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Agilent Technologies: A Case Study on Energy Efficiency through IoT
Technology Category
- Sensors - Optical Sensors
- Sensors - Utility Meters
Applicable Industries
- Buildings
- Cement
Applicable Functions
- Facility Management
- Maintenance
Use Cases
- Smart Lighting
- Water Utility Management
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Agilent Technologies, a leading American public research, development, and manufacturing company, was seeking ways to reduce its energy and water consumption to lower its environmental footprint and operating and maintenance costs. The company identified lighting as a significant area where immediate savings could be achieved. The existing lighting system was inefficient, often leaving all 50,000 square feet of lights on unnecessarily, leading to significant energy wastage. The company was also looking to reduce its operating expenses and meet sustainability targets. The challenge was to find a solution that would provide complete control over the lighting systems at their facility, reduce energy consumption, and offer flexibility in programming.
The Customer
Agilent Technologies
About The Customer
Agilent Technologies is an American public research, development, and manufacturing company established in 1999 as a spin-off from Hewlett Packard. The company provides analytical instruments, software, services, and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow. Agilent Technologies operates in the healthcare equipment and services industry, with a significant presence in EMEA and North America. The company is committed to reducing its environmental footprint and operating and maintenance costs, and it encourages its locations to look for ways to reduce energy and water consumption.
The Solution
Agilent Technologies adopted the Enlighted Inc. control system, a program that provided complete flexibility to control all of the lighting systems at their facility. The system allowed for lights to be programmed to turn off and on during specific times, at specific intervals, at different ambient levels, and with varying levels of sensitivity, thereby reducing energy consumption. The new system replaced the 14 large lighting zones that existed before with more than 400 fixtures updated with dimming ballasts and motion sensors, creating hundreds of smaller, more manageable 'zones' of space to actively manage. The system also featured photo sensors for daylight harvesting options and temperature controls, allowing facility managers to program and customize specific lighting levels for employees at desks, offices, and labs throughout the building. The software also included an energy manager, enabling the generation of energy savings and consumption reports.
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