CAPE TOWN STATION: GREEN DESIGN

Gibb engineering consultants identified and rectified “critical electrical shortfalls” at Cape Town station, a key facility in the city centre where many thousands board trains every day. The R480 million overall revitalisation project embraced the complex of several buildings connected through concourses, platforms and courtyards. Innovative aspects of Gibb’s work included specialised, dimmable lighting in the main concourse and LED lighting within the acoustic light panels. In reducing energy consumption, the design incorporated a “green” lighting control system. The Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (Dali) control system adjusts light levels to match that of natural light, enabling the individual ballasts of fluorescent and compact fluorescent to be dimmed from 1 to 100% individually. Gibb formed part of the team of consultants and project managers involved in the overall upgrade.