Redwood
Systems launched what the company claims to be the first network-based
technology for LED lighting and building performance systems. This approach is
based on the idea that LED lighting presents a new opportunity to create a
unified network-based digital platform for smart buildings, helping building
owners and designers reduce energy costs while providing control and automation
in commercial lighting never before possible.
Although
alternating current (AC) has become the global standard for all lighting and
building wiring, Redwood returns to using low voltage DC power for LED lighting
to deliver not just lighting, but to create a digital network to manage, sense,
and efficiently optimize lighting, heating, venting, air conditioning, plug
loads, window shading, and just about everything else that uses power in a
building.
Currently,
every light socket in most LED lit spaces has to be fitted with an AC-DC
converter, which opens a huge opportunity for energy-efficiency improvements.
LED lighting would become more affordable with a central AC-DC converter
combined with a driver, accelerating customer ROI through energy savings and
reduced installation costs.
Jeremy
Stieglitz, vice president of marketing for Redwood Systems, said the company
has partnered with several LED-lighting fixture manufacturers and will offer
centralized drivers capable of communicating with up to 60 DC-driven LEDs. The
LEDs would be fitted with temperature and light sensors and the data would be
used to carry out profiling and improve lighting homogeneity throughout a
building.
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