A lighting upgrade at a social housing estate in Kent has seen the addition of smart technology which is automating the testing of emergency lighting and will allow future capabilities such as humidity monitoring.
At Merston Court in Gravesham, a retrofit gear tray modernised the luminaires to the latest LED modules while introducing intelligent nodes from mymesh.
The project delivers immediate benefits through significant energy savings, carbon reduction, and automated emergency lighting self-testing, improving both sustainability and compliance.
But more significantly, the upgrade establishes a secure digital backbone across the building, enabling future services such as temperature and humidity monitoring within dwellings to help identify and mitigate the risk of damp and mould at an early stage, supporting the requirements of Awaab’s Law.
The Merston Court project forms part of a wider programme to upgrade all council housing assets with Mymesh Smart Lighting, ensuring the estate is future-ready and digitally connected.
‘The smart lighting upgrade at Merston Court cuts energy, reduces carbon, and improves safety,’ said a spokesperson for Gravesham Borough Council. ‘Working with Mymesh, we introduced a retrofit solution with minimal disruption, while creating a digital backbone to help tackle issues like damp and mould under Awaab’s Law. This is the first step in delivering safer, smarter homes across Gravesham.’
The gear tray was designed in partnership with Simac UK optimising the Mymesh solution and offering very high lumen output under run to increase life. The luminaire sits outside the dwellings with sensors placed inside to measure both temperature and moisture.
The emergency LED gear tray has built in microwave, dimming capacity and fault reporting for the LEDs and emergency lighting.
Reports are created for energy, mould, mains faults, emergency lighting test reports, maintenance report’s and temperature.
The data is displayed in a cloud based display creating actionable data and workflows. It will also report back on failures for maintenance.
