Philips Lighting recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind, large-scale lighting installation at a major university campus that leverages Power over Ethernet (PoE) as part of the recently opened Watt Family Innovation Centre at Clemson University in South Carolina.
As a founding innovation partner of the centre, Philips implemented a PoE-based indoor lighting system combined with LED lighting to provide flexible work spaces that encourage collaboration between faculty and students, optimise space management in the facility and improve energy efficiency, claimed to deliver up to 70% in energy savings compared to similar buildings using conventional lighting.
The intelligent PoE system delivers energy savings by gathering historical and real-time anonymous data from each lighting fixture to determine when a room is being used. These occupancy sensors also trigger lights to turn on and off, saving additional energy. The Philips EnvisionManager lighting control system enables all the lights to be controlled from a single, tailored software console. The system supports remote access and web-based control letting occupants control their lights via any authorised computer, smartphone or tablet.
“This is the first time that a University in the US will benefit from a commercial Power over Ethernet connected lighting system which will be able to deliver more control, energy efficiency and cost savings directly to the centre,” said Amy Huntington, President of Philips Lighting Americas.