Abu Dhabi Airport - Midfield Terminal

Resulting from an unprecedented, increase in commercial and private demand, the airport is investing in one of the world’s most ambitious airport development projects with the construction of the Midfield Terminal Project. Spanning over 742,000m², the ultramodern terminal will cater for over 30 million passengers annually and house over 28,000m² of retail and food and beverage outlets.

SOLUTION 

Aligning with the client’s ultimate goal, the brief from consultants; Bluehouse Engineering and Wallace Whittle was to create a lighting scheme capable of delivering sophistication and comfort to visitors to the terminal’s flagship duty free hub, whilst providing an equally aesthetic, high-performance and compliant emergency lighting system to help ensure the safety of both passengers and workers, further complimenting their retail experience.

Mackwell’s renowned high output LED luminaire, XYLUX LR3, c/w DALI capability and delivering 550 Lumens, fitted the brief perfectly, meeting the 10.8 Lux requirement in the challenging high ceiling applications associated with retail establishments.

The incorporation of Mackwell’s acclaimed N-Light CONNECT automatic test and monitoring control panel, provides the reassurance of error free reporting and monitoring of the emergency lighting system, ensuring compliance throughout it’s designed lifetime.
 

SUMMARY

• The LR3 is specially designed for use where a high lux level is required
• Optical lens and reflector configuration for 10.8 lux applications
• Miniature design blends into the architectural environment
• SmartCharge included inthe NiMH batteries which provides energy efficient charging maintenance, reduced operating temperatures and optimum service life of NiMH batteries
• N-Light CONNECT automatic test and monitoring system installed to support facilities teams and provide the ability to check the system remotely and identify faults seemlesly.