INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - Philips Lighting inaugurated the opening of a new Lighting Application Center (LAC) located at its headquarters in Jakarta.

This launch illustrates the company's commitment to stakeholders in Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest country and economy.

LAC serves as a demonstration space for Philips Lighting's innovative application featuring advanced, technologically advanced LED illumination with interactive and connected features for continuous illumination.

At LAC, potential customers, professional consultants, media, students and the like can see how Philips CityTouch helps governments increase energy efficiency and improve the management of road connections through remote control,

In addition, Power-over-Ethernet technology for offices enables employees to manage their workspaces using smartphones and building managers to optimize space utilization and building efficiency, and how visual lighting communications to position indoor positions can help customers find their way their way inside the store.

All these technologies are on display in an area of ​​422.5 square meters that has been created to resemble real application space such as at home, supermarket, clothing store, sports arena and urban space.

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Philips Lighting Board of Management Eric Rondolat said the shift to connected lighting helped us address the global challenge of more energy-efficient lighting requirements.

"Through this LAC it manifests what matters most to us, opening up the extraordinary potential of light to a Lighter Life and a Better World by connecting light and humans," Eric Rondolat said in Jakarta (24/11/2017).

He added that by connecting more devices, places and people through the light, we turn the light source into data points, allowing us to deliver more value to our customers as well as the community.

Meanwhile, Rami Hajjar as Country Leader of Philips Lighting Indonesia stated that the Philips Lighting Application Center will showcase how the integration of LED technology, lighting control systems and software is able to create new uses and services that deliver the benefits of new lighting applications for consumers.

"Connected lighting can be a smart city backbone where lights can be turned on whenever and wherever it takes, optimizing operations, saving costs, and helping people feel safer and more comfortable," Rami explained.

Further, he said, our new Philips Lighting Application Center in Indonesia will show how the integration of LED technology, lighting controls and software enables new functions and services that enable customers to take advantage of new applications.

"Philips Application Center at once responds to the growing public interest in the application of smart lighting in Indonesia," he concluded.