Lighting & Electrical With energy bills rising and the dark nights creeping in, hotels are increasingly under pressure to keep costs down and keep the lights on. Responsible for 21% of a buildings energy bill, lighting is a large part of hotels expenses. Switching to LED Lighting can help you save money and eradicate any need for maintenance with a lifespan of up to 50,000 hours. A Grade I-listed Elizabethan hotel in Suffolk has recently made with switch to LEDs, and seen its electricity use fall by a third.
cut costs and consumption. With the entire hotel in line for a lighting update – including 32 guest rooms, communal areas, corridors, conference facilities and dining rooms – sourcing high-performance, cost-saving lamps without compromising on light quality or aesthetics was a top priority. LED Hut Trade’s extensive Lumilife range ticked all the boxes, allowing Hintlesham Hall’s director Ray Payne to give the hotel a the desired look and feel throughout. Ray explains: “When it came to updating the lighting at Hintlesham Hall, we knew we wanted to move over to cost- and energy-saving LEDs. We opted for LED Hut Trade because of its vast product range – from dimmable spotlights for the bedrooms to candle-shaped lamps for the chandeliers in the dining rooms. The expert sales team helped us choose between warm white and cool white light depending on the ambience we wanted to achieve in each space, which is always an important consideration for a hotel. “Our on-site maintenance team found the vast majority of the lamps simply to be direct replacements that work few that weren’t, we were able to make the necessary was a smart, long-term investment, which more than investment will pay for itself in just one year, with LED Hut Trade provides the ultimate online LED lighting resource, specialising solely in LEDs and selling exclusively to the trade. It offers an unparalleled product portfolio of marketleading LED lighting solutions to suit any application – backed with competitive pricing, strong product guarantees and nextday delivery. For more information, or to register for a trade account, please visit trade.ledhut.co.uk