www.ecao.org 18 T Where There’s Light, There’s Insight THE INTERNET OF THINGS By Tony D’Alesio, Director of Sales (Commercial, Industrial, and Healthcare Markets – Canada) at Philips Lighting The Internet ofThings (IoT) has been called the next industrial revolution. It is already transforming the way businesses, governments and consumers interact with the physical world. By blending the physical and digital realms, IoT is profoundly changing the way we relate to our environment, to each other and to information. It is revolutionizing the way we live, work, travel and relax. At Philips Lighting, we use our connected lighting infrastructure to enable IoT applications in several key areas. By partnering with other leading technology and communications providers we can offer end-to-end connected lighting solutions for smart cities, smart buildings, smart retail and smart homes Lighting is ubiquitous; it’s everywhere. By leveraging the Internet ofThings, energy-efficient connected LED lighting is transformed into information pathways with the capacity to collect and share data. In an office or building, connected lighting carries valuable data.This data provides insights that can increase operational efficiency, enhance productivity and save on energy costs. Connected LED lighting provides about 80 per cent energy savings for lighting alone when compared to traditional lighting. Building managers can remotely, and centrally, monitor and manage all connected light points, energy consumption and occupancy data via software. In Smart Offices, employees can adjust lighting and temperature levels to create a personalized, comfortable and productive workspace through an app on their mobile phones. Smart Cities use the latest innovations in the Internet ofThings to become more livable and sustainable. Smart sensors and other smart devices – from street lights to power metres to traffic signals and beyond – are distributed throughout the urban environment.These devices work together with an open, connected infrastructure to collect data about themselves, the environment, people, and events.This data can be analyzed and shared via software platforms and mobile apps to save energy, streamline operations, and make citizens feel happier and safer. Connected lighting can be used in retail environments.Through indoor positioning located in the lights, shoppers can use their smart devices to navigate to the products they want, adding to the ease and convenience of their shopping experience. Connected lighting is constantly evolving and becoming more innovative. Last month, Philips Lighting launched its Interact IoT platform for data enabled devices. The Interact platform is designed to handle data collected from the growing number of connected light points, sensors devices and systems.The highly secure, cloud-based platform uses sophisticated and modern data management and data processing capabilities to bring sense to all manner of data.The Interact connected lighting systems can be used for offices, buildings, architectural lighting, roads, streets, parks, offices, stadiums and large retail and food stores. In addition, data from authorized third-parties can also be analyzed by Interact. For example, for a municipal authority, news articles and social media posts reacting to a new lighting installation on a bridge can be analyzed and data sent to a social impact app dashboard that summarizes the public sentiment. Philips Lighting has already installed 29 million connected light points worldwide and we plan for every new LED product we produce to be connectable by 2020. It’s all about creating additional value for our customers through data- enabled services that unlock new capabilities and experiences. Tony D’Alesio has over 20 years of experience in the digital controls domain and has worked on various industry technologies capable of delivering data connectivity and energy savings.Tony is responsible for bringing new solutions to market, enabling clients to achieve their smart building goals via connected lighting technologies. He can be reached at tony.dalesio@philips.com.