Z-LYNK Receiver Offers On-Demand Control of LED Street Lighting

HAVANT, U.K. - April 9, 2014 - PRLog -- Street lighting engineers will soon be able to dim and turn on or off their LED estate remotely, instantaneously and ‘on demand’, thanks to an integrated luminaire receiver developed by Energy Assets as part of its Z-LYNK control technology.

The system will first be used across the City of London and will enable Corporation engineers to dim LED street lighting in real time via a web browser. Each receiver is programmable via Near Field Communication (NFC) to respond to up to 10 different command settings, bringing a new level of flexibility to lighting levels and zonal control.

What enables Z-LYNK to deliver instantaneous response is the use of power line communication architecture that sends command signals over the electricity network. This enables any switchable device to be controlled – in the case of the City of London, they’ve selected the system to manage street lighting across the famous Square Mile and around iconic buildings such as St Paul’s Cathedral.

“Integrating a dimming receiver within luminaires will offer local authority engineers a new level of control and flexibility over their lighting estate,” says Kenny Cameron, Director of Strategic Development at Energy Assets. “The control provided by Z-LYNK and its receiver technology augments the power consumption and CO2 benefits inherent in LEDs by enabling lighting to be managed dynamically, in line with traffic conditions, light levels or special events.”

Z-LYNK works by broadcasting command messages seamlessly from the 11KV distribution network, downstream via the 415V system to individual 13 amp sockets. In the street lighting market, it can operate in all urban environments because it does not suffer from the effect of ‘urban canyons’, where buildings disrupt radio communication.

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Energy Assets Group

Energy Assets Group plc is the largest independent provider of industrial and commercial (“I&C”) gas metering services in the UK (by number of meters owned and managed).

The company has trading relationships with 28 gas suppliers and has developed a market offering that includes infrastructure works, metering solutions and Automated Meter Reading (AMR) services.

The Group’s key area of activity is the ownership, supply, management and maintenance of I&C gas meters through its accreditation as an OFGEM-approved Meter Asset Manager (MAM). When combined with its AMR Service Provider Code of Practice (ASPCoP) accredited AMR offer and its Gas Industry Registration Scheme (GIRS) accredited gas infrastructure service, the result is an innovative product and service portfolio that directly meets the needs of gas suppliers and I&C end users.  Energy Assets currently has an asset base of **97,000 meters and collects data from **c.59,500 data points - and its agreements with gas suppliers cover over 80% of the I&C market by volume of gas supplied.

Headquartered in Livingston, Scotland,Energy Assets possesses a customer base includes some of Britain’s best known industrial and commercial brands as well as major public sector organisations.

**As at December 31, 2013 Interim Management Statement