Residents in the city of Haugesund, in the southwestern part of Norway, are serious when it comes to preserving the environment. After a decision of disallowing the use of rubber granulate for artificial grass, the football field at Skåredalen school received a new surface made from bio-degradable cork and coconut material. The efforts didn't stop there.
Norwegians love walking and hiking. Sundays are usually spent outdoors, on foot. This goes for Fredrikstad as well, where Norway’s longest river forms an integral part of the coastal landscape and has been invaluable for the development of the city. The Glomma Path stretches along both riverbanks, and it’s the southern part near Fredrikstad which is illuminated by Comlight’s movement detection system.
Between Tengs and Bjerkreim in Norway, Comlight has equipped 275 Signify luminaries with Eagle Eye Zhaga motion detection light controllers. The system uses radio communication to pass light-on messages to the next luminaries, providing full light for road users for maximum safety and minimal energy consumption. Comlight won the Best use of Zhaga-D4i category in the first ever DALI Lighting Awards on 27 January 2021 with this project.
About thirty minutes away from Oslo, 220 smart street lights illuminate nine kilometers of picturesque road along the beautiful Tyrifjorden in Norway. Norwegian company Comlight has provided the solution, and the installation is the largest of its kind in Norway. The Comlight light control system consists of radar sensors on each light pole. The sensors detect vehicles, and the illumination, normally at 20% is increased to full 100%. When the vehicle has passed, the light is dimmed back down.
The lighting is part of the Reducing Urban Glow in Bundaberg project and has been designed to be safe for pedestrians, as well as having “turtle friendly” features.
Low colour temperature lighting (yellow/amber in appearance) to reduce the amount of light in the blue spectrum. Turtles are particularly sensitive to the blue end of the light spectrum. Recessed light fittings with louvres to control the direction of light and minimise seaward light spill. Smart technology that allows for dimming of lights down to 20% when lighting is not required, and a gradual ramping of lights to 100% when pedestrians are detected.
Comlight system can be applied in a variety of installations, such as the art project in Amsterdam. A tunnel that no one can cycle unnoticed through. Whether you are in a hurry to catch a train in the morning, go to work, have your child on your way to the nursery of if you cycle back from a student party at night, you will be guided by the light.
On highway 19 betwen Borre and Horten in orway, Comlight sensors control the light on a bike- and walk path going parallel to the motorway. In this particular installation, the challenge was having a robust detection of pedestrians and cyclists, while not having interference from the vehicles on the road. By planning installation heights, sensor direction as well as sensitivity parameters, the Comlight sensors are given optimal conditions for a robust detection.
Airports are technically complex, dense with electronics and has a demanding set of rules to comply with. Despite this, Comlight were able to provide smart lighting to the apron zone at Haugesund airport Karmøy. Bjørn Olav Jensen studies at the technical college in Stavanger and works shifts at the airport. Through school, Bjørn Olav heard of Comlight, and when increasing energy efficiency became an important focus area, he made his superiors aware that motion control might be a possible solution.