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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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