JAMES JOYCE BRIDGE, DUBLIN

Dublin’s James Joyce Bridge goes LED.

The landmark James Joyce Bridge, crossing the Liffey in Dublin’s city centre was the site of FibreLED’s latest high profile project.

The recently built feature bridge was previously illuminated with over 100 x 5ft standard fluorescent tubes consuming a massive 7500watts.

Access for maintenance was a major problem and required road closures. The fluorescent tubes were frequently blowing, creating constant maintenance issues which proved very costly and therefore unsustainable. Both from a safety perspective and visually as a feature the lighting to the bridge in its existing format was simply not working. Additionally the massive consumption of the existing system needed to be reduced as a matter of urgency.

FibreLED in association with Read Electrical Contractors and Dublin Corporation presented our FLTube1500 LED. This is a clear LED tube replacement fitting that offers a replacement to a traditional fluorescent tube with a 70% reduction in consumption, similar light levels and up to 50,000 hour maintenance free lighting.

The installation of LED tubes reduced the consumption from over 7500watts to approximately 2000watts and will eliminate previous maintenance and access issues.