Applications

Office and Education


Increasingly, office lighting must facilitate a wide diversity of tasks, from looking at a computer screen to writing on a whiteboard.

In each case, the expert application of the latest Thorn lighting technology should go a long way towards creating a harmonious, glare-free environment for employees. After all, a balanced ambience creates a pleasant work environment, increasing worker productivity.

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Bosch China HQ, Shanghai
Energy saving luminaires for new Bosch headquarters
A combination of Thorn fluorescent and LED lighting has been used to illuminate one of the most modern corporate offices in the Asia Pacific region.


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Netherburn Primary School
Quattro LED passes its first examination
New premises built for Netherburn Primary School in Larkhall, Scotland were designed by South Lanarkshire Council to replace the original older building. The new facility will help transform the learning experiences of children, both now and in the years to come. Not unnaturally, the Council required first class lighting - high quality control of the light distribution to ensure good teaching conditions, together with an attractive appearance and economical operation through life.

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Newcastle United Football Club
Energy saving refurbishment on the ball
Newcastle United’s St James’ Park, the oldest football stadium in North East England, has just been given the latest LED treatment.

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Community College of City University
The City University of Hong Kong has achieved phenomenal growth since its establishment in 1984. To date, it has a student population of 20,000 enrolled in more than 130 programs at the associate degree, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The Community College of City University (CCCU) Building is one of the new buildings on campus supporting the University’s long-term development needs.

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One Kowloon
Located in Wang Yuen Street, Kowloon Bay, One Kowloon is the latest Grade A office development in Kowloon East. The formerly industrial district is now the center of retail and commercial developments. The office tower attracts local corporations to set up their office due to reasonable rental rate and ideal transportation network.

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Baker & Mckenzie office at Pacific Place
Baker & McKenzie is a global law firm with 3,900 lawyers in 67 offices around the world. The law firm has a deep local market knowledge in terms of the language and culture of business, and is able to bring the talent and experience needed to navigate complexity across practices and borders with ease.

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Manhattan Place
This is a new high class multi-storey commercial building located at 23 Wang Tai Road, Kowloon Bay where originally was an industrial area being transformed into a new commercial zone with high rise business centers developed one after another. Manhattan Place was completed in early 2009. It is a 40-storey business hub providing a total floor area 700,000 sq.ft., with typical floor area 21,180 sq.ft.

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Hong Hong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Community College (West Kowloon Campus)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) Hong Kong Community College (HKCC) is a self-financed post-secondary institution which offers Associate Degree (AD) programme. The student population of HKCC in 2007/08 was around 4,000.  Its new campus in West Kowloon, ready in mid-2008 is located next to Olympic City.

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One & Two IFC
One IFC was completed in 1988 and set over 39 floors. One IFC has already set a benchmark as a business designation. While the design of Two IFC is simple, strong & memorable with 88 stories. The top of Two ifc was designed as a welcoming gesture to the city, and when lit at night it is a shimmering beacon by Victoria Harbour.

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AIG Tower
AIG Tower is an elegant, ‘pure’ office building unencumbered by shops or retail malls, and its design is tailored for discerning commercial tenants seeking prestigious premises in the heart of Central. It consists of 39 levels and provides 26 floors of prime office accommodation space, each of some 13,000 – 15,000 sq. ft lettable space and a total of some 450,000 sq. ft of gross space.

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Hong Kong Community College (PUCC)
Beginning September 2007, Hong Kong Community College(PUCC) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has opened its new dedicated Hung Hom Bay Campus. The campus provides more than 50 classrooms & 9 lecture theatres.

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International Commerce Centre
The 118-storey International Commerce Centre will be at the heart of Hong Kong's future cultural and commercial hub, containing 2.5 million square feet of grade-A offices. Its location at a major railway interchange will make it convenient to the airport and the rest of the territory via rail lines including the KCRC Northern and Southern links and the proposed Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail.

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TATA Consultancy Services
Thorn adds comfort to a high tech office ambience
TATA Consultancy Services' new global process delivery centre in Chennai, southeast India, boasts what is probably one of the country's most unusual combinations of advanced lighting technology.

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City of Sunderland College
Lessons for the future
Good lighting control, attractive appearance and economical operation required for £10 million college project in Washington, northeast England.

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Royal Bank of Scotland
Gogarburn Campus
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) new Gogarburn campus, outside Edinburgh, Scotland has won the prestigious Building Services Awards 2006 for the Office Building of the Year.