Smart Lighting Control Technology Can Cut Lighting Electricity Use 60%, Company Claims

February 28th, 2012 by Zachary Shahan

New smart lighting control technology from startup Enlighted has saved its first corporate customers (the likes of Google, Turner Broadcasting, LinkedIn, Interface Global, and 31 other Fortune 100 companies) 60% of their previous lighting electricity usage, Enlighted notes.

The company, based in a nice Silicon Valley city I used to live in (Sunnyvale, CA), says that its Enlighted Virtuo Series “features the industry’s first autonomous, adaptive sensor.”

“This ‘thinking’ sensor measures ambient light, occupancy and temperature at each fixture and tailors light levels to each user’s actual needs maximizing occupant comfort and minimizing energy cost.”

Hmm, I wrote “smart” above, but perhaps I should have written “very smart!” Here’s more:

Enlighted’s unique patented solution delivers a triple-value benefit. First, the system delivers a bankable energy savings rate in the range of 50 to 70 percent. This savings rate exceeds all previous lighting controls systems because the system is distributed down to the individual fixture. The installation process is also simplified because the connection between the sensor and fixture enables the system to auto-commission itself for each unique environment into which it is installed. Finally, the system has a network backhaul enabling facility managers to monitor the performance of the system and validate energy savings claims.

Triple-whammy, indeed.

“We knew that we had to have Enlighted in our portfolio because we were really excited by the sheer magnitude of how much this technology can save in energy and costs,” said Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

“When you can save 70 percent of your electricity with something that doesn’t require any sacrifice, it is a no brainer. This intelligent, easy, low cost technology is leading a new generation of lighting sense and control solutions. With its impressive list of high profile customers, we are confident that Enlighted’s platform is quickly becoming a must-have in energy efficiency technology.”

I’m quite confident it will, as well. What do you think?

Source: Enlighted

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Tags: efficient lighting, enlighted, Google, lighting control system

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electric38

Going a step further, most of the planet will be going to LED’s when the market realizes their true cost (about $6-7 a unit) and 50,000 hour lifetime. Having the same type of control mentioned above for an already high efficiency light means double savings. It also brings consumer owned rooftop solar closer to reality. The solar units (and backup) could be a lot smaller than previously thought. Or the excess solar capacity could be used to trickle charge an electric vehicle battery for an easy swapout.
- http://cleantechnica.com/ Zachary Shahan
  
  Agreed. Think this and 2013 will be break-out years for LEDs.
Bob_Wallace

11% of residential electricity use goes to lighting. I seem to remember that commercial usage is a bit higher, perhaps 14%.

A 50% to 70% cut in commercial lighting consumption would make for significant grid savings. We should be able to bring residential consumption down 5% or so as we phase out incandescent bulbs.

Coal plants can close down….