Vertical Specific Applications

Specialized needs for specialized fields.

There’s no shortage of applications for Convia. The platform can be put to work in many different types of environments to improve energy efficiency, accommodate change or increase the functional effectiveness of a space. Whether in the classroom or boardroom, Convia can help create the optimal environment to suit your business’ needs.

“We have several pre-settings that we are playing with, because the scene controller is so easy to use. I simply refer to it as the magic wand. We are able to customize our light settings in no time at all.” Crit Stuart Associate Director, Georgia Tech Library

Education

Universities require a tremendous amount of flexibility given the number of “multi- purpose” spaces and the heavy technology usage on a campus. Convia gives universities unprecedented flexibility in how space can be used. A large event room can be simply and easily set up to accommodate a number of meeting rooms in a matter of moments. Student access to power is never a concern because with the Convia Open Grid system there is access to power from the ceiling every ten inches. What’s more, professors have the ability to tailor the environment of their classrooms to suit their unique preferences for audio/visual settings with just the touch of a button.

Flexibility and control aren’t the only benefits in a university setting. Daylight harvesting and occupancy sensors allow for energy code compliance and substantial operating costs benefits. Facility managers will have the ability to manage and monitor their building by zone for energy consumption, occupancy and technology usage. Convia makes it easy to implement events such as:

• Sending alerts to facility managers if occupancy sensors are triggered after hours
• Notifying building occupants of an emergency situation
• Timed power sweeps to conserve energy
• IP security camera recording triggered by occupancy

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One reason Urban Outfitters choose Convia systems is because the power and data outlets needed for the cash registers are available virtually everywhere in the space, and more dramatic store configurations are easily performed.

Retail

Convia addresses a number of unique needs of the retail sector. Seasonal change in the retail environment is a given and study after study proves that lighting impacts a customer’s mood and likelihood to purchase. Retail stores are also under constant pressure to reduce operating costs. This makes a retail store the perfect environment for Convia.

Convia gives retailers the ability to undergo dramatic change in a matter minutes to accommodate changing store layouts. Lighting can be reprogrammed, occupancy sensors relocated and cash registers or kiosks moved to optimize store traffic. There is always access to power and always the ability to change with plug-and-play simplicity.

Add to that the robust technology platform Convia represents and it’s no wonder one of the nation’s largest retailers has selected Convia as their electrical infrastructure. Digital signage and RFID tagging can be used to serve up the perfect message for customers. Robust lighting control can create the perfect environment to showcase your products. IP cameras and occupancy sensors can provide a deterrent to employee theft. What’s more, the Convia Global Gateway can be used to manage and monitor your stores around the country and ensure consistency in your retail environments.

We invite you to learn more about how Convia can be used to create a more functional retail space.

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Commercial Office

Over the past decade lighting control, HVAC, security and audio/visual systems have been transformed by innovations in software and electronics that have enabled automated control and central management. Although the control industry has made great strides in making buildings more functional and efficient, until now all of these control systems are separately managed and represent stand alone systems with little or no integration capability. Convia solves for this problem and represents an integrated control platform that allows for you to centrally manage all of the sub-systems in your building. Operations and maintenance are simplified because administrators can communicate with all of the building’s systems from on- or off-site via the Internet and can access information about settings, operational status, energy use and maintenance needs.

Having your power distribution, lighting control, HVAC, security and audio/visual control systems integrated results in synergies you wouldn’t realize from stand alone systems. A single occupancy sensor in a Convia environment can trigger specialized lighting, HVAC turn on, digital signage operation and IP camera activation. Your demand response strategies can also be integrated so that when the power company wants you to shed load, you can bring all of your systems to the desired level and see immediately whether you have met their required threshold.

Convia also offers extreme flexibility to accommodate occupant churn and change in a space. Virtually rewiring capability and the ability to simply and easily add power, switches, scene selectors and daylight and occupancy sensors without specialized labor means faster change with little added expense. There’s no limit on how often your building can change with Convia.

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Healthcare

The idea that the hospital environment is an important part of the healing process for patients has become mainstay in the healthcare industry. A number of studies indicate that the design of a healthcare facility has a significant positive impact on measures like patient satisfaction, staff morale, medical error rates, infection rates, staff turnover, patient length-of-stay and, ultimately, financial performance.

Lighting and temperature are consistently listed as one of a handful of environmental factors that significantly contribute to the overall healthcare environment. Having Convia in a hospital setting gives patients direct control of their environment and the freedom to express their preferences. It can also be used to make the patient room safer by automatically adjusting lighting levels when patients get out of bed.

Staff members benefit because Convia allows hospitals to simply and easily adjust lighting levels throughout the day to help staff members on all shifts stay productive. In common areas, Convia allows for daylight harvesting and occupancy sensor usage in order to save energy.

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