The Brighter Choice
LIGHTING CONTROLS CUT ENERGY BILLS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Electricity costs are soaring
With efficient LED lighting and electricity at 12-15p per kWh it hardly mattered if people left the lights on.
That’s no longer the case. Electricity is up to 30p per kWh and rising.
Lighting controls are a great way to get the cost of lighting under control.
Simple solutions, like adding a sensor to a light fitting can save 50-75% of your lighting electricity costs. This is great for corridors, toilets, and warehouses.
Lighting Controls - ONE SENSOR PER FITTING
We need to improve the office environment
After COVID many employers are struggling to get staff back into the office. Poor lighting can be another thing to put people off returning.
Dull rows of 600 x 600 panels, all pumping out the same 4000K and delivering 500 lux from dawn to dusk are not going to entice anyone to work. We need to do better.
At NVC we have a range of solutions that can deliver light that changes through the day.
Lighting Controls - WIRED DALI
We still need to get to net-zero
CO₂ reduction is still an imperative for all businesses. Lighting controls are a more certain way to achieve CO₂ reductions than any internal memos or committee meetings. The less CO₂ a business is responsible for, the less it has to pay for carbon offsets to achieve net-zero – so lighting controls deliver a double win. Lower electricity bills AND less CO₂ to offset.
NVC Lighting is now carbon neutral and our lighting controls can help you achieve the same.
NVC Lighting Ltd is Carbon Neutral
NVC LIGHTING CONTROLS SOLUTIONS
One size does not fit all.
A warehouse, an office, a care home, a school and a multi-storey carpark have very different requirements. However, the reasons to use lighting controls are usually the same, and fall into three main areas:
Reducing electricity consumption
The cost of electricity has never been higher, and even if it falls soon, it is likely to remain volatile. Lighting controls offer an opportunity to reduce our power consumption by
Creating a better working, living, and learning environment
“Wellness” is mainstream. Achieving 500 lux at the working plane is taken for granted – lighting suppliers, building service engineers, landlords and tenants have been doing that for years – but it has delivered dull uniformity that does nothing to raise the spirits, encourage creativity or nurture our mental health.
We have lighting controls that meet these needs:
Reducing the cost of achieving net-zero CO₂ emissions
Whatever happens to electricity costs, we still need to drive consumption down, and the CO₂ for which every business remains responsible still needs to be offset – and that costs money. In fact, the cost of offsetting is expected to rise as the easier offsetting projects are implemented leaving only more expensive offsetting options available.
Lighting controls don’t just save electricity, they are also driving down the tonnage of CO₂ that a business needs to offset.
We have four levels of lighting control solutions available. By offering four different starting points we can provide the solution that is most suitable for your project.
Level 1 One sensor per fitting
Adding a sensor in, or on, a light fitting is the simplest form of control. Most Level 1 solutions provide simple on/off control using either microwave (MW) or passive infrared (PIR) technology. This is a suitable approach for many small projects.
Lighting Controls - ONE SENSOR PER FITTING
Adding a sensor to the end of a
batten, or under the cover of a
bulkhead, is one of the simplest
and most cost-effective ways to
reduce energy consumption.
Level 2 Master/servant
In a master/servant installation, one fitting has a sensor installed (the Master) and a group of other fittings (the Servants) are wired to it. This approach is widely used in corridors in and warehouses with long racking aisles. Dimming in response to natural light, also known as daylight harvesting, can often be included in a level 2 solution.
Lighting Controls - MASTER SERVANT
A sensor on one fitting in a
warehouse aisle, or a care home
corridor, can control the other
fittings around it. This is a cost-effective
and user-friendly approach.
Level 3 Simple wireless controls
This is a great solution for classrooms and small groups of offices and meeting rooms. It provides presence/absence detection, daylight harvesting, end-user override and scene setting. Because the components of the solution all communicate wirelessly it is very suitable for retrofit and is simple to install.
Lighting Controls - SIMPLE WIRELESS CONTROL
YALE is a popular choice for classrooms
and school corridors. It can be controlled
so that it dims automatically if natural
light levels increase, or it could be
manually dimmed for slide shows and
video displays.
Level 4 Wired DALI
This is where addressable emergency lighting test can come together with lighting control in one integrated solution.
Lighting Controls - WIRED DALI
We have four DALI products:
Addressable emergency test only:
The recent focus on emergency lighting (following the Grenfell Tower enquiry) has made these two solutions (above) very popular. They are easy to install and provide an almost instant upgrade to the integrity of the emergency lighting test regime in any building.
Combined lighting control & addressable emergency test:
