Lighting Automation
In the UK, light accounts for the majority of a building’s total energy use. With many building spaces unoccupied between 40% and 70% of the day, lights left on are a huge energy drain.
Gil-lec’s lighting control solutions do much more than just controlling the amount of light in a space. By combining strategies like dimming, switching, daylight sensing, occupancy sensing, individual control, scheduling, and limiting maximum light output, you will save substantial amounts of energy, and reduce operating costs.
Presence or Occupancy Detectors are a huge step in saving energy both through light management and building services technology. In their simplest form, the occupancy sensor only switches light, heating or ventilation when required. This has huge energy saving benefits in areas which are unoccupied or which already have sufficient natural daylight for a safe working environment.
For standalone solutions, advances in wireless occupancy sensors are making simple retrofit installations a true possibility, by eliminating the need for wiring. The sensors can be placed where required, and using RF technology communicate with compatible dimmers. A huge benefit of this is the ability to trial a system before rolling it out across your building.
For whole room and multi room solutions, we employ a modular approach to your lighting control systems. This allows us infinite flexibility for reconfiguring and designing the light in any space. The solutions we employ can control DALI ballasts for dimming high frequency fluorescent ballast, by working in conjunction with occupancy, IR & daylight sensors and even blinds & shades.
The techniques above can be scaled across multiple floors or entire buildings allowing facilities managers to configure, control, monitor and report on all the lighting in a building, from a central location.
Motor Control
Variable Speed Drives are intelligent devices which control the rotational speed of an AC electric motor. The drives can be used on large machinery, fans, pumps & conveyors to actually reduce the amount of energy used. The drives work by slowing the motor down in a reductive way rather than resistive way. Reducing the speed of a fan by 20% can reduce energy consumption by 50% and payback within a year.
By working with Schneider Electric, Gil-lec Energy Solutions provide you with the tools to estimate the potential savings on the energy consumption of your pumps and fans. Our detailed site audit will:
Compare the energy consumption with and without a drive.
Calculate the savings you could make annually, in kWh, pounds and tonnes of CO2.
Provide an estimate of the time taken for a return on your investment.
Select the most suitable installation for your requirements.