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In addition, both humans and ecology systems rely on periods of darkness to thrive.
Lower lighting levels and warmer white light are proven to be beneficial to both human wellbeing and ecology, where artificial light is needed.
Innovations in advanced lighting technologies, such as Thorn’s NightTune and Variable Light Technology, illuminate the required area and gradually warm in colour to a more ecologically sensitive warm white light.
As the light colour changes over time, these technologies also allow gradual reductions in light levels during periods of low activity, reducing energy costs and allowing the site to blend into the environment, creating an ecology sensitive advanced lighting solution.
2. Making compromise difficult Limiting entry points is an effective way to enhance data centre security.
Alongside this, multi-factor authentication prior to allowing a person’s entry, introduces security systems which often rely on facial recognition.
This could be for security personnel to verify against a photo I.D. or automated facial recognition. Being able to determine the details of a person’s face requires high quality colour rendition from the outdoor lighting to create a clear and accurate representation.
When a data centre’s outdoor entry points are lit, lighting is typically installed above.
For example, when you drive down a road with street lights that are in operation, your eyes can detect obstacles such as cars moving, not because the cars are lit but because the cars are in shadow and in contrast to the well-lit horizontal road surface.
For optimum operation and so that facial recognition is not impeded, to fully determine the details of a person’s face we must also consider vertical illuminance.
Only by using the latest LED lens technology to ensure the right light in the right place and plane can we accurately represent facial recognition and enhance security and surveillance systems in place to protect data centre assets.
3. Making disruption difficult Independent research studies tell us that well integrated lighting installations, sympathetic to their outdoor environment, can improve people’s perception of safety during the hours of darkness.
On the contrary, lighting can also be an incredibly valuable method of deterrent to those that seek to disrupt a data centre.
This does not mean that the outdoor environment of a data centre should be over lit – indeed, too much light can cause glare, making it more difficult for the human eye to adjust to low light conditions. It can also cause glare for visual surveillance systems, giving an unclear view of any disruption.
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Creating the lighting design alongside and hand in hand with the design of security systems is key to ensuring that outdoor lighting supports those security systems and includes the right light quality for optimum operation.
Well considered lighting installations aid in the perception of safety that staff and visitors have when navigating through the outdoor environment of a data centre. Using different lighting techniques and adding layers of light results in better wayfinding, ease of activity and a more comfortable feeling of safety.
Considering light as a deterrent, lighting around the outer perimeter of a facility is often a useful method to deter anyone seeking to disrupt the data centre facility. Unlit sections of the outer perimeter and building surrounds are viewed as gaps in the security infrastructure and are proven to be the focus access points for criminals. The key here is to avoid breaks in the layers of security created by lighting and use the correct luminaires and controls while respecting dark sky requirements for limiting light pollution.
4. Making compromise detection
easier For the outdoor lighting system of a data centre, smart control technology can act as an additional layer to the installed security systems.
As we saw earlier, to protect the night time environment and reduce energy costs, ideally the outdoor lighting would be dimmed and the space illuminated in a warmer white.
If we add a further layer into this solution – smart controls - any movement within the lighting scheme can be detected and activate the lighting to a higher level of brightness and more neutral colour of white light. A clear visual highlight to security systems and security personnel of any movement activity on site. A great example of using technology to achieve a sustainable solution that acts as an aid to surveillance systems.
Smart lighting control can monitor each individual light point, with secure remote access from anywhere in the world, to see what the operation of the luminaire is, and take a full lighting asset management view at any period of time. A fundamental part of a strong data centre security system.
5. Reducing the impact of
compromise This obviously has a specific meaning for cyber security, but for outdoor lighting around the site of a data centre, we can interpret this as the need for emergency lighting outdoors.
If there is a compromise of power supply to the facility, Building Regulations require lighting to operate in emergency mode to ensure that the means of escape can be safely and effectively used at all material times.
This is where local or central battery supplies to the luminaires allow the fittings to operate at a reduced light output, if the normal operation fails.
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