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Product Spotlight Ecolinx: Pioneering ‘green office’ lighting control 6 | Lightnews Vol 10 A sophisticated ‘green office’ building technology, the Ecolinx controller streamlines lighting control system design and installation, and facilitates the implementation of energy management strategies—delivering ongoing operational flexibility and energy savings. Today, office buildings are one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, with lighting systems representing up to 30 per cent of the energy consumed. So, it stands to reason that by optimising the environmental performance of office building lighting systems, significant energy and cost savings can be realised. Here, ‘green office’ building technologies, such as the latest evolution of Philips Dynalite’s Ecolinx controller, are playing a vital role. Leveraging the labour-saving flexibility of structured wiring connectivity, Ecolinx Ecolinx facilitates the implementation of energy management strategies, with zoning, daylight harvesting and presence sensing functionality easily incorporated. empowers commercial building owners and occupiers to realise truly effective automated lighting control architectures. In addition to streamlining system design, installation and expansion, Ecolinx facilitates the implementation of energy management strategies, with zoning, daylight harvesting and presence sensing functionality easily incorporated. Founded on Philips Dynalite’s DBC905 high-frequency ballast controller technology, the versatile Ecolinx controller boasts nine separate structured wiring lighting circuit output channels, and provides luminaireby-luminaire dimming and on/off lighting control for commercial environments, big or small. Importantly, all nine Ecolinx output channels can be individually and independently software-configured to one of four popular ballast control and monitoring protocols—1 to 10V analogue control, ‘digital serial interface’ (DSI), ‘digital addressable lighting interface’ (DALI) broadcast, or full DALI universe. “Energy efficiency and sustainable design are no longer options in the commercial building domain; they are absolute essentials,” said Laurence Coote, Philips Dynalite Sales Director. “Ecolinx—with its highly granular luminaire control and monitoring functionality, plus powerful installation flexibility and scalability—is an important tool in this quest.” Protocol preference Ecolinx-based lighting control systems employ a distributed control philosophy, where control intelligence is distributed about the network in a modular fashion and linked via Philips Dynalite’s sophisticated peer-to-peer communications serial bus network, DyNet. Further integration with the office building management system (BMS) provides added controllability. Additionally, the Ecolinx controller’s multi-protocol capability provides enormous advantages over competing HF ballast controllers. “In most cases, a change in protocol demands a completely different piece of control hardware,” said Coote. “This is not the case with the latest evolution of the Ecolinx controller. Designers and developers can postpone deciding on the lighting system control protocol to the very last minute.
Ecolinx-based lighting control systems employ a distributed control philosophy, networked via DyNet. Furthermore, it permits a building’s lighting control system to evolve from protocolto-protocol—say from analogue ‘1 to 10V’ to a DALI system—as and when the need arises.” Ecolinx controls the lighting system’s dimming and on/off status on either a luminaire-by-luminaire basis, or in unison across control groups, allowing offices to modulate lighting output in line with application requirements. “By simply ensuring lighting is only activated when and where it is required within the office, energy can be saved,” said Coote. “Ecolinx does just that, and is essential for meeting requirements specified in green building rating tools, such as Green Star, NABERS Energy, LEED and BREEAM.” Structured and scalable Measuring just 35mm thick, the compact Ecolinx controller has been designed for direct installation within office ceiling cavities. All wiring connections to the Ecolinx—whether mains input, lighting circuit outputs, or the unit’s total of ten control and network inputs—are facilitated “ All nine Ecolinx output channels can be individually and independently software-configured to one of four popular ballast control and monitoring protocols—1 to 10V, DSI, DALI broadcast, or full DALI universe. ” by tool-free structured wiring ports. Output channels are provided in either the popular Wieland or modular wiring/CMS Electracom connector formats. “The Ecolinx aligns with structured wiring culture, which is popular in the UK and Europe, and steadily growing in other regions, such as Australasia and the Middle East. In fact, this ‘plug-and-play’ approach permits installation and post-commissioning adaptation of any Ecolinx lighting system to be carried out quickly and easily by semiskilled or unskilled crews,” said Coote. “This results in fast-tracked project installation timelines, ensuring significant installation and maintenance labour savings over the life of the building, particularly in high labourcost markets.” The Ecolinx controller has a main RS485 DyNet network port and boasts four isolated RJ12 DyNet input ports that can support up to 20 multi-function sensor inputs, such as motion, photoelectronic illuminance, and infrared detectors, plus operator panels/keypads and other interface devices. A further bank of Wieland- Featuring labour-saving structured wiring connectivity, Ecolinx is the new ‘must have’ tool for the green office. compatible plug connectors provide interface for up to four 3-pole connectors, for local switching and dimming via two-way and off retractive switches. Modular by design and inherently scalable, the Ecolinx controller supports highly granular lighting control. As a result, the Ecolinx system can easily adapt to meet the needs of the building occupants and their ever-changing interior space requirements, as well as tenancy changes. “Future-proofed, flexible and highly functional, the Ecolinx controller directly addresses industry’s requirement for ‘green’ functionality in commercial office buildings—from the design phase through to construction, installation and operation,” said Coote. “The Ecolinx controller is an essential element of energy-efficient office building management strategies of the future.” Lightnews Vol 10 | 7
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