Oct 27 2010
Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy efficient lighting and control solutions, recently began installation of a significant outdoor LED lighting project for Florida A&M University (“FAMU”).
The installation includes an integrated lighting solution incorporating the Company’s Holophane® brand of luminaires and ROAM® wireless controls that will bring energy savings, sustainability and high-quality, uniform outdoor lighting to the streets of the Florida A&M University campus area. The Holophane brand has been a recognized leader in high-quality and lowest total cost of ownership lighting solutions for commercial, industrial, emergency and outdoor applications for more than 110 years. ROAM is an Acuity Brands award winning lighting control and monitoring system that minimizes total life-cycle cost, while enhancing safety and sustainability.
In July 2010 the University began undertaking an electrical service upgrade across the entire campus, which comprises 156 buildings spread over 422 acres in Tallahassee, Florida, including an upgrade to campus amenity lighting. The lighting upgrade centered on the installation of more than 750 new Holophane GranVille® luminaires and Holophane Oslow style decorative posts. Many of the newly installed GranVille luminaires utilize highly efficient light-emitting diodes (LED) as their source technology. The upgrade will include the use of the ROAM control system, wirelessly interconnecting the entire outdoor lighting system on campus.
“FAMU is committed to sustainability, which is why the lighting upgrade includes the use of LED technology as a means to reduce the University’s C02 emissions,” said Jack Ries, Acuity Brands Lighting Vice President and General Manager, Holophane. “Additionally, the deployment of the integrated ROAM system will enable the university to optimize the operation of their lighting system and improve safety and security on campus by allowing the lights to be monitored and controlled from a central location,” Ries said.
Precision optics with tight tolerances in the Holophane GranVille LED luminaires direct light where it is needed to maximize energy savings and help ensure design effectiveness. Additionally, the GranVille LED housing and system mount to industry standard poles. Existing Holophane GranVille glass globes are compatible with GranVille LED luminaires.
The Holophane GranVille LED fixtures are offered with classic or premier optics and a variety of trims, luminaire shapes and uplight options. Asymmetric and symmetric distributions provide added flexibility for applications such as parks, city streets, residential areas, campuses, walkways and parking lots. The Holophane GranVille LED luminaires’ door assembly allows simple access to the electronic driver for ease of maintenance. The fixtures' borosilicate glass optics is permanent and never turns yellow or cloudy with age.
The ROAM wireless control and monitoring equipment is integrated into the GranVille housing, essentially hiding it from direct view. The secure ROAM Web-portal interface allows FAMU to schedule its lights’ on/off times, as well as proactively address system maintenance, helping improve safety and reduce operating and maintenance costs.
Source: http://www.acuitybrands.com/