Established in 2011, Guildford-based Vapouriz Electronic Cigarettes has recently boosted its manufacturing facility, upgrading the existing low-efficiency (fluorescent) lighting with retrofit LED panels in various parts of the facility including the lab and production areas.
While this included replacing a mix of 600mmx1200mm recessed modulars and some surface battens, the project also called for the specification and installation of energy-efficient lamping in the newly-built main office area on the mezzanine floor. On both counts lower maintenance and improved visual comfort were prerequisites; the latter since some staff members had reported headaches as a symptom of the previous lighting scheme’s lower light quality.
Brett Horth, founder and managing director of Vapouriz explains:
“We had heard from our contractor how LED lamping offers significant energy and carbon savings as well as much-reduced total cost of ownership through longer life and low maintenance requirements.
“We chose Crescent Lighting as its range of retrofitable LED panel solutions enabled them to, not only offer all of these advantages along with much-improved light quality, but also the versatility to re-use our existing light fittings as and where appropriate, therefore keeping installation costs to the minimum. Its LED panel products were also equally suitable for using in the new main office area on the mezzanine.”
The Crescent LED 36W panel solutions installed comprised both 600mmx600mm and 600mmx1200mm sizes with 3400 and 4350lm output respectively at 5700K. Featuring CRI>80 and providing a highly-efficient 92% light output ration (LOR), 50 natural colour (3000 - 3500K) LED panels were used in the office areas and 69 ‘cooler’ 5600K variants in the lab and production departments in order to create a 'clean room' look and feel. A number of panels also included emergency lighting packs.
The new installation provides a saving in energy of approximately 45% over the original lighting and non LED solutions that could have been fitted in the new areas.
As one of the leading brands of e-cigarette, the company offers more than 65 different flavours in three different strengths of nicotine and in two different bottle sizes.
Crescent LED panels features:
- Slim Design
- Efficient - 92% LOR
- CE, WEEE, RoHS
- 5 year guarantee
- Easy to fit
- No Maintenance