THE VICTORIAN government has announced a $250,000 grant to Daintree Networks to develop a new lighting control system that could slash lighting energy use by up to 80 percent.
The ControlScope lighting control system is targeted at commercial buildings, which could significantly reduce electricity consumption and reduce business energy bills.
The system will be able to collect information on how energy is being saved, including a classification system that could improve benchmarking of energy consumption by building types, geographies and industry sectors.
The grant, awarded under the state’s Energy Technology Innovation Strategy, will help Daintree Networks with its research and development activities.
While the company already has lighting control systems that can save as much as 70 percent of lighting energy costs in commercial buildings, it is looking to push savings up another 10 percent by providing energy efficiency enhancements to existing lighting control techniques.