Flex Connectors networked lighting control system

Flex Connectors' networked lighting control system is providing the solution to energy management needs at The University of Aberdeen.

Flex Connectors' networked lighting control system is providing the solution to energy management needs at The University of Aberdeen's newly renovated MacRobert Building.

The range of on-off, daylight-switched and daylight-linked dimming sensors provide local control but also communicate with each other via a simple, plug-together network.

By connecting all the occupancy sensors in the building and installing corridor hold units and ELV switching, the company has produced a cascade effect, with individual rooms able to hold on corridor lights, which in turn can hold on stairwell lights.

This ensures that if occupancy is detected in any one room, the exit route remains illuminated - an essential safety consideration in public buildings.

The contractors, Claud Hamilton Electrical Services, installed flex 7 lighting controls throughout the ten storey state-of-the-art building, which includes 24-hour ICT facilities, lecture theatres, facilities for post-graduate research and continuing professional development, science classrooms and office space.

Officially opened in December - after a £13m, two year refurbishment process - by Jack McConnell, Scotland's First Minister, the MacRobert Building houses the university's School of Education.

The School, which has 1400 full and part-time students and 150 members of staff, offers some 370 courses and provides innovative teacher education using the latest technology.

The flex 7 range has also been used in a number of other buildings at The University of Aberdeen, where Flex Connectors is a specified manufacturer of lighting connection and control products.

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