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Digital Lumens Named ‘Recognized Winner’ in Next Generation Luminaires Competition

Allison Parker — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:00:05 +0000

Las Vegas, NV, May 10, 2012 – Digital Lumens, developer of the industry’s first Intelligent Lighting System, today announced that its latest 18,000-lumen intelligent fixture has been named a “Recognized Winner” in the Indoor Category of the Next Generation Luminaires™ (NGL) Solid State Lighting (SSL) Design Competition. The awards were announced at Lightfair 2012 and Fritz Morgan, Chief Product Officer at Digital Lumens, accepted the award on behalf of the company.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Illuminating Engineering Society, and the International Association of Lighting Designers, the NGL competition was launched in 2008 to promote excellence in the design of energy-efficient LED luminaires for general illumination in commercial lighting applications. The idea is to make it easier for lighting designers and specifiers to find LED lighting products that are worthy of specification.

“We are honored to be recognized by the Next Generation Luminaires Competition for a third year in a row,” said Michael Feinstein, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Digital Lumens. “Our team works diligently to deliver innovative, high-quality LED solutions that maximize energy efficiency. By building intelligent highbay LED fixtures – all with integrated sensors and controls – we are able to deliver the highest possible energy savings, which helps accelerate LED adoption among industrial facilities.”

Designed for industrial lighting applications, the Digital Lumens fixture features:

Three independently rotating, aimable and fully dimmable LED lightbars,
Integrated occupancy and daylight harvesting sensors,
IP65 rating for washdown environments,
Full wireless networking capabilities, and
Software-based controls for energy reporting, scheduling and more.

Part of the Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting System of smart lights that are wirelessly networked and centrally controlled, the system routinely saves industrial lighting customers up to 90% on their lighting energy costs.

About the NGL Design Competition

NGL-recognized products are judged on both suitability and quality, not just energy-efficiency. “This is not just a beauty contest,” said DOE Solid-State Lighting Program Manager Jim Brodrick. “The winners also have to perform well.”

In 2012, the Competition was separated into two separate events: Indoor and Outdoor. 187 indoor products were proposed for submission to the 2012 NGL indoor competition.

About Digital Lumens

Digital Lumens develops Intelligent LED Lighting Systems that are proven to reduce industrial customers’ lighting-related electricity expenses by up to 90%. With this System — smart lights, wirelessly networked together and centrally controlled — the company is defining a new class of networked LED lighting that maximizes both delivered light and energy efficiency. Digital Lumens has been recognized as a 2011 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and a 2011 Global Cleantech 100 Company. For more information, please visit http://www.digitallumens.com/.

Associated Grocers of New England Replaces Fluorescent Lighting with Digital Lumens LED-Based Intelligent Lighting System

Allison Parker — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:54:18 +0000

Upgrade to Industrial LED Lighting System Saving 482,066 kWh Annually

Boston, Mass., May 9, 2012 – Digital Lumens today announced that Associated Grocers of New England (AG New England) has upgraded the cold storage facility in its Pembroke, NH headquarters to the Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting System™, and is saving 482,066 kWh annually. Leading Edge Design Group (LEDG), a Digital Lumens Authorized Partner, is AG New England’s energy efficiency partner on the project.

“Our freezer spaces have historically presented the greatest challenges for any lighting technology, forcing us to sacrifice light quality and performance due to the harsh environment,”” said Bruce Courtois, Facilities Manager, AG New England. “Working with the Leading Edge Design Group team, we tested the Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting System in our facility, and found that it improved our light quality, drove down our energy use – and gave us new levels of operational control.”

Leading Edge Design Group provided a comprehensive lighting and energy assessment of the 24×7 cold storage facility, and worked with the AG New England team to understand their target light levels and other performance metrics. They then designed an industrial lighting solution built around the Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting System, which they deployed. They worked with Public Service of New Hampshire, which provided an energy efficiency incentive under the NHSaves@Work program.

“We are delighted that AG New England has selected Digital Lumens to replace their fluorescent fixtures,” said Michael Feinstein, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Digital Lumens. “The Leading Edge Design Group team has done a excellent job on this project, and we look forward to continued energy savings.”

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Digital Lumens Receives Boston Mayor’s Green Award

Allison Parker — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:39:02 +0000

Mayor Thomas Menino’s Program Highlights Boston-Based Businesses That Are Contributing to Making the City Greener and More Sustainable

Boston, MA – April 19, 2012 – Digital Lumens, developer of the market-leading Intelligent LED Lighting System, today announced that it has been named a 2012 Green Business by Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino.

The 6^th Annual Mayor’s Green Awards celebrate the broad spectrum of Boston-based businesses that are making Boston a greener and more sustainable city. Digital Lumens was recognized for helping reduce industrial customers’ energy use in Boston.

“We are honored to receive this award, and offer our sincere thanks to Mayor Menino and Boston’s Environmental & Energy Services team for their efforts to support the growing clean technology community in Boston, while making the city more sustainable for its residents,” said Tom Pincince, President and CEO of Digital Lumens. “Sustainability initiatives across the City are numerous and varied, and the team does an excellent job of nurturing the diverse range of companies operating in Boston.”

Deployed in leading industrial facilities in Boston and worldwide, including the Wind Technology Testing Center in Charlestown, MA the Digital Lumens Intelligent LED Lighting System integrates smart LED lighting fixtures that are wirelessly networked and centrally managed to deliver unprecedented efficiency. The system delivers light only when and where needed, using integrated occupancy and daylight harvesting sensors, and saves industrial customers up to 90% in their lighting energy use. Typical applications for the LED lighting systems are warehouses, distribution centers, manufacturing, maintenance depots, hangars and other rugged industrial sites.

The company recently announced that the Intelligent Lighting System’s annual savings for all customers is:

More than $10 million in industrial lighting costs per year
Over 100 million kWh per year
The equivalent of decreasing oil consumption by 60,000 barrels per year

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Digital Lumens Saving Industrial Lighting Customers More Than 103M Kilowatt Hours Annually

Allison Parker — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:59:44 +0000

200+ Installations of Intelligent Lighting System Eliminating 71,730 Metric Tons of CO₂ Emissions Per Year

Boston, MA – April 4, 2012 – Marking two years since its launch, Digital Lumens today announced the cumulative savings driven by its LED-based Intelligent Lighting System™. The System, which now spans more than 200 large-scale deployments, is saving industrial lighting customers 103 million kilowatt-hours per year, which is equivalent to:

Removing 9,000 homes from the grid per year
Decreasing oil consumption by 60,000 barrels per year
Saving more than $10 million in industrial lighting costs per year (based on the national average of $0.10 per kilowatt-hour and excluding extra savings attributed to reduced maintenance and chiller loads)
Displacement of tens of thousands of fluorescent and HID sources, thereby eliminating on-going mercury disposal hazards

“Digital Lumens entered the market in 2010 with the vision and technical expertise to transform industrial lighting from an expensive necessity to a strategic resource that delivers dramatic and immediate energy savings,” said Mike Feinstein, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Digital Lumens. “Two years later, we’ve proven that our LED-based Intelligent Lighting System can surpass any energy-efficient lighting alternative with savings of up to 90%, while allowing ongoing optimization to meet customers’ changing lighting needs. With an ever-increasing number of corporate sustainability initiatives and local utility incentives, we expect the rate of adoption to continue to accelerate.”

The Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting System integrates smart LED fixtures that are wirelessly networked and centrally managed to deliver unprecedented efficiency in warehouses, manufacturing and other industrial facilities. By assessing activity patterns and delivering light only when and where needed, the system reduces energy consumption far beyond simply switching to lower fixture wattage alone – eliminating the use of unnecessary light altogether. Additional milestones achieved by the company since launch include:

Granting of the company’s first patent for energy-saving intelligent lighting, with other applications pending (see today’s release);
Numerous awards for both corporate and product achievements, including the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneer distinction, the Global Cleantech 100, and Next Generation Luminaires awards;
Continued international expansion to Europe, Asia, Mexico and Canada.

Announced customers include many of the leaders in the warehousing, manufacturing, third-party logistics, broadline distribution and other industries: Maines Paper & Foodservice, which is saving 87% on their lighting energy use; United States Cold Storage, which has reduced lighting costs to 3.5 cents per square foot per year; the Wind Technology Testing Center in Massachusetts, which is saving 66% over legacy lighting alternatives; Quandt’s Food Service, and City Markets. Digital Lumens has a worldwide network of partners — energy efficiency consultants that work with customers to address their lighting and other system needs.

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Digital Lumens Awarded First Patent for Energy-Saving Intelligent Lighting System

Allison Parker — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:59:31 +0000

Boston, MA – April 04, 2012 – Digital Lumens today announced the awarding of the first patent for its exclusive Intelligent Lighting System™ technology. The patent, #8,138,690 covers LED-based light fixtures with integrated intelligence, sensing and networking.

Designed for industrial lighting applications, the Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting System includes individually intelligent LED-based fixtures, which are wirelessly networked and centrally managed, to minimize lighting energy use. The system is deployed in the leading industrial facilities worldwide and is saving 100M kWh per year for our customers (see today’s announcement).

“This milestone acknowledges the broad innovations that set our lighting system apart in a fast-growing market,” said Brian Chemel, a co-author of the patent and co-founder and CTO of Digital Lumens. “The energy-saving benefits of LEDs are well known, but when coupled with digital control, they deliver a whole new level of energy efficiency. Integrated with wireless networking and a simple management interface, we’ve built a complete system that gives industrial lighting customers the power to both improve light quality and continually optimize its use – resulting in efficiencies that surpass any other lighting technology today,” said Chemel.

The patent application received expedited review under the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Green Technology Pilot Program, which was established to accelerate the development of green technologies, create green jobs and promote U.S. competitiveness in this vital sector.

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Digital Lumens Chosen by Sacramento Municipal District to Help Boost Adoption of Advanced Lighting Controls

Allison Parker — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:58:33 +0000

Offers the only fully integrated solution on qualified product list, encompassing intelligent LED fixtures and lighting controls

Boston, MA – March 13, 2012 – Digital Lumens today announced that it has been selected to participate in the Advanced Lighting Controls (ALC) Incentive Program, an initiative driven by the Sacramento Municipal District (SMUD) to reduce lighting energy costs by an estimated 50% – 75% for local businesses.

Effective now and running through February 2013, the program will offer rebates totaling $1 million in federal stimulus funds to help customers take advantage of wireless lighting controls for dramatically improved efficiency. With its Intelligent Lighting System™, comprised of individually smart LED lighting fixtures that are wirelessly networked and centrally managed, Digital Lumens provides industrial customers with energy savings of up to 90% — exceeding the program’s estimates. Digital Lumens has the only solution on the qualified product list that is a fully integrated system of LED lighting fixtures and controls.

Digital Lumens is working with its network of Authorized Partners to identify and enable lighting upgrades for buildings that range from 20,000 to 100,000 square feet in size. Each eligible building may receive up to 80% of the project’s total cost from SMUD, to a maximum of $100,000.

“This program has been the culmination of very thorough research and is designed to meet SMUD’s ambitious energy efficiency goals set by our Board of Directors,” said Dave Bisbee, program manager of SMUD’s Customer Advanced Technologies group. “SMUD provides energy solutions for our customers that help them reduce usage and save money.”

“The ALC Program provides a direct path to energy savings that customers might not have otherwise taken, and we commend SMUD for facilitating the adoption of energy-efficient industrial lighting,” said Mike Feinstein, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Digital Lumens. “While LED lighting is proven to reduce energy use, the Digital Lumens solution doubles the savings with a complete, wirelessly networked system allowing for highly customizable control. This complete solution, from LED lighting fixtures to controls, ensures interoperability and cost effectiveness. With support from progressive utilities like SMUD, there has never been a better time for facilities to upgrade to our Intelligent Lighting System – a one-time project that will reap recurring operational savings.”

Prospective customers who may be eligible for the ALC Program should contact info@digitallumens.com.

About Digital Lumens

Digital Lumens develops Intelligent LED Lighting Systems that are proven to reduce industrial customers’ lighting-related electricity expenses by up to 90%. With this System — smart LED lights, wirelessly networked together and centrally controlled — the company is defining a new class of networked LED lighting that maximizes both delivered light and energy efficiency. Digital Lumens has been recognized as a 2011 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and a 2011 Global Cleantech 100 Company. For more information, please visit http://www.digitallumens.com.

About SMUD

As the nation’s sixth largest community-owned electric service provider, SMUD has been providing low-cost, reliable electricity for more than 65 years to Sacramento County (and a small portion of Placer County). SMUD is a recognized industry leader and award winner for its innovative energy efficiency programs, renewable power technologies, and for its sustainable solutions for a healthier environment. SMUD is the first large California utility to receive more than 20 percent of its energy from renewable resources. For more information, visit smud.org.

Digital Lumens To Be Featured Among Transformational Technologies At ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit

Digital Lumens — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:46:53 +0000

Boston, MA – February 21, 2012 – Digital Lumens today announced its selection as an exhibitor at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, an event hosted by the US Department of Energy to highlight and support development of game-changing energy technologies. Digital Lumens was chosen to demonstrate its highly efficient, LED-based Intelligent Lighting System™ during the event’s Technology Showcase, taking place February 27 – 29 at the Gaylord Convention Center in Washington DC (booth #444).

More than a simple LED light source, the Intelligent Lighting System comprises smart, LED-based fixtures – all with integrated occupancy sensors and intelligence –wirelessly networked and centrally managed. At the Technology Showcase Digital Lumens will display the latest addition to this system – an enhanced LED-based fixture with integrated daylight harvesting capabilities. These new fixtures automatically adjust light output in response to available ambient light, ensuring consistent light levels and even light distribution across an entire facility.

The Intelligent Lighting System reduces industrial facilities’ lighting-related energy use by up to 90%. These levels of energy savings far exceed what can be achieved with simple LEDs alone because the system intelligently delivers the right amount of light precisely where and when needed in large facilities, where lights are typically on 24 x 7 regardless of need.

“Given the many, wide-ranging innovations being explored in energy today, it’s an honor for Digital Lumens to showcase our intelligent LED system alongside the nation’s most promising advancements in the sector,” said Tom Pincince, President and CEO of Digital Lumens. “Until the arrival of LEDs, lighting had been a stagnant technology with limited capability for control beyond on, off or dim. Digital Lumens has built a new generation of industrial lighting around LEDs as inherently controllable and efficient sources, delivering a complete system that intelligently responds to the environment and eliminates wasteful energy use.”

The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit is designed to bring together key players from across the energy ecosystem – researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and government officials – to share ideas for developing and deploying the next generation of energy technologies. More than 240 breakthrough technologies will be on display at the Technology Showcase, including ARPA-E grant winners, finalists and select organizations such as Digital Lumens. Additional information is available at http://www.energyinnovationsummit.com/.

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Digital Lumens Unveils Major Expansion of Most Energy-Efficient Intelligent LED Lighting System on the Market

Allison Parker — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:56:06 +0000

New 18,000- and 26,000-lumen LED fixtures integrate daylight harvesting sensors with System’s built-in intelligence to drive even greater energy savings; now suitable for broader range of industrial environments, including production facilities requiring IP-65-rated fixtures

Boston, Mass., November 16, 2011– Digital Lumens, developer of the market-leading Intelligent LED Lighting System, today announced significant additions to its product portfolio with new 18,000- and 26,000-lumen highbay LED lighting fixtures – all with integrated daylight harvesting sensors – and enhancements to LightRules™, the Digital Lumens centralized control system that maximizes energy efficiency.

Designed for use in an expanded range of commercial and industrial environments, including those requiring an IP 65 rating for washdown capabilities, the new fixtures are a lumen-for-lumen replacement of existing T5 and T8 High-Intensity Fluorescents (HIF) and feature:

Up to 100% increase in raw light output (lumens), supporting higher delivered light levels, deployment in facilities with higher ceilings, and greater fixture spacing;
Integrated daylight sensors to further reduce energy usage (see separate release);
Increased environmental resistance (IP65), making the fixtures applicable to production environments that require washdown or UL damp-rated fixtures;
A choice of optics options, making the fixtures suitable for both open and aisle applications; and
Greater lighting energy savings.

“Industrial customers worldwide have rapidly come to understand the energy efficiency differences between plain LED fixtures and our Intelligent Lighting Systems, and are saving millions of kilowatt hours annually,” said Michael Feinstein, Digital Lumens’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “With these new offerings, our Intelligent Lighting System is able to offer even greater energy savings for facilities with available ambient light, accelerating project payback and maximizing long-term savings.”

These new fixtures join Digital Lumens’s existing product portfolio, which includes 10,000- and 15,000-lumen LED intelligent lighting fixtures, giving customers a selection of luminaires to best meet their needs. All Digital Lumens fixtures feature integrated occupancy sensors and are wirelessly controlled by LightRules central management platform, which maximizes energy efficiency by providing light when and where needed, and provides lighting scheduling and detailed lighting energy reports.

“The higher lumen output, integrated daylight harvesting, and enhancements to the Intelligent Lighting System make Digital Lumens’s solutions more appealing to a broader range of our industrial customers, including those looking for lumen-for-lumen replacements of their 400 watt metal halide or 6- and 8-lamp fluorescent fixtures,” said Gary Hubbard, Project Manager for Leading Edge Design Group, a Digital Lumens reseller. “Facilities engineers are very interested in controllable highbay LED lighting and we’re very excited to offer the expanded Digital Lumens portfolio to them.”

Digital Lumens continues to help industrial customers drive energy efficiencies, providing 100% of the light for 10% of the energy cost. The Company’s solutions have been proven with more than 100 large-scale facilities driving 33 million kWh of total annual lighting energy savings.

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Digital Lumens Announces Integrated Daylight Harvesting in its Newest Industrial LED Light Fixtures

Allison Parker — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:55:52 +0000

Built-in daylight sensors can drive up to 50% additional lighting energy savings in industrial facilities with available ambient light

Boston, Mass., November 16, 2011– Digital Lumens, developer of the market-leading Intelligent LED Lighting System, today announced daylight harvesting capabilities in its newest LED lighting fixtures and LightRules™ control system. The new fixtures include integrated light sensors, which assess available ambient light and automatically adjust light output to desired levels. Managed by new LightRules software, the daylight harvesting has the potential deliver an additional 50% energy savings, depending on the application.

A standard part of the new Digital Lumens 18,000- and 26,000-lumen highbay LED fixtures (see separate announcement), the daylight sensors measure available light from windows or skylights and intelligently and gradually adjust the fixtures’ light output to meet desired light levels. LightRules reports on the amount of energy saved via the use of daylight harvesting, providing key feedback for facility management.

The integration of daylight sensors into these new fixtures offers:

Gradual light balancing to ensure even light levels and smooth response to changing daylight levels throughout the day;
Granular control over individual fixture behavior to maximize energy efficiency – in contrast to bolt-on sensors, which manage groups of fixtures; and
Cost-effective daylight harvesting because the Digital Lumens daylight harvesting capability doesn’t require the purchase and integration of additional hardware to take advantage of ambient light. In addition, because the system is remotely managed via LightRules, it’s fast and easy to adjust settings without using a lift.

“Extending the Digital Lumens Lighting System to intelligently respond to the environment and deliver greater energy efficiency has always been an explicit design goal for us,” said Brian Chemel, Digital Lumens’s Co-Founder and CTO. “Just as we have with occupancy sensors, integrating daylight sensors directly into the system delivers much finer control, greater flexibility and substantially better energy savings than after-market alternatives. With our distributed, intelligent system, lighting is becoming a well-managed, controllable resource that is delivering new value to customers while using much less energy.”

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Digital Lumens is Named to the 2011 Global Cleantech 100 for the Second Year in a Row

Allison Parker — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:59:05 +0000

Intelligent Lighting System Innovator Honored Among Top Private Companies in Clean Technology Industry

Boston, Mass., October 18, 2011 – Digital Lumens, the leader in intelligent lighting systems, today announced that the Company has been named to the prestigious 2011 Global Cleantech 100 for the second year in a row. The Cleantech 100 highlights the promise of private clean technology companies from all around the world, focusing on those companies which are most likely to make the most significant market impact over the next 5-10 years.

The Cleantech 100 is determined by the Cleantech Group, a leading research firm focused on global cleantech innovation. The Global Cleantech 100 program is produced in collaboration with the UK’s Guardian News and Media.

“We are honored to be recognized by the Cleantech Group as we continue to deliver an unequalled industrial LED lighting solution that maximizes both energy efficiency and lighting quality for large facilities,” said Tom Pincince, President and CEO of Digital Lumens. “Our Intelligent Lighting System — smart lights, networked together and centrally controlled – is proven to reduce our customers’ lighting energy by up to 90% and slash their carbon footprint and peak load demands. To be recognized by our peers for the second year in a row is a great privilege for our entire team”

The list is derived from Cleantech Group’s own data and research combined with the weighted qualitative judgments of hundreds of nominations and the viewpoints of a global panel of 70 cleantech experts. To qualify for the list, companies must be independent, for-profit, cleantech companies that are not listed on any major stock exchange.

“We are proud of how quickly the Global Cleantech 100 list has gained recognition as a leading resource in the cleantech sector,” said Sheeraz Haji, Cleantech Group CEO. “Stakeholders including members of the corporate community, investors, and regulators now watch the Global Cleantech 100 list closely to gauge which sectors look most promising and which companies are poised for growth.”

There were 4,274 companies nominated this year from more than 45 countries. These companies were weighted and scored to create a short list of 213 companies presented to the expert panel for final input. The end result was 100 companies from 16 countries.

The 70-strong expert panel is drawn from well-respected organisations in cleantech innovation from around the world, including leading investors in global cleantech and from a wide variety of corporations across many different industries, such as ABB, BASF, BP, Coca-Cola Company, DuPont, GE, General Motors, Procter and Gamble, and Vestas.

“The third Global Cleantech 100 exemplifies the best in cleantech innovation across the world,” said Richard Youngman, Managing Director, Europe & Asia, Cleantech Group and the founder of the Global Cleantech 100. “This list is based on the collective wisdom and experience of the world’s cleantech leaders and this year it truly reflects not only the most interesting companies, but also the mainstreaming of this dynamic industry.”

The complete list of 100 companies is being revealed today at the Global Cleantech 100 Summit & Gala in Washington, D.C. http://events.cleantech.com/global100/. Global Cleantech 100 companies will be featured at this event as well as at the Guardian’s Cleantech Summit in London on November 22, 2011 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/cleantech-summit).

A full report with commentary and insight on the 2011 Global Cleantech 100 is available via two publications: 1) A report authored by Cleantech Group and sponsored by Autodesk, Deloitte and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati available for download at http://www.cleantech.com/global-cleantech-100/; 2) A special online newspaper supplement written by the UK’s Guardian, sponsored by Ernst & Young.

The complete list of Global Cleantech 100 firms and expert panel members is available online, on the websites of Cleantech Group (http://www.cleantech.com/global-cleantech-100/) and the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalcleantech100).

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About Digital Lumens

Digital Lumens develops Intelligent Lighting Systems that are proven to reduce industrial customers’ lighting-related electricity expenses by up to 90%. With this System – smart lights, wirelessly networked together and centrally controlled — the company is defining a new class of networked lighting that maximizes both delivered light and energy efficiency. Digital Lumens has been recognized as a 2011 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and a 2010 Global Cleantech 100 Company. For more information, please visit http://www.digitallumens.com.

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