Jul 26 2011
Dimming street lights in off-peak times can save up to 30 percent in energy costs, but utilities need a reliable method of metering an area’s street lights to be able to credit the city for their energy savings.
Street and area lighting will never be the same as Schréder Lighting US General Manager John Camp has announced the launch of the Owlet™ Intelligent Street and Area Lighting Control System, across the US and Canada. OWLET’s onboard Metering Chipset monitors and reports power usage with a plus-2 or minus-2 percent accuracy, which is acceptable to most utilities.
Schréder OWLET is a telemanagement system for monitoring, controlling, metering and managing outdoor lighting for major roadways, city streets, college and corporate campuses, and other larger public lighting applications. Based on open technologies, OWLET saves energy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, improves outdoor lighting reliability and security, and lowers the maintenance costs with a short payback period.
OWLET controls work with all lighting manufacturer’s luminaires and Schréder partners with these manufacturers on projects.
Each individual light point can be switched on or off, or dimmed at any time. Operating status, energy consumption and possible failures are reported and stored in a database with exact time stamp and geographical location.
Rod Stummer, Director of Business Development, for Schréder Lighting US, is responsible for working with municipalities, DOTs, facility managers, college and corporate lighting managers, specifers, distributors and other professionals.
About Schréder Lighting US
From refined, artistic architectural lighting to durable luminaires that withstand the harshest elements of tunnel, DOT, and transit environments, Schréder Lighting is the epitome of quality and distinction.
Located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Schréder Lighting US is a respected member of the Schreder Group G.I.E. and operates a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Addison, Illinois.