Temporary Power and Site Lighting for House Building Projects
We have been working with residential developers and large-scale house builders since we launched our first solar street light in 2011.
It is predominantly our permanent solar lighting solutions that house builders use, but some utilise our temporary power and lighting products throughout the construction of their projects. Our alternatives to traditional diesel generators and tower lights, making their projects more sustainable from start to finish.
We help housebuilders to reduce their costs and their carbon emissions and enable their developments to be more energy and cost-efficient once completed.
Changing sustainability requirements for housebuilders
One of the primary challenges facing housebuilding businesses is the need to meet regulatory requirements and sustainability standards. In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on building energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable homes to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change.
Consumers expect a housebuilder to have done all they can to make a development as environmentally efficient as possible. Our residential solar powered street lights offer a sustainable alternative to traditional grid-powered systems, helping housebuilders meet sustainability targets, comply with regulatory standards and show potential buyers that the development has utilised innovative solar products to reduce the ongoing carbon emissions and costs.
Reducing costs and complexity during construction
Housebuilders are contending with massive fluctuations in material costs, labour shortages, and supply chain disruptions, which can impact project timelines and budgets. Our lighting solutions remove the need for underground trenching and cabling for street lighting, reducing labour requirements and the potential for delays onsite and allowing the site to be ready sooner.
Services
Lighting design
We will work with your site plans to create a lighting design that meets your developments requirements and complies with British lighting standards.
Installation
We install our columns, solar panels and lights providing you with a single point of contact responsible for your external lighting installation. Our team are highly experienced in installing solar street lights and have passed all background checks required for working on security sensitive sites such as MOD and Prisons.
Onboarding and setup
Whether a permanent or temporary lighting solution, our dedicated account managers will support you with the setup and configuration of your units to your precise specification.
Why our lights are the best option for residential developments
Our durable solar street lights are truly exceptional. As pioneers in solar, we introduced the first permanent solar-only street light in 2011 and have since continued to refine and enhance our products, ensuring year round performance in the UK’s diverse weather conditions. Our lights provide consistent and reliable illumination, even during the darkest winter months.
Innovation is at the core of our solar street lights
Our street lights automatically activate at dusk, emitting light at 30% brightness to provide safe ambient lighting. When the built-in PIR sensor detects movement, the brightness increases to 100%, ensuring maximum visibility when needed. After 30-seconds of no activity, the LED light dims back to 30%, optimising battery usage for prolonged operation. This is perfect for residential areas, reducing the light pollution until it is absolutely required, for a short period of time.
Our solar street lights are highly customisable
We offer various modes of operation, allowing you to tailor the lighting settings to your precise needs. Virtually all aspects of our lights are adjustable, providing flexibility and versatility for different applications.
We take pride in offering a 3-PIR solution
Setting us apart as the leading UK solar street light manufacturer. This innovative feature enhances motion detection capabilities, ensuring greater responsiveness to movement in the surrounding area.
Lights stay on during a power cut
With the UK being under greater pressure from EV charging and increases in the power requirements across the country, grid resilience is a key consideration. Removing street lighting from the grid, goes a small way to reducing this pressure and means that during power-cuts, the street lights stay on, providing safety and reassurance for residents.
Our innovative solutions are helping to address some of the challenges that housebuilders are facing and driving positive change across the industry. By harnessing the power of solar energy, housebuilders can reduce carbon emissions, lower operating costs, and improve sustainability, while also enhancing project efficiency and resilience.
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What our clients
have to say
The ProPower unit managed itself – I could predict when it would need fuel, so it took very little of my time to manage. We were typically refuelling only every 3 months, versus weekly on a diesel generator. Through summer it didn’t need any at all. Once we sorted one minor issue (someone pushed the emergency stop button), there were no noise complaints. It’s a step in the right direction – we’re not releasing carbon when we don’t need to.
Project Manager
Working with Prolectric has transformed the A417 ‘Missing Link’ project. Their team understood our challenges and provided innovative, sustainable solutions exceeding our expectations. The transition was seamless, delivering significant cost savings and reducing our carbon footprint without compromising performance.
Remote monitoring has improved efficiency, while reduced noise and emissions has created a better working environment. The fuel savings – over 75% in some cases – demonstrate the real-world impact of these technologies.
In just a few months, our partnership has saved over £250,000, with projected annual savings exceeding £638,000. By adopting Prolectric’s Solar Hybrid Generators and Solar Lighting solutions, we are on track to cut over 800,000 kg of CO2e per year, reinforcing our commitment to sustainability and smarter, cleaner construction practices.
Prolectric’s expertise and support have made this transition effortless. Their solutions have set a new standard for powering major infrastructure projects.
Project Manager
Following our extensive engagement with the market to find a solution that was fit for purpose, a partnership developed with Prolectric which has enabled us to create a unique product and solution that matched our requirements and exceeded expectation. The Prolectric team were willing to invest significant time and resource to the project, to understand our specific needs. Additional confidence was then secured during the trial period. We trialled others, but Prolectric gave us the innovation, as well as the assurance and the commitment we needed.
Plant Development Manager
Our experience with Prolectric has been nothing short of exceptional. Their ProLight Solar Lighting Towers have proven to be extremely reliable, even during the challenging winter months when daylight hours are limited. This reliability is crucial for our operations, ensuring continuous surveillance and security throughout the year. Prolectric’s commitment to quality and innovation shines through in their products. The ProLight not only provide efficient lighting but also serve as a sturdy base for our CCTV systems. This integration has significantly enhanced our security infrastructure, providing SmartWatch and their clients with peace of mind knowing that their assets are protected around the clock. We wholeheartedly recommend Prolectric as a reliable and trusted supplier.
Sales Director
We started working with Prolectric around 5 years ago – we were aware that they were leaders in providing Solar Lighting Columns and wanted to understand whether the technology could be used to power off-grid remote CCTV solutions. We were impressed with the build quality and the safety aspects of the products – electrically and especially with no manual handling of heavy batteries which so many similar solutions required. We have continued to work with Prolectric to develop our solutions; we have fed back ideas to make the units even better and these have been taken onboard and incorporated into the latest versions. Overall, a great innovative company to work with.
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