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Product Brochure

Learning Environments

Class control is the lighting control system for teaching environments.

Based on the same technology package as Control 2 it offers energy saving and flexible control specifically tailored to classrooms and other learning environments.

Designed as a comprehensive all in one package from luminaires to control components and even the switches on the wall.  Everything works together and is guaranteed to be compatible and efficient.

Setting the learning agenda

With a variety of scenes achievable, through the use of a tailored control interface, Class Control allows swift and simple alteration of lighting levels, to create the optimum learning environment, whatever the external conditions.

Daylight Saving

• Lights DIM as daylight increases

• Energy usage falls

When natural daylight reaches a point at which lighting levels can be reduced, Class Control’s daylight detection sensors allow for staged dimming of luminaires.

Interactive Mode

• Lights near projector lowered

• Remaining lights provide working level

The interactive whiteboard is a common feature in today’s classroom but the learning experience only reaches its full potential when lighting levels are able to adjust to the teaching situation, minimising glare and reflection.

Low natural light

• Levels maintained as daylight fades

• Light level can be adjusted at any time

Just as the daylight saving mode reduces lighting intensity, Class Control’s daylight sensors automatically increase output from the luminaires when levels of natural light fall.

Energy saving

With lighting often accounting for in excess of 20% of a school’s energy bill, incorporating lighting control makes perfect sense.

Through the use of features such as daylight detection, scheduled switching and absence recognition, Class Control allows for a significant dent to be made in levels of energy consumption.

RIDI’s combined daylight and absence
recognition sensor.

Rather than switching on every time a person enters the classroom, absence detection means that the user must first switch the lights on – complementing the light sensitive scheduled switching with even further energy savings.

Regulation

Aside from the practicalities catered for within lighting guidelines, such as glare and reflection, both Part L and BREEAM ratings focus heavily on responsible energy usage within schools.

Each element of RIDI’s Class Control system is designed to ensure that the lights in a classroom are only activated when needed and that they operate at an intensity level suited to the conditions and the task in progress. The installation of a lighting control system across the school building contributes to its BREEAM rating.

Ease of use…

Classrooms are multi-functional, having to cater for a wide range of tasks from close concentration deskwork to whiteboard viewing and multimedia presentation. As the activity changes, the user is able to alter the light setting at the touch of a button. As well as the instant response delivered by the daylight sensors, users can select pre-set scenes, created for a variety of teaching needs, via wall mounted touch panels or handheld remote control.

Class Control is based on addressable luminaires, sensors and switches. For this reason, wiring is extremely straightforward, with just a mains supply to each luminaire and a two core bus cable servicing each device.

...and straightforward installation

Where conditions permit, sensors can be mounted as an integral part of the luminaire*. As a result, with
installations using surface mounted or suspended luminaires, no control boxes are needed.

For applications requiring recessed fittings, RIDI’s connection modules make installation even easier. All luminaires and sensors are pre-wired, with mains fed via a multi-point Luminaire Control Module (LCM). To connect to the control interfaces, only a two core cable is required to link switching components and additional LCMs.

Design and Supply

RIDI can design, supply, commission and offer full after sales backup for your lighting control and lighting system. 

We work with you from the very beginings of a project to ensure that when all luminaires and controls are supplied they will be compatible, efficient and economical.

Please contact us if you would like further information about lighting controls, energy savings or if you would like any assistance with planning your next project.

Technical Data

End User Instructions

Typical Wiring Schematic (PDF)

Installation Instructions

Pre-Commissioning Checklist

Data Sheets for individual components are available in the Control 2 Section of the products range