EMC Networked Controls Lighting Project Receives Sapphire Award

EMC was recently presented the Sapphire Award for “Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Controls for LLLC” by LEDs Magazine for an innovative SIG Bluetooth mesh technology project that united LED lighting environments within an unprecedented half million square feet of commercial real estate space.

This was the first project to be recognized in this new award category, which was created in partnership with representatives of the Lighting Controls Association (LCA) and celebrates innovation, vision and leaders driving the industry forward.

The EMC project team designed a flexible, zone-based network of nearly 4,000 Bluetooth Mesh nodes throughout 17 floors of the building. This included software and firmware provided by Silvair and lighting sensor and controller hardware provided by McWong International. The team designed spaces and assigned behaviors to devices using McWong’s TruBlu web portal and then commissioned and designated them to zones using its mobile app.