The Churchill Primary School near Folkestone is a Kent County Council Community school with 420 pupils aged between four and eleven years. Named after Winston Churchill in recognition of the importance of the site in military and aviation history, the school was opened in 2002
Concerned about increasing energy costs, Colin Simpson, the schools’ Business Manager, decided to replace 22 of the 60 watt exterior halogen lights with 20 watt LEDs. Having noticed the instant savings with the perimeter lights, the school asked LASER Energy to carry out a free survey of the rest of the school to identify further efficiencies.
Having carried out a full internal audit, LASER’s lighting specialist questioned why in many rooms there were only wall-mounted lights and established that although the original construction plans included suspended ceilings for each of the 14 classrooms, these were never installed.
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The LASER Energy Buying Group LED team did a great job, all my expectations were met, and not only have our consumption and costs been reduced but the installation has created new areas to teach in and fun places for the children to learn in.
Colin Simpson
Business Manager, Churchill Primary School
The LASER Energy Buying Group’s LED lighting service provided instant results and cost savings. The main hall alone had 19 yellow sodium 450 watt lights replaced with 7 high bay LED 90 watt lights, giving an instant reduction of 7920 watt consumption at the flick of a switch. The new emergency lights and fire escape signs created a more visible and easy to follow escape route in the corridors for teachers at night. However, the biggest benefit for the school has been the creation of additional usable space.
4.3 Year Payback
£1,200 a year energy savings
Load before 60,297 kWh and Load after 48,883 kWh
As seen above LED Lighting can deliver benefits in terms of reducing energy usage and creating savings opportunities but also massively improve the usage of a space and it's environment for its pupils and staff.
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