Microsoft Offices, Reading

In an overarching goal of the Thames Valley Park campus in Reading, they wanted to modernise and create a healthy, inspiring workplace that supports the needs of Microsoft employees. The workplaces were to feature more natural light and foster the type of creativity that will lead to ongoing innovation, advance the industry and benefit customers.

Over the last few years, Microsoft has consistently transformed the way that people live, work, play, and connect through great technology and by creating inspiring workspaces, Microsoft feel they can make further transformations.

During the building updates, refurbishment and even the construction of the Thames Valley Park, Microsoft building Mackwell partnered with Data Techniques to provide LED emergency lighting throughout.

SOLUTION 

The emergency lighting was designed to be minimalistic and consisted of a mixture of control options including N-Light CONNECT and N-Light EC.

Innovative N-Light is an efficient approach to installing, powering and monitoring emergency lighting systems.  N-Light EC achieves this by using category cables so that monitoring and testing of the emergency lighting system can be completed without the need for additional wiring. Where as N-Light CONNECT uses industry standard DALI communication and wiring techniques. N-Light is specifically designed to be used alongside general lighting that operates on a Smart building platform to create a complete lighting solution.

Both Mackwell testing and monitoring systems can be harmonised through a single licence to the N-Light configurator software allowing simple monitoring for the local maintenance team who must cover the five large buildings.

The LED emergency lighting and SmartCharge battery regime ensure minimal physical maintenance whilst the N-Light system creates and stores monthly reports automatically for the entire site.
 

SUMMARY

• N-Light Connect Touch Panels; a DALI emergency lighting test and monitoring system were utilised
• Designed to be simple to use and intuitive with live system status diagnostics for instant information.
• Time stamped test records are created providing an audit trail.
• Designed specifically to be used alongside general lighting that operates on a smart building platform.
• Mackwell's SmartCharge technology provided energy efficient charging maintenance, reduced operating temperatures and optimum service life of the NiMH batteries.