Martin Mercier AUTHOR: Martin Mercier | CATEGORY: Technologies

January 26, 2012

Controls: It’s a Smart, Smart World

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Philips Lumec is at the forefront of change with Smart Outdoor Lighting Solutions.

In a world where we are investing more time than ever in quality, comfort and recreational activities, people are in constant search of well being. We like good ambiance and we look for secure comfortable environments. We favor beautiful design, and prefer well lit and secure surroundings.

With contemporary urbanism, lighting has become a fundamental component in achieving a successful look and obtaining mass appeal. Cities are refurbishing their downtown areas to attract citizens and tourism. Government and utilities are under pressure to provide highly efficient and economic lighting solutions for highways. The private sector is also in need of energy wise and flexible solutions. Lighting manufacturers also play a part in the equation since they provide lighting that is available as sustainable solutions.

Philips Lumec supports customers in projects from start to finish for the long term. And because our customers have so many different applications, needs and budgets we have decided to offer a variety of adapted long term competitive control solutions.

Philips Lumec is sensitive to customer’s needs and their capacity to use a control system. That is why we now offer a wide range portfolio of basic to sophisticated control solutions.  As an outdoor solution provider and preferred partner, we have upgraded our new generation of LED luminaires to the latest LED technology while continuing to create innovative designs for our luminaires.

The smart program offers 3 levels of luminaire intelligence with cost efficient features that give many desired benefits. It is an effective way for the clients to choose a perfectly adapted solution to their needs and budget. The Smart program is easy to use. It’s a fully integrated control solution.

The basic Smart Luminaire solution offers a single plug in and forget control system. It is ideal for parking lots, residential streets and public areas. Simple programming drives energy savings with minimum effort. The middle range Smart System lighting solution is ideal for managing groups of light for single site management, including parking lots, residential streets and public spaces. It is an affordable, turnkey system without recurring fees for optimal control and monitoring capabilities. The most powerful Smart Outdoor Lighting Solution available, the Smart City solution features complete, precise luminaire control for simultaneous management of multiple groups of light poles in different areas, including parking lots, neighbourhood streets and wide area public spaces with high efficient control capacity, monitoring, alarms and detail statistics.

Smart luminaire, Smart system and Smart city are state-of-the-art solutions with well define differentiator, that are helping customers to find their best solution.  Our first differentiator is the dynamic/autonomous capability of the chosen system. An autonomous system will take action on its own and provide savings with less effort required. A dynamic system provides a full time two way communication to each luminaire for control, monitoring with alarm capacity and also statistics. A Local solution provides end users access to lighting settings adjusted on site, eliminating recurring remote-access charges. Features include full lighting control capabilities and access to lighting data, all at a reasonable cost and without the need for a long-term contract. A remote solution enables access to the lighting management system from any physical location day and night. Wherever operators are located, they have web-based access providing valuable opportunities for rapid decision-making multiple decision range taking. Finally a group solution provides easy to program control solution for an entire luminaire park with unique command and monitoring. Single solution provides full access to all individual light points, with possibility of creating  a group for controls in the end-user software.

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