Products that sense the presence of room occupants, and increase or switch-on lamps in response.
The Durable Technologies DLC200 Intelligent Mashalling Box with Daylight Harvesting is a high performance, low cost, lighting controller with unique features that surpass those of more expensive competitor devices. Durable Technologies examined every aspect of lighting control to design and produce the DLC200, which outperforms existing competitor products while reducing installation and running costs, carbon footprint and commissioning time.
- Low Cost — Up to 64 DSI or DALI ballasts per controller, share sensor information between channels.
- Save Money — Reduce overall lighting energy consumption up to 80% Complies with Part L of UK building regulations, improve your BREAME / LEED rating, improve you Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).
- Reduce Carbon — Easy and significant Carbon Footprint reduction.
- Fast, Easy Installation — using industry standard Wieland Gesis modular connectors, Fast commissioning without specialised training.
- Long Service Life — Standard 3 year warranty.
Daylight Harvesting — The DLC200 uses the DLS200 sensor head to sample light levels and constantly adjusts artificial output to augment natural light from windows, giving steady, comfortable illumination while achieving energy reductions of between 20% to 60%
Offset Dimming — an extension of daylight harvesting, Offset Dimming works with up to 3 lighting circuits to tier the rate of dimming. Even only using one DLS200 sensor in a room, the DLC200 calculates individual lighting levels for up to three lighting circuits, typically three rows of lights stepping back from the window, further reducing energy needs.
Two Stage Time-Out — Switching lamps on/off more than 8 times in 24 hours can drastically reduce their operational life, quickly eliminating any energy cost savings. The DLC200 uses Two Stage Time-Out to prolong fluorescent lamp operational life, by dimming lights in low traffic areas that must maintain always-on illumination (like hotel corridors) by 90%, switching back to full power when presence is detected. This gives energy savings AND increased lamp life, yielding true, dramatic cost benefits.
Presence and Absence Detection — Using the DLS200 sensor, the DLC200 automatically switches on lights when an area becomes occupied and automatically switch them off again when the area becomes unoccupied. No switches required. This technique is ideal for large, open plan areas, corridors etc. Absence Detection goes beyond the energy savings of presence detection by utilising a conventional wall switch to turn lights on and off as normal, but with presence detection always ensuring lights are switched off once the area is vacated. Great for offices and conference rooms. When used with Two Stage Time-Out, occupants are not plunged into darkness without warning, the Two Stage Time-Out indicating the impending lights-out situation to occupants.
Auxiliary Output — Use the presence detection of DLC200 and DLS200 combination to drive other applications, for instance switching on/off the HVAC when a room is occupied/vacated.
Low Cost Scene Settings — Scene Setting is a common feature of Lighting Controllers, but competitor products require costly switcheswith 4 or more buttons. The DLC200 uses low cost single button conventional wall switches to achieve Scene Setting, saving at least 90% of the cost per switch compared to the multi-function alternatives
The DPK1000 Presence Detecting Kit is a highly sensitive and minature product developed specifically for interfacing to other systems. In it's standard form it is 100% compatible with the Electrak Lightrak series of Lighting Controls including LK0809; LK0811, FFD050, FFD052, FFD054, FFD055, FFD057. It is compatible with other Lighting Control Modules and is available on request. It is suitable for upgrading older installations to bring them up to current energy requirements and is for applications in commercial buildings and office environments, such as:
- Presence Detection
- Light Level Sensing
The DLS1000 Sensor Head features:
- A small Robust Design.
- High RFI immunity
- High Presence Detection
The discreet, cast-aluminium mounting ensures high survivability from accidental impacts during commissioning and general use.
The DPK1000 Sensor Head has EN compliance and a long service life backed by a three year warranty, Read more »
The DLC100 Intelligent Marshalling Box with Daylight Harvesting is a low cost, intelligent marshelling box designed for commercial lighting applications, which dramatically reduces energy consumption and carbon footprint by utilising natural light, presence detection and absence detection to automatically switch off lighting when not needed.
The DLC100 is 'self configuring' with easy to set-up parameters via an intelligent configuration interface that reduces costly commissioning time and is easily configured by installing electricians and does not need third party, skilled (and expensive) commissioning engineers.
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