Lunera has announced its connected Smart T8 Lamp with its cloud-based Ambient Compute Platform has been listed on the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) Networked Lighting Controls (NLC) Qualified Products List. The Lunera solution is a qualified NLC product with networked lighting controls integrated within the lamp, making it ideal for commercial, institutional and industrial, building retrofit projects. The smart lamp is also listed as a DLC qualified device.
The integration of lighting controls, microprocessors, sensors and radios within a TLED lamp form factor empowers Lunera to transform an existing lighting systems into an open IoT infrastructure while upgrading the lighting to energy-saving LED. Retrofits can be cost justified on energy savings and enable deployments with minimal disruption.
“We’re proud to be recognized by the DLC with networked lighting controls integrated directly into the LED lamp,” says Vincent Rerolle, senior vice president, Lunera. “Our approach not only reduces deployment friction, in particular in retrofit or upgrade scenarios, but also provides existing buildings with a future-proofed infrastructure to add differentiated services, such as real-time location services and IoT networking.”
The DLC is dedicated to accelerating the adoption of energy efficient commercial lighting solutions. Through specification and qualification process, DLC qualification has become the hallmark of utility company rebate programs. Incentives and rebates, which are being offered to NLC-certified systems, can reduce the cost of upgrading the lighting systems. Utility companies are pursuing NLC qualified solutions due to additional energy savings and access to real-time energy usage data.
The DLC NLC qualification is important to the energy industry because it further reduces unnecessary energy consumption, enables utility companies and power consumers to manage peak power demands and provides energy producers with energy usage data to justify the investment they make through program rebates.
Lunera Smart T8 delivers energy savings through its integration of LED technology, embedded microprocessors and an ambient light sensor; external occupancy sensors; and commissioning/energy/lighting management software. Together these create an open and cloud-connected solution, enabling Lunera and third-party applications to use the infrastructure beyond networked lighting controls for energy management optimization including occupancy-based HVAC control and peak power usage management.
Adding value beyond energy management optimization, the platform is also an IoT-edge technology infrastructure which enables context-aware Real-Time Location-Based Services (RTLS) and IoT gateways. Using a combination of integrated Bluetooth and Wi-Fi radios and microprocessors, the Smart T8 and Ambient Compute Platform enables local and cloud connectivity for communication, control, and data accumulation of IoT devices within the building. The non-energy related applications that may use the Lunera infrastructure include solutions for asset tracking, wayfinding and proximity marketing.
For more information about Lunera’s Ambient Computing vision, visit https://www.lunera.com/ambient-computing. Detailed information about the DLC NLC listed Smart T8 device, software, and applications ecosystem can be found at https://www.lunera.com/products/lunera-t8-smart-lamp.