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Osram is partnering with Facility Solutions Group (FSG), Austin, TX, to offer turnkey smart building IoT solutions to the commercial, industrial and retail industries. FSG is a hybrid distributor involved with building technology system design, integration, installation and managed services. It has more than 35 years in the lighting industry and more than 2,000 employees on staff.
Smart building IoT solutions leverage networked lighting systems as the technology infrastructure for smart lighting and applications beyond illumination that improve operational efficiencies, building sustainability profiles, occupant comfort, and the bottom line, according to the Osram release. Osram says its collaboration with FSG is an example of the commercial possibilities of a growing ecosystem embracing the digitalization of commercial space that creates smarter buildings.
Smart lighting plays a central role in unlocking the power of the IoT and smart building applications. Because lighting is ubiquitous throughout all buildings and every luminaire is connected to a source of power, it is the perfect conduit for collecting data on what is happening in the building at any given time, said Osram. Sensors embedded in luminaires make each light point a data node on the lighting system network and this data is the foundation of the analytics that power smart building solutions and workspace improvements.
Initially, turnkey solutions from FSG will combine the Encelium light management system with a lighting package that includes fixture-integrated components by Osram, as well as lighting system installation and managing services. Beyond this initial collaboration, the companies plan to extend their combined efforts to include other solutions that further enable smart building applications and workplace enhancements.