Lighting in Design May-June 2015

The V&AWaterfront is a popular destination for international and local visitors to Cape Town as well as for locals; and the illumination of the monu- ments at theWaterfront adds to the beautification of the area. The stately, Victorian Gothic Clock Tower was built in 1883 and was the Port Captain’s first office in the newly constructed Cape Town harbour. It housed the tide gauge mechanism which worked by a shaft connected to the sea. It also contained all the instruments that the Port Captain needed, such as a clock for ships to see the correct time, signal flags, Morse lamps and a telescope.With the rapid growth of the harbour, a beautiful gabled building was constructed in 1904 to house the Port Captain who till then operated from the Clock Tower. Advantages of the Philips Vaya LED lighting solutions provided at these monuments include: • Dynamic lighting that makes it possible to adjust the atmosphere of the site. • A longer lifespan: around 50 000 hours compared

Colin Devinish, executive for operations, V&AWa- terfront. “As a destination popular with international visitors and frequented by locals we constantly strive to improve and enhance this important part of South African history; collaborating with Philips was a win-win.” CapeTown is the first stop on Philips’ annual pan- African Cape Town to Cairo roadshow, which will cover 12 000 km across 11 cities and eight countries over a period of four and a half months. The road- show has gained significant momentum over the past five years, allowing Philips to get to the heart of some of the key issues facing Africa – advancing healthcare access, leading the LED lighting revolu- tion, and providing products and solutions that meet the aspirational needs of the rising middle class. This year too, while driving the conversation around sustainable energy solutions, Philips has pledged to illuminate iconic national monuments or provide road and street illumination with digital LED technology, leaving a permanent legacy while reducing energy consumption. [1] Lighting Africa www.lightingafrica.org/

to 12 000 with conventional lighting. • A reduction in maintenance costs.

"The lighting of these monuments goes a long way to beautifying aspects of the waterfront," says

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