Harvard switched on to growth with new premises
YORKSHIRE manufacturing company Harvard Engineering, which has developed a system to remotely dim street lights and save energy waste, has celebrated the official opening of its new premises.
The company, which has more than doubled its workforce over the last two years,
grew too large for its previous premises and made the move to Normanton in Wakefield.
The industry leading facility includes a research and development centre and a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.
HRH The Duke of Kent officially opened the new base earlier this month while also presenting Harvard with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise within the innovation category.
The award was presented for the company’s innovative wireless street lighting management system, LeafNut, which is helping local councils and private businesses around the UK cut energy usage and reduce carbon emissions.
LeafNut allows local authorities to cleverly manage their street lights without having to controversially ‘switch off’.
The LeafNut Central Management System (CMS) is currently adopted by more than 40 local authorities worldwide, with 400,000 LeafNut controlled street lights being deployed and 100,000 already in operation.
Michael McDonnell, sales and marketing director at Harvard, said: “Despite the current recession, we are anticipating our growth will continue in 2011 and 2012, at an even faster pace.
“Most local authorities are now aware of the undoubted benefits of using innovative applications like LeafNut to manage their street lights.”
