Changi Lighting, a leading brand in the lighting industry, proudly announces the grand opening of its new store in Hyderabad (Kokapet). The inauguration ceremony was graced by esteemed dignitaries Dr. K Laxman, Rajya Sabha Hon’ble Member of Parliament and National President of OBC Morcha, along with Smt. Kompella Madhavi Latha, BJP MP Candidate, Mr. Kirti Bechar Director – Changi Lighting & Mr. Rishab Tiwari – Co-founder – Light Alliance Ventures marking a significant milestone in the company’s expansion journey.

The new store, strategically located in Kokapet, promises to bring Changi Lighting’s renowned range of innovative lighting solutions closer to the residents and businesses in the area. Boasting a diverse selection of cutting-edge lighting fixtures, including energy-efficient LEDs, stylish decorative lights, and state-of-the-art smart lighting systems, the store aims to cater to the evolving needs and preferences of its discerning clientele.

The product portfolio at the new store includes – magnetic track systems, recessed spot lights, surface down lights, recessed wall washers, track lights, foot and strip lights, wall-bollard lights, gate-pole lights, pendant & ceiling lights, foot light, spike/spot & inground lights, wall washer & flood lights, underwater lights. All the products are a perfect amalgamation of style and ace technology.

“We are thrilled to announce the opening of our newest store in Kokapet, further strengthening our presence in Hyderabad and Telangana,” said Mr. Kirti Bechar Director – Changi Lighting. “With this expansion, we aim to provide unparalleled access to high-quality lighting products and exceptional customer service to the vibrant community of Kokapet and its surrounding areas.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rishab Tiwari – Co-founder – Light Alliance Ventures said, “The inauguration ceremony witnessed a gathering of esteemed guests, industry partners, and loyal patrons who joined in celebrating this momentous occasion. We are extremely grateful for Dr. K Laxman garu and Kompella Madhavi Latha garu who in their respective addresses, expressed their admiration for Changi Lighting’s commitment to excellence and innovation, highlighting the company’s contribution to the lighting industry and the community at large.”

The new Changi Lighting store in Kokapet is now open to the public, inviting customers to explore its extensive range of lighting products and experience unparalleled service first hand.

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Speaking to Smart Home World, Ar. Nikita Bajaj Pathak, Founder, Design 21, discussed the importance of smart technology for residential projects and `must have’ smart solutions for contemporary homes.  

Residential Interiors have undergone a drastic transformation in order to enable a fast phase of work and flexibility. What is the role of smart automation systems in your projects?

Smart automation systems are the backbone of modern residential interiors, seamlessly integrating technology into the fabric of daily life. They serve as catalysts for a fast-paced lifestyle and provide unparalleled flexibility. From controlling lighting and temperature to managing security and entertainment, these systems harmonise the functionality of a home, allowing residents to effortlessly navigate their surroundings with a touch of innovation and sophistication. These systems streamline and optimise various tasks and functions within the home, lending homeowners a lifestyle of utmost convenience and efficiency.

What, according to you, are the `must-have’ smart home products in today’s contemporary homes?

Within today’s contemporary homes, certain indispensable smart home products have emerged. Some of the `must-have’ smart home products encompass sophisticated smart lighting systems that offer a plethora of colour control and dimming options, voice-activated assistants such as Google Home, energy-efficient smart thermostats for optimal temperature regulation, motorised window treatments that provide privacy and exceptional light control, and comprehensive security systems integrated with cameras, sensors and remote monitoring capabilities.

What are the major expectations of clients from smart automation systems? How have you fulfilled those expectations, and what are the Brands that you have integrated into their home?

Clients harbour high expectations from smart automation systems, seeking to elevate their daily lives by obtaining a seamless blend of comfort, energy efficiency, and heightened security. To meet and exceed these expectations, architects need to meticulously select and integrate renowned and trusted brands into their projects.

What role does System Integrators play when it comes to designing a smart home? How important is their role?

System integrators play a pivotal role in the design and realization of a smart home. Their expertise lies in comprehending the intricate technical aspects of diverse automation systems, ensuring the seamless integration of various devices and technologies. Through their customised programming and meticulous attention to detail, they create an environment that is cohesive, user-friendly, and optimised to cater to the specific needs and preferences of homeowners.

Products of which category (lighting, security, entertainment, etc.) witness maximum demand when it comes to integrating smart home devices while doing the interiors? Why?

The demand for integrating smart home devices within interiors predominantly revolves around the category of lighting. Smart lighting control systems allow homeowners to effortlessly create diverse moods and ambiance. These systems boast features such as dimming capabilities, colour control options, and even automated lighting scenes, which elevate the aesthetic appeal and functionality of any space. Moreover, lighting automation significantly contributes to energy efficiency by optimising usage based on natural light availability and occupancy patterns.

What according to you are the major benefits of smart & connected homes in the current “tech-savvy era”?

Smart and connected homes offer numerous benefits in the current “tech-savvy era.” Firstly, they epitomise convenience and comfort by automating mundane tasks and providing remote control capabilities. Homeowners gain the power to effortlessly manage various aspects of their homes, ranging from lighting and temperature regulation to security and entertainment systems, even when they are away. Secondly, smart homes foster energy efficiency by optimising resource utilisation and offering real-time energy monitoring. Lastly, they provide enhanced security through advanced surveillance systems and remote monitoring, thereby granting homeowners peace of mind. Treco, Hogar and Legrand are some of the brands I have used in my projects. 

How would you define the current demand for smart home integrations?

The current demand for smart home integrations extends beyond mere convenience and comfort. Homeowners are increasingly seeking personalised and customisable experiences that align with their unique preferences and lifestyles. Today’s smart home technologies should be designed to empower individuals to create tailored environments that cater to their specific needs, fostering a sense of individuality and enhancing their overall quality of life.

In which sector (hospitality, commercial, residential), according to you, traditional devices and techniques are getting rapidly displaced to make room for smart devices and systems, aided with the latest technologies? And why?

In terms of traditional devices and techniques rapidly making way for smart devices and systems aided by the latest technologies, the residential sector takes precedence. Homeowners are embracing the benefits offered by smart technologies, leading to the swift integration of advanced automation systems in their living spaces. However, it is undeniable that the hospitality and commercial sectors are also witnessing a substantial shift towards smart devices and systems. This transition is driven by the desire to enhance guest experiences, streamline operational efficiency, and implement advanced security measures.

What is your message to the young budding architects/interior designers on adapting Smart Technology in their projects?

Smart home technology has become an indispensable part of modern living, and it is essential to remain at the forefront of the latest trends and innovations. By seamlessly incorporating smart devices and systems, one can create spaces that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional and convenient for the occupants. I would always recommend that budding architects & designers collaborate with trusted experts in system integration to unleash the full potential of smart technology in their designs and elevate the living experiences of those who inhabit their creations.

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The inventor of the Orro Smart Living Systems, Orro, has recently unveiled the Orro S switch, a new addition to the company’s product line. The selling price per switch is $149. Like the company’s flagship touchscreen and voice-enabled Orro One switch, it offers a human-centric, automatic lighting experience. Also, Orro S is quite affordable and is accessible to any budget. The company’s revolutionary devices unlock new revenue opportunities for home builders, integrators with an easy-to-install and easy-to-sell format. The Orro S is a sensor-enabled, intelligent dimmer that responds with the perfect amount of lighting by detecting motion, sound, and light. Simultaneously, the system learns and adapts habits based on that of the users, while reducing lighting usage by 80%, approximately. The Orro S can be used independently or in conjunction with Orro One, making the product ideal for anyone looking to benefit from Orro’s Smart Living System without the added smart home control features. 

“With the addition of Orro S, we believe we have the most versatile, intelligent lighting and whole-home control system available, now for any home and budget,” said Colin Billings, CEO, Orro. “Our company mission includes making homes more peaceful, happier, and healthier places to live and work, through lighting that’s in tune with our exact needs and natural rhythms. With Orro S, we’re bringing this experience to more rooms and a wider range of projects“, adds Billings. 

Also, the product can be previewed at the National Association of Home Builders’ upcoming International Builders Show, in booth W5787.

About Orro Smart Living Systems

Orro’s mission is to make home a brighter, happier, and more peaceful place. They believe technology has the power to make the small moments at home even better. After all, it’s the small moments that often leave the biggest impressions. Orro sees a future where home is a place that not only welcomes but takes care of one’s needs. It understands and intuitively makes things easier by adapting to the needs. While they’ve started with an intelligent light switch and are creating ways for any home to support a happier and healthier life. For more information, please visit https://getorro.com/

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Bringing flexibility, increased visual comfort, aesthetics, energy saving, durability and security, all under one umbrella.

Sustainability and convenience are the need of the hour. Today, every gadget, commodity and even concept needs to be future-proofed, so are the lighting systems. From incandescent bulbs, halogens, CFLs to modern LEDs, the lighting industry has come a long way. The current tech-savvy is magnified with smart or intelligent lighting, which possesses automated or mechanical abilities, and intelligent lighting controls, which are designed to build up energy efficiency while enhancing accessibility as well as productivity. “Smart lighting is an innovative technology that is replacing conventional lightings such as incandescent bulbs, halogens, CFLs, etc. with more efficient LED lights and sensors for energy conservation”, says Mayank Visariya, Product Marketing Specialist- Building Automation, Electrification-Smart Building Division, ABB. Lighting controls allow efficient lighting management, which eventually turns out to be cost-effective, by reducing overall energy consumption. They enable a profusion of functions, ranging from regulating color temperature, light levels scheduling, to intuitively sensing occupancy or providing automatic illumination. Also known as automated lighting, moving lights, moving heads, intelligent lighting (ILS) can produce exceptionally complex effects. However, the ingenuity often lies with the lighting designer, control system programmer or lighting operator. In simple words, the primary objective of intelligent lighting is to make the users’ lives easier while saving their money on electricity bills by conserving energy. “The primary role of a control system is to make the environment Safe, Secure, Sustainable and Livable. Automated lighting systems provide a sense of security to the consumers by allowing them to control and monitor the installed systems on demand. SELV (Low voltage systems) make user controls and environments- shockproof, short circuit proof and reduce main power cabling. The comfort and convenience that comes with these systems play a secondary role. People can now manage the environment of their house on a single touch”, says Bhavesh Doshi, Founder and CEO – Entelechy Automation, and Casambi Distributor. 

“With India being the second most populated country in the world and one of the largest consumers of electricity, it has been witnessing an increasing electricity demand-supply gap. This has resulted in regular power shortages and blackouts across the country. The lighting sector currently accounts for around 18% of the total electricity consumption in India. As a result, the government is playing an active role in replacing the current lighting sector with more energy-efficient products. This is expected to drive the market for smart lighting in India”, adds Visariya. 

Smart lighting controls mostly use wireless transmissions to send and receive signals when connected to the internet or Bluetooth connection. Besides, there are automatic solutions like emergency lighting and daylight sensors. “Demand in the residential sector has boosted due to the convenience of smart lighting technologies and the comfort that comes with installing these wireless technologies”, says Doshi. A standard lighting control comprises a manual on/off switch, that the user needs to physically turn on and off while entering and leaving the room respectively. On the other hand, network lighting control systems use low energy wireless transmissions to send and receive signals while enabling the user to remotely manage and control multiple lights through a smartphone or tablet. With the help of specific intelligent lighting software, one can change light levels, set up different scenes or sunset/sunrise times, group luminaires and a lot more. Also, data can be stored and usage charts can be created to monitor energy levels accurately. Under the lighting control umbrella comes dimmer switches, which allow one to adapt the light levels to create the desired ambient illumination. Available in eye-catching wall-mounted panels, keypads or touchscreens, dimmers use minimum electricity and help to reduce the energy cost of a building. Besides, LED lighting and lighting controls of good quality are capable of providing more than 50,000 hours of illumination. Therefore, smart lighting and lighting controls can be considered as a true amalgamation of aesthetics and feasibility. “Apart from reducing energy consumption and cutting electricity costs, smart lighting also offers numerous other advantages to end-users. Instead of using switches and push buttons, smart lights use motion sensors that can automatically switch the lights on and off when the consumer enters or leaves a room. Moreover, smart light bulbs use LEDs that can be adjusted using a smartphone so that they can change colour according to the user’s requirements and can also be switched on and off from a remote location. Some of the other major factors driving the smart light market in India include increasing affordability of smart lights, technological advancements, development of various smart cities, increasing awareness levels, etc”, explains Visariya.

Market Scenario

Valued at $7.49 in 2019, the global smart lighting controls industry is expected to reach $26.06 billion by 2027(as per Allied Market Research reports). As intelligent lighting controls are proved to be energy efficient and performance enhancers, these are being increasingly adopted by households to primarily reduce energy consumptions. This is because people, today, are understanding the need for energy management and the concept of sustainability. The rapid adoption is one of the key factors that is immensely contributing to the growth of the global intelligent lighting controls market. Besides, the governments of numerous countries all over the world have formulated regulations to productively utilize and manage electricity consumption. For example, China’s five-year plan targets energy-efficient projects and European 2020 energy aims to reach net-zero energy consumption in both private and public buildings. Government initiatives like these are also expected to lift the adoption of lighting controls worldwide. 

COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected the global commercial sector. The lengthened lockdown and multiple uncertainties had restricted people from stepping out of their houses, which brought in the culture of work from home. This created the need for home up-gradation, with suitable working and relaxing lights. “As a result of prolonged lockdown, suspension of travel and business activities, the hospitality industry, which is one of the major markets for lighting controls, faced a huge deterioration. Many companies have adopted home office policy, which in turn reduced the desire for workplace expansion or upgrade. The retail industry has suffered too. However, the pandemic did help the sales of lighting controls for the residential market due to increased stay-time at home. People started caring more about home hygiene, aesthetics and the environment. More home improvement projects were witnessed globally and locally, which did stimulate the demand for lighting controls”, says Ravi Kant Sharma, Business Manager, Lutron. 

Among the whole range of components, like sensors, ballasts & LED drivers, dimmers & switch actuators, microcontrollers, transmitters & receivers, and intelligent luminaries, comprised by the intelligent lighting controls, the ballast and LED drives segment are expected to fetch the highest revenue in the coming years. Besides, the intelligent luminaires segment is also anticipated to grow briskly, while registering a striking CAGR. Research says, North America, with the highest revenue contribution of $2,616.4 million in 2019, is projected to reach $7,696.3 million by 2027, with a CAGR of 15.0%. Conjointly, North America and Europe accounted for around 63.3% share in 2019, where North America alone constituted 34.9% share approximately. Besides, Asia-Pacific is expected to observe a 20.5% CAGR by 2027. 

The increasing popularity of LED bulbs and architectural lighting for both indoors and outdoors is an outcome of the speedy transformation of the use of these lightings. LEDs considerably reduce energy consumption and are available in a huge array on both online and offline markets. This eventually results in increased sales. Countries like the US, the UK, China and India are currently witnessing a high demand for intelligent lighting and lighting controls due to mandated government regulations. 

Intelligent lightings for mental health

“Numerous studies have proven that accessibility to daylight and outside views can improve productivity and mental health. But, the proper control of sun-glare or excessive artificial light is important for eye care. A perfect balance of natural and artificial light can not only enhance the occupant’s comfort but also improve health and productivity. The ability to control the light level and create the right ambience for different activities and moods is essential for a quality life, be it at home or work. There are times when you need to roll up your sleeves and concentrate. Also, there are times when you just want to lay back and relax. This kind of convenience and options cannot be experienced without the help of a good lighting control system. A lighting control system can help you create the right ambience at a touch of a button”, says Sharma. 

Supporting the above statements, Doshi says, “It has been scientifically proven that lighting directly affects human health. For example, blue LED light is proven to affect the secretion and depletion of hormones. Blue light suppresses the production of melatonin that keeps us awake and functioning throughout the day. Our sleep and wake cycles are also impacted by lighting exposure. Light syncs with our body clock and keeps the circadian rhythm of our body balanced. This is very important to maintain a healthy sleep and wake pattern”. “In an office, adequately lit rooms increase the productivity of the employees to a great extent. Intense bright lights or glare often lead to straining and stress which in turn reduces productivity. Well-designed offices often feature mildly bright smart lighting that leads to lesser eye fatigue, reduces headaches, improves alertness and indirectly impacts the daily productivity and efficiency of the employees. Proper lighting helps employees maintain a healthy state of the mind. Mental health is an important aspect when it comes to lighting. Inadequate and improper lighting can negatively impact our mental state by increasing anxiety levels, reducing the concentration and efficiency”, adds Doshi.

Major barriers hindering the industry growth

“Based on surveys and interviews of stakeholders covering consumers, manufacturers, system integrators, builders, architects, service providers etc. (conducted as part of the baseline assessment of Indian Smart Home Market), key barriers to adoption of smart home automation products and services were identified. The major barriers are limited awareness among consumers regarding energy savings and Return on Investment (RoI), cost of acquisition of technology, absence of relevant data privacy and cyber security policies, product testing and certification facilities, product regulation including interoperability, a mandate for builders for home automation, case studies based on locally available data, nudges, gamification etc. for generating consumer interest”, says Visariya. 

Latest Innovations

“Intending to promote a healthy carbon footprint, the industry has come up with the latest green initiatives like daylight harvesting, a technology that makes use of natural sunlight to regulate indoor artificial lighting. This technology contributes to the modern requirements of lighting control systems and helps make the system smarter. Personalization is another luxury that consumers enjoy through these devices and systems. Beam Shaping, Dynamic Lighting, Motorized Lighting etc. add flexibility to the lighting systems and highly add to the experience of the end-user. Façade lighting is another technology that is gaining momentum in the modern-day. With the use of façade lighting, it has become possible to accentuate architectural designs and draw focus to architectural details. It gives an artistic touch to buildings”, says Doshi.

Notifying of the latest innovations in the lighting sector, Sharma says, “One of the latest innovations is the tunable white technology. Tunable white LED lighting fixtures and compatible lighting controls enable adjustment of color temperature and intensity to create beautiful and dynamic spaces that adapt to your needs over the day. Even for a space without a window, tunable white lighting can mimic natural daylight with varying color temperature and intensity throughout the day. Combining tunable white lighting control with other functions like time scheduling, voice control or fine-tuning, homeowners now can always enjoy the best lighting environment to match their activities and moods without moving their fingers. This is especially beneficial to the busy and luxury-avid lifestyles of the urban mass after a long and hectic day”. 

Bright years ahead

Though incurs high initial installation costs, smart lighting controls ensure significant cost savings in the long run. Depending on the type of solution, an average payback period for intelligent lighting control installation is around 2-3 years. However, technological advancements and dropping prices of sensors, microcontroller units and other lighting components are expected to eventually reduce the payback time in the coming years. Besides, increasing fondness for energy-efficient lighting solutions is expected to bring to the plate lucrative growth opportunities for the worldwide smart lighting controls market.

Speaking on the future possibilities and scopes for the industry, Sharma says, “Soon, automatic shades will become more popular as more people would be keen to get complete control of daylight and hence get daylight and electric light controls integrated. The high penetration rate of mobile phones and acceptance of app-based solutions will also help the growth of lighting controls. Also, the ongoing trend of smart home and IoT is anticipated to aid the growth of lighting controls market, while establishing intelligent lighting and lighting controls as an integral part of a comfortable, intelligent, healthy and productive home”. 

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Technological advancements have given birth to numerous fascinating innovations that define the words “convenience” and “customizability”. One of those is the concept of smart lighting, aided by devices like smart bulbs. Smart bulbs offer the user complete control over the lighting set-up at home with an app-based management system. One can brighten and dim lights according to his/her mood, transforming the complete look and feel of the interior. Smart bulbs, these days, come with a huge options of colours ranging from warmer shades to cooler tones. Using artificial intelligence, the bulbs can be instructed to automatically turn off when no one is in the room, to cut down unnecessary energy usage. Smart bulbs get easily connected to Wi-Fi or Bluetooth and hence enables one to manage it using a smartphone app.

Over the last few years, the Indian Smart Lighting Market has witnessed substantial growth. Numerous giant smart lighting companies are extensively investing in research and development activities to manufacture intelligent and green technology-based lighting systems. To develop applications for wireless communications in the lighting industry, light-fidelity (Li-Fi) technology is being incorporated in lighting fixtures. This wireless optical networking technology is devised to use LEDs for data transmission. 

The five most renowned companies manufacturing smart bulbs are:

Syska

It is the leading brand of SSK Group, which set up its flagship company, Shree Sant Kripa Appliances Ltd and was launched in India in 2013. It is currently the market leader in producing lighting solutions for residential, retail, commercial, and industrial applications as well. Syska smart LED bulb is Wi-Fi enabled, Alexa and Google Assistant compatible. With the availability of sixteen million colours, users get spoilt with choice. The company’s app helps one to not just turn on/off, but also change the colour as per the mood/party theme, set schedules, and many more. 

Philips

It produces smart bulbs that support voice commands through Alexa and Google Assistant. The WiZ app can be used to control the smart bulbs, that are built using a superior quality plastic material. Also, it comes with pre-set tones such as warm and cool light. The Philips Hue is quite popular in the Philips smart bulb category. The company offers a separate hub and app, through which users can control the bulb. 

Wipro

Wipro Next Smart app can be used to change the sixteen million colours available in the Wi-Fi, Alexa, and Google Assistant compatible smart bulbs. The app allows one to create routines and scenes, scheduled them for turn on/off, and select themes. The smart LED bulbs by Wipro are affordable for the mass and come with features that are worth every single penny. 

TP-Link

The smart bulbs offered by TP-Link can be operated remotely by the company’s app Kasa. These can be controlled using Microsoft Cortana, Google Assistant, and Amazon Alexa. Compared to traditional bulbs, TP-Link smart bulbs use 80% less energy. The flexible white light can be dimmed or brightened using the Kasa app. 

Helea 

Helea smart bulb offers sixteen million colour options, comes with the widely used B22 plug, and comprises a rated colour temperature of 6,500 kelvin. The Alexa and Google Assistant compatible Wi-Fi smart bulb supports different shades of white and helps one to set schedules and timers. It doesn’t need a separate hub. 

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Tridonic offers easy testing and maintenance of existing systems

Dornbirn, April 2021. Modern emergency and safety lighting requires central monitoring and automatic testing of individual luminaires. In the case of existing systems, retrofitting is often difficult as additional wiring is needed for communication. Tridonic can remedy this with its new wireless emergency lighting system. It combines the proven Tridonic technologies of basicDIM Wireless and sceneCOM and is suitable for both renovations and new installations.

In a connected industrial society, a power outage means not only high economic damage but also the risk of accidents. Safety and emergency lighting systems play an important role in building safety. Operating independently of the existing power supply, these systems help people quickly find their way out of the building in an emergency and thus to safety.

Strict maintenance and testing regulations therefore apply to safety and emergency lighting systems: Not only must they be regularly checked by trained specialists, their condition must also be documented in a test log. To make sure that testing and maintenance work is properly documented, thereby increasing building safety, more and more countries require central monitoring and control for the automated testing of single battery powered systems. For example, German pre-standard DIN VDE V 0108 and Austrian standard OVE E 8101 recommend or require central reporting of operational readiness, operating mode and collective faults of safety lighting systems. This means that in future, emergency luminaires for single battery operation in both countries will have to be equipped for central testing instead of manual testing as before. Both new regulations apply to new buildings as well as to the renovation of existing installations. As standards and regulations become increasingly international, it is safe to assume that further European countries will adapt the existing directives for emergency and safety lighting systems accordingly.

Standard-compliant retrofitting is difficult in existing buildings

This is putting pressure on many emergency lighting operators. Complying with the requirement for a central test facility calls for intensive planning and involves high costs. In the case of existing systems, central monitoring can only be implemented by installing additional wiring. At best, this is a time-consuming and labour-intensive operation, and at worst may not be possible at all. Alternatives are needed in order to continue to comply with the regulations.

Help is at hand in the form of Tridonic’s new wireless emergency lighting system. It can be integrated into existing installations without the need for additional wiring and conforms to the relevant standards. The wireless system also offers advantages for new buildings. There are overall cost savings as less time and effort is needed for planning and commissioning, and material costs are also reduced.

All the benefits of a central monitoring system – with minimal installation work

For its new emergency lighting system Tridonic combines its user-friendly Casambi-ready basicDIM Wireless control technology with sceneCOM DALI-based lighting control. Tridonic uses the proven basicDIM Wireless system as the backbone of the new solution, providing wireless connectivity for the emergency luminaires via a fail-safe mesh network without any additional cabling or structural changes. The luminaires are set up via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Existing DALI emergency luminaires with a PRO emergency lighting unit can be easily upgraded and integrated into the wireless network. For this purpose, Tridonic offers the also new, compact basicDIM wireless G2 module.

A gateway connects all the wireless emergency luminaires to a sceneCOM evo controller. Once commissioned, the controller acts as the “brain” and takes over command of the entire lighting solution – fully automatic and exactly as the user requires. This also applies to the required central monitoring and automatic testing of emergency and safety lighting systems. Tridonic has developed a control logic that enables the controller to automatically test the individual luminaires integrated in the network and to display the system status in real time. The test and system data is accessed via Ethernet from any web browser. Up to 192 luminaires can be connected to each sceneCOM evo controller.

Automatic testing and log book at the touch of a button

With its wireless emergency lighting system, Tridonic provides building operators and electrical engineers with a simple solution that automatically checks the installation at the prescribed intervals and records the condition of each individual luminaire in the wireless network in real time.

In conventional installations without central monitoring, appropriately qualified personnel must operate each individual emergency luminaire in the building and check it manually. The new Tridonic solution means that the luminaires are now centrally monitored and automatically tested. External access is via a PC, notebook, tablet or other internet-enabled device. The dashboard provides information at a glance about the current state of the system and the latest test results. And with just a few clicks, you can get detailed information about the status of each luminaire in the network. This includes the condition of the battery as well as the status of the LEDs and associated electronics. At the touch of a button, the system also automatically creates a standard-compliant log book with all the relevant information for downloading as a PDF or XML file. If a fault occurs in the lighting system, it can be seen on the dashboard. On request, a software package can inform the asset manager about faults and errors via email.

Thanks to new em-LINK v2 server application from Tridonic, all of these features are also available for large installations with multiple sceneCOM evo controllers, such as all the buildings on a large campus or retail outlets at different locations. It can connect up to 200 sceneCOM evo controllers and therefore as many as 38,400 individual luminaires. A web application makes it easy to select the separate installations and check their status. The building managers are thus spared routine travel to the various buildings or branches; they are only required on site in the event of a malfunction or for replacing individual system components. This greatly reduces the time and resources required, and specialist staff can concentrate on their work without unnecessary travel.

Easy retrofitting, easy planning and automatic testing – with no unnecessary effort or materials

The benefits of the wireless emergency lighting system from Tridonic are self-evident. As no additional cabling is needed, electrical engineers benefit from simplified planning. Only the power supply has to be taken into account. That makes installation easier. Thanks to simple cable routing, very little material is required, and the time needed for the job is manageable. However, the system still complies with all current standards relevant to emergency lighting – even in the case of retrofitting in existing buildings.

The wireless system saves time for the electricians responsible for maintaining the installations. Central automatic testing of separate installations and direct access to the system data reduces the workload enormously. Less time is required to test the individual emergency luminaires and less time is spent in the car travelling from installation to installation. With the aid of the web application, the luminaires can be easily assigned to rooms during or after commissioning and can be named accordingly.

Luminaire manufacturers can easily convert standard emergency luminaires equipped with a PRO emergency lighting unit into wireless emergency luminaires with the new Tridonic basicDIM Wireless G2 module. As a space-saving wireless unit, the Casambi-ready module is ideal for installation in the luminaire. It has an integrated DALI supply so no additional device is required. Firmware updates are available wirelessly on any Android or iOS device.

The relevant components of the wireless emergency lighting system are BSI Kitemark^TM certified and comply with all standards and regulations relevant to emergency lighting.

About Tridonic

Tridonic is a world-leading supplier of lighting technology, supporting its customers with intelligent hardware and software and offering the highest level of quality, reliability and energy savings. As a global driver of innovation in the field of lighting-based network technology, Tridonic develops scalable, future-oriented solutions that enable new business models for lighting manufacturers, building managers, systems integrators, planners and many other types of customer.

To promote the vision of the “Internet of Light”, Tridonic relies on partnerships with other specialists. The goal is the joint development of innovative technological solutions that convert lighting systems into intelligent networks and thereby enable associated services. Its profound, technical industry expertise makes Tridonic an ideal partner for established brands and for newcomers to the market.

Tridonic is the technology company of the Zumtobel Group and is headquartered in Dornbirn, Austria. In the 2019/20 fiscal year, Tridonic achieved sales of 341.4 million euros. 1,932 highly skilled employees and a worldwide sales presence in over 50 countries provide the basis for developing and launching new, smart and connected lighting systems.

www.tridonic.com

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