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Niko announces new Daylight Control System (25/4/2008)

The new Niko Daylight Control System conserves energy whilst improving the living and working environment

Distributed exclusively in the UK by leading custom installation distributor, USD Limited, Niko, the Belgian market-leading control company, continues to demonstrate its commitment to the growing home automation market through the release of stunning new products that are part of its strategy to grow its market share across Europe in 2008.

Energy conservation is high on the list of priorities at Niko, as its new Daylight Control Detectors demonstrate. These enable the lighting in both a living or working environment to be automatically set to an optimal level matched to the level of the ambient daylight; and in doing so avoid unnecessary overuse of energy. Their installation is simple and the programming as easy as you would expect with a Niko home automation product. The lighting is controlled either by the Nikobus home automation system or through the use of a simple push button.

This Niko system automatically controls the lighting in up to three pre-defined zones with a minimum level of light in every zone. Pre-programmed settings can then vary the level of illumination in response to the natural daylight or in response to zone occupancy as indicated by motion detectors or other sensors. The installation and use of this intelligent control system can easily lead to energy savings of the order of 40% to 70%.

The Niko system comprises a number of core modules which can be used together to build up systems of any size or complexity. The 360-45010 Modular Controller is a standard DIN module which has four pre-programmed applications covering three lighting zones and offers variable light levels; variable hysteresis and variable switch-off delay.

The 360-45011 Dimmer Module offers three 1-10volt outputs for controlling dimmable, electronic control gear (ECG) for fluorescent and compact fluorescent lighting and has five pre-programmed applications.

The 360-47000 Power Supply provides the power for the controllers and dimmers and is rated at 2300 watts for incandescent lamps; 500 watts for halogen lamps and 1200VA for fluorescent lamps. Finally there is the IP20 type Photo-Cell with four pre-set range of illumination sensitivity covering from 3 to 600 Klux.

All settings are stored in memory even during power failures and other Niko modules such as motion detectors; manual control switches and time switches can be added as required.

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