How can lighting designers use intelligent controls to improve building energy management?
Philips Dynalite energy management segment manager, Brett Annesley, explains how an environmentally sustainable development (ESD) strategy can deliver energy efficiency while addressing indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and changing occupancy requirements It is widely accepted artificial lighting contributes approximately 30% of electricity consumption in a commercial building, and buildings collectively account for 40% of total world energy use. In view of this, energy management approaches to lighting control and design may provide the key to reducing energy consumption within the commercial sector. However, the drive to improve energy efficiency in commercial lighting is only one part of the ‘environmentally sustainable development’ (ESD) equation. Considerations of equal importance include the sustainable life-cycle assessment (LCA) of material used, and ensuring indoor environmental quality (IEQ) standards meet occupant comfort demands. Together, these can be considered the three
