Lighting control applications can help ensure the well-being and safety of users, reduce energy requirements and meet compliance obligations.
Regulatory testing
The use of lighting control systems to undertake compliance testing provides the assurance that all emergency tests on a site are undertaken and compliance reports are readily accessible. It also reduces the number of site visits required, saving you time and money. An example of a lighting control system is our DesignPath emergency lighting test system.
Reduce energy
Designplan can provide control solutions from a single luminaire-based sensor control with daylight and presence detection through to a large scale remote cloud-based monitoring system with full maintenance and reporting features.
Our DesignMesh wireless lighting control system can provide details of the energy usage with real time data of a building filtered down to individual zones. The system can be fine-tuned so that energy can be further reduced for specific areas reducing your energy bills.
Operational requirements
A control strategy can be put in place for specific areas to meet the operational requirements of a building. External circuits may be required to switch on/off at specific times at a specified light output. However, lighting in stairwells may be required to operate using presence detectors, reducing to a low level when there is no activity.
It is important that a lighting control system has the flexibility to meet a building’s needs so that multiple control strategies can be implemented on a single site.