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Fashion Forward with WINSTA®

Zinser, a fashion house in Tübingen with a rich tradition, is undergoing modernization and will soon be brilliantly illuminated by 7,500 LEDs. In order to install the lights in the shortest possible time – and during ongoing sales operations, no less – Elektro Kürner GmbH relies on the WINSTA® Pluggable Connection System from WAGO.

This kills several birds with one stone. First, the installation can be completed in the very short time period required. Second, mismating during installation of the lights is virtually impossible. Third, maintenance of the lights will be much easier in the future.

The Zinser fashion house has a long tradition. Founded in 1878 as a “general store,” this family-owned corporation now has subsidiaries in Herrenberg, Lahr, Offenburg, Reutlingen, Singen and Tübingen. The fashion house in Tübingen was originally built in 1976 with 3,900 m2 of sales space in the so-called “Zinser triangle,” mere steps from the Neckar river and the Old City. Today, the sales space covers 9,500 m2. The building has been undergoing comprehensive modernization since the end of 2015 and is set to reopen in September, following about a year of construction, with around 11,000 m2 of space. The renovations have been carried out floor by floor during normal operations. While some parts of the building are already shiny and new, renovation work remains to be done in other areas. In addition to the upgrades, an annex was added on the side, significantly increasing the sales and warehousing space.

New Lighting Concept

Over the course of the reconfiguration, the lighting is also being completely converted to LED technology. Not only does this provide brighter, more attractive lighting in the sales space – the energy efficiency will also improve significantly: Instead of 35 W per bulb, the new lights require only 18 W, almost 50 % less. “Previously, we used the lighting to heat the spaces. Now we actually have to supply heat,” says Davide Castiglione from Elektro Kürner GmbH, the company responsible for building management of the fashion houses. As the construction supervisor, the master electrician is also responsible for the modernizations in the Tübingen branch and, with his coworkers, is implementing the lighting designer’s concept. This includes around 7,500 lights that have to be newly installed.