Acuity Brands, Inc. Partners with Sensity Systems to Deliver Transformational LED Solutions
March 17 2015 - 08:15AM
Companies
collaborating on smart platform that combines LED lighting with
data-driven applications to enable Industrial Internet of Things
(IIoT) solutions
ATLANTA, GA and
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. - March 17, 2015 - Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:
AYI), one of the world's leading providers of LED lighting
solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications, today announces
a strategic partnership with Sensity Systems, a pioneer in light
sensory networks. Acuity Brands and Sensity plan to create a joint
solution that further transforms energy-efficient LED lighting into
a smart, connected platform for the Industrial Internet of Things
(IIoT).
As a Sensity NetSense Partner,
Acuity Brands further expands its industry-leading smart outdoor
lighting solutions capabilities by adding the ability to capture
and transmit data near real-time, providing actionable insight and
enabling a broad array of applications and services.
The smart lighting solutions
targeted to cities, commercial and retail buildings, airports and
universities will focus on improving energy conservation, public
services, safety and security, parking, and a wide variety of other
applications. Acuity Brands and Sensity are already in the process
of implementing commercial deployments with select customers.
Demonstrations of smart lighting applications and benefits will be
on display at LIGHTFAIR International 2015 in New York City, May
5-7, at the Acuity Brands booth (#1640) and the Sensity booth
(#3057).
Acuity Brands and Sensity expect
that their joint solution will advance the goals of the U.S.
Department of Energy's (DOE) Presidential Challenge for Advanced
Outdoor Lighting. As part of the DOE's Better Buildings Initiative
program, the Presidential Challenge aims to work with
municipalities to upgrade 1.5 million U.S. street lights to
high-efficiency LEDs over the next two years. Lighting renovations
are the ideal vehicle to deploy a smart lighting network that will
not only deliver important cost, safety, efficiency, energy and
carbon pollution reduction benefits, but also transform the
lighting quality of cities and provide added value beyond
illumination. An educational webinar on "Meeting the Presidential
Challenge for Advanced Outdoor Lighting" will be held live on April
8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. PT (2:00 p.m. ET) - register now.
"An integrated platform that
provides energy-efficient LED lighting with a sensor network to
capture and transmit near real-time data will further enhance the
business case for LED luminaire installations," said Vernon J.
Nagel, Chairman, President and CEO, Acuity Brands, Inc. "We are
delighted to be partnering with Sensity on a solution that has the
promise to transform the outdoor lighting industry."
"Partnering with a lighting
manufacturer of the caliber of Acuity Brands will propel our light
sensory network vision to another level," said Hugh Martin,
Chairman and CEO, Sensity Systems. "By leveraging the customer
network and solutions of Acuity Brands and the next generation
devices and applications from Sensity, our joint solution will make
the IIoT more widely accessible and practical."
About Acuity
Brands
Acuity Brands, Inc. is a North
American market leader and one of the world's leading providers of
lighting solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications. With
fiscal year 2014 net sales of $2.4 billion, Acuity Brands employs
approximately 7,000 associates and is headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia with operations throughout North America, and in Europe and
Asia. The Company's lighting solutions are sold under various
brands, including Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Peerless®,
Gotham®, Mark Architectural Lighting(TM), Winona® Lighting,
Healthcare Lighting®, Hydrel®, American Electric Lighting®,
Carandini®, Antique Street Lamps(TM), Sunoptics®, RELOC® Wiring
Solutions, eldoLED® and Acuity Controls. For more information,
visit www.acuitybrands.com.
About Sensity
Systems
Sensity Systems uses
energy-efficient LED lighting as the foundation for a high-speed,
sensor-based light sensory network (LSN). The company enables light
owners to capitalize on the LED conversion process by embedding
sensing and networking technology within LED luminaires. With
Sensity's open, privacy-by-design, multiservice NetSense platform,
lighting owners are able to reduce energy costs and implement a
variety of applications and services, including public safety,
environmental and weather monitoring, parking management and
location analytics. For more information, please visit
www.sensity.com.
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Contacts:
Catherine Bruce (for Acuity Brands)
catherine.citroni@acuitybrands.com
770.860.2945
Kate Thacker (for Acuity Brands)
kate.thacker@ketchum.com
404.879.9194
Amy Lee (for Sensity Systems)
alee@sensity.com
408.841.4120
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Source: Acuity Brands, Inc via Globenewswire
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