Lumenal, designers and manufacturers of premium quality LED display lighting solutions, have provided bespoke LED lighting displays to enhance the visual experience at Bristol Aquarium.

The products’ design flexibility, energy efficiency and high quality light output delivered the ideal, innovative solution Buttress Fuller Alsop Williams, the aquarium’s architects, were looking for.

To create the right ambiance for the aquarium environment, the design brief specified that the lighting must illuminate only the murals and information panels, leaving the remaining areas of the exhibition rooms dimly lit. As such, Lumenal created specially designed LED lamp fittings in wall mounted and ceiling suspended configurations to focus beams onto these points of interest only. This was achieved through the manipulation of the lamps’ beam angles, as well as expert analysis of distances between lamps and display items.

The modular and compact nature of Lumenal’s LED lighting systems offers a high degree of flexibility, both in terms of sizing and positioning. For instance, conventional strip lights are usually restricted to industry standard sizes, whereas Lumenal’s LED strips can be manufactured to fit the exact length of individual displays. This ensured illumination of the full length of the aquarium’s mural, display and information boards.
The sleek lighting’s discreteness was facilitated by the bespoke design of the fittings and brackets provided by Lumenal, some of which were powder-coated black to ensure that they do not detract attention from the illuminated elements.

Another important benefit Lumenal’s lighting delivers for the aquarium is a high level of energy efficiency. The LED fittings typically require 30-40% less energy than conventional fittings to provide the same, or improved, quality of light, resulting in considerable savings in energy costs. Further costs will be saved in terms of maintenance requirements, as Lumenal’s lamps offer unfaltering reliability with an expected lifespan in excess of 50,000 hours constant use.

Company Director and project architect, Richard Williams, comments on the success of the fit out: “Lumenal were brilliant to work with. Their work was thorough, attending to the smallest detail and testing all of the fittings they designed prior to manufacture. The result was discrete, energy efficient and high performing lighting, which met all of our requirements and, because of energy and maintenance savings, will pay for itself, within 24-30 months.”

“Lumenal provided the highest level of technical support from beginning to end, involving us in all stages of design and manufacture, ensuring agreement on all aspects and supplying clear installation instructions for the site electrical team.”

“Furthermore, Lumenal’s expertise and dedication meant that the fit out was successfully completed to an extremely tight deadline of less than three weeks from submission of the brief.”

“We look forward to working with Lumenal on a number of new projects that are in the pipeline.”

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