Pilkington Automotive taps smart lights for space analysis

In the first known industrial installation of its lighting-based IoT technology, Signify has equipped a Pilkington Automotive warehouse with LED luminaires linked to sensors that gather information and transmit it for data analysis, helping managers improve operations. Signify hung 1300 ceiling luminaires around 11m (36 ft) above a new 47,000m2 (506,000 ft2) logistics facility in Gelsenkirchen, Germany for Pilkington, which makes automotive glass including windshields. Signify attached sensors to the same trunking lines that feed electricity to the luminaires, at roughly the same 11m height.