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University in Dubai equipped with Philips lighting technology

Philips Lighting has equipped Dubai’s Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) with connected LED lighting controlled by its Interact Office system. The technology enables faculty staff to control and personalize light settings using a smartphone app, while students can be guided to rooms using lighting-based indoor positioning technology.

Instead of using light switches, HBMSU’s lighting is controlled in a variety of ways: by occupancy sensors in luminaires that detect people’s presence, switching on and off lighting; by automatic adjustment of light levels according to the availability of natural daylight; by a smartphone/tablet app; or from a central console.

Interact Office enables the university to deliver new services. The software system is integrated with the university’s Building Management System (BMS) so that all the building systems work together seamlessly. Also, the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system is synced with the class schedule so that air conditioning is switched on before a class starts and students don’t have to enter a warm room. As staff or students enter a room, the lights switch on using presence detection and when the room is vacated the lights and HVAC switch off.

The indoor navigation service uses the university’s smartphone app. LED light points, installed in the hallway, lobby areas and corridors, transmit a light code containing their individual geographical location. This achieved by a modulation in the light which is invisible to the human eye but may be detected by a smart phone camera. The geo-location information is then used by the smartphone app to locate the user’s position in the building and guide them to their destination.

The university BMS receives data from Interact Office. Information on energy consumption, the performance of each light point and the occupancy of each room can be accessed on a mouse click. These insights help site managers to maintain and maximize the building to its full potential and respond to requests, produce reports and predict trends.

In the Chancellor’s Office, the Grand Meeting Room and the Auditorium, university staff can adjust the light settings; the lighting in these areas are controlled via wall-mounted iPads. In addition, the faculty team use the smartphone app to personalize the lighting in their offices, with options to select the brightness level and color temperature of light.

Indoor positioning is enabled by 600 Philips LuxSpace luminaires and Philips Bluetooth beacons in high ceiling areas such as the atrium. Interact Office is the software system used to control and manage the lighting.

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