Pictured above: A view of the Charlton Lane
Hospital
Staffordshire based lighting specialists CP Northern have come
to the aid of a new hospital in Gloucestershire by designing and
installing a lighting control system that is hoped will
significantly reduce energy costs whilst providing state of the art
technology.
The Charlton Lane Hospital in Cheltenham was officially opened
in April following a £6.8m revamp and provides day and
residential care for the elderly suffering with mental health
problems and dementia. The building boasts a modern, specialist
assessment and treatment centre for people who need greater help
whilst all of the rooms are single occupancy and en-suite.
"There are in excess of fifty bedrooms within the hospital and
we have designed and commissioned a lighting control system that
operates in conjunction with the nurse call and bed occupancy
systems to help both the safety and privacy of patients," said
James Hart, Project Director at CP Northern.
Pictured above: James Hart, Project Director, CP
Northern
"This function is in addition to the control of general communal
area lighting and provides "bespoke bedroom and bathroom lighting
which is automatically switched on via bed pressure mats interfaced
with the system and programmed to operate if a patient gets up or
falls out of bed during the night. The nursing staff can also
remotely raise and dim the lighting of each bedroom via infrared
remote control without entering the bedrooms to check on patient's
welfare.
"The hospital benefits from large amounts of natural daylight in
the open plan living areas, so to ensure maximum energy savings,
the automated lighting control system throughout the building
offers full daylight linking which measures the amount of natural
light coming into individual areas and reduces the amount of
artificial light needed to maintain the desired pre-set
programmable lighting levels. An emergency lighting automatic test
and monitoring system is also a feature of the system providing
massive on-going benefits to the facilities and maintenance
management team." added James.
CP Northern supply and commission' intelligent fully addressable
automated lighting control systems for private and public sector
construction projects throughout the UK and is an approved system
partner of CP Electronics, one of the UK's most innovative and
respected manufacturers of lighting and heating control
products.
For more information on CP Northern, please visit their website:
www.cpnorthern.co.uk