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LIGHTING GUIDE
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Purpose-designed lighting for Car
Parks & associated areas.
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For over 40 years Designplan has regularly & successfully supplied high
quality lighting equipment to illuminate all areas of car park installations.
Both private & public owners & operators of car parks have chosen our
fittings because many have been especially designed to meet the
demands posed by often hostile environments encountered & many
years of successful, trouble free service has resulted.
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Entrances & exits to covered car parks are probably going to exhibit
contrast between external & internal conditions that may cause viewing
difficulties. During the night it may be necessary to reduce the interior
level or increase exterior levels & during the day the contrast can be
reduced by increasing interior levels in these areas.
The areas around coin operated ticket machines should also receive
careful attention to illumination & colour rendering.
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The following pages divide Car Parks into
separate areas & describe fittings which will
best meet the needs posed by the
CAR PARK particular location.
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Parking Floors
Many fittings suggested within this guide have been specifically designed
for car park use.
Parkalux
(page 148/149) IP55 IK10++
Twin lamp, single lamp & angle versions are available as are self-
contained emergency (p313) & Auto test (p314) options.
Monitor T8 & T5
(page 150/151) IP22/ IP65 IK10++
Single & twin lamp versions available within the same size body
& diffuser.
A significantly more vandal resistant fitting than Sparta, more so even
than Parkalux.
The design is based upon the Home Office prison cell fitting & has passed
their physical abuse tests.
Monitor has been successfully used in many car parks & like Parkalux &
Sparta will provide many years of trouble free, easy to maintain life.
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Sparta
(page 146/147) IP44 IK10
Again available in single & twin lamp versions, Sparta has been
used with considerable success in scores of car parks. Where
there is the risk of moderate vandalism occurring specifiers choose Sparta
fitted with Security Plates, to help prevent the easy removal of diffusers.
As with all of our linear fittings Sparta have strong steel bodies which,
unlike plastic bodied fittings, will not bend to the shape of the ceiling.
The polycarbonate diffuser is held to the steel body within slots along the
sides & ends of the fitting, thus no unsightly, breakable clips spoil their
appearance.
Deluxe Brunel
(page 201) IP65 IK10++
Where discharge lighting is being considered, Deluxe Brunel with its many
options , is likely to offer the consulting engineer, designer, installer &
maintenance engineer the best overall package currently available.
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General area lighting can be provided by either our Solaris (p267), Post
Top Brunel (p273) or Hermes (p274). All have “black out” tops so that
night sky pollution is minimised.
For wall mounted fittings our Pantheon (p205), Wall Mount Brunel (p286)
Pantheon (p205) Post Top Brunel (p273) or Rampart (p166), all being weatherproof and offering good vandal
resistance, are entirely suitable.
Stairways
There are a wide variety of fittings that are suitable for installation in stairways.
Often these areas are among the most prone to vandalism & since it is vital
for safety to always have good illumination to stairs, the chosen fitting must
be able to withstand the likely level of vandalism that may be expected.
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Toilets
These are areas where vandalism is likely to be at its worst & consequently
the major consideration has to be the strength of any fitting chosen.
Designplan has for many years provided very successful solutions to the
lighting of toilet areas.
Ramps
Angle Rampart fittings (p166) are ideally suited to illuminate ramps
leading to car parks.
The body is constructed in heavy gauge aluminium extrusion & has an D872 Angle Ramport (p166) Maxi Callisto (p256)
Even in the unlikely event of a car hitting a fitting it is unlikely that any
particular damage would be sustained to the fitting, since Rampart has
been designed with the most severe vandalism & impact in mind.
Lifts
Lift cars are extremely vulnerable to abuse & the lighting used should be
of a very strong vandal resistant type. If recessed then our Bergen (p167)
or Tuscan (p153)are commonly used.
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Post Top Brunel (p273) is based upon the Deluxe Brunel design and can
be supplied for one, two, three or four lamps.
Tuscan and Centaur, Tower of London (p158 & p300) Unfortunately many walkways & subways continue to suffer severe
vandalism. In such cases the paramount aim must be to ensure that the
lighting will withstand the attack made & continue to provide illumination
in, often, sensitive areas.
Rampart (p166), a fitting from our Tuscan range (p153) or Mission (p146)
would provide the best answer, each being designed with vandalism in
mind, and available with our ‘Lifetime Guarantee’ (p29).
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Emergency Lighting
For obvious reasons emergency lighting has become increasingly
important in all public buildings.
Where possible the use of the standard fitting, which has incorporated
within it the emergency control gear & battery will often be the most cost
effective answer. Not only saving on installation time & money but with
the additional benefit of less fittings cluttering the ceiling resulting in an
aesthetically better installation.
Signs
Purpose made vandal resistant signs to indicate floor numbers, exits, stairs,
lifts etc. are available. The lettering can be either self- adhesive vinyl or
silk screen printed as required. A range of simple signs is available see
page 319.
See page 496 for details of the energy saving and lighting control
system.
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Standard Deluxe Brunel (p201) Special deep Brunel to fill coffer The photographs shown provide typical examples of special
(p357)
modifications that have been made to assist in achieving the ideal
solutions for past projects.
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