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Leicester pilot proves LED switch’s benefits

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As part of its carbon reduction programme – and in a separate project to that reported on on page 58 – Spire Healthcare has recently evaluated the benefits of LED lighting in a pilot project at its Leicester Hospital, which demonstrated energy savings of around 69%.

“Our carbon reduction target is a 10% reduction on a 2010 baseline by 2015,” explained national estates director, Nigel Sharp. “To help achieve this, we undertook energy audits to evaluate areas where further investment would yield significant energy savings. We considered a number of low energy technologies, and upgrading the lighting to LED showed the biggest predicted ROI.”

“To firm up the business case, Philips Lighting helped us organise a pilot at Spire Leicester Hospital, focusing on where the lighting was used for the longest periods, and installing metering equipment to measure the energy savings.”

In corridors, the reception area, and main offices, existing fluorescent lighting has been replaced by LED luminaires point for-point. The project took full advantage of Philips’ ‘ability to provide a total solution’, and encompassed a site survey, lighting design, installation services, measurement of energy consumption, and validation of savings.

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