Electric.ie January/February 2018

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 21 Industry News Sustainable Energy Award for M50 operator ർ M50 Concession has won the SEAI Sustainable Energy Award 2017 for its Streetlight Dimming Project which has achieved energy savings of 43%, equating to cost savings of €300,000 annually. T Š‡ ’”‘Œ‡…– ‹˜‘Ž˜‡† –Š‡ ‹•–ƒŽŽƒ–‹‘ ‘ˆ ƒ ’‘™‡” …‘–”‘ŽŽ‡” ƒ– ‡ƒ…Š ‘ˆ –Š‡ ͱͰͶ ‡–‡”‡† •—’’Ž› ’‘‹–• ‘ –Š‡ ͵Ͱ ‘–‘”™ƒ› ƒ† ƒ†Œ‘‹‹‰ ‹–‡”…Šƒ‰‡•Ǥ Š‡…‘–”‘ŽŽ‡”• ˆ”‘ ‡˜‡”„‡”‹Ǧ ‡–‡…”‡†—…‡ –Š‡ ’‘™‡” –‘ –Š‡ Ž—‹ƒ‹”‡• ‹ –™‘ †‡ˆ‹‡† •–‡’• ƒ– •‡– –‹‡• during the night depending ‘ –”ƒˆˆ‹…ˆŽ‘™ ƒ• ’”‡•…”‹„‡† „› ”‡Ž‡˜ƒ– Ž‹‰Š–‹‰ •–ƒ†ƒ”†•Ǥ ͵Ͱ ‘…‡••‹‘ ‹• –Š‡ ‘’ƒ› ”‡•’‘•‹„Ž‡ ˆ‘” –Š‡ ͵Ͱ —’‰”ƒ†‡ ™‘”•ǡ…‘’Ž‡–‡† ‹ ͲͰͱͰǡ and the ongoing operation and maintenance of the motorway until ͲͰʹͲǤ Š‡ ͵Ͱ ‹• –Š‡ Žƒ”‰‡•– ˆ—ŽŽ› lit motorway in Ireland with over ʹǡͰͰͰ Ž—‹ƒ‹”‡•ǡ ”ƒ‰‹‰ ˆ”‘ ͱ͵Ͱ –‘ ͶͰͰ ™Š‹…Š ’”‡˜‹‘—•Ž›…‘•—‡† ‘˜‡” ͷ Š per annum. ‹…‡ Ž‹‰Š–‹‰ ƒ……‘—–‡† ˆ‘” ͸Ͳτ ‘ˆ –Š‡‹” –‘–ƒŽ…ƒ”„‘ ‡‹••‹‘• ͵Ͱ Concession were keen to reduce consumption. Project Manager Sean Hollywood; “We examined a number of technologies from the outset, including LED which would have entailed a multi-million Euro investment with significant installation and traffic management costs. It would also have been difficult to justify replacing a significant number of high performance lanterns then barely a ˆ‡™ ›‡ƒ”• ‹–‘ –Š‡‹” ͲͰǦ›‡ƒ” †‡•‹‰ Ž‹ˆ‡dz Installation and was carried out by ͵Ͱ ‘…‡••‹‘ǯ• ‘™ ’‡”•‘‡Ž and took six months to complete ƒ†…‘‹••‹‘Ǥ ‡ƒ ƒ††‡†ǣ Dz Š‡ return on investment is under ͲǤ͵ ›‡ƒ”• ƒ† –Šƒ–ǯ• ‘– ‹…Ž—†‹‰ expected maintenance savings from ‹…”‡ƒ•‡† Žƒ’ ƒ†…‘–”‘Ž ‰‡ƒ” Ž‹ˆ‡dz Lumex had previously installed controllers on a number of trials ‹…Ž—†‹‰ –Š‡ ͱǦ ƒ–”›ǡ ͱǦ ‘—–Š ƒ† ͱͱǦ ‹…Ž‘™Ǥ • ’ƒ”– ‘ˆ –Š‡ ƒ’’”‘˜ƒŽ ’”‘…‡•• ˆ‘” –Š‡ ͵Ͱǡ ƒ –”‹ƒŽ ‘ˆ ƒ ͵  •‡…–‹‘ ‘ˆ ˆ”‘ ʹ ƒŽŽ›— –‘ ͵ ‹‰Žƒ• Šƒ• „‡‡ operating for over two years in order to demonstrate the savings. Michael Brennan of Lumex …‘‡–‡†ǣ Dz – Šƒ• –ƒ‡ ‘˜‡” ͳ years to get the project across the line with consultants looking at every conceivable aspect, not least road safety. Some unique features were required which we were able to incorporate on the Reverberi systems. Whilst everyone agrees that LED will be the end game for public lighting, this project has shown that power control is a compelling option in particular cases. Incidentally the system is compatible with LED luminaires fitted with the appropriate driver in –Š‡ ‡˜‡– ‘ˆ ƒ ˆ—–—”‡ —’‰”ƒ†‡dz ͵Ͱ ‘…‡••‹‘ ‡‡”ƒŽ ƒƒ‰‡” ‘”Œƒ ƒ–ƒƒ”‹ƒ ƒ††‡†ǣ Dz ‡ ƒ”‡ obviously delighted to have won the award. It is a fitting tribute to the hard work by all on the team. The savings achieved have vindicated our decision to adopt power control even when it felt we were swimming against the LED industry tide. We believe the decision to be a prudent interim ‡ƒ•—”‡ ˆ‘” –Š‡ ‡š– ͱͰǦͱ͵ ›‡ƒ”• in our contract by which time we expect LED and driver long term reliability to be proven and prices to be more competitive. Despite the reduced consumption the effect of the dimming is barely noticeable to the naked eye. Nobody ‘™• ‹–ǯ• –Š‡”‡Ǩdz Flanked by Michael Brennan and Seamus Boland of Lumex are; Sean Hollywood, Mick McLoughlin and Borja Santamaria of M50 Concession