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Robert Hodge Waste Recycling

Jasper Hijink • 24 May 2021

Monitor & Control at height

Background

The Robert Hodge Centre in Skelmersdale is the central transfer point for waste recycling in the borough of West Lancashire. The site has offices, a service yard and a large hall where the recycling waste is brought in and separated for transport to different destinations. The site is owned and operated by West Lancashire Borough Council.

Challenge

The Robert Hodge site was purpose built and was in the centre of the environmental improvements for recycling in the borough. After years of service, a make-over for the lighting (and offices) on the site was due. The conventional HID lighting in the hall could not achieve the light levels desired and the emergency lighting proved to be more and more expensive to maintain. As the hall is in operation full time, a refurbishment needs to be planned efficiently.

Solution

The Mymesh wireless solution is used widely by the council. It was an easy choice to include the Robert Hodge Centre in the roll-out. Monthly and yearly testing of the emergency lighting can now be carried out from remote. Furthermore, the site is controlled by sensors so no energy is wasted on lighting the space when there is no activity.

The system, being wireless, made the upgrade an easy installation, as the wiring did not require any changes. It was a one-for-one swap. Wireless technology can be tricky in industrial environments, with the large distances and lots of metal structures, but the robust element of Mymesh makes it the ideal solution.

Benefits

The upgrade to LED delivered significant savings while increasing the light levels to more than double of the old installation. Adding the lighting control with presence sensors added another significant saving to this. This helps the Council to achieve its challenging carbon footprint reduction targets.

The automatic testing and reporting on the emergency lighting offers a significant saving on the maintenance while ensuring a compliant working environment.