Come see the best intelligent lighting, controls and daylighting solutions in the industry and how they help reduce energy consumption by tremendous amounts over traditional lighting. The Acuity Brands booth is no. 1819N. Say the word “artichoke” and register to win one of five Amazon Kindle 3G e-readers.
Thanks to Sunoptics, maker of high-performance prismatic daylighting, you can directly instal daylighting onto existing industrial standing-seam roofing systems with the new SEAMLIGHT Curbless Daylighting System. It delivers optimal lighting performance but its installation process doesn’t interfere with the structural integrity of industrial low-slope standing seam metal roofing systems.
Pair it with one of Acuity Brands’ indoor intelligent control systems, including Sensor Switch, Synergy Lighting Controls or Lighting and Control Design, and you get the extreme in energy savings.
Sunoptics high-performance prismatic skylights optimize indoor daylighting performance with a patented dome construction designed to capture more light at low sun angles. This maximizes the amount of light transmittance while maintaining 100% diffusion and eliminating undesirable hot spots, glare and UV damage.
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All Sunoptics double- and triple-glazed skylights come standard with an insulated, condensation-resistant, thermally broken frame with integrated exterior weeping wells.
Paired with lighting control systems, such as those from Lighting Control & Design, you reduce your building’s energy consumption and maximize your savings as well as the comfort of building occupants.
When Coca-Cola decided to build its new energy-efficient distribution plant in Northern California, the company chose Sunoptics Prismatic Skylights to help it achieve its daylighting initiative. By integrating high bay T5 lighting systems with photocells and a lighting control system – in addition to the Sunoptics Signature Series skylights – Coca-Cola has reduced light energy consumption by up to 80% during the peak energy demand hours of the day.
Warehouses and distribution facilities are a natural choice for daylighting. They are large structures usually full with stock and only a hand full of employees moving inventory with fork lifts to trucks for distribution. By using high-performance prismatic daylighting with motion sensing and photocells with their lighting control systems, building owners can create the optimum level of energy efficiency while creating an environment of high productivity for the workers in the space.
Once you decide to daylight a building, Sunoptics Prismatic Skylights are the “enlightened” choice. We’ve dedicated our business to perfecting daylighting technology while helping building owners become energy independent. We offer superior design and construction and we are dedicated to consistent testing and refinement of our products to improve their value and performance to our customers. There are many advantages to Sunoptics skylight, as they:
provide 35% or more light transmission than competitive skylights while providing 100% diffusion for glare-free high-performance daylighting
eliminate damaging direct sunlight
prevent UV damage to interiors and merchandise
provide insulated thermal break frames as standard
have completely welded corners that do not rely on wet seals to be watertight
are superior in engineering, design and construction
offer exceptional performance without a premium price
For years, Sunoptics and Lighting Controls & Design (LC&D) products have been integrated to enhance the value of prismatic skylight solutions. That’s because digital lighting controls improve on the functionality of traditional (non-digital) controls, providing advanced programming capabilities with a simple front end – usually just a wall switch or dimmer.
With LC&D’s GR 2400 system, controls are easy to maintain and operate. Settings can be adjusted through the Internet or with any computer running Unity™ Lighting Control Software. In fact, LC&D is the only manufacturer that offers free lifetime remote programming for every system equipped with a modem.
The GR 2400 system is more than just relay panels and hardware. It is a completely digital, integrated system that will lower your operating expenses. By simply turning off unneeded lighting, energy consumption is reduced as much as 40% to 50%.
To enhance shoppers’ experience, retailers often use different lighting treatments for each of their departments; this can greatly impact the penetration of daylight and electric lighting.
The “best-practices” approach of dimming gives a seamless integration between the skylights and the electric lighting, allowing some lights to be dimmed without distracting shoppers. After store hours, lighting levels are reduced to those needed for cleaning and stocking. Non daylit zones are controlled with a different strategy but are included within the digital lighting controls to ensure lights are off after hours.
Distributed controls are what accommodate these separate treatments, and LC&D’s free remote programming allows for easy adjustments to ensure proper lighting levels.
Commercial building code regulations can provide energy cost savings and sustainability for building owners. But they can mean growing complexity for engineers, architects and other designers. Today’s codes regulate construction in jurisdictions covering nearly 90% of the U.S. population; that’s a lot of codes!
To help you with the requirements, LC&D has published Energy Code Compliant Solutions Using Digital Lighting Controls. It describes IECC, ASHRAE 90.1 and California Title 24 mandates for lighting controls like auto-shutoff, bilevel switching, space controls, and daylight harvesting. An at-a-glance table summarizes requirements. To help with compliance, the right LC&D digital lighting control is identified.
Visit Acuity Brands Controls’ energy code web resource for excerpts of energy codes from each state in the U.S. and certain localities, plus information about certain energy programs
The best daylighting systems provide the highest ROI through reduced utility bills. Whether you’re seeking LEED certification, recognition as a green builder or simply trying to save on energy, the rapid payback is well worth the initial investment. Most low-rise projects see a return on their investment within 18 months and many building owners report that their financed equipment is paid for within a year. Retrofits also prove to be a rapid payback.
While most green building strategies employ some form of daylight harvesting, few offer the return on investment and the integration opportunities of combining Sunoptics Prismatic Skylights and LC&D lighting controls. Lighting Control & Design’s advanced daylighting system promises the highest standards in equipment, functionality, and support.
Come see the best intelligent lighting, controls and daylighting solutions in the industry and how they help reduce energy consumption by tremendous amounts over traditional lighting. The Acuity Brands booth is no. 1819N. Say the word “artichoke” and register to win one of five Amazon Kindle 3G e-readers.
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