LED-PARK SYSTEM: A new concept in intelligent lighting for Efficient Car Parks
During recent years there has been much speculation about the possibility of incorporating LED technology in lighting systems. This technology has been being applied to great benefit in industry for years, consolidating its potential in particular. LEDs actually consume little energy and have an estimated 10 years of useful life, etc. The last few years of work with this technology have enabled us to conceive the possibility of their use in lighting as well.
Car park lighting
Little by little the race to use LED technology for lighting has begun, with limited success, due to the limitations of the technology itself, specifically the directionality of LED lighting. Technological contributions that introduce LED technology are hindered by the difficulty in achieving uniform lighting that is not bothersome to people.
In 2009, CIRCONTROL began implementing a new and revolutionary system of lighting using LED technology, LED-PARK for car parks.
The objective of this system was twofold, on the one hand to achieve maximum management efficiency of the car park, and on the other to consolidate resources, i.e., to take advantage of existing installations to implement more than one system, considerably reducing labour costs.
LED-PARK SYSTEM
A new modular concept was born, the LED lamp or BL-PARK. With this solution, the concentration of light at specific points by the fluorescent LED has been discarded, opting instead for dispersion of light over an infinite number of points. These points of light will not be located in the centres of aisles, as customary, but rather at the ends of parking spaces.
The main benefit of the technology developed by CIRCONTROL is not so much its technological contribution, but rather the truly innovative IDEA, the distributed lighting concept, the sense of COMFORT it achieves, SAFETY for car park users, the idea of a new kind of TECHNOLOGICAL car park, car parks for the XXI Century.
CIRCONTROL Technology
CIRCONTROL has spent more than 10 years implementing Parking Guidance Systems. It currently has more than 170 installations in more than 20 countries throughout the world. This system has many benefits for car park operators, proving to be a very useful tool. The IDEA consists of taking advantage of the distribution of the installation of free space detection points to distribute the light there. ONE INSTALLATION TWO SYSTEMS.
This is where the success of LED-PARK lies, it takes advantage of the installation of a Parking Guidance System to install distributed lighting in the Car Park.
It uses the same structure as the Parking Guidance System: Based on Ethernet communications, with a very low voltage Power Supply, less than 48 VDC. In short, a whole series of advantages provide the installation with a complete range of new developments, which lead to savings for the car park operator.
Definition of the System
The LED-PARK System is based on the installation of 3 or four BL-PARK lighting points per space, which are managed by one DL-PARK, local equipment for each space that controls the intensity of light for each space, eliminating the voltage drop effect.
Every 30 DL-PARK devices or parking spaces are connected to a CL-PARK Controller and Power Supply. This controller, connected by an Ethernet network to the Control software, manages the lighting levels, based on the presence of vehicles, movement of people and/or vehicles, by programmed schedules, based on user-defined events, etc., which makes it INTELLIGENT and ACCURATE lighting that uses only the Kw actually necessary for the installation.
Benefits of the System
The following are the most important benefits of the LED-PARK System:
1. Arises from the need for energy savings in car parks. Car parks that charge electric vehicles will soon be here, making the availability of kw for this more necessary than ever before.
2. Reduction of Costs. The cost of electrical energy has risen considerably in recent years, and is forecast to continue rising in the foreseeable future. The economic crisis in which we are immersed makes reducing operating costs vital, so the two largest sources of electrical consumption in car parks, ventilation and lighting, must be reduced to the minimum required level.
Electrical Energy Cost: An intelligently managed LED-PARK System can achieve savings of up to 60% in electrical energy usage. Control of moving vehicles and entry of persons into the car park, via motion detectors. Lighting control based on occupation of spaces.
Maintenance Cost of Fluorescent Lighting:: Savings in maintenance operations of changing blown fluorescent lamps. Life of Led: 10 years on average
Maintenance Cost of Emergency Lighting:: The LED-PARK System has a 48 VDC power supply. Installation of emergency lighting is not required. The system itself is equipped with header batteries, which ensure the emergency lighting. Savings in emergency lighting maintenance and biannual changing of batteries.
Need for Security in Car Parks. XXI century car parks must be open, well lit and pleasant. The image of dirty car parks must be banished. The incredible possibilities of light point distribution create TOTAL light dispersion.
The Efficient Car Park model proposed by CIRCONTROL, works to create loyal customers, energy savings, implementation of new car park management technologies. It is based on the integration of LED Lighting Systems, Parking Guidance Systems, Electric Vehicle Charging Systems, Monoxide Detection Systems with intelligent ventilation management, Energy Efficiency Systems and savings through the electric control panel and automation of car park processes.
XXI century society demands that car parks be sustainable, profitable, efficient, safe, comfortable, CIRCONTROL has thought about this and made it a reality.
