INTELLIGENT INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING, A LEVER FOR IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY

In industry, the weight of lighting on the energy bill varies between 2% and 15%. According to 2013 figures from the Lighting Trade Union *, 80% of interior lighting in commercial buildings is obsolete. Still, according to the same union, it is possible to achieve savings of around 40% to 80%.
The competitiveness of companies, with the opening of markets, is often related to cost control. In this field, energy is in the front line. That's why many professionals are turning to intelligent industrial lighting. Let's take stock of the benefits of this system.

INTEGRATE THE GTC INTO THE SMART FACTORY

The GTC, or Centralized Technical Management, refers to the networking of a technical batch. Concretely, it is a network that allows controlling, for example, heating or lighting. To act on the GTC, there are two possibilities: by remote management, or automatically. Its advantages are numerous:

  • Manage active energy performance by adapting consumption to the way the building is used;
  • Improve comfort by adapting the luminance;
  • Achieve savings by modulating lighting.

SMART LIGHTING: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

When looking to reduce its energy bill, smart lighting is an important lever. It allows light management automatically or assisted by playing on two parameters: lighting on / off and dimming.
In this respect, it is possible, for example, to use presence detectors in order to adjust the light. But that's not all, the networking of industrial lighting can detect failures in the network as well as energy losses. It is thus possible to predict upstream maintenance periods and optimize consumption.

LED LIGHTING, THE KING OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

The LED bulbs have revolutionized lighting building commercial and industrial. Compared to incandescent models, the consumption is 60% to 90% lower. They also have a longer life and are cheaper. Their maintenance cost is also almost non-existent because of their long life.

The LEDs provide uniform illumination. This improves the productivity and well-being of employees, essential if the building is fully enclosed. With this type of lighting, it is possible in particular to manage the light intensity to be provided according to the twilight dimming. When it is dark, the light will be lower.

REAL SAVINGS: THE CASE OF SWITZERLAND

To see the effectiveness of intelligent lighting, let's look at the other side of Lake Geneva. In 2013, some regions of Switzerland opted for a public LED lighting system with presence detector. The Swiss Confederation has notably anticipated the 2015 European directive to ban the marketing of mercury vapor bulbs.
The result is striking. At the national level, lighting cost 160 million Swiss francs or roughly 160 million euros. After installing the new system, the bill fell by 50% to 80 million.
The Swiss were one step ahead, but now these savings are within the reach of all professionals. It would be stupid to deprive yourself, you do not believe?
Also, read and explore about types of basic LED lighting



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