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Havells Sylvania www.havells-sylvania.com www.concord-lighting.com CONCORD BRINGS HISTORY TO LIFE AT THE ASHMOLEAN The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology is the world’s oldest public museum and one of Europe’s most popular cultural tourist destinations. It is home to Oxford University’s collection of art and archaeology and more than 850,000 people visit each year. The building needs constant care and attention to ensure it delivers the welcoming atmosphere upon which the Ashmolean prides itself and keeps up with the demands of visitors. As part of this continuous maintenance, a collaborative group was formed between the University of Oxford’s Estates Services team and the operational team at the museum in order to find an innovative and sustainable lighting solution for the gallery spaces that provided a better experience for the visitors and the behind the scenes maintenance teams. Over 1900 halogen light fittings were replaced with dimmable Concord Beacon Muse LEDs. Due to the longer lifespan of these lamps the museum will now save two man days a week, which were previously used to replace broken halogen lamps. The lamps are also easily moved along a track, dimmed and refocused to allow museum teams to change displays with ease. An added bonus is that the museum will now save £45k a year in reduced energy usage. When it came to redesigning the lighting scheme the aesthetics and performance of the lighting was paramount as Harry PhythianAdams, Executive Officer, Director’s Office at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, explains, “We required a solution that provided the same lit effect as halogen but also delivered a better uniformity of light whilst bringing the vibrant colours in the galleries to life. Concord was able to adapt the Beacon Muse to meet our needs perfectly: it changed the colour temperature of the spotlight to 2700K warm white with colour rendering index of typical 97 and also
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provided us with a customised white bezel to better suit our interior décor. We are also impressed with the energy savings we have seen. Due to the unique design of the product, in addition to the LED energy savings compared to the previous Halogen lights, less heat is emitted and we have been able to reduce our air conditioning usage and save on our energy costs” The project was funded jointly by the museum and by the Carbon Reduction Programme run by the Environmental Sustainability team at the university. As such, an important factor in the project was the carbon reduction potential. The new LEDs use less energy and produce less heat allowing the museum to reduce their mechanical air cooling. 236 tonnes of carbon will be saved every year and will count towards the university’s overall carbon reduction target of 33% by 2020/21 on a 2005 baseline.