VERDE LED New Office
28/05/2014
VERDE LED is delighted to announce their recent expansion and move to a larger facility in Little Island, Cork.
MD Paul Martin outlined: “Given our growth pattern over the past 5 years we required larger office space and distribution facilities. Our facility is state of the art displaying our full range of commercial LED Lighting options available to domestic and international clients and providing office and warehousing to facilitate our growth going forward.“
VERDE LED held a launch evening including entertainment and refreshments on Thursday 28th May which was attended by electrical contractors, engineers, clients and potential clients from all around Ireland.
VERDE LED sign contract with world’s largest technology distributor
17/12/2014
VERDE LED who specialise in the design and manufacture of energy saving LED lighting solutions for commercial and industrial applications have announced a partnership with the world’s largest wholesale technology products distributor, Ingram Micro.
Ingram Micro and VERDE LED have signed a distribution Agreement that sees them distribute VERDE LED’s range of energy saving LED lighting throughout more than 26,000 resellers across Germany, Austria and Hungary.
The New Energy unit of Ingram Micro partnered with the Cork based company to expand it’s offering of LED solutions. Quality and service were the main factors when Ingram Micro decided to partner with VERDE LED, along with the flexibility offered when compared to some of the traditional industry players.
“VERDE LED provide Ingram Micro with the flexibility it requires in this fast paced market. They give us access to high quality custom-made products, anything is possible. VERDE LED’s products are characterized in particular by a very good price-performance ratio.”
Commented Günther Schiessl, Managing Director of the New Energy division at Ingram Micro.
VERDE LED first entered the German market in 2012 and since then has experienced steady growth. This new contract with Ingram Micro is an important step in the expansion plans of the company.
“On behalf of everyone at VERDE LED I am delighted to announce this contract with Ingram Micro. We now have access to more than 26,000 Ingram Micro resellers in the largest economy in Europe.
VERDE LED have been active in the German market since 2012, where the company has experienced fantastic growth. This new partnership with Ingram Micro will assist greatly in continuing to expand rapidly, in line with the company’s ambitious growth plans.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the staff at Ingram Micro for their commitment, passion and professionalism and we look forward to exciting times working together.” said John Keohane, CEO of VERDE LED.
VERDE LED have recently completed a large scale lighting retrofit in Gorey Community School, Ireland’s largest secondary school.
12/11/2014
The project, supported by Heaton’s and the SEAI, was retrofitted and commissioned within a two week period generating a 65% saving on lighting costs for the client.
Director of VERDE LED Paul Martin outlined “VERDE LED are delighted to have been part of this project. VERDE has made a big push with public sector projects in 2014 completing works with Cork, Longford, Laois, Leitrim and Kilkenny Local Authorities and schools in Limerick, Wexford and Dublin”.
“There has been a large shift in the perception of LED lighting over the past 18 months. Prices are now almost in line with more inefficient conventional lighting enabling LED Lighting to be the lighting of choice in almost all environments from office, educational, streetlight, industrial and sports facilities”. “What makes VERDE LED different from competitors is the robustness, reliability and efficiency of our product range coupled with the industry leading warranties and our ability to deliver large quantities and a turnkey solution in a fast and efficient manner”
Vice-Principal of Gorey Community School, Frank Duke, outlined “Gorey Community School are delighted with the energy savings achieving a metered 65% saving on lighting and a 30% overall energy saving within the facility. We found VERDE LED to be efficient, professional and dependable and their electricians worked diligently to deliver a large scale project on time and without fuss. In dealing with Verde we found them to be very reasonable and flexible which is extremely important when working in a school environment”.
VERDE LED have an exciting expansion plan for public sector works in 2015 targeting projects in 15 local Authorities and 20 primary and secondary schools.
VERDE LED are delighted to have opened an office in France to help support increased demand for our products in mainland Europe.
26/08/2014
Peter McDonnell joins VERDE LED from Harvard Engineering plc. a world leader in lighting electronics and controls. Having developed Harvard’s international business to the point where it won the Queen’s Award for International Trade in March 2014, Peter has joined the VERDE LED team to develop the business in France, Spain and Belgium.
“ With state of the art products and a world-class fulfillment model, VERDE LED is perfectly positioned to serve customers through the LED revolution taking place in Europe today”, says Mc Donnell.
“Building a blue-chip management team within an SME structure means that Verde Led will respond better and faster to changing customer needs than traditional lighting OEMs have been able to”, he adds.
Peter brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience which I’m sure our customers will find extremely helpful.
From everyone here at VERDE, we would like to welcome Peter on board and wish him all the best in his new role.
Cork Firm, VERDE LED, secure contract to supply lighting to the UK’s greenest Power station in Beckton, London.
7/07/2014
VERDE LED who specialise in the design, supply and installation of LED efficient lighting solutions for commercial and industrial applications announced a deal with 20C to supply its energy efficient LED lighting solutions for the “Greenest” power station in the UK.
2OC, a green utility company based in the UK, began construction of the combined heat and intelligent power (CHiP) plant at Beckton in east London in 2013 with J Murphy & Sons appointed as the main contractor. The plant is located adjacent to the National Grid Gas Pressure Reduction Station.
The main source of fuel for the plant will be the fats, oils and gases, which are thrown away by households and restaurants.
The plant will have annual output of 130GWh of electricity, while the installed capacity will be 19MW. It is expected to operate at an electrical efficiency of more than 65% and provide power for approximately 40,000 households.
VERDE LED used a combination of innovative state of the art Modular LED lights combined with remote controlling to win the contract ahead of stiff international competition.
The result is that the power station will save 41 tonnes of carbon per annum and provide 62% energy savings compared to traditional lighting technology.
John Keohane, CEO of VERDE LED praised his customer and colleagues for an outstanding project which now sets the bar for industrial projects worldwide.
“Our ability to design an innovative, high performance solution to operate in a very demanding environment is testament to our team of engineers who worked on this project from the beginning.”
He went to add “Huge credit has to go to the client who never waivered from its commitment and brief of building the greenest power station in the UK with the most innovative solutions available on the market.”
ET8 Tubes Information
20/05/2014
VERDE LED Launches ET8 Premium LED Tubes.
VERDE LED realise that there is a plethora of LED tube manufactures offering different quality and specifications of LED product.
Components, certification and safety are at the heart of VERDE LEDs manufacturing policy as we strive to offer the highest quality design prolonging the lifespan of your product and investment.
Information about Verde Controls
13/05/2014
We want to show you the features of our new system. We kept things simple to ensure our customes enjoy real benefits from the use of our system.
VERDE LED, continues rapid expansion into overseas markets in the wake of great success at the Frankfurt Light and Build fair.
24/04/2014
VERDE LED, continues rapid expansion into overseas markets
VERDE LED who specialise in the manufacture of LED efficient lighting solutions for commercial and industrial applications have announced new worldwide distribution deals , worth €6m, and also announced plans to open a branch office in Stuttgart, Germany following a hugely successful fair at Light and Build 2014 in Frankfurt .
The Frankfurt Light and Build fair is the largest of its kind in the world with over 2,500 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors every 2 years.
Director of VERDE LED, John Keohane is excited about the growth the company is experiencing : “We are thrilled with the response from the fair in Frankfurt. Sticking to our core values of quality and service has led to increased business domestically and internationally and we are confident that these new distribution agreements signed at the fair will lead to much more business as demand continues to grow for quality LED lighting.”
VERDE LED also launched a revolutionary low cost wireless control system at the fair to industry acclaim.
Commenting at the launch, John explained the benefits of the new system : “While there have been control systems before, these tended to be mostly hardwired, expensive and complicated to use. This led to the end user not getting the full value of the system and also prevented the widespread adoption of controls. Now with VERDE CONTROLS we have developed a low cost wireless control system that is easy to use, low cost to install and easy to install because it is based on a wireless Zigbee protocall. Customers can expect on average a further 40-50% energy savings on top of the savings already generated from the LED lights themselves ”
