Burnaby School Board implements a lighting system that’s great for energy management and learning By Donald Gifford, Regional Manager B.C., Signify Canada Ltd. From primary schools to universi-
schools, teachers can choose be-
by ensuring lights are only on
ties, energy-efficient LED lighting
tween different light levels that
when needed, or dimmed rath-
has been a popular choice over the
best suit the students for the cur-
years. Now, with the power of wire-
rent task.
er than full power. A great example of how an up-
less IoT connected lighting, there is
Lighting can be set for normal
graded lighting system enabled
a new way to save energy and opti-
activities with a standard bright-
teachers to find the flexibility they
mize lighting at the same time. For
ness, giving the teachers the flex-
needed for their classroom is at
school boards, it’s also a unique
ibility of dimming lights when
the Burnaby School Board in Brit-
opportunity to provide added-
needed. A connected lighting sys-
ish Columbia. Working with Quan-
value lighting during a scheduled
tem can also:
tum Lighting, the Burnaby School
• Reduce costs with sensors em-
Board took the opportunity to
What’s a connected lighting sys-
bedded in the lights that can
modernize three schools with the
tem? Basically, it’s smart LED lights
dim when detecting empty
newly launched smart LED lighting
with integrated sensors that are
classrooms
system from Signify called Interact
upgrade.
connected to application software.
• Balance natural daylight and
Pro, and planning is underway to
It allows for control and personal-
artificial light to give the cor-
upgrade two more schools in the
ization of lighting, and it can pro-
rect amount of light
district. Interact Pro not only pro-
vide data insights that open up a
• Achieve energy savings with
whole new world of opportunities.
energy-efficient LED lighting
When it comes to lighting in
and maximize those savings
vided them with cost efficiencies, but also provided teachers with far more lighting options than they had before. At the South Slope Elementary School & BC School for the Deaf in Burnaby, B.C., smart lighting enabled teachers with flexible, func-
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tional lighting solutions. One important factor for the school was the kinetic switch which operates with the Interact Pro connected system. It is wireless in both power and communication and a simple add-on in the classroom because it doesn’t require any hardwiring. One was placed next to the teacher’s desk, allowing her the easy control to switch the lights on and off to visually capture the hearing-impaired students’ atten-
