Philips is working to integrate lighting into IoT-based systems for offices via its PoE-connected lighting products and Cisco’s secure IT infrastructure. Other applications for IoT and smart lighting include the education market.
Earlier this year, PennSMART launched its Smart IoT lighting products, which can be used in locations such as school campuses to provide convenience and safety to pedestrians.
The North Branford, Conn.-based manufacturer says that when its smart lighting products are combined with security cameras, schools and other entities can have discreet surveillance under trees with 360-degree motion cameras to deliver programmable lighting activation with real-time (within three seconds) police notification capabilities.
PennSMART says other options integrators can offer with its IoT products include gunshot and glass break sensors with notifications; facial mapping and data collection such as license plate readers; and digital signage with amber alerts, evacuation notices and community events.
Beyond IoT integration, Trott points out that LED lighting products produce a superior quality and higher color-rendering index (CRI) when compared to traditional lighting sources. He says LED lighting can generate 50 percent to 70 percent energy savings, and even as high as 80 percent when tied to automation systems.
‘With Cree SmartCast Technology LED luminaires and lighting controls, buildings can reduce lighting energy costs up to 70 percent while saving money, improving aesthetics, lowering total cost of ownership [TCO], and making an enterprise more controllable and productive,” Trott says.
“Connected luminaires featuring daylight and motion sensing are only the beginning. This technology offers the capability to connect to other systems such as HVAC to monitor and adjust per building and occupant needs.”
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Pamela Price, retail marketing manager, Osram Sylvania, adds that dealers can maximize clients’ energy savings by installing LED products into their lighting control system installations. Not only that, but the lifespan of LEDs are typically 25 times longer than traditional lighting products, she says.
“Since LEDs are electronic devices, they are perfect for offering user-friendly controllability. Osram Sylvania delivers dimmable LED products that work with leading companies like Lutron for increased energy savings and setting the right mood,” Price says.
“For example, Osram Sylvania offers Sylvania Premium dimmable LED light bulbs that are versatile, energy-saving, and long lasting. When these bulbs dim, the color of the light gets warmer as it dims down, from a bright 3,000K task light white, to a warm romantic candlelight glow of 2,000K.
