Good to see Luminaires entering the market that don't have to follow the typical and now expected functional 'same all' format route to be a cost effective solution. Hopefully an indicator for potential things to come. Surely you shouldn't be punished and have to spend and utilise large amounts of your budgets just to be different and try to add some character into your street lighting? Yes there will be scenarios where higher end products will be required for your specific heritage/contemporary scheme but we should also have options to be more creative with main stream competitively priced 'attractive' options. Even more so in the modern era where we don't need to regularly access the internals for lamp changes etc. so you can forgo the easy access options to save on costs (in fact it is a benefit to avoid opening the lantern - the amount of times a lantern failure in the past has been due to incorrect sealing after a maintenance site visit!) and it can be a fit and let run scenario.
True ✅ or false? ❎ Heritage (decorative) luminaires are more expensive than functional street lighting? Believe it or not, false! We worked with South Gloucestershire Council to develop a new luminaire when retrofitting was deemed cost-prohibitive. Following an initial installation trial, we were pleased to be informed that our luminaire, Streetcare, had outperformed not just one, but three alternative conservation lanterns! It was also the most affordable solution 💷 #heritagelighting #traditionallighting #exteriorlighting #outdoorlighting