Philips Dynalite provides green lights for Scarlet Hotel

The design, by Philips Dynalite Dimension dealer Lightmaster-Direct, reflects the pioneering approach to environmental sustainability that is the hallmark of the hotel and uses just 3.36 watts per square metre.

According to Lightmaster Design Director, Richard Nock: “The design brief called for an integrated lighting control system to provide pre-set lighting scenes in all public areas and mood lighting to bedrooms – all controlled by a combination of wall-controls, remote controls and motion sensors.” He added: “A Philips Dynalite solution was the obvious choice to meet this specification.”

Energy-saving fluorescent and LED luminaires, along with multipurpose sensors, are integral elements of the lighting design.

Two Philips Dynalite touch-screen control panels allow the lighting moods of the public areas to be set by the hotel staff. Revolution 2 user-interface wall panels permit local user control for some public areas and all the guestrooms. There are two engraved and backlit Revolution 2 wall panels in each guestroom – one by the entrance and one by the bed – and these have been designed to be intuitive and simple to operate. Guests can match their mood from a choice of seven lighting scenes of ‘ambient’, ‘bright’, ‘relax’, ‘bath’, ‘night’, ‘balcony’, and ‘all off’.

In spite of the architectural and mood lighting results achieved, considerable energy savings have been realised. “Where a conventional hotel typically achieves lighting efficacy of 10 watts per square metre, the design brief for the Scarlet called for 8 watts per square metre,” said Nock. “However, the finished system achieved a staggering internal lighting efficacy of just 3.36 watts per square metre – representing just 34 per cent of the energy use of a conventional design.”

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