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Light Pollution – Strategies to Minimise its Effect

CAN WE PREVENT LIGHT POLLUTION? The term "dark sky" refers to a nighttime environment with minimal artificial lighting, allowing for a natural and unobstructed view of the stars and celestial objects. Artificial lighting in outdoor spaces is considered necessary in...

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Ensuring the Longevity of Your Lighting System

WHY DO WE NEED A BUILDING TECHNOLOGY PARTNER? Intelligent Environments Ltd promotes itself as your building technology partner. You may well wonder, "Why do I need a partner?" This post seeks to explain not only why an ongoing partnership with...

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LED Lighting Control

WHY IS LIGHTING CONTROL NECESSARY WHEN UPGRADING TO LEDS? When upgrading to LED luminaires, it's not just about replacing the existing fluorescent fittings or HID lamps with more energy efficient ones. LED luminaires offer many advantages over traditional lighting technologies,...

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sustainable lighting for smart buildings

Sustainable Lighting Solution – Achieve Sustainability Goals

Our company focuses on using innovative smart lighting technology to revolutionise new and existing buildings into smarter, more efficient, and healthier environments. When Intelligent Environments was born, 16 years ago, the goal for most customers utilising our services, was simply...

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DALI+ Wireless Lighting Management

zencontrol offers a wireless lighting management (DALI+) solution built on International Standard IEC62386 Part 104 which is ‘Wireless DALI over Thread’. The DALI standards were adopted in their entirety as the Australian/New Zealand standard for lighting control (AS/NZS 62386). A...

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Intelligent Environments – Striving to be a “Business for Better”

At Intelligent Environments, we are constantly striving to be a "Business for Better". Continually working to integrate social impact, sustainability, inclusivity, ethical practices and innovation in our operation and solutions, our aim is to create positive change in the world....

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New Zealand’s Lighting Control Standard (AS/NZS 62386) Explained

In November 2020, DALI-2 was adopted as the first, and currently ONLY, Australian and New Zealand lighting control standard. Understanding what having a lighting control standard actually means, and the specifics that AS/NZS 62386 includes have been surprisingly slow to...

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Dimming LED Lights

With fluorescent T5 and T8 lights being phased out, and the manufacture of fluorescent tubes ceasing, NOW is likely the best time to consider upgrading the lighting system for your building. Controlling and dimming LED lights is relatively simple and...

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