This replacement project was carried out for the two Parking Structures of Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre (ADNEC), the biggest Exhibition Centre in the UAE built in 2007, with the biggest independent parking structures in Abu Dhabi. The exhibition centre has an event space of over 73,000 m2 and can simultaneously accommodatemultiple exhibitions through its 12 interconnected halls. 

Most commonly used during multiple exhibitions held at the Centre, the need for an efficient flow of traffic through the structures is extremely important to ADNEC. The two parking structures, 8-storeys each, has the capacity to simultaneously to accommodate over 6,000 vehiclesin total. On studying the difficulties and challenges faced by the facility management teamat ADNEC, the parking structures’ operation of over 12 hours a day, and 24 hours in some dark areas, put continuous stress on the existing T5 tubes, which caused asignificant impact on the short lifetime of the T5 tubes and lumen depreciation that requires repeated replacement of the tubes. Not to mention the poor light output which made it difficult for users to navigate around the parking area.

The two 8-storey each parking structure contained over 8000 fixtures, which madeit difficult to operate and maintain, which was the biggest challenge faced by the team. Moreover, at low levels of output, energy consumption was also quite high.