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April 2012<br />
HAVELLS-SYLVANIA LIGHTS THE AGES AT M-SHED<br />
Museums and galleries across the country are finding new ways to save both money and<br />
energy whilst preserving their historic artefacts. The M Shed Museum in Bristol, an exciting<br />
new museum showcasing the history and culture of the city, features over 800 <strong>Havells</strong>-<br />
<strong>Sylvania</strong> Concord Beacon LED and Concord Continuum fixtures in a lighting scheme which<br />
discreetly blends into the museum’s interior while showcasing the work on display.<br />
Opened in 2011, M Shed sits proudly on Bristol’s historic harbourside as a modern flagship<br />
on the rich historic culture of the city. The museum tells the history of Bristol through the<br />
stories of people who have helped to shape it.<br />
Exploring the city’s progression from<br />
prehistoric times to the 21 st century, the museum uses rich collections of objects, arts and<br />
archives to bring the stories to life.<br />
The lighting plays a huge role in showcasing the exhibits, as David Hurst at Full-On Lighting<br />
Design relates: “After testing the products, the museum selected Concord LED luminaires as<br />
the colour rendering index and low radiation was perfect for best displaying the artwork and<br />
ensuring that fading was prevented. The Concord Beacon LED 3000K was used as spotlights for<br />
the smaller paintings and throughout specific areas in the museum and chosen due to its long<br />
life span, low heat output and good lighting temperature.”<br />
It is not just in the gallery that <strong>Havells</strong>-<strong>Sylvania</strong> products have been used; the Concord<br />
Continuum illuminates the entire museum and all public spaces including the gallery, the<br />
foyers, the education room and the dockside café. “The Museum is extremely impressed with<br />
the new lighting design and the versatility that has come from the <strong>Havells</strong>-<strong>Sylvania</strong> products”<br />
adds David. “It fulfils all their objectives and meets the brief whilst energy efficient options such<br />
as the Muse have helped cut the cost of lighting bills and lowered energy consumption. The<br />
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<br />
cooling fin design to maximise thermal management and reduce LED junction temperature.<br />
The Beacon LED provides all the benefits of LED technology, no UV / IR radiation, 50,000<br />
hours life, maintenance free applications and a considerable reduction in energy<br />
consumption over traditional light sources such as halogen. Beacon LED is available in warm<br />
3000K and neutral 4000K CCT with a high colour rendering index, typical Ra92 incorporating<br />
a discrete on board dimmer providing control from 100% to 0%, essential requirements for<br />
museums, galleries and high-end retail applications. The contemporary, compact all die-cast<br />
design is available in 15˚ spot or 30˚ flood options.<br />
Continuum offers a clean, simple lighting system with continuous, highly uniform lines of<br />
light across walls and ceilings. This highly versatile lighting tool can be recessed, semirecessed,<br />
and surface-mounted or suspended, either vertically or horizontally and T5 battens<br />
with 100mm staggered lamp holders provide a perfect clean line of light with no shadows<br />
cast when two lamps cross. Continuum offers a complete range of high efficiency and high<br />
output T5 lamp options and profiles are supplied pre-cut in modular lengths complete with<br />
Satine opal diffusers, offering superb light diffusion.<br />
For more information visit www.havells-sylvania.com.<br />
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About Concord from <strong>Havells</strong>-<strong>Sylvania</strong><br />
The Concord brand is part of the <strong>Havells</strong>-<strong>Sylvania</strong> Group and is one of Europe’s most respected<br />
Architectural lighting brands for Retail & Museum Lighting. With a strong manufacturing base in the<br />
UK, Concord is renowned for its strong design ethos, high technical performance and aesthetic form.<br />
Concord focuses on bringing lighting solutions to meet the needs of architects and lighting designers.<br />
Concord’s innovative portfolio is one of the most comprehensive on the market, encompassing track<br />
and spot, downlights, ambient lighting, recessed and linear solutions for a variety of application<br />
segments. The company provides segment specific lighting application advice; and the entire product<br />
range is underpinned by in-house technical expertise, from optical system design through to<br />
photometric measurement and testing.<br />
Concord’s best in class range of LED Spotlights have won prestigious design awards two years running.<br />
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<br />
Lighting Design Awards, and Commercial Product of the Year Lighting Association Awards.<br />
Formed in April 2007, <strong>Havells</strong>-<strong>Sylvania</strong> is owned by <strong>Havells</strong> India Ltd, a US$ Billion plus company. With<br />
94 branches and representative offices worldwide, and over 8000 employees working in more than 50<br />
countries; <strong>Havells</strong> has grown rapidly since its humble beginnings in Delhi in 1958. <strong>Havells</strong> has eighteen<br />
manufacturing plants in India, Europe, Latin America and Africa; producing globally acclaimed<br />
products, including: switchgear, cables, wires, luminaires and lamps.<br />
<strong>Havells</strong>-<strong>Sylvania</strong> is a leading, full-spectrum provider of professional and architectural lighting solutions.<br />
Built on over a century of expertise in lamps and luminaires, <strong>Havells</strong>-<strong>Sylvania</strong> supplies state-of-the art<br />
products and systems to the public, commercial and private sectors, worldwide. <strong>Havells</strong>-<strong>Sylvania</strong><br />
strives to deliver the finest products, service and consulting possible. All over the world, people rely on<br />
group brands: Concord, Lumiance and <strong>Sylvania</strong>, for top quality, energy-efficient solutions to suit their<br />
individual lighting needs.<br />
www.havells-sylvania.com<br />
www.concord-lighting.com<br />
About M Shed<br />
M Shed is housed in the landmark 1950s transit sheds at Prince’s Wharf on the historic waterfront in<br />
the heart of the city. The building, which gives the museum its name, has been sympathetically<br />
restored, with the aim of preserving its historic character, while also transforming it into a 21st century<br />
museum. The new museum includes three permanent galleries and a temporary exhibition space, a<br />
new glazed rooftop extension with spectacular panoramic views across the harbour, workshops, a<br />
functioning train shed, a learning suite, and café, book and gift shop. Entrance to the museum is free.<br />
For further information see Mshed.org<br />
For further press information contact:<br />
John Houston / Ruth Chrisp, Wildwood PR: 01293 851115<br />
John.houston@wildwoodpr.co.uk / ruth.chrisp@wildwoodpr.co.uk