A world-leading certification company has opened a new headquarters in Spain with an intelligent energy-saving B.E.G. lighting control system, ensuring the building is ‘ready for the future’.
OCA Global Group opened its new HQ, located in Sant Cugat del Vallès near Barcelona, with energy saving and sustainability in mind.
Light plays a prominent role in the futuristic 4,800 sq m building, and B.E.G. was commissioned with the lighting and shading of the transparent building with its innovative DALISYS installed as an intelligent ‘green’ solution for comprehensive lighting control.
The DALI-SYS combines lighting management, emergency luminaire management and blind control in one single platform providing this modern building with flexibility, safety, comfort and energy efficiency.
Paul Jones, sales director of UK & Ireland at B.E.G. UK Ltd, said: “The B.E.G. multi-sensors detect movements, existing ambient light and react according to the time of day. In this way, it is possible to programme and plan lighting scenes for each area or a combination of areas, facilitating group control.
“The orientation light function helps to dim the lighting after the defined switch-off time has elapsed. This can be limited to a certain time or be permanently active if no movement is detected and the set light value is not exceeded.
“The ‘guided light’ function has been implemented at OCA Global Group to synchronise the motion detection of several groups, especially in stairwells where no occupancy detectors are installed. This increases the energy efficiency of the building, and at the same time the employees benefit from the high comfort of the building automation.”
B.E.G. installed its PD4 detectors in the new building which are available as switching detectors for KNX, BMS DALI-2, DALI-SYS, DALI-LINK and Casambi. Thanks to permanent mixed light measurement, the lighting controls manufacturer achieved excellent results in rooms with challenging lighting situations, such as in the glass open-plan offices.
The PD4 model with an extra-large detection range of 30 metres was used for higher ceilings in the building.
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