Energy Saving by Motion Detection

Energy Saving Movement Control Dimmable Light

The Morgan Hope company from Liverpool England have come up with an automatic 3 stage dimming light that is tripped by movement detection using microwave technology. They anticipate that this will result in an up to 90% saving in energy. With movement detected, the light goes onto 100% output. If there is no movement within its vicinity for 5 minutes, the light dims to a 50% energy usage. The third stage then comes into action just two minutes later. Then the dimmer reduces energy to a 10% level. It’s surprising how much light there is given out even at this lowest level – perhaps slightly brighter than when going for a walk in the country-side on a full moon night.

Valuable For Public and Commercial Venues

Just imagine you’re the only person walking down a (normally fully lit) main shopping street and having the individual shop windows light up as you pass – wouldn’t that be great. The same system could well be applied to street lighting. The company forsee the role it could play in hospitals where stair wells are normally kept lit 24/7. As soon as a door opened, or any movement occurs, the lights spring back up to their full powered lighting level. The application of this form of light in non-residential buildings and rooms is huge. Think how they would save energy in: warehouses, reception rooms, storage facilities, bathrooms, garages… the list is almost endless!

It seems that the bulb is a circular CFL, though that wasn’t made clear either in the press release, nor obviously publicized on their website, which was somewhat disappointing and lack-lustre.