Philips’ Installs First lighting installation to Leverage PoE

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Feb 08 2016

At a major university campus, Philips has unveiled a first-of-its-kind, large-scale lighting installation that leverages Power over Ethernet (PoE).
As a founding innovation partner of Clemson University’s recently opened Watt Family Innovation Center, Philips implemented a PoE-based indoor lighting system combined with LED lighting to provide flexible work spaces that encourage collaboration between faculty and students, optimize space management in the facility, and improve energy efficiency. This new lighting solution will 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, an advanced lighting control system, enables all 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 authorized computer, smartphone or tablet. This ensures the right amount of light is provided only when, where and how it is needed.

“The Watt Family Innovation Center is a beacon for progressive schools like Clemson University looking to engage and motivate their students to develop cutting-edge ideas in collaboration with industry and government that can have real world impact,” says Amy Huntington, President of Philips Lighting Americas. “This is the first time that a University in the U.S. 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. We are proud to be a founding innovation partner and help support the vision of the centre with these lighting solutions.”
Ranked No. 21 among U.S. public universities, Clemson University is a land-grant, science- and engineering-oriented research institution located in South Carolina.Phillips POE Picture 2

The Watt Center also features the largest media facade installation in the United States using Philips iColor Flex LMX gen2, flexible strands of large high-intensity LED nodes with intelligent colour light. Installed outside the centre, the facade features a digital canvas and delivers messages to the campus to rally students, further enhance school spirit, and provide a highly visual element that drives the innovative brand image of the university. The installation includes more than 45,000 individually controllable light points designed for extraordinary effects and expansive installations. Without the constraints of fixture size, shape, or space, LMX gen2 is useful for a variety of applications from media facades, building facades, bridges, parks, plazas, retail and more.

“We have built a cutting-edge facility that showcases Clemson’s academic enterprise in action. Philips has been an outstanding partner and their lighting solutions allow us to reach our sustainability goals while giving us the ability to better understand how the building is being used and the ability to adjust the space-flexible facility as needed,” said Dr. Charles Watt, Clemson alumnus and Founding Director of the Watt Family Innovation Center. “We are most appreciative of the partnership and the products they have in this new building on the Clemson University campus.”

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