INDUSTRY FOCUS Aerospace & Marine


Light management systems: can you aff ord not to invest?


A light management system is a beneficial choice, whether you are the end user, ship owner, installer, shipyard or consultant, says Glamox’s Gordon Low


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n commercial marine vessels, cruise liners and passenger ferries, installing a well-designed Light Management System (LMS) should be a key objective for reducing energy and maintenance costs, but also to introduce a more productive and healthy working environment for crew and passengers. Glamox has been delivering complex LMS solutions of various sizes and complexity over twenty years. Its engineering team assists customers in fi nding the right solution that fi ts specifi c tasks, whether for luxury cruise liners, passenger ferries, wellboats, research vessels, freezer trawlers, workboats or, indeed, off shore wind farms.


The scope of work for an LMS solution typically consists of engineering, delivery, commissioning and documentation for any kind of marine vessel. LMS solutions are available for setting and controlling light scenes, dimming functions, entertainment and blind control: the customer defi nes the needs and Glamox customises its lighting solutions around them.


Lifecycle costs A well-designed LMS solution will provide lower lifecycle costs, achieved through reduced energy consumption for the customer, but also by extended installation lifetime and reduced maintenance costs.


Glamox has developed a ‘smart calculation tool’ that demonstrates the


30 February 2021 | Automation


potential savings that can be achieved by implementing an appropriate LMS. In commercial marine vessels, lighting typically accounts between 5% and 18% of the total power consumption, depending on the size and how many hours of the day the vessel is operating. By installing an LMS from Glamox, these vessels can achieve up to 90% reductions in energy consumption compared to a conventional lighting solution. Perhaps the most important opportunity off ered by an LMS solution is to optimise the lighting to meet the requirements of the individual users on a ship. Much can be gained, for example, if the LMS helps to increase the output or productivity of the crew, or to enhance the comfort and wellbeing of passengers on a luxury cruise liner.


Ease of installation and use Glamox is a Norwegian industrial group that develops, manufactures and distributes professional lighting solutions. It is a leading supplier to the world’s marine, onshore and off shore markets, as well as the professional building market. The Glamox Group is a global


organisation, with over 2,400 employees worldwide. The Group owns a range of lighting brands including Glamox, Aqua Signal, Norselight, Luxo, linksrechts, Küttel, Luxonic and ES-SYSTEM. By using established standards and technologies that are well known to the


installers, Glamox off ers a problem- free installation. When designing light management systems, the emphasis is on creating intuitive user interfaces, with the objective for an “invisible technology” solution.


Glamox is committed to a system


architecture that gives easy access to valuable data, which can easily be transmitted to a ship management system, regardless of the communications type –wireless or wired. Glamox uses open-standard protocols, which means it is possible to connect a complete light installation to a single, central monitoring system. A key advantage of a central monitoring system is that it off ers value-added services such as energy monitoring, emergency light monitoring and maintenance monitoring. Glamox’s Optiwin 3D Pro is a completely new version that provides many new features, including advanced LMS design tool that allows users to include a number of light control components in their designs. Users can inspect the coverage area of the sensors, add control panels and, when fi nished, include the complete light-control design as a separate layer when exporting it back to the CAD drawing.


CONTACT:


Glamox www.glamox.com/commercialmarine


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