Lancashire County Cricket Club

Atmospheric Zone recently supplied LED products for the event & Bar Area at “The Point” Lancashire County Cricket Club Stage one was installed and commissioned by Atmospheric Zones own staff whilst products supplied to both the Player & Media Centre were installed by local company Paul Creagan Electrical, Atmospheric Zone have supplied products for over two years to LCCC including the award winning design by BCP Lighting Design to both the external and internal areas of The Point and recent new additions. The high quality of products supplied has enjoyed a maintenance free installation whilst offering some remarkable and wonderfully enhancing illuminating around the building.

About the Award:

BDP won the Lighting for Leisure Category at this year’s Lighting Design Awards at the London Hilton on 10 March. BDP’s lighting designers beat off stiff competition to take the top prize for The Point, a 1,000 seat events venue at Lancashire County Cricket Club.

The judges commented that the project was not only beautifully detailed and realised, but offered the client a flexible facility that will generate revenue in the future.

BDP provided exterior lighting to the façade, concourse area and stand, as well as internal lighting to the front of house areas including entrance, event space, bars, circulation areas and facilities.

The lighting showcases the bold and strong graphic identity for the new events venue, and the re-born cricket ground as a whole.

State-of-the-art low energy LED lighting and controls helps the design intelligently integrate both passive and active environmental thinking to provide a highly energy efficient and sustainable operation. The ability of the lighting design to contribute to LCCC’s carbon reduction commitment has set a precedent for all sports venues around the world. The project aims to obtain gold certification from the Green Business Tourism Scheme.

The unique architectural design of the scheme shifts the events space from a typical cocoon within the bowels of the stadium and floats it dramatically over the new spectator seating, creating shelter, unimpeded spatial flexibility and spectacular views out over the famous Old Trafford pitch.

Ben Cronin, Editor of Lighting commented: "The Lighting Design Awards continue to showcase the best of the lighting industry. This year the judges found it more difficult than ever to separate some extremely strong entries. We have been overwhelmed by the number and quality of the projects and products submitted this year, which speaks volumes for the health of the lighting industry.

Atmospheric Zone Limited:

Atmospheric Zone Limited (www.atmosphericzone.com) is a leader in advanced lighting technology, including solid-state LED and Fibre Optic lighting systems and controls used in commercial, architectural, signage, swimming pool, entertainment and retail lighting. Atmospheric Zone is the exclusive U.K. distributer for many high quality products including Pro Strip®, Lumificient, LEDIX, Next Step and Nexxus Lighting Brands including but not limited to: Savi®, Pro Strip®, Super Vision® and Lumificient™.