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Redwood Systems launched what the company claims to be the first network-based technology for LED lighting and building performance systems. This approach is based on the idea that LED lighting presents a new opportunity to create a unified network-based digital platform for smart buildings, helping building owners and designers reduce energy costs while providing control and automation in commercial lighting never before possible.
Although alternating current (AC) has become the global standard for all lighting and building wiring, Redwood returns to using low voltage DC power for LED lighting to deliver not just lighting, but to create a digital network to manage, sense, and efficiently optimize lighting, heating, venting, air conditioning, plug loads, window shading, and just about everything else that uses power in a building.
Currently, every light socket in most LED lit spaces has to be fitted with an AC-DC converter, which opens a huge opportunity for energy-efficiency improvements. LED lighting would become more affordable with a central AC-DC converter combined with a driver, accelerating customer ROI through energy savings and reduced installation costs.
Jeremy Stieglitz, vice president of marketing for Redwood Systems, said the company has partnered with several LED-lighting fixture manufacturers and will offer centralized drivers capable of communicating with up to 60 DC-driven LEDs. The LEDs would be fitted with temperature and light sensors and the data would be used to carry out profiling and improve lighting homogeneity throughout a building.