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Companies can save by
EcoLEDLighting launch innovative energy
recycling polystyrene
efficient luminaires
In the wake of the EU’s announcement
Polystyrene is often
to ban incandescent light bulbs in just two
overlooked as a recyclable
years to help the fight against climate
material unlike glass, cans
change, UK-based LED (light emitting
and paper. It is often
diode) lighting technology specialist,
thrown into the bin or
EcoLEDLighting has launched a new range
works skip and taken
of energy efficient, MR16 LED downlights.
away to landfill. This no
Designed and manufactured in the UK,
longer has to be the case
they replace dichroic and halogen light
as Taylor Products Ltd of
units. The MR16 products offer between
Cardiff in partnership with
35W and 80W comparable light output to
Purex International Ltd
existing technology but consume 80% less
have developed the
energy while dramatically reducing
Styromelt Polystyrene
radiated heat (typically 85% cooler).
Densifier to help recycle
EcoLEDLighting’s new “fit and forget”
this problematic
EcoLEDLighting’s new energy efficient,
MR16 LED products offer unrivalled
Parts L1 and 2 compliant, MR16 LED
waste material.
performance capabilities and cost saving
replacements.
The Styromelt machine
benefits, even when compared to compact flourescent
from Taylors allows
lamps (CFLs). Where once the CFL was the energy-smart
companies to save significant money on skip hire and lets
lighting choice, the advances EcoLEDLighting has made in
local authority recycling centres stop sending polystyrene
LED lighting technology has firmly positioned their LED
into landfill. It works by melting a two cubic metre load
luminaries as the energy efficient lighting forerunner. As
down into a small, dense and sterilised block of material.
well as increased energy efficiency, LEDs offer a longer life
This block can be removed from the machine and easily
span than CFLs (up to 100,000 hours) and are available in
stored.
different colour variants. EcoLEDLighting’s 12W & 16W
Even better news is that the densified polystyrene blocks
MR16s replacements are also fully dimmable, available in
can be sold to recyclers to make new fuels or products such
4 different beam angles and in white or warm white. The
as garden furniture.
12W version is also Parts L1 & 2 compliant.
According to Taylors, a Styromelt machine can pay for
www.ecoledlighting.com
itself in less than a year, after that the owner can make big
savings on skip hire and actually make a profit selling the
blocks. www.purexltd.co.uk
An environmentally friendly, cost effective
alternative to ionisation detectors
Green stance starts to receive acclaim In response to the trend for
Mitsubishi Electric Living Environmental Systems’
an increasing number of
proactive stance on reducing carbon emissions has
modern materials to generate a
received the acclaim of the
fast, flaming fire, System Sensor
industry with the company
Europe extends its product
being short-listed for
portfolio of high performance
Environmental Pioneer of
addressable fire detectors with
the Year category of the
the introduction of PTIR; the
prestigious RAC Cooling
Photo Thermal Infra-Red
Industry Awards 2007.
detector. PTIR has been
The company
developed specifically to provide an efficient and
announced a
environmentally benign alternative to the venerable
comprehensive 10-point
ionisation detector, a 60-year-old technology. Until the
plan that all of us can
introduction of the PTIR, ionisation technology was the most
contribute to under its
responsive and stable detector available for the rapid
Green Gateway Initiative™,
detection of fast flaming fires; however, it contains small
which it launched in
amounts of radioactive material, so manufacturing,
Westminster in June.
transport and end of life disposal costs have rightly
The initiative points the
increased in response to environmental concerns. Indeed,
way to savings of over
many countries now forbid their use completely and the
three million tonnes of
great majority will only approve their use when an effective
CO
alternative is not available.
2
per year by 2016,
through the adoption of technological developments and
PTIR consists of independent photoelectric, thermal and
new thinking combined with simple behavioural changes
infrared sensors, managed and controlled by sophisticated
such as better maintenance regimes or not using the
algorithms running on an embedded processor. The
thermostat as an on/off button.
addition of the IR sensor to the established photo-thermal
Further information on the Green Gateway Initiative
multi-sensor design increases the unit’s performance to the
and the 10-point action plan can be found by visiting either
point where it can be used to replace the environmentally
www.greengatewayinitiative.co.uk or
unfriendly ionisation detector without degradation in speed
www.mitsubishielectric.co.uk/aircon
of response or increased false alarm frequency.
sse.sales@systemsensor.com
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