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Simmtronic has supplied the complete lighting control system installed in Marks & Spencer’s new HQ at 1 & 2 Waterside, Paddington Basin, having initially successfully fulfilled the lighting controls contract on the building shell and core. When Marks & Spencer took the building, electrical contractor Hills Electrical called on Simmtronic again to provide the lighting controls for the full Cat B fitout, tailored to meet the precise requirement of the new tenant.
On this dramatic 10-storey office development,the consultants elected to have mains borne signalling as it simplified installation into what is a conventionally wired building. The SPECS3 system supplied by Simmtronic combines energy-efficient,variable daylight linking and occupancy control, driven by over 1300 lighting control modules.
Throughout the main open plan areas presence based control is employed with energy-saving photocell dimming control on perimeter lights responding to daylight penetration. Meeting rooms have been provided with scene setting functions and Simmtronic has employed presence detection linked to a specially produced display panel, representing the floor layout, to provide a constant indicator of each meeting room’s occupancy/availability.
The lighting control system has also been utilised to monitor disabled toilet alarms.
