About Luceco plc Luceco is a manufacturer and distributor of high quality and innovative LED lighting products, wiring accessories and portable power products for a global customer base. With over 70 years’ experience, the Luceco PLC brands of Luceco LED Lighting, Kingfisher, DW Windsor, BG Electrical, Masterplug and Ross are market leaders in key electrical categories. Luceco, the global lighting brand from Luceco plc, is a £60M manufacturing business supplying high efficiency, energy saving LED luminaires to the trade and specification markets. Our reputation is based on the reliability and...

Light Source Criteria for Interior Environments Criteria IP Luminaire Warranty Period Notes Lighting Guide LG2 covers lighting for healthcare premises and provides practical ways of lighting the modern hospital environment with illumination recommendations aligned where possible with the Society of Light & Lighting Code for Lighting. Luxpanel Backlit Extra Healthcare environments have to accommodate a range of facilities, each space could have specific lighting requirements to serve various audiences, staff, patients, visitors, technical and maintenance workers. Element Downlight It is widely...

The Healthcare Enviroment Setting Healthcare buildings can be very complex for a lighting designer due to the diverse task requirements demanded, often requiring high levels of visual performance as well as a safe environment with built in emergency lighting systems in case of possible supply interruptions. Facilities also have to be appropriately lit to ensure safe high transit use by a range of audiences including the aged, and those with disabilities or in distress, so a practical but calming lit environment is essential. It should be noted that LG2 does not evaluate human-centric elements...

Applications LG2 reviews a wide range of interior and exterior applications, each will have various light level requirements and regulations to meet. Below we take a look at some of the more common applications. Areas such as operating theatres and specialist diagnosis require very specific illumination and are not covered in this general overview. Public Areas Public spaces such as waiting areas need to be calm and relaxing to cater for both patients and visitors who may be distressed. Bright and uniformed lighting would be appropriate in food and beverage areas with lower levels of lighting...

Wards and General Clinical Areas Luminaires may be IP-rated where appropriate and the space lit to between 100-150 lux. Lighting requirements become more complex and reference to table 1 should be made. LG2 states that wards are complex spaces and require the illuminance values from 5 lux for night lighting through to 1000 lux for patient examination and a colour rendering quality of ≥Ra90, but within most general clinical areas, the level of colour rendition needs only to be provided to the immediate task area. General lighting should be at 100 lux at floor level, 300 lux for reading at bedhead...

Ancillary Rooms and Offices Object : Offices where specific tasks are carried out require higher temperature clean white, shadow free Installation : Example Care Home lighting. High uniform illuminance levels and balanced luminance levels on walls and ceilings will help Project number : Date : 13.11.2020 staff to perform their job as effectively as possible. General Guidance is also available from the 8 Office SLL Lighting Guide 7: Office Lighting. Ancillary areas common to healthcare environments,8.2 Summary, Office and rest areas can benefit such as canteens 8.2.1 Result overview, Evaluation...

Alton Community Hospital Community Hospital Lighting Case Study Alton Community Hospital’s facilities include a number of local medical services and the Anstey ward, a GP-led community bed facility for rehabilitation and palliative care. Over 850 luminaires were supplied for the project, a principal fitting was the Academy. The Academy luminaire is designed and typically used in healthcare applications. It benefits from an opal prism diffuser with screw secured endcaps and can be surface mounted or suspended and features a central cable entry with BESA fixings spaced at 600mm, so is ideal for...

General Hospital General Hospital Lighting Case Study Luceco help Trafford General Hospital with further energy savings using wireless lighting controls. Following the success of considerable energy savings as a result of recent lighting refurbishments utilising wireless lighting controls, Luceco was pleased to supply luminaires for further wards within Trafford General Hospital in Greater Manchester. Managed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, the hospital is renowned for being the Birthplace of the NHS. Luceco Wireless Lighting Controls were specified by SI Sealy in association with...

General Hospital Recessed Contour was used in the Day Room and Suspended Contour on the wards. Seamless runs of energy saving cost effective LED lighting can be created with Contour with the added benefit of 100,000 hours maintenance free operational life. Platinum is a high performance downlight offering 100,000 hours life L80 B10 with an efficacy up to 135 Llm/cW. Recent enhancements to Platinum include a further optimised heatsink and a reduction in bezel thickness from 6mm to 2.5mm on a standard IP44 bezel as well as being magnetic and an IP65 & anti-ligature bezel for IK10+ applications....

Gargash Hospital Dubai Luceco LuxFrame at The Gargash Hospital, Dubai Luceco has recently supplied over 2,500 LuxFrame luminaires to Gargash Hospital, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Gargash Hospital is UAE’s first female-owned, multi-specialty, tertiary care hospital with primary focus on women’s health and childcare. The facilities comprise of two basement levels, a ground floor and two additional floors offering numerous hospital beds. LuxFrame is a minimalist LED luminaire designed with simplicity in mind for suspended ceiling grid applications, enabling the creation of imaginative lighting...