Ireland's largest ever trade fair for the sustainable energy sector will see almost 150 Irish and international exhibitors and over 4000 Irish energy professionals descend on Dublin's RDS on April 29th and 30th.

Now in its fifth year, and with 800 exhibitors, Ecobuild presents the biggest and best showcase of sustainable construction products anywhere, plus dozens of inspiring attractions and more than 100 free conference and seminar sessions.

The ARC Show is where the lighting industry gather every February to source products, find new suppliers, keep up to date with the latest product launches and lighting ideas and catch up with contacts within the industry.

Anyone involved in the purchasing, designing or developing of lighting products in an architectural, retail or commercial capacity should make sure they attend.

The aim is to reduce the power consumption by 67% and save 8,541kg of CO2 per year on the square alone. Initial results are showing a 55% saving without comparing all of the existing light with the new lights as they were on a separate circuit.

The CCTV footage of the square before and after were examined by the Gardi to ensure that the light was increased to help identify and enhance the CCTV performance.

The aim is to reduce the power consumption by 67% and save 8,541kg of CO2 per year on the square alone.

The lighting in the low level ray tank were swapped out, the 400watt and 150watt metal halide were swapped for 2 x 90watts and 1 x 85watt SunBURST™ LED floodlight, the light quality has dramatically improved.

The 250watt Metal Halide in the Mullet tank was swapped with the 90watt SunBURST™ and was dimmed to a 70watt output saving 72%.

The main ocean tank had the addition of the 100watt SunBURST™ with a combination of royal blue and white LEDs, this combination really help to bring out the colours in the coral and fish.

The 2 x 350watt Halogen lights will be replaced by the SunFIRE™ LED 60watt light.

The light will run directly from the 48Vdc power supply provided by the batteries on site.

This method will reduce the overall power consumption from lighting on the site by over 80%.

Within the next 6 weeks over 400 lights will now be deployed in conjunction with the power bunker. This will save the Lagos State Government over 60% but more like 80% compared with the current sodium lighting solution.

The SunFIRE™ lights are fully approved by SONCAP and are ready for importation. This system will also be deployed with the remote monitoring and control system, this will enable LED Nigeria to offer the Lagos State Government the opportunity to 100% customise the lighting to suit their requirement by dimming or switching off the lights at any given time to save further power.

This solution is perfect for solar powered LED lights as the lights can be customised to suit the lighting requirement and solar panel/battery size to avoid failure (which is common place).

Further details and enquires can be obtained through Low Energy Designs Nigeria or directly through Low Energy Designs Ltd. (See contact details)

Previously the system used constant power provided by the large onboard AC generators which needed servicing every 8 days and refuelling the 500 litre fuel tank every 4 to 5 days. Now the COWs (Cell on Wheels) only need refuelling every 15 - 20 days and servicing every 2 months a massive saving on Operational Expenditure.

The same systems are also destined for the Celtel and MTN static sites to reduce dramatically reduce the OPEX costs by more than 60%.

Low Energy Designs was able to provide Wireless internet and IP camera functions from their light whilst displaying the ability to remotely change the lights power output, scheduling on / off times, LED temperature monitoring/control and many more functions.