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the lighting system, reducing the time required to replace Niagara System Capability
luminaires. The system also monitors lighting levels
alongside energy usage. BIG
DATA
Control Network Solutions (CNS) developed elitedali™, Schedules
which is based on the Tridium NiagaraAX Framework®. CNS
managing director Mike Welch explains: “DALI has been Smart Services
a solution for controlling lighting according to occupancy
and daylight while managing maintenance requirements for Dashboards
some time. The contrast with the combination of elitedali
and the NiagaraAX Framework® is that it is the most vendor- DEMAND WEB Offices Histories
independent solution available today. It simplifies the RESPONSE SERVICES Hospitals Analytics
infrastructure for accessing lighting data and control.” Residential
Utilities Commercial

Public

One of the most powerful aspects of the elitedali solution BUSINESS Data Centres
is that it gives building owners and managers access to DATA
detailed information on their lighting energy use that was
not easily accessible until now. This enables the effective BLM Telecomms
use of “cloud analytics and big data” applications. Industrial
SMS WEB
The power of information APPS
With elitedali™, information on the energy use of lighting
can be accessed in a usable format and that is increasingly Field Services
what clients are looking for. Mike Welch says: “Businesses
want to be able to access and analyse this information, Building Services
because they know it can help them to save energy and
reduce the operating costs of their business.” Without the combination of elitedali™ and the NiagaraAX
Framework®, gathering data on lighting easily by the
This level of information enables business to attribute business owner at this level was not possible. Where
the costs of office space to productivity. “Financial there was some basic data, it was in a proprietary format
management of costs is now very granular so the ability to so it was difficult to combine with data gathered from
compare performance of space in different buildings can other areas of the building services. elitedali™ puts that
help to identify areas for improvement,” adds Welch. information into the clients’ hands, and enables them to
specify the format of the data produced. They can also
change the way the lighting operates and observe changes
in energy use.

Benefits of the elitedali and Niagara
Framework approach to lighting

• Mitigate against rising energy costs

• Use NiagaraAX to address, discover and
commission networks of DALI open standard

light fixtures

• No third-party commissioning tools or
processes required

• Automatic DALI device modelling in NiagaraAX

• No data IO mapping and labelling required,
reduced commissioning time and risk

• Use with any DALI product conforming to the
DALI IEC 62386 standard

• Significantly the most vendor-independent
solution available

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