Steel City Lighting is celebrating the success of their very first ‘Lighting Up My Future’ activity based event, which took place last Thursday evening at CFC Shalford in Braintree, Essex after West Ham and England ace, Dean Ashton turned on some brand new floodlights for the local team.
The SCL Direct floodlights, which were recently purchased by the football club thanks to grant assisted funding were intended to help the club’s players enjoy football safely during the winter months. Although the venue has never had specialist lighting before, it is hoped the installation of the floodlights will encourage locals to be more active and continue to play sports during the winter months.
Tony Fowell, Managing Director at Steel City Lighting said, “It’s extremely important to us to be able to give something back to local communities so we were delighted to work with CFC Shalford to help them find the best lighting solution to meet their requirements. The event was a huge success and many people turned out to meet Dean, get footballs and shirts signed and have the odd photograph taken.
Despite the snowy conditions, the team at CFC Shalford were able to train under the new lights and were delighted at the clubs new edition. The highlight of the evening came when Steel City lightings managing director, Tony Fowell, handed over some sponsorship money to club chairman, Ian Butcher who was both surprised and delighted by the donation.
Mr Fowell added, “We are so pleased that we were able to support CFC Shalford with an undisclosed sum. The event was a huge success and we are in the process of planning our very next ‘Lighting Up My Future’ event, which will hopefully kick off at the end of September. We all know how important it is to stay active so we’re happy to have played our part with outdoor lighting that will encourage members of CFC Shalford and their families to be active whatever the season and play a role in the community.”
Tipped as one of the country’s brightest young forwards, Ashton has played for England at under-19 and senior team level. Signed by West Ham in 2006 in a club record £7.25 million deal, Ashton has been on the one to watch list ever since. Despite a difficult few years plagues by injuries, the Striker has established himself as a force to be reckoned with and was a very welcome addition to last Thursdays event.
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Monday, 16 February 2009
Energy Saving Hospital lights: Now That’s A Bright Idea
Hospital lighting during the medieval era left a lot to be desired, I think we would all agree that candle light and the good old fashioned scalpel do not make a great team! Thankfully for us all, Thomas Edison changed things for the better and since then hospitals along with the rest of the industry began the non-stop search for revolutionary lighting products that were either cost efficient, bright enough for intricate work or in recent times, energy saving.
Tony Baxter, Chief Executive of Steel City Lighting Direct, one of the leading providers of industrial and commercial lighting, said, “Hospital executives are faced with an extremely difficult job when selecting the right equipment for the job, nowadays there are so many lighting products on the market and selecting the right one inevitably depends on whether or not it is purpose specific.”
“Halogen lights for example, can give off a clean crisp light inside the examination room or operating theatre, for purposes such as these it is extremely important that no shadow is created, or costly mistakes could be made with the surgeon’s knife. One of the most important areas requiring purpose specific lighting is in fact the dermatologist’s examination room. A rash or skin infection may look like one thing in natural light, but in fact be something very different when placed under a lighted magnifier.”
With NHS budgets under close inspection, especially in the chancellor’s yearly budget, hospital chief executives and indeed the Government are finding ways to cut costs without compromising on their standards of care. One of the most obvious ways for many to achieve this is by joining the energy saving revolution and investing in one of the many environmentally friendly lighting products that have saturated the market in recent times.
Other public buildings have taken a stand by making attempts to reduce their carbon footprint and hospitals should indeed follow their lead. Due to increased demand new hospitals are being constructed and existing ones are being renovated from the ground up to provide better services to a much wider audience. Despite popular belief, incorporating green fixtures, lamps and controls to a ward, is not necessarily more expensive initially, but it is certainly cheaper in the long-term.
Mr Baxter, whose firm offer energy saving lighting products ideal for hospital environments added, “Modular lighting is ideal for the hospital environment and one of our most popular varieties is certainly our surface modular range. This range is extremely energy saving and comes with not only a high frequency control gear but there is also a three hour maintained version available.”
Another great range for the hospital environment is the category two recessed modular lights, as they too have huge energy saving capabilities. With their large four way loop inside the terminal block and the choice of maintained emergency versions if required, this means that they are not only hugely cost effective and safe, they will also allow your hospital to reduce its carbon footprint and give off the right impression.
Mr Baxter added, “We are all living in very forward-thinking times and protecting the environment for future generations has become very topical recently. We should all try to do out bit and conserve the energy we use and that should apply to huge buildings like healthcare centres and hospitals.”
Tony Baxter, Chief Executive of Steel City Lighting Direct, one of the leading providers of industrial and commercial lighting, said, “Hospital executives are faced with an extremely difficult job when selecting the right equipment for the job, nowadays there are so many lighting products on the market and selecting the right one inevitably depends on whether or not it is purpose specific.”
“Halogen lights for example, can give off a clean crisp light inside the examination room or operating theatre, for purposes such as these it is extremely important that no shadow is created, or costly mistakes could be made with the surgeon’s knife. One of the most important areas requiring purpose specific lighting is in fact the dermatologist’s examination room. A rash or skin infection may look like one thing in natural light, but in fact be something very different when placed under a lighted magnifier.”
With NHS budgets under close inspection, especially in the chancellor’s yearly budget, hospital chief executives and indeed the Government are finding ways to cut costs without compromising on their standards of care. One of the most obvious ways for many to achieve this is by joining the energy saving revolution and investing in one of the many environmentally friendly lighting products that have saturated the market in recent times.
Other public buildings have taken a stand by making attempts to reduce their carbon footprint and hospitals should indeed follow their lead. Due to increased demand new hospitals are being constructed and existing ones are being renovated from the ground up to provide better services to a much wider audience. Despite popular belief, incorporating green fixtures, lamps and controls to a ward, is not necessarily more expensive initially, but it is certainly cheaper in the long-term.
Mr Baxter, whose firm offer energy saving lighting products ideal for hospital environments added, “Modular lighting is ideal for the hospital environment and one of our most popular varieties is certainly our surface modular range. This range is extremely energy saving and comes with not only a high frequency control gear but there is also a three hour maintained version available.”
Another great range for the hospital environment is the category two recessed modular lights, as they too have huge energy saving capabilities. With their large four way loop inside the terminal block and the choice of maintained emergency versions if required, this means that they are not only hugely cost effective and safe, they will also allow your hospital to reduce its carbon footprint and give off the right impression.
Mr Baxter added, “We are all living in very forward-thinking times and protecting the environment for future generations has become very topical recently. We should all try to do out bit and conserve the energy we use and that should apply to huge buildings like healthcare centres and hospitals.”
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Steel City Lighting Floodlights To Be Turned On By West Ham and England Striker Dean Ashton
Steel City Lighting is taking part in CFC Shalford’s ‘Lighting Up My Future’ football event next Thursday evening in Braintree, Essex with the assistance of West Ham and England footballer, Dean Ashton. The striker will be switching on the SCL Direct floodlights, which were recently purchased by the football club thanks to grant assisted funding.
The floodlights are intended to help the club’s players enjoy football safely during the winter months. Although the venue has never had specialist lighting before, it is hoped the installation of the floodlights will encourage locals to be more active and continue to play sports during the winter months.
[Person], [job title] at Steel City Lighting said, “It’s extremely important to us to be able to give something back to local communities so we were delighted to work with CFC Shalford to help them find the best lighting solution to meet their requirements. We’re all incredibly excited at the prospect of England striker Dean Ashton marking the event with a ceremonial lighting.
“We all know how important it is stay active so we’re happy to have played our part with outdoor lighting that will encourage members of CFC Shalford and their families to be active whatever the season and play a role in the community.”
Tipped as one of the country’s brightest young forwards, Ashton has played for England at under-19 and senior team level. Signed by West Ham in 2006 in a club record £7.25 million deal, Ashton has been on the one to watch list ever since. Despite a difficult few years plagues by injuries, the Striker has established himself as a force to be reckoned with and will be passing on some of his Premier League expertise to CFC Shalford’s 17-20 year-olds at Thursday’s event.
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