“To facilitate energy efficiency adoption, products must be developed to save energy, not add to the labor envelope, and use the environment’s pre-existing infrastructure.”
Executive Summary:
Despite thinking to the contrary, replacing a fluorescent light source with a standard LED source does not make for a quality and efficient luminaire.
The BANFAlite emerges as a groundbreaking IoT-enabled lighting solution, revolutionizing not just the realm of lighting but the connectivity between devices. It introduces a sophisticated system that intertwines lighting fixtures with IoT sensors, enabling a wide array of functionalities beyond illumination. By seamlessly integrating IoT technology into interior lighting fixtures, BANFAlite positions itself as a pivotal player in energy conservation, smart building management, and the facilitation of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
The BANFAlite represents an innovative lamp replacement solution that seamlessly integrates into existing fixtures, revolutionizing traditional lighting systems. This groundbreaking technology offers a simple yet powerful upgrade, eliminating the need for fixture rewiring or replacements. By replacing the existing fluorescent lamp or LED lamp with the BANFAlite, establishments can instantly benefit from its advanced LED technology. The BANFAlite can be reprogramed over the air, keeping pace with advancing technology. Never having to upgrade the infrastructure again. Simply by changing the existing fluorescent lamp or LED lamp.
Key Features of BANFAlite:
Energy Efficiency: The BANFAlite’s LED technology reduces energy consumption by 34% compared to traditional fluorescent lamps, presenting an ROI of 11.5 months per lamp.
IoT Integration: Offering not only lighting control but also the ability to gather non-lighting metrics like building performance and human activity, BANFAlite communicates with other smart devices, providing unparalleled insights into the environment.
Demand Response (DR) Integration: With IoT access, BANFAlite can participate in (DR) programs like the Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP) by Southern California Edison, potentially earning incentives of $2,000 per MWh reduced during specific event hours.
Beyond the product itself, the executive summary dives into the landscape of Demand Response (DR) programs offered by Southern California Edison (SCE). These programs, including Critical Peak Pricing (CPP), Automated Demand Response (Auto- DR), and others, incentivize consumers to manage electricity usage during peak demand periods. Participants in these programs gain financial benefits, contribute to grid decentralization, and align with California’s energy conservation goals.
Moreover, success stories from companies like Nordstrom and Railex® illustrate the tangible benefits of integrating (Auto-DR) technology, showcasing substantial load reductions and significant cost savings, emphasizing the potential advantages for businesses adopting these initiatives.
In conclusion, the BANFAlite’s fusion of IoT technology, energy efficiency, and integration with (DR) programs paves the way for a smarter, more energy-conscious future. With California’s focus on sustainable energy management, Demand Response emerges as a pivotal strategy, engaging consumers, balancing the grid, and fostering a resilient energy ecosystem. As the state continues its pursuit of a reliable, sustainable energy landscape, embracing and expanding (DR) initiatives becomes crucial, positioning it as a cornerstone for California’s energy future.
The BANFAlite is an Internet of Things (IoT), lighting system which enables one device to talk with another. Connectivity and communication happen between devices within the lighting system and between lighting devices and non-lighting devices.
IoT in which everyday objects are made intelligent through sensors, microprocessors, and machine-to-machine communication, ascends to the Industrial Internet of Things when IoT objects are networked together to control large- scale systems, such as the lighting infrastructure of an entire city. The networking of objects together should not only enable remote user control, but also collect, process, and analyze data in an intelligent way.
IoT technology integrates interior light fixtures, and in return provides IoT sensors power and an unparalleled position, literally, to see the environment around them. IoT offers ample opportunities in lighting control, but more importantly, it offers the ability to track non-lighting metrics, such as building performance, human activity, and physical assets.
Major lighting companies, including Current by GE, Philips, and Acuity, are now developing IoT platforms in partnership with technology companies such as Enlighted, Sensity Systems, and Daintree Networks (which is now a part of Current by GE), as well as companies with a major foothold in cloud computing such as Cisco, Oracle, and Microsoft. But the relatively nascent IoT space has room for plenty of players, about the areas of expertise they are tackling to take IoT from what may sound like a far-fetched future to a ubiquitous service that is being deployed today.
As energy costs continue to rise, commercial building owners and operators look for new, innovative ways to save energy and reduce operating costs. Existing buildings previously required a rework or complete replacement of light fixtures to save money. While the new fixtures seem relatively low-cost, associated labor and disposal costs quickly push the Return on Investment (ROI) far beyond feasibility.
The BANFAlite solution offers an effective, energy saving strategy for all buildings with existing fluorescent fixtures by simply switching the existing fluorescent lamp in the existing fixture. The existing fixture does not need to be rewired to work. Merely replace the existing fluorescent lamp in the existing fixture with BANFAlite.
The BANFAlite will retail for $40.00 per lamp. Energy cost in Los Angles is $0.39 per kWh. BANFAlite’s LED technology has an ROI of 11.5 months per lamp. The BANFAlite uses only 21watts of power. Cutting the energy used by a T8 4ft linear fluorescent lamp by 34%.
Simply by changing a light bulb,
a. a commercial building can reduce their lighting costs by 34%
b. communicate with other smart devices.
c. optimally utilize energy as the need arises. While still complying with the legal lighting requirements needed to provide proper illumination.
d. The existing fixture does not need to be rewired to work. Merely replace the existing T8 fluorescent lamp or LED lamp, in the existing fixture
e. All the commercial buildings in a city can become a mess network.
There are 1,149,860,00 T8 4ft linear fluorescent lamps installed in the US.
The BANFAlite offers not only energy savings, IoT access, LiFi technology, and wireless interoperability, but also integrates lighting with building controls through Demand Response (DR) programs.
Because the BANFAlite has IoT access, it can be turned off or dimmed remotely, allowing the BANFAlite to participate in (DR) programs. One of the Demand Response (DR) programs offered by Southern California Edison is their Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP). Participants earn $2 per kWh or $2,000 per MWh reduced during an event. Event hours are between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m., any day of the week, including holidays, between May 1 and October 31 and last a minimum of one hour to a maximum of five hours.