Edinburgh LED lighting articles

Kings Manor Hotel Saves 10% Energy on Bills

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:03:36 +0000

To cut their energy usage by 85,000kWh The Best Western Kings Manor Hotel in Edinburgh has replaced their halogen lighting with LED. This energy accounts for almost 10% of their total energy use.
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Edinburgh Leisure Open RPM

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:04:53 +0000

“On 14th September we opened a brand new RPM studio, with 20 state-of-the-art bikes and jaw dropping lighting effects to blow you away and carry you through the challenging workout.”
© Edinburgh Leisure
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True Halogen Replacement Lighting

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:26:42 +0000

Solas joins forces with GreenLED to provide the best in White LED lighting to the Scottish market.

Finally a true replacement for a 50w Halogen, the Regulus uses only 7w a saving of 85% on energy costs and lasts up to 20 times as long.
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Special - 20% discount to celebrate new product

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:09:20 +0000

Life is Colour and Warmth and Light
And a striving evermore for these;
(Julian Grenfell - 1915)

In any environment people appreciate a splash of colour. Colour has instant associations with moods and can define the feel of an room subconciously. By keeping control over the colour, the atmosphere can be completely altered to fit requirements.
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SAVE Money by Reducing Your Energy Consumption

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:22:51 +0000

Reduce costs and your carbon footprint using energy efficent, low carbon LED lighting in your business.
Simple tips to reducing your carbon footprint and so saving money on your lighting:

* Reduce quantity & ouput of lights used.
In Britain we have a habit of feeling that whole rooms need to be fully lit. We have traditionally used a pendant light fitting or chandelier in the centre of the room with one or more bulbs to give light everywhere. (more…)

Cambridge reduces manufacture costs for LEDs

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:55:57 +0000

The Metro reports that LED light bulbs could sell at £2/ea. within 2-5 years.
Professors at Cambridge University have discovered a way of producing Gallium Nitride - an important part of LED manufacture - on Silicon rather than the traditional, costly Sapphire.
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Lighting for Burns

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:21:50 +0000

When the National Library in Edinburgh put on the exhibition ZigZag: the Paths of Robert Burns they needed someone to sympathetically light the displays while keeping the overall light levels below certain requirements to reduce deterioration of the original manuscripts.
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LED helps the stones stand out

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:59:03 +0000

Solas provided a complete LED based lighting solution for the Historic Scotland exhibition of Pictish Stonework at the historic village of St. Vigeans.
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Ice cool lighting at dynamic Earth

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:10:48 +0000

Solas is called in by Studio MB - designers for Dynamic Earth - to help save the ‘new’ lighting to the permanent Ice Berg at this Edinburgh attraction.
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ClubHouse @ Scottish Golf Show

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:47:25 +0000

“The lighting made all the difference to make our simple stand, stand out in the crowds.”
Solas was contacted by Designate to help make their client’s stall stand out at the Scottish Golf Show with little budget and little time.
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