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Illuminating Smart Buildings
James Huntington, controls and solutions manager at Tridonic, explains how lighting plays an integral part in smart buildings and how strides in technology are making luminaires more intelligent than ever before.
The evolution of lighting systems continue to play a pivotal part in smart buildings, larger and faster drivers and controls allowing for pinpoint accuracy on everything from colour temperature to occupancy monitoring.
DALI-enabled controllers are able to provide three modes of data collection and communication which enables facilities manager to produce detailed reports on key metrics such as usage, maintenance and testing, making buildings compliant, efficient and smarter than ever.
Over a 30-year life cycle of a building, 25 per cent of the building’s cost will be accrued in years one to six, while the other 75 per cent racks up within the remainder of its lifetime in the building’s operational phase. RIBA deems this ‘stage 7’ of a building’s lifetime. The integration of smart controllers can reduce energy, work towards net zero carbon goals and enhance asset management through predictive maintenance targeting these high costs and making building’s more cost effective to run and sustainable.
Not only do these controllers provide functionality that makes lighting systems smarter in practice, they can also produce test books, reports and real-time updates, and this data is the most important gift for facilities managers. After all, knowledge is power. This data can include diagnostics that measure temperature within a luminaire, in order to predict its life cycle. It can also help facilities managers to manage the proactive replacement of components and luminaires before a critical point is reached.
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