Area-adapted, fl exible lighting control
Each area in a hospital has diff erent lighting require-
ments. Multiple lighting standards apply, each of whose
limit values must be met. For example, diff erent lighting
conditions are required at a 24-hour nurses’ station, where
staff carry out computer work, than in a waiting room or
in a dental treatment chair. The lighting system must be
fl exible across administrative desk activities to diagnostic
discussions to lighting in a care centre's common room.
To ensure that this complexity is straightforward for the
building services, the control systems can be maintained
centrally. Wireless solutions enable remote control and
thus rapid response to changes in demand in individual
wings of the healthcare facility.
Straightforward operation and central management
Even though light plays an important role in the health and
care sector, it should not cost employees more attention
than necessary. It is therefore necessary to implement
complex technology in simple systems. The lighting con-
trol system must be easy to operate. The more intuitive
a system, the shorter the required training time and the
faster it can be commissioned. If support is needed, re-
mote maintenance and confi guration save time-consuming
travel. Cloud support provides a quick overview of multiple
systems. In large hospitals, a doctor's offi ce, or a care
centre, lighting is best combined in a system that can be
easily and centrally managed.
Data mining in the health sector
Particularly revealing data is used in the health care sec-
tor. This is precisely where lighting systems equipped with
smart sensor technology can provide valuable insights.
For example, movement or air conditions in patient rooms,
which in turn can be used to derive cleaning schedules or
climate control. The lighting system provides more than
"just" the right lighting here. Collected values and data
analyses contribute to smart, energy-effi cient building
use and provide insights into the patients’ regeneration
process.
Requirements
• Energy Monitoring Converter
• Current transformers on measuring circuits
• Calculating the current consumption from the dimming
level
Measured
• Power consumption
• Network quality
• Patient attendance history
• Patient activity (for patients who must be deliberately
activated or who must remain still)
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