Sentry Electric, one of North America’s most experienced and knowledgeable manufacturers of outdoor lighting, has provided Sacred Heart Academy of Hempstead, NY with LED luminaires and bollards for its entire campus. In total, 35 single and multi-head poles and 50 bollards provide Sacred Heart students, families, and faculty with a lighting package that improves safety, saves energy, reduces maintenance, and helps beautify the school’s grounds.

Working in conjunction with school personnel and Cameron Engineering of Woodbury, NY, Sentry devised a comprehensive lighting plan for several types of areas including the driveway, parking area, student drop-off area, and various pathways. To provide suitable light levels and uniformity, single-head, double-head, and triple head poles were used primarily for the large, open spaces. For pathways, crosswalks and other small spaces, LED bollards were added to the lighting plan.

To provide safety in areas with high pedestrian traffic, matching non illuminated bollards augmented the use of LED bollards. Sentry also developed a unique bollard base so that several non illuminated bollards could easily be removed by maintenance personnel during times of special events or to allow emergency vehicles access to certain parts of the grounds.The specified LED luminaires are Sentry’s famed Battery Park series.  Each is configured with a Zhaga-compliant Philips Fortimo light enginethat consumes a scant 58 watts of power, but emits 6000 lumens. Sentry’s SPR reflector system with Backlight Reduction asymmetrically distributes comfortable, pleasing, indirect light.  The Backlight Reduction feature reduces house side illumination by approximately 35% while directing additional light towards the street side of the luminaire. As Sacred Heart is located amid a residential community, Backlight Reduction helps minimize any possible light trespass.

The specified bollards utilize Sentry’s Washington style decorative design. LED versions are configured with Xicato light engines that consume only 14 watts of energy. Sentry’s SPR conical reflector provides a symmetric Type V distribution to uniformly illuminate the various pathways and crosswalks.

Sacred Heart Academy’s resulting lighting plan entails large scale product diversity in terms ofluminaires, pole configurations, and bollard types. Project success was realized through the expertise and collaboration of seasoned professionals with the singular purpose of making Sacred Heart Academy a safe and beautiful environment for all who frequent its grounds.