Local Designplan Concourses

Although the Concourse is more widely seen in this area in the car parks of municipal buildings (especially schools), it started appearing in some public car parks in 2005 using 100 Watt 'Metal Arc' lamps. At the time, metal halide was a new option for the Concourse - previously, the only lamp types that could be used were SON and mercury.

This 80 Watt MBF example (complete with heavily yellowed bowl!) was one of a number on the now defunct Derby College Pride Parkway campus.

This Housing Association-owned Concourse is newer and is fitted with a 100 Watt Metal-Arc lamp.

Similarly, this 100 Watt Concourse can be found lighting the Darwin Place car park in Derby City Centre and is mounted on an Abacus 6 m raise-and-lower column. Prior to this column being installed, a 5 m non-hinged column was installed and a GEC Z5698U, crudely converted to run a 125 Watt MBF lamp, was installed. The car park is located within a loop of the St Alkmund's Way junction - hence the presence of a high mast supporting four GEC Z3430s in the background.

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