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The lights look epic. Andy (the CEO) dims them from his watch at least five times a day... By taking advantage of Aurora’s finance offer, we were able to retain money within the business whilst greatly reducing the installation & running costs. Five months later, we're already seeing a return on our lighting investment ”
Riki Hooker, General Manager at Global E-commerce Experts.
Zero % Finance, New Lighting, Low Costs, Big ROI
THE PROJECT
LOCATION:
Southampton, UK
CLIENT:
Global E-Commerce Experts
A snapshot
Global E-Commerce Experts (GEE) were looking to use smart technology within lighting to understand how their new warehouse was operating in real time and save on energy costs wherever and whenever possible.
To achieve the client’s objectives Aurora proposed LED lighting with integrated Casambi Bluetooth BLE nodes. With Bluetooth smart lighting technology the client can save energy, create different scenes, group luminaires to manage them together, dim artificial lighting when daylight is available and, most importantly, they can gain analytical intelligence such as asset tracking and build a multiple site network if required - and all this is visible from a simple app!
We also mentioned that our offer of 0% Finance was available for the project to commence without upfront costs. This suited their overall plan and allowed them to spend the CAPEX on other business investments.
The Project
During a free consultation Aurora proposed the implementation of Kayon Ultra LED Highbays, which come with high rack aisle optics with integrated PIR’s and Casambi Bluetooth smart technology.
As well as daylight dimming, presence and absence detection the Casambi controlled installation combined with Holders Analytics delivers building data to a designated GEE device, from their bluetooth controlled lighting. Data is presented in a powerful yet intuitive User Interface, allowing monitoring and reporting of energy usage and asset tracking.
Asset tracking allows GEE to accurately place the most popular items in the warehouse at the front aisles for easier access. Therefore achieving greater efficiency in speed and energy. These analytics can be monitored anywhere in the world, and in the future multiple sites could be added to GEE analytics, enabling all sites to be monitored from within the one app.
AFTER
RESULT
Global E-commerce were pleased to have access to the real time data and view the analytics, understanding how energy is used and determining how best to continue to manage the warehouse effectively and efficiently.
This was also a ground breaking project from Aurora Projects, as we supplied all luminaires, bluetooth lighting controls combined with analytics, full installation and 0% finance to the client.
“It is always very rewarding seeing a client's expectations being exceeded, and this project has done exactly that. Delivering a solution that meets their objectives whilst achieving a high return on investment realised soon after project completion is an excellent result. This is always achievable when combining LED and smart technology,” said Paul McGregor, Key Account Manager, Aurora Projects Lighting.
