In an ongoing effort to improve efficiency and the customer experience, UK fashion retailers Next have turned their store in Rugby, Warwickshire, into a test bed for new lighting applications and technology. To accomplish this, the chain turned to Lumenpulse and Lumentalk technology.

"Next had been looking for ways to reduce energy consumption across its stores, and so the goal at the outlet in Rugby was to increase flexibility, allowing them to test and measure the effect of different dimming and control scenarios," said Simon Morrison Senior Vice-President Global Business EMEA at Lumenpulse.

With Lumentalk, Next, Rugby can individually dim and control over 500 Lumenpulse AlphaLED downlights and spotlights via DMX, over existing power lines.

This ability to test, and then fine-tune, different control strategies may end up having a transformative effect on the operation and appearance of the chain's stores across the UK, and this has not gone unnoticed: Next, Rugby has been named the Lux AwardsControls Project of the Year for 2015.
Equipment Specified:

Lumentalk
Multi 3 Downlight
Multi 4 Downlight
Track Spot Large

Photographer: Ian Robinson