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April 2012
HAVELLS-SYLVANIA LIGHTS THE AGES AT M-SHED
Museums and galleries across the country are finding new ways to save both money and
energy whilst preserving their historic artefacts. The M Shed Museum in Bristol, an exciting
new museum showcasing the history and culture of the city, features over 800 Havells-
Sylvania Concord Beacon LED and Concord Continuum fixtures in a lighting scheme which
discreetly blends into the museum’s interior while showcasing the work on display.
Opened in 2011, M Shed sits proudly on Bristol’s historic harbourside as a modern flagship
on the rich historic culture of the city. The museum tells the history of Bristol through the
stories of people who have helped to shape it.
Exploring the city’s progression from
prehistoric times to the 21 st century, the museum uses rich collections of objects, arts and
archives to bring the stories to life.
The lighting plays a huge role in showcasing the exhibits, as David Hurst at Full-On Lighting
Design relates: “After testing the products, the museum selected Concord LED luminaires as
the colour rendering index and low radiation was perfect for best displaying the artwork and
ensuring that fading was prevented. The Concord Beacon LED 3000K was used as spotlights for
the smaller paintings and throughout specific areas in the museum and chosen due to its long
life span, low heat output and good lighting temperature.”
It is not just in the gallery that Havells-Sylvania products have been used; the Concord
Continuum illuminates the entire museum and all public spaces including the gallery, the
foyers, the education room and the dockside café. “The Museum is extremely impressed with
the new lighting design and the versatility that has come from the Havells-Sylvania products”
adds David. “It fulfils all their objectives and meets the brief whilst energy efficient options such
as the Muse have helped cut the cost of lighting bills and lowered energy consumption. The
work has been a huge success and the museum is looking forward to the future.”

The Concord Beacon LED is a high output, high efficiency spotlight which uses a cutting-edge
cooling fin design to maximise thermal management and reduce LED junction temperature.
The Beacon LED provides all the benefits of LED technology, no UV / IR radiation, 50,000
hours life, maintenance free applications and a considerable reduction in energy
consumption over traditional light sources such as halogen. Beacon LED is available in warm
3000K and neutral 4000K CCT with a high colour rendering index, typical Ra92 incorporating
a discrete on board dimmer providing control from 100% to 0%, essential requirements for
museums, galleries and high-end retail applications. The contemporary, compact all die-cast
design is available in 15˚ spot or 30˚ flood options.
Continuum offers a clean, simple lighting system with continuous, highly uniform lines of
light across walls and ceilings. This highly versatile lighting tool can be recessed, semirecessed,
and surface-mounted or suspended, either vertically or horizontally and T5 battens
with 100mm staggered lamp holders provide a perfect clean line of light with no shadows
cast when two lamps cross. Continuum offers a complete range of high efficiency and high
output T5 lamp options and profiles are supplied pre-cut in modular lengths complete with
Satine opal diffusers, offering superb light diffusion.
For more information visit www.havells-sylvania.com.
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About Concord from Havells-Sylvania
The Concord brand is part of the Havells-Sylvania Group and is one of Europe’s most respected
Architectural lighting brands for Retail & Museum Lighting. With a strong manufacturing base in the
UK, Concord is renowned for its strong design ethos, high technical performance and aesthetic form.
Concord focuses on bringing lighting solutions to meet the needs of architects and lighting designers.
Concord’s innovative portfolio is one of the most comprehensive on the market, encompassing track
and spot, downlights, ambient lighting, recessed and linear solutions for a variety of application
segments. The company provides segment specific lighting application advice; and the entire product
range is underpinned by in-house technical expertise, from optical system design through to
photometric measurement and testing.
Concord’s best in class range of LED Spotlights have won prestigious design awards two years running.
In 2010, Concord ‘Stadium’ won both the Red Dot Award and the Best Interior Luminaire at the

Lighting Design Awards. In 2011 Concord’s ‘Beacon Muse’ won the Best Interior Luminaire at the
Lighting Design Awards, and Commercial Product of the Year Lighting Association Awards.
Formed in April 2007, Havells-Sylvania is owned by Havells India Ltd, a US$ Billion plus company. With
94 branches and representative offices worldwide, and over 8000 employees working in more than 50
countries; Havells has grown rapidly since its humble beginnings in Delhi in 1958. Havells has eighteen
manufacturing plants in India, Europe, Latin America and Africa; producing globally acclaimed
products, including: switchgear, cables, wires, luminaires and lamps.
Havells-Sylvania is a leading, full-spectrum provider of professional and architectural lighting solutions.
Built on over a century of expertise in lamps and luminaires, Havells-Sylvania supplies state-of-the art
products and systems to the public, commercial and private sectors, worldwide. Havells-Sylvania
strives to deliver the finest products, service and consulting possible. All over the world, people rely on
group brands: Concord, Lumiance and Sylvania, for top quality, energy-efficient solutions to suit their
individual lighting needs.
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About M Shed
M Shed is housed in the landmark 1950s transit sheds at Prince’s Wharf on the historic waterfront in
the heart of the city. The building, which gives the museum its name, has been sympathetically
restored, with the aim of preserving its historic character, while also transforming it into a 21st century
museum. The new museum includes three permanent galleries and a temporary exhibition space, a
new glazed rooftop extension with spectacular panoramic views across the harbour, workshops, a
functioning train shed, a learning suite, and café, book and gift shop. Entrance to the museum is free.
For further information see Mshed.org
For further press information contact:
John Houston / Ruth Chrisp, Wildwood PR: 01293 851115
John.houston@wildwoodpr.co.uk / ruth.chrisp@wildwoodpr.co.uk