Keen to be able to flexibly adjust the atmosphere and shades of light in your rooms? And yet experience all the benefits of LED, such as long lifespan, low energy consumption, minimal heat emission and optimum resistance to shocks, vibrations, dust and moisture? Then meet the LS RGB LED luminaries from Bever Innovations Industrial. This innovative RGB lighting features red, green and blue LEDs incorporated into a single, robust housing, enabling any RGB colour to be mixed at any time.
Bever Innovations’ RGB luminaries were developed in response to queries from the market, says Sales Director Jeroen de Jonge. ‘Including from various events halls, such as the Brabanthallen ’s-Hertogenbosch. On the back of the intelligent LS LED fixtures that we were asked to supply and install there, we received a request for RGB lighting. For example, to illuminate the white sheets in the various rooms, thereby enabling a unique and appropriate atmosphere to be created for each event. Our development department set to work on this.’
Schiedam City Council
In parallel with this development process, Bever Innovations received a request from Schiedam City Council, who were keen to replace the exterior lighting for the Stadserf complex in the city with LED lighting. ‘Initially, they just wanted to change the existing gas-discharge lamps, but we advised against that’, explains De Jonge. Not only for technical reasons, but also because our luminaries made it possible to reduce the number of light sources by nearly half. We gave a presentation demonstrating our LS LED luminaires and wireless EOS controls, and subsequently fleshed out a proposal involving white light. When the Council indicated its preference for RGB lamps, we developed a demo lamp specifically for this project, including EOS controls. Once the assignment was awarded, we took just two months to develop, produce, test and supply 40 LS RGB LED lamps. In this regard, we specifically chose rectangular-beam lamps, which illuminate precisely those parts of the building that need to be illuminated. Thereby preventing light pollution and nuisance caused by excessive light in the vicinity of the building.’
The RGB lighting makes it possible to adjust the intensity and colour of the light on special occasions, says De Jonge. ‘To test this, the Stadserf complex was illuminated orange on King’s Day 2018 and the evening before. In May the entire complex was lit up in a fairy-tale blue to draw attention to World ME Day. And during “coming-out day” in October the building was illuminated with rainbow colours.’
>>Read case study Schiedam City Council here>>
ENCI cement plant in Rotterdam
For ENCI’s cement plant in the Botlek area of Rotterdam, Bever Innovations recently supplied two asymmetrical lamps as a test set-up fitted beneath an overhead crane. This overhead crane is being used to unload raw materials for cement production from the ships, says De Jonge. ‘The process entails a huge amount of dust being given off. Hence white light isn’t an option when it comes to ensuring that the crane operator can keep a good view of what he’s doing. Until recently ENCI was using orange gas-discharge lamps under the container, which at least enabled the operator to make out the contours properly. When it came to the LED lighting, they asked for orange luminaries too, but we advised against this. We recommended that ENCI fit RGB LED luminaires, which make it easy to adjust colours thank to their intelligent app controls. Thus enabling ENCI to find out whether the crane operator’s visibility is better in yellow, yellow-green or green light than it might be in orange light, for example. Hence we’re making a significant contribution to visibility, safety and ability to work on this site.’
Plug-and-play
Whereas a lot of adjustments to equipment would ordinarily be required to switch over to RGB lighting, the LS RGB LED luminaries work as plug-and-play, says De Jonge. ‘Drawing cables and sorting out light fittings isn’t necessary. All requisite technology has already been incorporated into the luminaries. What’s more, with the EOS Manager app on a smartphone or tablet, viewing, setting and altering shades of light, light intensities and burning hours are straightforward. Even remotely.’