Acuity Brands, an energy efficient lighting and control solutions supplying company, has declared its involvement in an energy saving project that requires relighting various parts of Hercules, CA with its patented Holophane brand of lightings.
The brand is known for providing low cost and efficient lighting solutions for industrial, commercial and outdoor usages for the past 110 years.
The city of Hercules has replaced the 161 cobra head lightings fitted with 100-watt and high pressure sodium lamps with the modern- styled Holophane brand LEDgend Roadway LED lights supplied by Acuity Brands. The lights while increasing the visibility and security by providing consistent lighting for the streets and roadways has cut down the energy usage by nearly 40%. The new type of lightings are currently utilized to provide lighting for two and four-lane roads that ran along the community buildings, houses, businesses, hotels and strip malls. The lighting fixtures are also utilized to light the parking lots along the streets and side walks, which were in darkness before. The light fixtures are placed over the existing light poles thus saving the city valuable investment.
To overcome the problem of supplying adequate lighting levels for the roadways and side walks, Acuity Brands utilized the LEDgend Roadway LED luminaries and lasting prismatic glass optics to manage the distribution of light and to lessen the glare. The LEDgend lighting is fixed with Type III wide asymmetric optical distribution and preserves 0.8 average foot candles with a 4:1 maximum to minimum ratio to guide maximum light. The optical control incorporated in LEDgend light fixtures cuts off the light that trespasses or spill over the close by houses or properties. With the use of a thermal management system and low level junction temperature the lights endure up to 40ºC heat and the dual drivers and the related transfer switch pattern allows the lights to function for over 80,000 hours without the need for maintenance or for a period of around 18 to 20 years.
Source: http://holophane.com/