Helvar, a leading innovator in intelligent lighting solutions, is excited to announce the official commercial launch of Helvar Senses, an advanced environmental sensing solution integrated into lighting controls. Building on insights gained from pilot projects across various industries, including successful trials with Rejlers and BakerHicks, Helvar Senses is now available to the broader market. By incorporating smart environmental sensing into its offering, Helvar aims to optimise building performance, sustainability, and occupant wellbeing.
When it comes to enhancing building performance through lighting systems, a crucial element has often been overlooked – the potential to go beyond traditional controls. Lighting systems, which already serve as one of the densest sensor networks within a building, offer a unique opportunity to provide much more than light. With the addition of environmental sensing capabilities – such as monitoring air quality, temperature, humidity, and noise levels – Helvar Senses collects actionable data that can optimise not just lighting but overall building performance.
This approach offers a scalable solution that is easier to manage and maintain compared to deploying standalone sensors. By integrating environmental sensing into the existing lighting infrastructure, building operators benefit from a unified system that reduces complexity, lowers operational expenditure (OpEx), and is simpler to maintain over time. By correlating data on occupancy and environmental conditions, building operators can make more informed decisions, leading to significant energy savings and reduced carbon emissions. For instance, integrating HVAC systems with Helvar Senses helps avoid siloed operations and enables better control over energy use by aligning air quality with occupancy patterns.
Supporting Sustainability Goals and Building Standards
In response to increasingly stringent sustainability directives such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and evolving building standards like BREEAM, WELL, and LEED, Helvar Senses offers a solution that helps minimise the "performance gap"– the difference between the predicted energy performance of a building and its actual energy usage. By providing real-time data, building operators can adjust systems to ensure that energy consumption is optimised according to real conditions, helping to meet both regulatory requirements and sustainability goals.
Helvar Senses allows building operators to monitor key indoor environmental factors and thus better support the wellbeing of occupants. This is particularly relevant as organisations prioritise creating healthier workspaces that promote productivity and comfort.
Customer Success Stories with Rejlers and BakerHicks
The deployment of Helvar Senses in real-world projects has already produced impressive results. BakerHicks, a multidisciplinary design and engineering firm, has successfully integrated Helvar Senses into their Scotland, UK office. Kenny Corbett, Principal Electrical Engineer at BakerHicks, shared his experience: “The information we are taking from the Helvar [Senses] environmental sensors is the only real view we can get of what is happening in our office space... that certainly helps us as a company."
Similarly, Rejlers, a leading engineering consultancy, expanded their system in their Gothenburg, Sweden office to include Helvar Senses and saw immediate benefits. Nicklas Stenberg, project manager and team leader at Rejlers, explained how the solution has improved their indoor environment: “After expanding the entire system with Helvar Senses, we now have an easy way to check temperatures and air quality inside the premises. Previously, if we felt the air was bad, we would complain without any data to back it up. Now, we can monitor the actual conditions and take action accordingly.”
Helvar Senses is empowering buildings to achieve greater energy efficiency while improving occupant wellbeing. By leveraging data from lighting sensors, Helvar Senses not only optimises lighting and energy use but also supports a healthier and more comfortable indoor environment. As companies strive to meet sustainability directives such as the CSRD, Helvar Senses offers a smart solution that drives measurable progress toward environmental goals.
To learn more about Helvar Senses, please visit helvar.com/senses/
For further information and interview opportunities, please contact: Tarja Jokiniemi, Marketing Manager, Helvar – marketing@helvar.com
