11/09/2026
Something we’re passionate about is making sure building controls actually work for the people using them.
You can design a lighting control system that looks great on paper, but until you understand the client's wants and needs and see how the space is used day to day, you don't really know whether you're getting the best out of it.
Here's Adrian from Automate+, our automation division, working through that process with some commissioning and building optimisation on a new site in North Sydney.
For us, this is where experience counts. Listening to what's working and what can be improved. Questioning why lights are on in an empty space, why someone has to keep waving at a sensor, lights are too bright or too dull.
A few small changes to timing, schedules or light levels can make a surprisingly big difference. More comfortable spaces, less power consumed and a contribution towards better NABERS.
A lighting control system is only as good as its programming. Otherwise, you may as well just have switches.
It's worth taking the time to get those details right.
