More-Control - Applications -Lighting Control

More Control has provided systems to control the lighting and power monitoring at various facilities. Regulations for energy use and power monitoring are increasing. Energy costs are rising even faster; therefore, the need to accurately monitor energy use is a growing market.

The lighting control systems installed are robust systems, controlled locally via switches and touch screens and networked back to PCs which provide enhanced functionality such as building wide scene control and scheduling. More Control has supplied systems for various industrial buildings and many famous British sporting stadiums including Manchester and Wembley Stadium.

Using PC based lighting controls enables different lighting solutions to be programmed for different uses and events. As well as greater flexibility the PC based solution offers greater economy, switching on only those lights which are necessary in the areas required and for the correct time.

Wembley Stadium

More Control was responsible for the software for the Clipsal C-Bus lighting management system for Wembley Stadium.

Whilst many large industrial buildings also have a mix of scenarios with different areas, large stadiums have the added complication of the amount of power required to bring on all the lights for national and international competitions. Full power for the main flood lights has to be phased on and monitored to ensure that the capabilities of the incoming power feeds, the internal switch gear and cabling are not exceeded.

The stadium has a networked lighting control system throughout controlling lighting across the whole stadium and its exterior, including the pitch, concourse and circulation/service areas, through to the iconic arch. The system provides scheduled lighting control with integrated event lighting management taking the entire stadium through stages starting several hours before an event, during the event itself, to the safe departure of the thousands of fans after the event. Traditional flood lighting is combined with ‘hot strike’ lamps capable of creating lighting effects during concert events. Large areas of the stadium can be controlled using a small number of simple controls, enabling fast and reliable control throughout the stadium.

The lighting system comprises a dual PC configuration with full redundancy in case of PC failure; linked to multiple Clipsal C-Bus networks comprising hundreds of relay units, dimmers and local switches controlling thousands of individual lamps.