Perimeter protectionCAST Lighting’s LED Perimeter Light wins industry innovation award
The task of illuminating long perimeter fences has always been problematic; installing tall pole-mounted luminaires to flood fence regions with light is expensive in material and labor and wastes energy, since most of the illumination falls outside the perimeter region; typical metal halide pole-mounted lamps would require nearly 4,000 watts to light 500 feet of fence; CAST Lighting’s LED Perimeter Light uses just seven watts per luminaire, thus illuminating 500 feet of fence with less than 150 watts of power, saving 96 percent on energy costs; the new LED Perimeter Light captured the industry coveted innovation award at LightFair International 2012
Hawthorne, New Jersey-based CAST Lighting has been manufacturing outdoor lighting for ten-years now, specializing in durable low voltage lighting products. On 9 May the company received the lighting industry’s highest accolades, the Most Innovative Product of the Year. The award was given at LightFair International 2012, the world’s largest architectural and commercial trade show.
The winning product was CAST Lighting’s LED Perimeter Light, a compact, energy efficient security light designed to be mounted on chain link fence posts. Powered by a small 24-volt transformer, this light, positioned every twenty to thirty feet, provides targeted illumination along very long fence lines.
The award judges said they were impressed by the innovative design and thinking behind the luminaire. They commented, “Never has so little light done so much work. We found this to be a simple, clean, efficient, energy-effective solution which could be used on nearly every property. It leverages the best benefits of LED — low voltage operation, optical efficiency, small size and long life for a truly robust security lighting solution.”
The company notes that the task of illuminating long perimeter fences has always been problematic. The typical solution is to install tall pole-mounted luminaires that flood fence regions with light. This approach wastes considerable amounts of energy since most of the illumination falls outside the perimeter region.
Installation of these pole-mounted lights is also expensive in both material and labor. The new CAST Lighting LED Perimeter Light uses just seven watts per luminaire and can illuminate 500 feet of fence with less than 150 watts of power. Typical metal halide pole-mounted lamps would require nearly 4,000 watts to light that same fence. This represents a 96 percent savings in energy cost.
Steve Parrott, CAST Lighting’s director of communication and m, comments on the potential for the LED Perimeter Light: “One of the most remarkable things about this security light is its wide range of applications. Since we introduced the product, we’ve been flooded with requests from Homeland Security; the military; energy companies; federal, state, and local agencies; airports; and a host of private facility managers. We are ramping up production to meet these demands, and have an aggressive R&D effort to develop new products that will address other security lighting needs.”
Dave Beausoleil, president and founder of CAST Lighting, comments in this video on some of the other features of the LED Perimeter Light. He said: “As with the development of our entire line of outdoor LED lights, we focused on the unique challenge of putting sophisticated electronics into a lighting fixture that would be subject to extreme environmental conditions. We protect the LED circuit from moisture, heat, voltage variations, and electromagnetic interference. The result is an extremely robust LED security light that will survive many years without problems.”
