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Urbis Schréder: reimagining The way light Is Used
From cities, to roads, bridges, rails, sports, tunnels, and workspaces, Urbis Schréder are fully engineered to deliver energy & cost savings and support YOUR decarbonisation initiatives. With over 100+ years of experience and refinement of our approach to lighting, we develop solutions for tomorrow's needs, connecting global expertise with a local perspective to build legacies for future generations. We offer smart integrated lighting and control solutions, connecting spaces and places to enable improved environments, whilst enhancing standards and reimagining the way light is used through efficiency, innovation, sustainability, and expertise.
With the right design and technology, lighting can completely transform a space and how (or whether) people use and experience it. Schréder’s EXEDRA is our most advanced remote control management system (CMS) on the market through which we can ensure additional savings (of up to 85% in energy savings) are secure and different light levels can be provided – supporting your journey to decarbonisation.
In 2017, Coventry Council announced a ten-year strategic plan to enable the city to become a culturally attractive, vibrant, and prosperous city for everyone who lives, works, and studies there. A 15- acre city centre regeneration plan was launched to transform the amenities for an improved social and cultural life. As part of this plan, the Bull Yard shopping precinct, a well-known and well-loved area of the city centre, was redeveloped with a fresh new design that focuses on nature.
This project is believed to be catalysed by the ‘UK City of Culture’ which happens every four years for a period of one calendar year, during which the successful bidder (city) hosts cultural festivities through culture-led regeneration for the year. Balfour Beatty, who was leading the project, commissioned Urbis Schréder to provide an original yet sustainable lighting solution for the Bull Yard area. It had to reflect the new focus on nature and encourage people, especially families, to spend more time enjoying the facilities once the sun sets.
We worked with Valmont Structures to design a beautiful, bespoke triple mast column to host the highly-efficient TECEO luminaire. Five single wooden poles with the TECEO were installed at the water park area and five triple columns in the heart of the Bull Yard. The low-energy TECEO LED luminaire delivers a gentle white light that creates a warm
and welcoming night-time atmosphere, whilst the wooden masts have been specially treated to avoid rotting and corrosion and are easy to maintain.
This unique lighting structure is one of very few triple lighting columns in the world and is truly a work of art to admire. Local residents are delighted with the high-quality public space that not only provides an effective pedestrian thoroughfare but also a place to sit, play relax in a sustainable way.
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logic@urbis-schreder.com