lumenIO™

Versatile and scalable smart building technology which enables easier lighting control retrofits with no new wires and/or line-of-sight needed...

Our mission: through engineering innovation, we strive to develop smart technologies aimed at conserving energy in commercial lighting applications and with near-zero impact to existing infrastructure.

What we offer and how we are different: lumenIO™ (expected launch: Q4-2026) offers a patented and innovative powerline communication (PLC) device which is geared to revolutionize the lighting control industry. Packaged in a self-contained relay pack form factor (size: 2.75"L x 1.75"H x 1.50"D), lumenIO™ can be used as a stand-alone building automation system (BAS), where depending on user configuration, any one single unit can act as master controller.

Here are a few product claims where lumenIO™ is made to stand out:

• Designed to work in conjunction with one or more occupancy/vacancy sensors, to create a simplified control matrix (array) whcih can extend load control combinations and reach accross multiple lighting fixtures/luminaires in a building, independent of which circuits the lighting loads are connected to.

• Through the use of a de-centralized control scheme, it allows for diversified controller personalities to be easily integrated/configured/zoned and deployed as part of a building's lighting control plan. Some common control personalities (schemes) include real-time on/off load activation (switch and/or sensor-based) and/or load scheduling of lighting loads based on plain sensor detection and/or based on integrated machine learning algorthm.

• Siimpler and quicker installations (requires no new wires or circuits and no line-of-sight), therfore allowing for lower upfront investment, and quicker paybacks (less than 2 years ROI in most common building installations).

• Designed to work with all lighting types (LED, fluorescent, CFL, HID, etc.).

Why lumenIO™: there remains a growing need to reduce energy waste in commercial buildings. These are just some supporting facts based on EIA's Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS 2012):

• In 2018, the United States was estimated to have about 5.9 million commercial buildings, totaling about 96.4 billion square feet of floorspace, where energy consumption in these buildings was calculated at 6.8 quadrillion British Thermal Units (BTUs), or equivalently, 2 trillion kWh. As applicable to building type (principal end function), warehouse and storage buildings, followed by office buildings, were at the top of the list, and they accounted for the highest amount of floorspace (square footage) being used. Office buildings were considered the highest energy consumer (per square foot) when compared to any other type of U.S. commercial building.

• An estimated 17% of all electricity consumed in commercial buildings was attributed to lighting.

• Standard fluorescent was by far the most commonly used type of lighting with 93% of commercial buildings (lit buildings) using standard fluorescent lights, and 78% of lit floorspace being illuminated by standard fluorescent. Compact fluorescent (CFL) came in after, as the second most commonly used type of lighting, where compact fluorescent (CFL) provided light to 13% of all lit spaces in commercial buildings. Compact fluorescent (CFL) is often seen to replace incandescent type bulbs, a lighting type that has seen a decrease in use since 2003.

• Occupancy sensors which activate lighting loads with the presence of people in a room or space, and therefore reduce lighting (by turning off or dimming) when rooms are unoccupied was considered the most common lighting control strategy used. Occupancy sensors were used in 16% of all lit buildings and in 55% of large lit buildings in 2015 and depending on the areas where these are being installed (e.g., where there is minimal or infrequent occupancy), this type of lighting control scheme is estimated to achieve great energy savings.
  
  Some examples (estimated energy savings):
  Corridors/Hallways/Stairwells (30-80%)
  Restrooms (30-90%)
  Storage areas (45-80%)
  Warehouse (35-54%).
  

• Scheduling was considered yet another popular lighting control strategy used, where based on time of day, scheduling automatically dims or turns off lights at certain times of the day. Scheduling was used in 18% of all lit buildings and in 43% of large lit buildings in 2015.