angled wall
of the library and the intro wall. TriAxis Lightbars are used
in long clear span glass document cases to light the interiors
evenly.
Mirroring the central theme President Clinton defined during his
administration - Building a Bridge to the 21st Century, and keeping
in mind the recurring call by him for investment in technology
and social programs, EFO is an ideal choice as one of the light
sources for the Clinton Library. EFO is the sustainable "green"
lighting solution of the future - showcasing new, revolutionary
energy efficient, accent lighting products. EFO's patented high-performance
optics deliver substantially lower operating and maintenance costs,
while maintaining traditional installation methods. It provides
as much as 80% greater energy savings than halogen or other incandescent
lighting systems in downlighting applications and is even more
efficient than compact fluorescents. One 68 watt EFO metal halide
lamp is capable of replacing eight 50 watt halogen lamps totaling
400 watts.
Exhibits in the museum are designed by Ralph Appelbaum and Associates
of New York, whilst Technical Artistry in New York designed the
exhibition lighting.
The William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center is estimated
to attract 300,000 visitors in its first year of operation.
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11th
March 2005
Crescent
at Arc05
This was our display at the inaugural Arc05 exhibition last month.
Using our new modular box structure we showed the the CL range,
the EFO system, various standard LED & fibre optic solutions,
and the new LED Spotlights and LED Track system for the first time.
The LED track got an enthusiastic response from everyone who saw
it and we have great hopes for this exiting new product with it's
patent applied for spotlight attachment system.
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This attachment system ensures that the correct currect is always
seen by each spotlight no matter how many are fitted to a length
of track (spotlight numbers are only limited by the size of driver).
The track is available in 350 or 700mA versions so that 1 or 2w
spotlights can be used.
Click on the image to download a pdf data sheet on
this new system.
We enjoyed the exhibition
and hope the this is the start of something that will grow, with
the addition of some of the bigger companies who were absent this
year.
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26th
November 2004
BPAK looks stunning on St Giles Hotel
BPAK side emitting fibre optic cable looks brilliant on top the
the St Giles Hotel in Fetham, nr Heathrow.
The hotel wanted to revamp the lighting 'outline' at the roof level
following the failure of the original system (by others!) and to
try to increase the lighting effect.
Crescent Lighting
used the recently introduced CRE4625 IP45 250wHQI projector which
is particularly suitable because of the IP rating/stainless steel
construction (the projectors had to be mounted outside on the roof)
and the excellent performance of the 250wHQI lamp with the BPAK150
side emitting optical cable.
Total of 14 projectors were used & more than 200metres of BPAK150
cable, to edge the whole of the roof line. A blue filter is used
on the fibre to complement the blue light washing up the hotel sides
from the ground.
The Hotel is located
in the middle of Feltham, west of London, just a couple of miles
south of Heathrow airport. The hotel is highly visible, and has
become a local landmark.
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1 st Noveber 2004
CL
Standard stars in France
Crescent has supplied
the CL Standard linear colour change system to Lumiere, the largest
privately owned building in Paris. The building, over 400 meters
long, is treated with theatrical lighting effects to make it stand
out from the background buildings and make it visible from the Peripherique.
Lighting Design International specified the product for the key
bridges which span the reception area. The CL system washes the
undersides of the bridges and changes colour from yellow, orange
and red in the early evening to blue & deep purple later at
night.
The system was also used
in the lift lobbies to backlight glazed areas.
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