Different Types of Commercial LED Lighting Controls

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 Understanding Commercial LED Lighting Control Options

Today’s generation of advanced commercial LED lighting controls offer unparalleled versatility and customizable options that are essential for modern businesses. From eco-friendly solutions, to achieving the perfect lighting hue and temperature, sophisticated smart technology has evolved far beyond simple wall switches and dimmers.

Team Electrical Supply is the Detroit area’s premier supplier of commercial LED lighting controls that can help save energy, comply with regulations, and meet your customer’s unique business needs – all with the push of a button.

In this article the commercial LED lighting control experts at Team Electrical Supply in the Detroit area, discuss the extensive range of solutions we offer that can enhance efficiency and improve functionality of the lighting systems that you install in any commercial setting.

Types of Commercial LED Lighting Controls

Microwave Detection LED Lighting Controls

Microwave detection LED lighting controls utilize microwave sensors to detect motion by emitting microwave signals and measuring the reflections that bounce back from moving objects. This technology is highly effective in ensuring optimal lighting conditions and energy savings by dynamically adjusting lighting as employees move throughout different areas of the space.

Microwave sensors emit high-frequency waves that bounce off objects and return to the sensor. When movement is detected, the change in frequency allows the sensor to activate or adjust the lighting.

Microwave detection LED lighting controls can provide precise motion detection even through walls and partitions, making it ideal for large open-plan offices and warehouses. It significantly reduces energy consumption by ensuring lights are only on when needed.

Microwave detection controls are especially suitable for areas with high traffic variability, such as hallways, restrooms, and storage areas where consistent lighting is not required, and lighting usage varies without any et schedule or pattern.

Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensor LED Lighting Controls

Passive Infrared (PIR) LED lighting control sensors detect motion by sensing the heat signatures of moving objects. When an object with a distinct heat signature moves within the sensor’s field of view, it triggers the LED lighting control system.

PIR sensors consist of a pyroelectric sensor that detects levels of infrared radiation. When an object with a heat signature moves, the sensor detects this change and activates the lighting. PIR LED lighting control sensors are highly energy-efficient because they are extremely effective in detecting human motion, ensuring lights are only turned on when people are present.

Because they are heat signature activated, they are less prone to false triggers compared to other motion sensors, making them highly reliable. Passive Infrared (PIR) LED lighting control sensors are ideal for use in offices, conference rooms, and other indoor environments where human activity varies without a set or regular schedule.

Bluetooth Control LED Lighting Controls

Bluetooth LED lighting control systems offer a modern solution where each light fixture becomes and individual, integrated part of a mesh network, enabling a wide range of individualized  controls from dimming to switching, all controllable from a smartphone or tablet.

Each light fixture is equipped with a Bluetooth module, allowing it to communicate with other fixtures and with the control devices within the network. This setup enables remote control and automation of LED lighting systems.

Bluetooth LED lighting controls provide flexibility, responsiveness, and ease of use, enabling users to control lighting from their personal devices. They are also ideal for retrofit projects as they do not require additional wiring.

Bluetooth LED lighting control systems are extremely popular with our Detroit area customers, especially in modern offices, retail spaces, restaurants, and any environment where remote and dynamic lighting control is desirable.

DMX (Digital Multiplex) LED Lighting Controls

Digital Multiplex (DMX) LED lighting controls are designed for complex lighting arrangements, providing precise, customizable control over a wide range of lighting effects and equipment.

DMX systems send digital signals from a central control console to lighting fixtures and effects devices. This protocol allows for the control of numerous channels of lighting, enabling intricate lighting designs and effects.

DMX LED lighting controls offer high precision, reliability, and the ultimate in customizability, making them perfect for environments requiring complex lighting setups. Applications include theaters, concert halls, nightclubs, and other entertainment venues where varied, dynamic and highly programmable lighting effects are necessary.

0-10V Dimming LED Lighting Controls

0-10V LED lighting controls are a dimming system that is a widely used method for controlling the brightness of LED lights through a simple voltage scale.

The 0-10V Dimming LED Lighting control system uses a voltage signal (ranging from 0 to 10 volts) to adjust the light output. At 0 volts, the lights are at their dimmest (or off), and at 10 volts, they are at their brightest.

0-10V dimming is compatible with many commercial lighting systems, providing a reliable and scalable solution for adjusting light levels. It is popular among our Detroit area clients for use in offices, retail stores, and educational facilities where adjustable lighting is required to create different ambiances and meet various functional needs.

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) LED Lighting Controls

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) LED lighting systems control the brightness of LED lights by rapidly turning them on and off at frequencies so fast the human eye typically can’t register them. PWM adjusts the duty cycle of the power signal sent to the LEDs. By varying the ratio of on-time to off-time, the system can dim the lights without changing the color temperature.

PWM provides smooth and flicker-free dimming, which is essential for environments where light quality and visual comfort are important. Team Electrical Sales in the Detroit has sold PWM LED lighting controls for use in many Detroit area offices, as well as art galleries, laboratories, medical facilities, and other spaces where high-quality lighting is crucial for visual tasks.

LED Lighting Control Supplier | Detroit Area

Customizable LED lighting controls are transforming how businesses manage their lighting environments, offering significant benefits in terms of energy efficiency, flexibility, and user comfort. At Team Electrical Supply in the Detroit area, we offer a comprehensive range of commercial LED lighting controls tailored to meet the specific needs of your business.

Whether you need microwave detection, PIR sensors, Bluetooth control, DMX, 0-10V dimming, or PWM systems, we have the expertise and advanced products to help you achieve optimal lighting solutions. And if you are unsure which type of LED lighting control system is best for your specific project, our lighting control experts will help you find the ideal solution.

Contact Team Electrical Supply in the Detroit area and discover how our wide array of state-of-the-art LED lighting controls can enhance your commercial lighting project!

Detroit LED Lighting Control Supplier: 313.874.1000

PoE Lighting Systems

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PoE:  the Future of Commercial & Industrial Lighting

Everyone in the lighting industry recognizes the impact that proper lighting has on safety, performance and productivity. But recent technological developments in Power over Ethernet (PoE) lighting are poised to help the electrical industry take those basic functions to an entirely new level.

What is Power over Ethernet (PoE) Lighting?

It’s no secret that LED-based solid-state lighting (SSL) is rapidly replacing incandescent, halogen, and even fluorescent lights (CFLs) in commercial and industrial use. LED’s longer operational life, higher energy efficiency, and more compact size give them the distinct advantage.

Traditionally LEDS have been powered by standard AC. Now, however, modern Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology enables DC powering of LED lighting.

While system efficiency is comparable for both traditional AC and DC, PoE technology offers many added benefits obtained by networking the lights using the Ethernet local area network (LAN).

PoE offers the capability to change both the color and intensity of the lighting, enabling end users to “dial in” their personal lighting preferences via computer network or smartphone application. PoE also enables all of the lighting in a single facility to be controlled and adjusted from a single point.

PoE and Personally Optimized Lighting

In a commercial building, utility costs typically account for 1% of the budget, while employees comprise roughly 90% of a company’s operating costs. Harnessing the power of a PoE lighting control system, employers can take merely adequate lighting, and “personally optimized” it to improve employee productivity, morale and well-being.

Industry studies show that when workers are polled, more than 50% would like to improve the lighting in their workspace. Personally Optimized Lighting offers employees a menu of positive lighting attributes from which they can choose – to customize their work-space and improve their productivity.

Personally Optimized Lighting also has similar applications in the healthcare arena, where patients and providers can control a variety of lighting attributes for optimal comfort and treatment. Similarly, Personally Optimized Lighting can be utilized in educational institutions (from pre-school through university) to create adaptive learning environments depending upon age of pupil, time of day and course of study (e.g. reading time vs. lab work vs. physical activity).

PoE and Better Power Management

LED light fixtures powered by PoE are able to be paired with sensors, wireless communication modules, and embedded processors into smart hubs – in order to take advantage of emergent Internet of Things (IoT) technologies without additional, expensive lighting replacement.

This means that the PoE network can enable better overall network power management – by offering single point control over the power of all of the connected lighting. Additionally, almost all LAN systems run battery backup – meaning the connected PoE/DC LED lighting will continue to function during power outages.  This can lead to substantial savings for employers by avoiding costly closures and downtime due to power outages – as operations can continue with the PoE/DC lighting running.

The Future of Power over Ethernet (PoE) Lighting

Lighting industry experts and IoT visionaries concur that by the year 2020 PoE/DC LED lighting will be the industry standard.  By 2020 fully integrated PoE lighting systems are expected to be the norm in replacing collections of independent lighting components – providing lighting that adapts as the user’s needs change.

Demand for PoE lighting is expected to increase, as employers recognize the cost savings of PoE lighting’s ability to improve the performance and well-being of employees in commercial, industrial, educational, healthcare and office environments.

Single, unified PoE lighting systems will also be increasingly desired for their ability to offer businesses better usage management (and energy conservation) across an entire facility – or even group of facilities.

Indeed, “the future is now!” And every lighting professional needs to stay ahead of the curve with PoE lighting technologies, in order to remain competitive as this segment of the lighting market dramatically expands in the coming years.

Streetlight Advances

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LED Streetlight Products Improve Public Safety

Street, sidewalk and parking lot lighting is an essential safety component for municipalities, plants, campuses and other large private and public institutions. Increasing lighting in dimly-lit sidewalks and parking prevents accidents & injuries, and deters crime as well.

However, U.S. Department of Energy statistics indicate that streetlights account for an estimated national total of over $2 billion in energy costs. And – with the average existing streetlight fixture being over 25 years old – most street lamps are energy inefficient, as well as in need of constant maintenance.

The best cost-saving option to replace old, inefficient streetlights is LED lighting. LED lighting provides higher levels of light output and visibility. And brighter streets, sidewalks & parking lots means fewer accidents and less crime.

LED Streetlight Products Reduce Energy Costs

At the same time, LED streetlamps can drastically reduce energy bills, by lowering electricity costs by a full 75%. And while LEDs streetlights may cost slightly more initially, the enormous reduction in energy costs – not to mention the reduction in accidents and crime – more than offset the slightly higher initial investment I LED.

A case in point is The City of Los Angeles’ recent conversion of over 140,000 streetlights to LED – resulting in an energy savings of 60% ($7.7 million) for the city annually.

Additionally, LED lighting is the most durable and longest lasting lighting option available today. In fact, LED lamps can last more than 20 years! Greater durability and longer lifespan means a substantial reduction in costs associated with both replacement parts & lamps and maintenance labor.

In increasing numbers, towns, cities, colleges, manufacturing plants and office complexes are realizing the value of conversions to LED sidewalk, parking lot & street lighting – substantially reducing their energy costs, while better protecting both the environment and their citizens, students, guests & employees.