Philips 2015 Annual Report Download - page 21

Our strategic focus 4.6
Annual Report 2015 21
Creating a sustainable office
environment
Opened in 2015, innovative oce building The Edge in Amsterdam
received the highest-ever BREEAM score – the leading assessment
method for sustainable buildings. A key aspect of the design is a
connected lighting system from Philips.
The Edge’s connected lighting system uses nearly
6,500 LED luminaires over the building’s 15 stories.
These xtures are connected to the building’s IT
network by Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology. With
PoE, Ethernet cables transmit both power and data,
eliminating the need for separate power cabling and
creating a sort of ‘information pathway’.
With integrated sensors in 3,000 of these luminaires,
the connected lighting system captures anonymous
data on room occupancy. The LED xtures interface
with other building systems such as heating and
ventilation to provide facility managers with an
integrated view of a building’s occupancy patterns and
energy usage. This enables more informed decision
making, with unprecedented levels of energy and
operational eciency.
Supporting workplace productivity, employees at The
Edge are also able to set the lighting and temperature
to suit their personal preferences via an app on their
smartphone.