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News Release from: WRTL Exterior Lighting | Subject: Leicester's Victoria Park
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 June 2008
City scheme for a safe walk in the park
with WRTL.
Night time security issues in Leicester's Victoria Park prompted the City Council to invest in new lighting from WRTL Exterior Lighting, to improve public safety.
The park - with its famous Lutyens war memorial - has been a source of pleasure for the city residents for over 100 years Now, with the Council's Spring 2008 lighting scheme incorporating WRTL award-winning 2-Tone lanterns, the tree-bordered walkways crossing the area are much more pedestrian friendly
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 16 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The park is bordered by Leicester University and the railway station, which is opposite the students' accommodation area" comments Leicester City Council's public lighting group manager, Manjeet Virdee: "There are paved paths across the park, sheltered by trees, as well as a perimeter path.
We recently upgraded the lighting of the perimeter path but, late at night, students and other pedestrians still chose to walk across the park's unlit paths, as the most direct route back to their homes.
There were frequent security issues, which were the subject of a local campaign by residents and the students in 2007, to which we have responded".
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One particular challenge in the design of the scheme was posed by the spacing of the columns with respect to the trees which - without careful consideration - could have created shadowing on the paths.
The council overcame this problem by working closely with the WRTL design engineer and specialist installers David Webster Limited.
The WRTL 2Tone lantern was proven to provide the best performance to meet the challenges of the location and was specified, complete with 45W CosmoPolis lamp and gear, on a 6 metre steel column, giving excellent uniformity despite the tree-lined route.
"The 2-Tone lantern is very unobtrusive, providing excellent glare control and giving no upward light by using the flat glass," says Manjeet: "The installation is particularly impressive at night!".
The first street lantern designed specifically to conform to the strict S1 G6 Glare classification, the 2-Tone is proving a popular offering for local authority and PFI contracts.
Just a year since its launch, 2-Tone has already scooped two industry awards, as well as a highly commended recommendation.
"We are happy to have been involved in this project and are confident the new lighting will improve safety in the park for the benefit of all its residents," says DW Webster Branch Manager, Jamie Sharpe.
Technical addendum: The WRTL 2-Tone lantern design capitalises on the exceptional energy efficiency and size advantages of the innovative, high intensity discharge lamps currently available.
It accommodates the CosmoPolis, CDM-T/HCI-T (Powerball) and HQI-T white light sources between 45 and 150W outputs, complete with electronic gear.
Its extremely compact dimensions (body 445mm long, 216mm wide, 107mm high) make it visibly smaller than competitive larger scale lanterns widely used for these new light sources.
The aesthetics of its compact design and subtly toned finish also help it to blend into a wide variety of urban streetscapes.
The 2-Tone small size also helps its sustainability credentials through the reduced carbon footprint in its manufacture, lower transport costs and less material with no glue; it can be fully dismantled and has near total recyclability.
All these features help it spearhead the WRTL Energy efficiency, Sustainability and Performance (ESP) initiative.
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