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ADMMicro Helps Tobyhanna Army Depot Meet Federal Emergency Lighting Guidelines
Computerized emergency, exit lighting monitoring and controls meets Life Safety NFPA Code
ROANOKE, VA -- October 16, 2007 -- ADMMicro, Inc., manufacturers of sophisticated energy management systems to measure and control utility usage, has completed development of an emergency light monitoring system (ELMS) for the Tobyhanna Army Depot in Tobyhanna, Pa.
The patent-pending system, part of an overall lighting upgrade by Williams Electric Company of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., will remotely monitor and test all exit and emergency lighting and is capable of identifying any bulb or ballast outage in many buildings within the 1,300-acre complex. The upgrade meets the requirements of the Life Safety NFPA Code 101, a federal safety mandate spurred by the Pentagon tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001.
“This federal initiative will make buildings of this size far safer in the event of an incident and helps to reduce repair maintenance costs,” says Mark Vinson, ADMMicro vice president of engineering. “Not only are bulb and ballast outages easy to identify, but all battery backup is in one central location and easier to maintain.”
Additionally, the system provides an efficient means of performing periodic testing and keeps track of test records automatically, he says. All emergency lighting is tested monthly for one minute and annually for 90 minutes, while exit lighting is monitored continuously.
“We’re very pleased to partner with ADMMicro to provide these technologically advanced controls at Tobyhanna,” says Aubrey L. Gouner, UMCS program manager, Williams Electric Co. “As one of the region’s largest electrical companies, we’re continually searching for ways to increase efficiency and reduce costs for our customers.”
ADMMicro is a Virginia-based company founded in 2002 that has lowered its clients’ energy consumption by as much as 50 percent. The system is based on a patent-pending controller that remotely monitors energy usage 24/7, providing real-time data on consumption and outages. More than just a glorified timer, the system’s monitoring capabilities are so precise that the system can tell if even a single compressor isn’t working up to speed.
ADMMicro was acquired by GridPoint in 2009.
About Williams Electric Company
Since 1980, WEC has installed large, complex, monitoring and control systems. These include Energy Monitoring and Control System (EMCS) and Utility Monitoring and Control Systems (UMCS). WEC designed, developed, manufactured, and installed hardware and software for its own EMCS/UMCS system that met the US Army Corps of Engineers EMCS Guide Specifications for such systems at military bases during the 1980s and 1990s.
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