Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet gets 21st-century smart lighting makeover

Glamox has won a contract to provide its energy-efficient lighting for a major refurbishment of the emergency ward of Olso University Rikshospitalet (National Hospital). Its contract is with Datek Installasjon which will install the lighting as part of a major refurbishment project linked to the hospital’s expansion.

The fluorescent luminaires in the hospital’s emergency ward will be replaced with 1,200 new connected LED luminaires that are controllable remotely and can dim down when people are not about, saving even more energy. Expanding on the environmentally friendly theme, the life of 67 bespoke luminaires in the unit’s central corridor will be extended by innovative LED Kit technology that replaces the original light source and electronics while retaining the body of each fixture.

The refurbishment is part of a major expansion of the Rikshospitalet. The hospital corridors have a distinctive curved ceiling, and the aim was to preserve this architectural feature while modernising the lighting. Glamox, in collaboration with Tom Rune Antonsen, Head of Property Operations at Rikshospitalet, developed a LED kit that reuses the existing material of the fixtures supplied by Glamox 25 years ago. This approach reduces waste and lowers the environmental impact when converting the building’s lighting to LED. Additionally, the LED kit solution is quick and easy to install.

“It’s only fitting that one of the world’s leading hospitals has 21^st Century lighting to match – lighting that reduces its carbon footprint and supports a circular economy,” said Toril Bache Jenssen, Director of Sales for Glamox in Norway. “Compared with the older fixtures, the new smart lighting will enable the hospital to cut its electricity use for lighting by 60-80 percent, which is significant given that most of the lighting is on 24×7. It is also long-lasting, so it will free up the time of maintenance staff as the previous T8 fluorescent tubes had to be replaced frequently. They had an 8,000-hour life compared to 100,000 hours for the new LED lighting.”

Also, the new lighting ensures that the Rikshospitalet complies with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive that phases out fluorescent lighting across Europe.

Oslo-based Datek Installasjon will install the lighting led by its project manager, Marius Bakke Gjørven. The lighting project is expected to be completed later this year.