Salvation army

The brief

OVERVIEW

The Salvation Army has recently moved its Clothing Collection Division into new custom-built premises in Kettering. This Division raises millions of pounds a year to support the Salvation Army’s charitable work. 

The new 56,500 sq ft/5,250 sqm factory brings together 120 existing personnel from both the existing Pytchley Lodge Road centre and the Wellingborough Support Centre.  

The new warehouse facility includes a number of environmentally-friendly features such as solar panels on the roof, electric car charging facilities and “green” cycle shelters. 

Challenge

THE TASKS WE HAD TO ACHIEVE

The Salvation Army processes up to 45,000 tonnes of donated clothing per year, 99 per cent of which is reused or recycled. In keeping with the need for efficiency and improving their green credentials with their trusted partners such as large corporations, supermarkets and local authorities, the Salvation Army sought a lighting scheme that would meet these goals.

The Solution

HOW WE ACHIEVED THE RESULT

It was decided that the main warehouse should be illuminated using the new Holophane Prismpack™.  

The recently launched Prismpack™ is available in a range of sizes that can deliver from 10,000 lumens up to a massive 120,000 lm. This is achieved by combining a single LED module (up to 20,000 lm each) in groups of one to six. 

For the Salvation Army warehouse, the three-module, 414W, version was used. This delivers over 58,000 lumens with a colour rendering of CRI >80 and has a Neutral 4000K appearance. 

One of the key benefits of the new Prismpack™ is the Optimax™ optical system. Which has miniature, facetted, specular aluminium reflectors within a low-iron (for maximum light transmittance) glass lens.