Dear Project Manager-

I would like to explore the possibility of using a lighting control system. There are times when office staff works long hours and researchers sometimes need to be in the building on nights and weekends. Often times they leave the lights on which increases my electricity costs. I would like to be able to program the lights on a schedule and if the staff needs to work outside that schedule they could request a change with our maintenance staff ahead of time. Could you please look into this and provide me with some potential options.

Regards-Owner

Answer:

As this topic is not related to Civil Engineering this is the best answer I can give up to my knowledge. If you are not satisfied please post this question in Electrical Engineering

There are several ways to control the lighting system.

• We can install lights that come with an automatic system that turns on at a specific time and turns of at a specific time. and these lights can also control manually so that we can use that particular light when it is necessary regardless of the time set.
• Using sensors like presence detection sensors which can identify the presence of any person and turn off or turn on lights automatically
• By connecting all lights to a system operated by maintenance staff and can control all lights from a particular location in the building without reaching the switches provided for staff for light control
• These lights can be connected to the internet and can be controlled via smartphone app throughout the world