Echelon and ROMlight Smart Lighting System Reduces Energy Use

Echelon Corporation and ROMlight International, Inc. announced the first installation in Canada of a high bay lighting system featuring LonWorks® control networking technology to provide smart, two-way communicating lights. The new solution installed at the Kelly Western Services Ltd. aircraft hangar in Winnipeg uses energy efficient, individually dimmable lights to cut energy use by over 60 percent, or over 250,000 kWh per year. Combined with rebate incentives provided by the local utility, Manitoba Hydro, the Kelly Western installation is expected to yield a return on investment of just nine months. Without the utility rebate, the payback time would be 14 months.

High bay lighting systems are typically used in buildings featuring high ceilings such as warehouses, large retail stores, grocery stores, convention centers, factories, athletic facilities, auditoriums, and airport hangars.

Kelly Western replaced all of the 1,000 watt lamps in the hangar with ROMlight’s 575 watt digital ballast High Bay fixtures embedded with Echelon’s control networking technology, allowing them to be remotely dimmed during off peak hours, lowering energy use by over 60 percent without reducing the existing light levels. The system is monitored and managed with user-friendly software from Streetlight.Vision. ROMlight’s High Bay fixtures are approved by Manitoba Hydro’s rebate program, enabling Kelly Western to recover a substantial part of the capital costs for this project.