St George Tower London, UK

A Delmatic lighting management system enhances the sustainable performance of The Tower at One St George Wharf – one of Europe’s tallest residential towers and the tallest residential tower in the UK. 

Overlooking the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament, The Tower is not only a contemporary residential tower but also a case study in sustainable city living.

The Delmatic system controls lighting throughout the front-of-house shell and core and fit-out areas, including the entrance reception, general circulation areas, apartment and lift lobbies, spa, cinema and restaurant as well as plant room areas.  The system provides switching and dimming of lighting as well as automatic testing and monitoring of emergency lighting.

For energy-efficiency, lighting in common areas such as lift lobbies is controlled through occupancy detection:  efficiency is combined with occupant comfort and security considerations through an interface with the lift control system which ensures that lighting on the destination floor is lit when people exit the lifts.

The Delmatic system also controls the vertical columns of LED lighting on the exterior of the building, as well as planting and canopy lighting and the uplighting of the wind turbine on the roof.

Lighting controls coupled with energy efficient lighting form part of a wide range of measures taken to minimise The Tower’s environmental impact. The rooftop wind turbine is expected to generate 20,000kWh per annum – sufficient to power the building’s common-area lighting - while heating and hot water is provided using a water-source heat pump connected to a 160m deep borehole.