Lighting Control in Energy Management

Lighting Control in Scene Setting

Lighting Control in Architectural Lighting

Lighting control in Energy Management

In most commercial buildings, lighting accounts for more than 50 percent of the electricity used. Growing energy awareness and Building regulations are driving an increased demand for lighting control it therefore makes sense to focus attention on how to provide energy efficient lighting.

Building Regulations state: “Where it is practical, the aim of lighting control should be to encourage the maximum use of daylight and to avoid unnecessary lighting during time when spaces are unoccupied…” Digital lighting enables luminaires to dim up and down in response to changing light levels. Savings of up to 70 percent are possible using such systems.

Whether as a stand-alone system or part of a complete integration solution offers significant energy savings by providing daylight harvesting and automating lights, blinds, and thermostats on daylight, time, motion, occupancy, temperature, humidity and other conditions, by integrating the environmental systems, efficiencies are increased exponentially.

Ask yourself how many unoccupied offices have their lights left on, only to waste energy and money? A simple control system can easily remedy this by using occupancy sensors to switch lighting on or off. This alone can lead to significant energy savings. Taking this one step further, the occupancy sensor can also incorporate a photocell that switches the lighting off if there is enough natural light. Such systems are not expensive and are easy to install.

In addition to offering Lighting Management control systems we can also integrate with other building systems. When lighting controls are the system of choice for the board room, meeting rooms, entrance halls, lift lobbies and exteriors; these can be effectively integrated with the building management systems, fire alarms and security.

Lighting Control in Scene setting

Imagine the room is your canvas, and Lighting is the palette. With lighting control you have the brush needed to design a Room’s lighting and create the perfect Mood for any occasion.
Plus, you can change it whenever you want. Lighting sets the scene and creates the ambiance
Preset lighting scenes can be stored in a controller allowing a room’s lighting to be changed to suit frequently changing needs.
In commercial applications, scene setting is perfect for conference rooms, executive offices, restaurants, museums, and galleries. It gives you the ability to create whatever moods you want in busy commercial areas at the press of a single button.
Dimming in scene setting can be handled using a variety of protocols, Analogue 1-10v or Digital DSI and DALI dependant on the luminaires being used.

Scene setting means you can transform an environment easily and with spectacular effects whenever you want. An increasingly popular 'scene setting' method is the LCD touch screen control. The screen communicates with the control for lights, air conditioning, TV & audio and even curtains & blinds - all from one highly graphical user interface and is used for the lighting of both Public and Commercial buildings such as

Hotels
Restaurants
Entertainment
Offices
Retail
Leisure
Residential
Museums & Galleries
Education
Churches


Lighting control in Architectural Lighting

Architainment is the generic name used to describe the use of entertainment lighting practices in an architectural environment. It is used for the exterior lighting of both Public and Commercial buildings

Light is an insubstantial medium but it has an enormous influence on perception of physical spaces and upon the emotional response of those who live, work or shop in these environments. One of the key reasons for introducing lighting design to the building design is to ensure these concerns are addressed with a strong sense of the aesthetic and the practical achieving solutions sympathetic and harmonious with the architecture.

We use light as the basic element in the expression of the architectural space. We strive to heighten visual cues that the individual experiences within that environment and to manipulate perception of a number of intended psychological responses. Using a variety of related knowledge, with lighting as the unifying element, appropriate solutions evolve naturally.

The design intent is to create the proper environment by integrating the use of concealed light sources, natural light and decorative fixtures. The careful integration of a collective design concept in every project means that we realise the projects and clients expectations.

Aurora
C.P. Electronics
CBus
Clipsal
Gira
Lutron
Merten
Ulti