Energy use is the single largest operating expense in commercial real estate, devouring up to one-third of a building’s operating budget. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, lighting costs represent 40% of the average commercial building’s electric bill. The final expense of non-energy efficient lighting is far more, though, once you add in higher cooling costs, increased burden on your HVAC system, and wasted lamp life. Advanced Control’s commercial lighting control systems can help you increase your building’s energy efficiency and lower your energy costs while decreasing your environmental footprint. Continue reading “Commercial Lighting Control Systems” »
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Olympic Games Take Gold for Lighting Control
The London Olympic Games have taken lighting control to a new level. The Pavegen tile installation at the West Ham tube station, a major London transport site feeding a million visitors over the next few weeks for the 2012 Olympic Games will generate enough power to light the hallway. The kinetic energy from people’s footsteps will be stored as electricity and used to power 12 LED floodlights — it is the first installation of its kind for transport infrastructure. The energy-capturing installation will light the walkway around the clock, storing surplus energy in batteries.
At first glance, the Pavegen tile looks like a low-tech block of plastic with an LED light embedded in the center — kind of like an overstuffed version of one of those dance game tiles that teens love. The tile is really a sophisticated device that captures the kinetic energy from human footfall traffic and converts it into usable electric energy. When stepped on, the tile surface flexes five millimeters, converting kinetic energy to around five to seven watts over the duration of the footstep, depending on the force exerted on the tile.
These Pavegen tiles do more than just power pretty lights. The units each contain wireless transmitters that send information via the web. Using computers or smart phones, pedestrians can monitor how much renewable energy is being generated. The London Olympic committee wants to remind people of the importance of their own carbon foot print with the Pavegen tile installation and have them help to contribute to making these games the most sustainable Olympics ever.
Your building may not be ready to generate its own power but Advanced Control Corp can help you control your lighting and lower your energy costs. The range of control can be from a basic control system for lighting and equipment switching applications which are ideal for use in facilities where time-of-day control is being managed from a time clock or centralized building management system to a fully automatic lighting control for all of your facilities lighting circuits. Lighting control can be applied to indoor areas such as offices, cubicles, cafeterias, and storage areas as well as outdoor parking lots, garages, walkways, and signs. These lighting control systems can be incorporated as part of a new construction project or retrofitted to your facilities existing lighting circuits to allow all types of buildings to have the efficient control of the lighting circuits.
By using a program like Square D lighting, you gain control over scheduling, occupant control, and dimming control over all the lighting systems in your buildings. This safety and security also saves money when it comes to your energy bill. Advanced Control has programs that give users the freedom to opt for a telephone or an internet based override system.
There are different options when selecting the appropriate Square D Lighting control products for your business. Powerlink G3 has remote operated circuit breakers that control electronics. The Clipsal product has a decentralized control network with input and output lighting control devices. Clipsal allows users to dim lighting as well as turn it off. Occupancy sensors are easy to install and can turn lighting on and off based on occupancy. Occupancy sensors have three parts so it is lost cost lighting control and saves 25% on average electricity bills.
Contact Advanced Control Corporation today and let one of our lighting specialists customize a program for your building. Advanced Control provides building automation in South Florida, as well as energy management, access control, CCTV solutions and more. For more information, call 954-491-6660 today.
Building Lighting Control System
The main message from Earth Day 2012 is that this isn’t about tree-hugging anymore; it’s about the way we live. We need to use our resources in a smarter way. With lighting representing over 40% of our electrical energy usage it is the easiest place to make a difference for the planet and our wallet. It is not just the cost of the electricity but it also puts higher burden on HVAC, wastes lamp life, which all increase maintenance and building management costs. Advanced Control has the technology to help you increase your building’s electricity efficiency and lower your costs with lighting control.
The range of control can be from a basic control system for lighting and equipment switching applications which are ideal for use in facilities where time-of-day control is being managed from a time clock or centralized building management system to a fully automatic lighting control for all of your facilities lighting circuits. Lighting control can be applied to indoor areas such as offices, cubicles, cafeterias, and storage areas as well as outdoor parking lots, garages, walkways, and signs. These lighting control systems can be incorporated as part of a new construction project or retrofitted to your facilities existing lighting circuits to allow all types of buildings to have the efficient control of the lighting circuits.
By using a program like Square D lighting, you gain control over scheduling, occupant control, and dimming control over all the lighting systems in your buildings. This safety and security also saves money when it comes to your energy bill. Advanced Control has programs that give users the freedom to opt for a telephone or an internet based override system.
There are different options when selecting the appropriate Square D Lighting control products for your business. Powerlink G3 has remote operated circuit breakers that control electronics. The Clipsal product has a decentralized control network with input and output lighting control devices. Clipsal allows users to dim lighting as well as turn it off. Occupancy sensors are easy to install and can turn lighting on and off based on occupancy. Occupancy sensors have three parts so it is lost cost lighting control and saves 25% on average electricity bills.
Call Advanced Control Corporation today and let one of our lighting specialists customize a program for your building. Advanced Control provides building automation in South Florida, as well as energy management, access control, CCTV solutions and more. For more information, call 954-491-6660 today.
Building Automation Systems are Energy Management
Building automation systems market will grow continue to grow globally and is expected to reach a total market value of more than $36 billion by 2015 according to a new market analysis by ABI Research. Recessions always bring a re-evaluation of energy management and calls for new ways to ensure organizations and nations use energy more efficiently. The same is true in the latest downturn and it is driving significant interest and activity in the market for building automation systems.
Energy use within commercial buildings has been growing year-on-year for decades and now accounts for up to 20% of national energy consumption in many developed countries. Worldwide, buildings consume approximately 42% of all electricity, surpassing any other asset. This makes it a prime target for energy efficiency and environmental measures. To achieve sustainable energy consumption levels, it is essential that appropriate and effective building management systems be employed. These building automation systems must include applications such as HVAC and lighting controls.
Building automation technology by Advanced Control Corporation provides industry-leading HVAC technology. Temperature control through the proper building automation system is an ideal way to lower energy consumption by insuring that each area is accurately monitored and maintaining the specified set points. The smart building automation software that is used by Advanced Control Corporation analyzes energy use to provide energy savings and still maintain the comfort of the inhabitants. In addition, it has the capacity to receive, store and analyze metering and sensor data provided to optimize and track energy use.
Advanced Control also has the technology to help you increase your building’s electricity efficiency and lower your costs with lighting control. The range of control can be from a basic control system for lighting and equipment switching applications which are ideal for use in facilities where time-of-day control is being managed from a time clock or centralized building management system to a fully automatic lighting control for all of your facilities lighting circuits. These lighting control systems can be incorporated as part of a new construction project or retrofitted to your facilities existing lighting circuits to allow all types of buildings to have the efficient control of the lighting circuits.
Call Advanced Control Corporation today and let one of our energy experts customize a building automation system for your company. Advanced Control provides building automation in South Florida, as well as energy management, access control, CCTV solutions and more. For more information, call 954-491-6660 today.
Green Button Initiative
Last month the White House called for power companies to help people in the United States better manage their energy usage. So your electricity bill may be expanding with new support from the private sector and government agencies.
Nine new utilities and electricity suppliers have answered the White House’s call and now more than 15 million Americans are able to view their electricity usage electronically via the Green Button initiative. These suppliers will make their customers’ energy-usage information available on their websites so people can quickly make informed decisions about how to better use their power. Essentially you will be able to click a green button on a website to view your energy usage information.
The feds modeled Green Button after a similar initiative called Blue Button that lets people click a button online to view their personal health data and share it with healthcare providers and other trusted health partners.
On April 5th the Department of Energy will launch it Apps for Energy challenge on the Challenge.gov website. Sponsored by PG&E and Itron, this challenge will offer a $100,000 grand prize to the best application that leverages open energy data to help people use electricity and other power utilities more effectively.
This data also is spawning new Web and smartphone applications from the private sector that help people perform a number of energy efficiency-related actions, such as choose the most economical rate plan for their usage patterns; choose the correct size for and finance rooftop solar panels; and create a more energy-efficient lifestyle.
As a leader in building automation, Advanced Control Corporation is delighted to the see White House’s effort to help people manage electricity usage. Advanced Control Corporation can help you manage your buildings energy usage and provides smartphone applications with tenant override technology that is personally tailored to fit your building automation needs. The smartphone based override module allows tenants the capability to override HVAC, lighting, and temperature controls. Advanced Control Corporation implements a proven strategy for superior energy management with tools and resources to help each step of the way. If you are interested and finding out more information about energy management contact Advanced Control Corporation at 954.491.6660 today!