Illuminating the Art of Integrating BAS and Lighting Systems

摘要

Facility owners have more options now than ever when it comes to making decisions about the integration of their lighting systems with their building automation systems. "Motion sensors, for example, can control security, HVAC and lighting," says Spectrum Engineers' Joseph M. "Jody" Good, III, LC, IESNA, IALD. That said. Good, past president of the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP) and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), reminds us that some owners may not want such a significant unification of technologies, but rather something simpler, such as central control of HVAC and local control of lighting. "This approach has been the norm for quite a few years, but it resulted in needless HVAC activity because multiple systems were included on the same controls," he says.