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Lighting Management systems can result in further energy saving for commercial buildings.

The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Emerging Technologies Report Integrated Daylighting Systems reports theoretical savings of 52% for installing a control system. They further report that similar studies point to energy savings as follows:

• Scheduling and light level tuning 10 – 25% savings
• Fewer fixtures or workstation control 0 – 35% savings
• Daylight harvesting 12 – 17% savings (35% in daylit spaces)
• Occupancy control 15 – 35% savings
• Variable load shedding 15 – 20 % savings (peak only)

The basis of lighting management systems for energy management can be summed up as:

• Having systems that which encourage users to set lighting to meet their requirements and not to be wasteful.
• Incorporating light sensors into a system which can measure the achieved lighting level. The measurement is then used to adjust the level to a pre planned value.
• Incorporating presence sensors into the system which can detect the presence of human beings, thus ensuring that light is switched off in areas where nobody is present.
• Using timeclocks or programmable controllers to switch off lighting when it is known that it not going to be required.