GDS Discusses ArcSystem at Julie's Bicycle EventMatthew Lloyd, managing director of GDS, recently presented to an audience of industry professionals at an event organized by Julie's Bicycle. The not-for-profit organization was established in 2007 by Alison Tickell, the company was set up to tackle the issue of climate change and promote sustainability within the music, theatre, and creative industries. Julie's Bicycle has brought together a coalition of scientific and industry figures to map the carbon profile of their industries and take practical steps to reduce it. The event was held at Julie's Bicycle headquarters, the Bush Theatre London, and brought together a host of authorities including theatre technicians, consultants, venue managers, and lighting designers and was sponsored by GDS distributors White Light and Stage Electrics. Lloyd was invited as a guest speaker to present the environmental attributes of GDS' award winning ArcSystem. The focus of the event was to identify sustainable lighting solutions for external canopies, front-of-house spaces, auditorium house lights and backstage areas, and to champion the use of new technology to reduce the carbon footprint within a venue. ArcSystem, according to the company, is the world's first truly dimmable wireless auditorium lighting system, a new concept that provides a low energy future-proofing solution for auditoria house lighting. ArcSystem is designed to retro-fit into existing building infrastructure. The unique system is maintenance free and requires no lamp replacement or external dimming and produces much less heat than typical incandescent fittings, the company says. Each ArcSystem's cell is only 18W total load, meaning significantly less energy consumption, given run-time and maintenance costs early estimations suggest that ArcSystem will provide a return on investment within 36 months, the company says. Launched at ABTT 2011, ArcSystem was awarded the Lighting Product of the Year Award and went on to win the Theatres Trust People's Choice Award for Sustainability, a PLASA Innovation Award, LDI Green product of the Year Award and the first ever PLASA Sustainability Award. Lloyd commented: "GDS is proud to be involved with Julie's Bicycle and we wholeheartedly support its goals and aims. We were delighted to work with our distribution partners in contributing to this event which aimed to educate the industry on the sustainable solutions available in the market place. GDS shares Julie's Bicycle's ethos and are continually developing new technologies to reduce the carbon footprint in our theatres and performance spaces. ArcSystem is the first product of its kind and fills a gap, for a lighting solution that is sustainable, cost effective and future proof." Julie' Bicycle offer practical advice, tools, resources and an Industry Green environmental certification, informed by world-leading research into the environmental impacts of the creative industries. 
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