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.

Manchester Stadium

More Control were responsible for the software for the Clipsal C-Bus lighting management system for Manchester City Stadium, nominated for the 20th Anniversary ‘Best of the Best’ British Construction Industry Awards in 2007. The installation of the system was a collaboration between Clipsal and More Control’s IT Company, More Solutions (known as Quarella Ltd at that time). The flexibility of the software enables different lighting and power solutions to be programmed for different uses and events.

Manchester Stadium was built in two stages. For the 2002 Commonwealth Games the stadium had a seating capacity of around 38,000 and included a temporary North Stand which was removed after the games. The removal of the stand allowed an additional tier of seating and a football pitch to be built below the level of the running track used for the Games. With the completion of the replacement North Stand the seating capacity was increased to 48,000 to meet the needs of the Manchester City Football Club. From the outset the lighting system was designed to cater for both stages of the build. Only a short period of commissioning work was required on completion of the redevelopment with the software substantially unchanged from the version used throughout the Games.