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TMO CASE STUDY OF NEW LZA550 SOLAR
TMO Highways Go Green with the New LZA550 Solar with huge environmental and cost savings!
TMO Traffic Highways Ltd are one of the first of our customers to run our New Solar Lights. Having been successfully awarded a year long contract for BAM Nuttall in Suffolk Ben Green (TechIOSH, AIEMA, NCRQCert) TMO’s Operations Director requested the lights be trialled on the project, read on for his feedback:
“At TMO Highways we are fully committed to reducing our impact on the global climate situation. There’s plenty of greenwashing happening but we as an ISO:14001 environmentally accredited business are constantly on the lookout for ways to reduce our carbon footprint. Undertaking weekly routine battery changes and the mileage associated with this task is an area where the Traffic Management industry as a whole can make massive forwards strides by using Solar Technology.
On award of the contract we liaised with our client BAM Nuttall to obtain their approval for the use of the Solar lights. Being a like-minded company they were fully on board with the Nissen Solar option. The lights have now been on site for 12 Weeks (3 months), not a single battery change or low voltage warning has been received. Through the Trackit247 Ltd tracker service provided by Intelligent Traffic Systems Ltd we have been able to monitor the lights and the battery levels throughout the whole period and not once have they dropped below 12.7v, more often than not reading high 13v levels. With the latest Nissen - road safety solutions tech there have been zero breakdowns or communication fails during the period too. All of the above has led to massive savings already and huge projected figures as detailed below:
In the First 12 Weeks:
• 611kg of Co2 saved
• £48.00 on electricity saved
• 912 Miles saved on Company vehicles
Prediction for the Duration (1 Year)
• 2,647.84kg of Co2 saved
• £208.00 on electricity saved
• 3,952 Miles saved on Company vehicles
All of the above on just a 2 Way set of Nissen LZA 550 Solar lights.
The money we have been able to save both ourselves on fuel and wages and for the client in regards to battery changes have led to positive feedback all round. The Nissen LZA550 Solar lights are a game changer for the Traffic Management industry. As an environmentally responsible company TMO will be looking to utilise the lights at every opportunity as this technology matches our promises to ensure all future purchasing assesses the latest innovative technology available or worst case has a clear recyclable factor at the end of the products life cycle.”
Massive thanks to Ben for the feedback and full respect to the team at TMO for embracing the new tech! For more info or to arrange your demo drop us a line!
SEPTEMBER 2021
In an independent test Intelligent Traffic Systems fitted the Nissen LZA 500 with new 12 volt AGM batteries and setup a two way on a live site at Norwich. They monitored the batteries performance remotely using the Traffic 247 Tracking live link and didn’t change the batteries until day 29 when the batteries were showing 11.3 volts. They could have run longer but they didn’t want to risk damaging the batteries. It is worth noting that the new AGM Batteries had not been charged before use and started on 12.8 volts. More tests will be made using the AGM Batteries so watch this space! (N.B. The option to upgrade to AGM Batteries is only £150 per unit).
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*using 12 Volt AGM Batteries, 14+ day run time is achieved with standard 100AH 12 Volt Batteries.