Five ways PoE lighting can benefit your business

To stay competitive, profitable, attract talent, companies must embrace digital disruption in their business. Smart lighting is a way to do this. This is a lighting system that connects to a network, and can be monitored and controlled remotely from a central location. Gartner says smart, solid-state lighting in offices and industrial facilities can help reduce energy costs up to 90 percent. PoE (Power over Ethernet), lighting is a powerful example of smart illumination. In simplest terms, PoE lighting is the ability to use an Ethernet connection to power light fixtures. This cost-effective lighting solution is easy to implement and can provide many other benefits.

Get Lower Electricity Prices

Cost savings are perhaps the greatest benefit of PoE illumination. PoE lighting has lower operating costs over its lifetime, and PoE installations are less expensive than traditional electrical work. All this without sacrificing quality lighting for occupants.

PoE lighting offers a cost-saving alternative to other lighting fixtures. It is also more durable than traditional lighting fixtures. Here are some numbers about the average annual cost to operate.

Incandescent: $13.80

Operating life expectancy: 1 year

New Halogen: $9.89

Operating Lifespan: 1-2 years

CFL: $3.22

Operating life expectancy: 6-10 year

PoE LED: $2.99

Operating life expectancy: 15-25 year

PoE lighting can be deployed in areas with existing IT infrastructure. Therefore, the commercial sector is better suited to deploying PoE solutions because the installation costs for this segment are lower. PoE installation uses structured cabling rather than traditional A/C conduit. Structured cabling, which is based on custom software zones rather than new circuits, is easier to scale.

Access Advanced Analytics

PoE lighting provides the convenience of a custom dashboard that allows you to access advanced analytics like energy usage, occupancy details, miscellaneous sensor data, and more. These analytics can have a significant effect on sustainability, operations, cost-savings strategies, and other areas. PoE data can give real-time insights on production costs, operational efficiency and any potential problems that may be occurring in certain areas of your building.

These analytics are useful and can make a difference for many employees. Innovative lighting solutions aren't only for LED lighting specialists, according to Smart Industry. "Professionals responsible in planning, building, installing and operating local power-generating facilities and equipment must understand its purpose, how it works, and why it could be a strategic asset to their project in order make the right decisions."

Our infrastructure team can provide more information to help your business implement PoE lighting, and give you access to all the benefits of an integrated dashboard.

Enhance Employee Productivity

Did you know that employees react differently to different lighting settings? Some employees prefer bright, warm lighting, while others prefer dimming the lights. PoE allows you to adjust the white lighting. You can choose from warm, neutral or cool lighting depending on the lumen value. This feature allows employees the ability to set their preferred lighting temperature, which can improve comfort and productivity at work.

Automate Your Lighting

Automating lighting can increase efficiency and help to advance any company's technology roadmap. Here are two ways PoE could help:

Sensors to detect occupancy

In order to reduce lighting costs and encourage a more efficient use lighting, occupancy sensors control the time that lights are turned on or off depending on who is in a room. A meeting room can be programmed to automatically turn on lights when someone enters it. When the space is not being used, the lights can be turned off automatically. You can do the same in individual office spaces and cubicles.

Advanced Scheduling

To promote efficient lighting, you can program lights to certain areas, without having to rely on the occupancy of the room. If it's after hours in the office, and the lights have not been turned off by the last person who left, you can set up lights to automatically turn off at 7 PM so they don't stay on all evening.

Utilize More Natural Light

The daylight harvesting technique is used to reduce the energy consumption of electric lighting. This is done when there is natural lighting (or daylight) available. A specific lumen value can be set to control how bright your office should look. The daylight harvesting system will automatically turn off lights when the amount of sunlight is greater than the lumen value. It relies on 100% outside lighting. If the office has late-night meetings, and there is not enough sunlight, the interior lights will adjust the lighting to match the lumen value.

I am Mubashar Khalil professional writer and Seo Manager at Pak Marketing Point.