DLC Certification prove the Bluetooth mesh network accord with strict lighting control requirements
Since the Bluetooth mesh network standard was adopted, it has been changing the way lighting professionals view wireless technology. This standar design for the professional lighting applications, and introduced many techinical solutions, therefore, it can achieve the goals that cannot be achieved by other wireless communication standards. For example, comparable reliability to wired connections, business class scalability and highly simple user experience.
Based on previous forecasts, These achievement will be finally recognized by the lighting industry, and it is ture. Whether from the number (more than 1200) of qualified Bluetooth mesh network products, from the deployment scale of some commercial Bluetooth mesh network lighting devices, Bluetooth mesh networks have undoubtedly gained due recognition.
Lately, Silvair’s Cross vendor Bluetooth lighting control solution has obtained DLC NLC5 certification, this is another achieved bu Bluetooth mesh network, and once again opened up the field which othertechnologies that have never tried to enter.
Optimize efficiency through controllability
Through internet lighting and advanced lighting control, energy costs are reduced.
(Enterprise IOT insights, 2020)
DesignLights Consortium(DLC) is a non-profit organization, its mission is to achieve controllability, optimize energy efficiency and focus on the direct balance between people, quality and environment. DLC works with utilities, energy conservation projects, manufacturers, lighting designers, building owners and government agencies, formulate strict lighting performance standards that can keep up with the pace of technological develoment. So as to improve the energy efficiency of commercail lighting throughout North America and have a positive impact on the global climate.
To accomplish this mission, DLC creat mesh lighting control(NLC) plan and the list of qualified products. So that when its strict architects and designers design, build and update commercial structures, can enjoy a variety of energy-saving incentives and subesidies from all over the United States.
Latest revision mesh lighting control technology requirement NLC5 considered current development of wireless technology and introducing a number of strict requirements, lighting control system must meet these requirements in order to be certified. These requirement relate to efficiency based lighting control parametrs(describe accupancy sensing, dispatch, or sunlight colletion and other control strategies, contorl presistence function, the possibility of integrating with external systems trough APl, overall cost efficiency, ease of use, system security and many other places.
Bluetooth mesh network accord with strict lighting control requirements
The Bluetooth lighting control solution developed by Silvair has obtained DLC NLC5 certifivation, this proves that Bluetooth mesh network can meet the most stringent requirements of professional lighting control applications, at the same time, the owners and managers of commercial space can apply for considerable subsidies when transforming the place. This is crucial to the further popularization of the standard, but it’s not unique to Silvair’s certifivation.
The list if qualified products already contains many wireless solutions that meet the technical requirements of NLC. But they all have one thing in common--they are complete and proprietary control systemns provided by a sigle manufacture to the market with a specific brand.
What Silvair offers is not a lighting control system in the tradition sence. Contrary, as a wireless technology provider, the company probides Bluetooth mesh network firmware and powerful debugging tools to cooperative lighting component manufacturess, lamp manufacturers and lighting control system manufactures. Therefore, Silvair solution is not a typical lighting control system, it si more like an ecosystem of interoperable products from multiple different brands. This poses a problem for DLC, this means that the organiztion needs to continuously update the definition and premise of the networked lighting control plan. This is what Bluetooth mesh network has been doing since it was adopted, redefining the status quo and reshaping the field of lingting control.
Democratization of lighting control
Abtaining DLC NLC5 not only proves the reliability and efficiency of Bluetooth mesh network and Silvair solution, more lighting compaies that use Silvair solutions in their products have brought many benefits. Accoding to the way they use silvair technology, this certification enables them to automatically comply with DLC NLC5 standards.Or provide a shortcut for their lighting control system brand to abtain DLC QPL certification.
Silvair’s partners can not only participate in projects that need to meet NLC program standards, but their customers can also enjoy a number of energy efficiency subsidies. This in turn greatly reduces the project transformation cost,encourage building owners to adopt better and more efficient control schemes in various commercial buildings.