Volume 15 - Philips Lighting

Light in action
DALI delivers 70%
energy savings: way of the
future for warehouses
Philips has worked with Schneider to deliver a state-of-the-art DALI lighting
and lighting control solution for a warehouse in Rio de Janeiro. The new
lighting system provides better light quality, a more responsive solution and
considerable energy savings.
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While intelligent lighting control
solutions are increasingly being
stipulated for an ever-wider selection of
applications – from smart homes to office,
hotel and retail environments – their use
in industry is still limited. However, with
the cost of the technology falling, intelligent
lighting controls are progressively becoming
a more cost-competitive option for this
segment, especially when the energy savings
that can be enjoyed through the installation
of these systems is taken into consideration.
According to Philips Marketing and Products
Coordinator – Controls, Systems and Services
in South America, Adalberto Battistini, – when
Schneider became involved in a project
to provide a new controls system for a
GlaxoSmithKline warehouse in Rio de Janeiro
in Brazil, the company realized the potential
for intelligent lighting controls to add value
to the project. “Schneider representatives
were present at a Philips lecture on lighting
controls,” he says. “They realized that the
Philips Dynalite control system could offer a
straightforward and effective lighting control
solution for the project.”
Schneider invited Philips to the warehouse
to assess the scope of the lighting
requirements. “Immediately, we realized
that there was additional scope to replace
the existing 400W sodium luminaires,”
Battistini explains. “This legacy lighting gave
a very yellow light, which allowed no color
rendering. It was impossible to tell one
color from another under this quality of
light, which made for difficult and unpleasant
operating conditions for the staff who
worked there.”
Pioneering venture
Following the site visit, Philips proposed
an upgrade, comprising a change of
the luminaires for white light, plus the
installation of an intelligent control system
to better manage the usage of the lighting
within the warehouse. The inefficient
existing sodium lamps were exchanged for
97 TL5 dimmable fluorescent luminaires,
each comprising of four lamps.
“The difference in this change alone was
staggering,” says Battistini. “The TL5s
deliver the same amount of light, but the
We have tried to assemble a perfect concept to
meet the customer’s needs, incorporating the
lighting management from Dynalite with the energy
management system from Schneider. The final
solution allows the customer to see all the energy
savings they are achieving.
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