BACnet Gateway
March 30, 2004
Low Profile Ballast
March 29, 2004
Daylight Harvesting
March 26, 2004
Easylite Integrated Lighting System News Releases
Easylite Announces Total Building and Energy Management Integration With Their Easylite BACnet Gateway
Boulder, CO, March 30, 2004 – Easylite Lighting Systems — an innovative lighting systems designer and manufacturer in Boulder, CO – announced today the development of a BACnet compatible gateway. This gateway will enable integration with BACnet compliant protocols for building management and control.
Dennis Robinson, CEO of Easylite, discussed his perspective of this development: “The addition of a Easylite BACnet Gateway marks the advent of complete building and energy management by integrating lighting controls with the other major, mechanical building systems through open standards. This will allow building control systems to centrally manage 80-90% of a customer’s energy. The potential savings and control strategies of this approach are enormous.” Mr. Robinson added that this will be the first of several Easylite gateway products that will allow open integration to other building control protocols such as LonWorks®, MODBUS®, and others.
The Easylite BACnet Gateway is an additional, cost effective offering to the Easylite integrated lighting system of dimming ballasts and controls. While most technology-enabled lightning systems are complicated, Easylite systems use simple components and connections. This allows facility managers and tenants to avoid costly expert intervention to modify their lighting systems.
Easylite designs and manufactures a full line of products, eliminating problems that result from linking components from multiple manufacturers. Easylite’s lighting systems feature: Easy-Talk software, dimming electronic ballasts, low voltage dimmers, Daylite Harvesters, addressable logic interface, switch closure interface, and a low-voltage, low cost wiring network.
Easylite Lighting Systems, based in Boulder, Colorado, creates integrated, controlled, facility wide lighting systems that manage power consumption and enhance user comfort. The company’s mission is to help clients meet their lightning needs while reducing energy usage – optimizing energy expended, while dramatically cutting overall energy costs. Easylite is a proud member of the United States Green Building Council and is a LEED certified supplier.
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Easylite launches new Low Profile Ballast line with advanced system capabilities
Boulder, CO, March 29, 2004 – Easylite Lighting Systems — an innovative lighting systems and electronic ballast designer and manufacturer in Boulder, CO – announced today the release of a new low profile ballast that adds new capability to their fluorescent lighting control system. The integrated system provides user flexibility, low-cost installation and energy savings in new construction and lighting retrofit applications.
The new Low Profile Ballast will power T8, T5, and T5HO lamps allowing the ability to power up to 8 lamps from a single ballast (up to 6 lamps for T5HO). These electronic, continuous dimming ballasts offer universal voltage (120-277V and 347V), as well as integrated on/off switching ability. This revolutionary design increases application flexibility while significantly reducing overall system cost by reducing the number of ballasts required as well as eliminating relays to provide on/off switching.
Jerry Mills, president of Easylite Lighting Systems, explains: “The addition of our low profile ballast greatly expands our capability to address dimming lighting applications including T5 and T5HO. The ability to power up to 8 lamps from a single ballast has a tremendous impact on the system economics and benefit, while also making it a logical fit for high bay applications and direct/indirect fixtures. The integrated on/off switching capability also lowers system costs while providing a greater level of control for local users.”
While most technology-enabled lightning systems are complicated, Easylite systems use building block system components and simple connections. This allows facility managers and tenants to avoid costly expert intervention to modify their lighting systems.
Easylite designs and manufactures a full line of products, eliminating problems that result from linking components from multiple manufacturers. Easylite’s lighting systems feature: Easy-Talk software, dimming electronic ballasts, BACnet interfaces, low voltage dimmers, Daylite Harvesters, addressable logic interface, switch closure interface, and a low-voltage, low cost wiring network.
Easylite Lighting Systems, based in Boulder, Colorado, creates integrated, controlled, facility-wide lighting systems that manage power consumption and enhance user comfort. The company’s mission is to help clients meet their lightning needs while reducing energy usage – optimizing energy expended, while dramatically cutting overall energy costs. Easylite is a proud member of the United States Green Building Council and is a LEED Certified Supplier.
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Easylite Daylight Harvesting Controlled Lighting System Saves Energy in California High Performance School (CHPS)
Boulder, CO, March 26, 2004 – In March, Easylite — an innovative lighting control system and electronic ballast designer and manufacturer in Boulder, CO — announced their findings from a lighting energy study at the Georgina P. Blach Intermediate School, a California High Performance School (CHPS) in Los Altos, CA. The school’s facility management team was looking for a lighting solution that would take advantage of Daylighting for both energy savings as well as light quality in classrooms with a minimum light level of 45 FC.
The energy savings from using the Easylite system are significant. Average lighting energy demand was reduced 63% to 211 watts from an average of 574 watts based on a static lighting system. This equates to approximately .24 watts per sq. ft in the 864 sq. ft. classroom. The analysis included developing an energy load profile that accounts for time that the lights would be off during the day. This profile calculates that the lights in this classroom were shut off 27% of the time during the study.
Mike Fisher, executive vice president of Easylite, commented, “Our customer has been very pleased with the performance and results delivered by the Easylite system. This project verifies the significant savings available through daylighting control systems while providing excellent lighting levels at an affordable cost.”
The energy study analyzed data collected over a four week period and focused on the primary hours of use between 7 AM and 3 PM. The Easylite system consisted of Daylight Harvesters, dimming fluorescent ballasts, and integrated, low voltage control cabling. Each classroom had two to four rows of indirect/direct fixtures and used one Daylight Harvester in each fixture row. Measured light readings confirmed a minimum light level of 45 FC. The classroom studied had windows facing both North and East.
Easylite designs and manufactures a full line of products, eliminating problems that result from linking components from multiple manufacturers. Easylite’s lighting systems feature: Easy-Talk software, dimming electronic ballasts, BACnet interfaces, low voltage dimmers, Daylite Harvesters, addressable logic interface, switch closure interface, and a low-voltage, low cost wiring network.
Easylite Lighting Systems, based in Boulder, Colorado, creates integrated, controlled, facility wide lighting systems that manage power consumption and enhance user comfort. The company’s mission is to help clients meet their lightning needs while reducing energy usage – optimizing energy expended, while dramatically cutting overall energy costs.
Easylite is a proud member of the United States Green Building Council and is a LEED
Certified Supplier.
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