Tyco Electronics announced that it will collaborate with Redwood Systems to bring forth a "pioneering" LED lighting platform energy-efficient commercial building applications.
According to the companies, the jointly developed lighting system will fuse intelligent control, communications, and power delivery into an integrated, networked system that will make smart lighting simple and cost-effective, and provide users with expanded ways to visualize and optimize their buildings. The system, which operates on both LED technology and traditional fluorescent and halogen technology, is estimated to yield energy savings up to 75 percent for standard building lighting.
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Tyco Electronics will provide the foundational infrastructure necessary to enable, as well as complement, the lighting system, provisioning a commercial-premises structured cabling system, circuit protection devices and other interconnect systems.
“Tyco Electronics is synonymous with innovation and has always been at the forefront of technology adoption,” says Dave Leonard, cofounder and chief executive officer of Redwood Systems. “We knew that they would be a strong ally in helping bring Redwood’s platform to market. The invaluable relationships that we develop with Tyco Electronics and our other strategic allies will accelerate our product’s adoption rate and help more customers reduce their lighting costs and improve building performance.”
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The platform is composed of three discrete elements that work in concert to create a programmable “building fabric.” The three components include the Redwood engine, a central driver that provides and modulates power; the Redwood adapter, a group of sensors at each light fixture; and the Redwood wall switch. The system is connected with Tyco Electronics’ low-voltage cabling, which facilitates “plug-and-play” behavior to reduce installation time.
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