Motion Sensor Controlled Occu-Smart Lights Cut Energy Costs By 85 Percent
LaMar Lighting has introduced a patented line of lighting products called occu-smart. Occu-smart lights use motion sensor controlled bi-level lighting, which make them energy-efficient with savings of up to 85 percent. Sparsely occupied areas such as stairwells and corridors in multifamily buildings average only 2 percent occupancy, meaning that lights are often left on full-illumination…
LaMar Lighting has introduced a patented line of lighting products called occu-smart. Occu-smart lights use motion sensor controlled bi-level lighting, which make them energy-efficient with savings of up to 85 percent. Sparsely occupied areas such as stairwells and corridors in multifamily buildings average only 2 percent occupancy, meaning that lights are often left on full-illumination for 98 percent of the day, using up excess energy and money. Occu-smart resolves this issue by providing full illumination when its motion sensors detect that an area is occupied; and, later—upon vacancy—dimming to code minimum lighting requirements to never leave the area in the dark. (Pictured: Without and with Occu-smart installed)Occu-smart’s advanced bi-level lighting technology allows management of standby illumination with four pre-set light levels: 5 percent, 10 percent, 20 percent or 30 percent, while an adjustable time delay allows customizing each fixture to delay dimming from 5 to 30 minutes to suit individual building dynamics. Case study:Rivercross is a high-rise residential community located on Roosevelt Island in New York. The complex features three towers, each with separate egress staircases. The staircases are straight run, with no mid-floor landing. DELTA evaluated the lighting before and after retrofit of 182 luminaires at Rivercross. DELTA also evaluated a commercial installation of similar scale in Manhattan, which resulted in comparable energy savings.Lighting Objectives for the building were:Reduce energy use when staircase is unoccupiedIncrease illuminance in staircaseLighting FeaturesThe luminaires at Rivercross remain at one-third of full light output when stairs are unoccupied. An integral ultrasonic occupancy sensor turns lights up to full output when a person enters the staircase. Because each luminaire has its own occupancy sensor, only luminaires in the immediate area are turned on when residents enter the staircase.www.lamarlighting.com
