Jun 13 2013
Digital Lumens today announced that its Intelligent LED Lighting System was selected as a leading solution in the Sustainia100 guide, which identifies the most innovative sustainable products around the world. Digital Lumens’ Intelligent LED Lighting System was selected for its positive environmental, economic and social impact on local communities.
Recognized for its efforts to redefine the lighting industry, Digital Lumens is helping industrial customers save more than $25 million a year on lighting-related costs and reduce energy intensity in their facilities. In support of its mission, the company recently unveiled a new strategic partner program to extend its founding vision for an intelligent and connected future by bringing the proven advantages of integrated intelligence to a broad range of commercial and industrial lighting applications, taking the cost of control from dollars to pennies on a per-square-foot basis.
“Our vision has always been to make every light intelligent, which drives radical energy efficiency and builds a platform for distributed building intelligence,” said Brian Chemel, founder and CTO, Digital Lumens. “We are pleased and honored to be among the high-caliber solutions in this guide, and will continue to innovate and deliver game-changing lighting and energy-management technologies to customers around the world.”
Sustainia100 represents the 100 most innovative and impactful solutions out of 500+ nominated projects and technologies across the globe across 10 different sectors, including: Education, Energy, Health, Smart Cities, Resources, Buildings, Food, Fashion, Transportation and Information Technology. The Sustainia100 guide maps sustainable solutions successfully deployed in 128 countries, demonstrating that a transformation towards energy efficiency is possible everywhere.
“Congratulations to the selected 100 solutions. They are true action heroes of sustainability,” said Erik Rasmussen, Founder of Sustainia. “In each of their fields, these solutions have proved that sustainable alternatives are not only available, but also attractive, competitive and successful. Each and every solution gives us hope for a faster transformation to a sustainable future.”
As a selected solution, Digital Lumens’ Intelligent LED Lighting System also enters the field of nominees for international sustainability award, Sustainia Award, chaired by former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger. The winners for this award will be announced at a ceremony in Copenhagen on November 7.
The full Sustainia100 guide is available for download here: http://www.sustainia.me/resources/publications/2nd_sustainia100_2013.pdf