Feature
Smart lighting control takes our lit environment a step further. Combining data from lighting systems with that from additional sources (including weather, time of year, etc.), they can unlock even greater benefits to building operations and provide a better setting
for users. Through the collation of data, we are moving closer to the perfect lighting environment.
Safety - The use of automation, personal control, and data analytics can help realise not only further energy savings, but reduce the spread of disease, which as we have seen can have a devastating snowball effect on the global economy.
Lighting has a greater impact on employees than any other building technology, helping productivity and overall wellbeing.
Automation allows building occupants to avoid touching shared surfaces, such as light switches or blind controls. Occupancy data analytics can tell a facility manager which areas of the building are used, and how often over time, and be able to plan the distribution of workspaces. That data in turn can be shared with the climate control of the building and optimise its efficiency.
Taking Action
The current UK regulations (Conservation of Fuel and Power: Part L) barely scratch the surface of what is needed and fail to capitalise on the technology available. In terms of efficiency alone, smart
lighting systems represent an open goal, able
to take energy savings to new levels, with the capability to be cost-effectively deployed in the UK’s current built environment. Add the productivity and safety benefits, and it simply can no longer be shunted down the list of priorities.
Our European neighbours have led the way, launching the €1.8 trillion EU Renovation Wave project. It’s time the UK joined the party.
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https://www.ukgbc.org/climate-change/ fmuk 23
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