Croxley Park office campus near Watford showing service centre The Hive café building at twilight with pond reflection, WE-EF CFT540 ring-shaped LED pole-mounted luminaire on 5-meter aluminum pole visible, warm white 3000K creating pleasant feel-good atmosphere for employees working late, 30+ hectare parkland location north of London redesigned over three years with high-quality new buildings and outdoor facilities transforming workplace into living space with gym, day-care centre and amenities

Croxley Park, Watford (UK)

Work, Life and Light Balance

Architectural quality and amenities are becoming increasingly important as factors determining the attractiveness of office and industrial parks. In Croxley Park, illuminated outdoor areas with a new design create a feel-good atmosphere, even for people having to work late.

Croxley Park The Hive service centre in daylight showing contemporary architecture by ESA architects London with sustainable drainage swale landscaping, WE-EF CFT540 pole luminaires visible as defining feature of campus-like site, approximately 260 luminaires on 5-meter poles providing safe lighting for paths and open spaces, modern design supporting Columbia Threadneedle's ambitious sustainability goals for office park offering attractive working conditions for modern companies and start-ups

Croxley Park, an office park near Watford with an area of more than 30 hectares, aims to offer particularly attractive working conditions for modern companies and start-ups. This not only refers to the good transport links of the parkland location north of London; during the past three years, the operators have invested heavily in high-quality new buildings with a service centre called The Hive in addition to the office buildings, and have redesigned the outdoor facilities including the lighting. The workplace is also increasingly becoming a living space where employees can enjoy services such as a café, a gym, a day-care centre and many other amenities – and which is also a pleasant place to spend time after work.

The new lighting on the campus-like site, which WE-EF developed together with the planners of the responsible architectural office, ESA from London, meets these requirements. The central element of the lighting concept are the ring-shaped CFT540 pole mounted luminaires from WE-EF. Approximately 260 of them, mounted on 5-metre high aluminium poles, provide safe lighting for paths and open spaces. The warm white temperature colour (3000 K) additionally contributes to creating a pleasant atmosphere.

Croxley Park contemporary office building showing timber-clad facade with comprehensive WE-EF CFT540 lighting along pedestrian pathway, clear modern design language of ring-shaped pole luminaires harmonizing with campus architecture designed by ESA London, durable energy-efficient LED technology with warm white 3000K supporting operator's sustainability goals, parkland setting near Watford with good transport links creating attractive working conditions where employees can enjoy café, gym, day-care and other amenities

Detail of WE-EF CFT540 ring-shaped LED pole-mounted luminaire on 5-meter aluminum pole at Croxley Park showing clear modern design language, innovative OLC One LED Concept multi-layer lens technology with RFC reflector cover technology using UV-stabilized contour cover reducing internal reflection to absolute minimum for improved efficiency, warm white 3000K LED providing uniform light distribution with very good visual comfort, durable energy-efficient product supporting ambitious sustainability goals while serving as defining architectural feature of office park designed by ESA architects London

All luminaires from the CFT500 series use WE-EF OLC® lens technology (One LED Concept) with a multi-layer principle to ensure uniform light distribution with very good visual comfort. To further improve the efficiency, RFC® technology developed by WE-EF is also used. The conventional flat glass cover is replaced by a UV-stabilised, clear PMMA or PC cover with a contour following the shape of the OLC® lenses. This reduces the amount of internal reflection to an absolute minimum.

Croxley Park pathway at evening showing WE-EF CFT540 LED pole-mounted luminaires with ring-shaped design using OLC One LED Concept multi-layer lens technology ensuring uniform light distribution with very good visual comfort, RFC technology with UV-stabilized PMMA or PC contour cover following lens shape reducing internal reflection to absolute minimum, warm 3000K illumination creating pleasant after-work environment, contemporary angular wall sculpture visible demonstrating architectural quality determining attractiveness of office park

With their clear, modern design language, the CFT540 pole mounted luminaires are a defining feature of the office park and its architecture. As durable, energy-efficient products, they also support the operator's ambitious sustainability goals.

Croxley Park office buildings at blue hour showing comprehensive WE-EF lighting concept developed with ESA architects London, approximately 260 CFT540 ring-shaped pole-mounted luminaires on 5-meter aluminum poles providing safe pleasant illumination across 30+ hectare campus-like site, warm white 3000K temperature creating feel-good atmosphere enabling office park to function as living space beyond working hours, completed as part of three-year investment in redesigned outdoor facilities by Columbia Threadneedle near Watford north of London

Credits

Architecture and lighting design: ESA architects, London General contractor: Briggs & Forrester, Northampton Principal: Columbia Threadneedle Photos: James Newton for WE-EF

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