ECO Lighting

Energy Saving Lighting, Fluorescent Lighting, Light Emitting Diodes (LED) Lighting and Energy Efficient Lighting

In an effort to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, the Federal Government announced that it would phase out inefficient light globes. Since February 2009, standard incandescent lamps/globes have no longer been available for sale. Low voltage (12volt) dichroic lamps are to be phased out by October 2012 with other types of inefficient lamps to follow. 

With electricity prices trending upwards, within the next few years predictions are that the estimated cost of electricity will double.

At Mainphase we take a proactive approach to this. We can evaluate your present situation and determine the best application utilizing the latest low energy type lighting products available.

A turnkey solution, calculating proposed energy cost saved, cost to upgrade to proposed low energy type lighting and taking project through to completion.

Low Energy Lighting Types

  • LED (Light Emitting Diodes)
  • Compact Fluorescent
  • Fluorescent
  • Cold Cathode

Benefits of Low Energy Lighting

  • Lower electricity consumption (up to 80% reduction)
  • Lower heat output (less energy consumed and lost in heat)
  • Longer life (Up to 50,000+ hours equating to 5+ years @ 24 hour operation)  
  • Lower Greenhouse gas emissions
  • Short payback period (in most cases less than 12 months) 

COST SAVING EXAMPLE:

A 12volt 50watt low voltage dichroic lamp (as shown below) operates at high temperatures via a transformer, we all know them as we have them in our offices and homes.  These lamps can last up to 4000 hours (Approximately 1+ years maximum if operating at 6 hours per day). The cheaper $2.00 lamp will only operate in half that time.   

 

These dichroic lamps & transformers can be replaced with a LED (Light emitting diode) lamps  producing the same amount of light but consuming up to 80% less power than that of the dichroic lamp. The operating cost is dramatically reduced which is great but what is impressive is that the LED lamps last in excess of 50,000 hours (Approximately 5+ years if operating 24 hours per day or 10+ years @ 12 hours per day).

In an office situatuion where hundreds of these low voltage dichroic lamps exists the cost reduction is so great that the payback period is less than 12 months and with maintenace costs slashed the bottom line profit figure is the only thing that increases in value.    

 

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Emergency & Exit Lighting

In the event the power fails in your building, your emergency and exit lights must remain lit for at least 90 minutes to allow people safe passage out of the building. It is imperative to maintain all emergency and exit lighting in commercial buildings to comply with relevant building codes in accordance with Australian Standards (AS/NZS 2293). All emergency and exit lights must be tested and certified every six months by licensed qualified technicians.

Mainphase technicians can conduct your emergency lighting tests and carry out any repairs such as lamp, battery or emergency fitting replacements that are necessary to keep up with building code regulations.

All test and luminaire information is recorded electronically and provided to the customer at completion of tests. A electronic copy of all tests are stored at Mainphase for security and archive purposes.

Many modern buildings use a computer-monitored emergency lighting system. The system keeps records of emergency lighting tests and repairs, which are then used by the electricians to keep your system compliant. Mainphase can test these systems and incorporate the test results into our electronic format for auditing purposes. 

Emergency & Exit Light Testing (AS/NZS 2293.2)

Mainphase can provide emergency evacuation lighting testing to conform to Australian standards AS/NZS 2293.2. The standards require regular periodical 6 monthly testing including:

Six Monthly Procedures

  • Visual checks of all emergency and exit lights for mains operation.
  • Check for operation of maintained exit lights and replace faulty lamps where required.
  • Where manual discharge test facility is present, operate the test switch and/or circuit breaker to simulate a power failure.
  • The emergency lighting system shall remain illuminated for not less than 90 minutes.
  • Restore the emergency and exit lights to normal charging condition.
  • Check operation of all maintained exit lights and all charge indicators.
  • Report any failures and record data in on site manuals.
  • Record data in electronic format for OH&S auditing processes.

Twelve Monthly Procedures

  • Carry out all checks as per six-monthly procedures.
  • Clean all emergency and exit lighting diffusers as required.
  • Visual checks to ensure that the emergency lighting system operates in correct relationship to the normal lighting in any designated area.

 

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