The City of Cape Canaveral
Prior to installing the CMCE Lightning Suppression System, over several years, the City of Cape Canaveral experienced repeated lightning-related damage to critical municipal infrastructure, resulting in operational disruption, equipment damage, and significant insurance claims.
One of the most severe incidents occurred in Summer 2021, when lightning severely damaged the City’s Water Reclamation Facility (WRF), which is responsible for the treatment of all municipal wastewater.
The strike resulted in:
• Loss of telecommunications systems
• Failure of monitoring devices
• Damage to pumps
• Failure of the facility’s SCADA operating system
• Emergency operational staffing requirements
To maintain uninterrupted wastewater treatment services, City personnel were required to initiate 24-hour staffing operations for several days until systems could be stabilized and restored.
Following equipment replacement and system restoration, the total lightning-related insurance claim reached: $76,316
A subsequent
lightning event
at City Hall in March 2022 caused:
•
Additional infrastructure damage
•
Damage
to employee personal vehicles
• Over
$7,000
in additional lightning-related insurance claims
L'Hermitage Condominiums
L’Hermitage Condominiums, a premier luxury oceanfront 29 story high-rise community located on Fort Lauderdale’s Galt Mile, implemented a CMCE-120 Lightning Suppression System to help protect critical building infrastructure from lightning-related risk.
Like many South Florida coastal high-rises, the property faced elevated lightning exposure due to building height, rooftop mechanical systems, and increasing dependence on sensitive electrical infrastructure.
Encore Land & Sea one CMCE-120 at the highest rooftop point to eliminate lightning strike formation while integrating seamlessly with the building’s existing infrastructure.
The installation was completed with zero disruption to operations and provides a passive, low-maintenance layer of protection designed to support operational continuity, reduce risk exposure, and enhance long-term building resilience for this luxury coastal property.
St. Michael & All angels episcopal church
St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, a historic landmark located on Sanibel Island, Florida, implemented a CMCE-120 Lightning Suppression System to help protect the church’s restored structure, historic bell tower, and critical electrical systems from lightning-related risk.
Following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ian and an extensive restoration effort completed in 2023, protecting the church from future environmental threats became a critical priority.
During the storm events surrounding the hurricane, the church experienced extensive damage due to lightning strikes.
Due to Florida’s extremely high lightning density and the church’s elevated architectural features, including its bell tower and cross, the property faced increased vulnerability to lightning activity.
Encore Land & Sea installed the CMCE-120 at the highest point of the church, to a dedicated tower housing the CMCE-120, to eliminate lightning strike formation while preserving the historic aesthetics of the property.
The passive system requires no external power source, integrates with the existing structure, and provides an approximate 363-foot protection radius designed to support long-term preservation, resilience, and operational continuity for this historic coastal landmark by eliminating the threat of lightning strike formation.
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