Lighting controls offer further benefits than simply saving energy. Depending on the application they can improve comfort, reduce maintenance costs and impart greater flexibility to the use of a workspace. They need not be complicated or hard to understand in fact they should always be easy to use and manage the obvious payback involves the cost of electricity being saved by the controls – either through turning lights off or dimming them. If a lighting control system is able to dim as well as switch then increased electricity savings can be realised.
Dimming gives occupants more choice over the levels of lighting they experience. It is also less intrusive to adjust lighting levels than to suddenly turn them off. If the lighting controls can be implemented alongside fully dimmable lighting then the staff will be happier, the savings will be greater and the lighting design will be maintained
