Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre at i54 Solow XL FW Thorpe Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2014 20 JLR CASE STUDY Thorlux Lighting is proud to be a top tier supplier providing the majority of the lighting and lighting control systems for the new Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre at i54, in South Staffordshire. Thorlux is also pleased to be supplying lighting for the first extension to the new site, due for completion in October 2014. The new Engine Manufacturing Centre is the most advanced facility of its kind in the UK, building the latest generation of high- performance, lightweight, four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. Jaguar Land Rover employs 30,000 people globally, and invested £2.75bn in product development and assets in 2013 alone. The new facility, costing £500m, encompasses 72,500m 2 of floor space, which is enough to house 14 full-size football pitches, and will provide 1,400 jobs when fully operational. Key to the new building is sustainability; from the outset Jaguar Land Rover was keen to employ the very latest technology to reduce energy use. In fact, the design stage of the project has received a BREEAM (the world’s leading design and assessment method for sustainable buildings) ‘Excellent’ award. The complex includes features such as insulated cladding to minimise heat loss, automatic louvres to provide natural ventilation, and a gigantic north-light roof design that maximises daylight ingress into the building and also supports the UK’s largest rooftop solar panel array, which generates more than 30% of the energy needed to power the Engine Manufacturing Centre. Jaguar Land Rover has a policy of procuring locally whenever practical; in the 2013/14 financial year alone, the company bought approximately 5,700 luminaires from Thorlux at its manufacturing site in Redditch, just 40 miles away by road. At full power, these very efficient market- leading Thorlux luminaires can still consume almost 1m watts of power, hence Jaguar Land Rover was keen to reduce this load using energy-saving lighting controls. The majority of luminaires are therefore fitted with the Thorlux Smart system, exploiting the latest digital technology to provide a simple, effective method of lighting control that minimises energy consumption while still providing high levels of user comfort. A discreet sensor integral to the luminaire monitors ambient light and the presence of people in the area, controlling output (and power consumed by the luminaire) to the correct level and ensuring that the area is illuminated only when occupied. The north-light roof design allows the Smart system to capitalise on significant natural light penetration; the Smart system dims or switches lamps off during daylight hours. All aspects of the efficient luminaire and control system design will be utilised to the full. Energy savings are expected to be in excess of 70% compared with energy use in conventionally designed lighting schemes.
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Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre at i54
Solow XL
FW Thorpe PlcAnnual Report and Accounts 201420
JLR CASE STUDy
Thorlux Lighting is proud to be a top tier supplier providing the majority of the lighting and lighting control systems for the new Jaguar Land Rover engine manufacturing Centre at i54, in South Staffordshire. Thorlux is also pleased to be supplying lighting for the first extension to the new site, due for completion in October 2014.
The new engine manufacturing Centre is the most advanced facility of its kind in the uK, building the latest generation of high-performance, lightweight, four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. Jaguar Land Rover employs 30,000 people globally, and invested £2.75bn in product development and assets in 2013 alone. The new facility, costing £500m, encompasses 72,500m2 of floor space, which is enough to house 14 full-size football pitches, and will provide 1,400 jobs when fully operational.
Key to the new building is sustainability; from the outset Jaguar Land Rover was keen to employ the very latest technology to reduce energy use. in fact, the design stage of the project has received a BReeAm (the world’s leading design and assessment method for sustainable buildings) ‘excellent’ award.
The complex includes features such as insulated cladding to minimise heat loss, automatic louvres to provide natural ventilation, and a gigantic north-light roof design that maximises daylight ingress into the building and also supports the uK’s largest rooftop solar panel array, which generates more than 30% of the energy needed to power the engine manufacturing Centre.
Jaguar Land Rover has a policy of procuring locally whenever practical; in the 2013/14 financial year alone, the company bought approximately 5,700 luminaires from Thorlux at its manufacturing site in Redditch, just 40 miles away by road.
At full power, these very efficient market-leading Thorlux luminaires can still consume almost 1m watts of power, hence Jaguar Land Rover was keen to reduce this load using energy-saving lighting controls. The majority of luminaires are therefore fitted with the Thorlux Smart system, exploiting the latest digital technology to provide a simple, effective method of lighting control that minimises energy consumption while still providing high levels of user comfort. A discreet sensor integral to
the luminaire monitors ambient light and the presence of people in the area, controlling output (and power consumed by the luminaire) to the correct level and ensuring that the area is illuminated only when occupied. The north-light roof design allows the Smart system to capitalise on significant natural light penetration; the Smart system dims or switches lamps off during daylight hours.
All aspects of the efficient luminaire and control system design will be utilised to the full. energy savings are expected to be in excess of 70% compared with energy use in conventionally designed lighting schemes.
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The whole site benefits too from the installation of Thorlux Scanlight AT LeD luminaires and a control system for full automatic testing of emergency lighting and reporting. Scanlight AT is an innovative system that addresses all the issues that arise in providing an efficient, legislation-compliant emergency lighting installation. Scanlight AT testing and reporting is thorough, regular and reliable. The system
constantly monitors the condition of not only every connected luminaire or exit sign, but also its own communications. if a luminaire develops a fault or if communication is lost, then an error is indicated locally at the luminaire and centrally at the controlling device. Jaguar Land Rover selected Scanlight at its most sophisticated level, platform 3, which automatically delivers all test information to the cloud for review.
The Scanlight AT website and email facility keeps the user informed of system status.
The engineers at Jaguar Land Rover demonstrate their passion both for sustainability and for doing things properly from an engineering perspective, which also shows through in Jaguar Land Rover’s excellent cars, renowned worldwide for their quality and performance. Sustainability, design and manufacturing quality are priorities integral to Thorlux also.
for further information about Thorlux lighting products and systems, please visit www.thorlux.com
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