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Kim Långström has been officially appointed as new Helvar CEO starting September 2024. Current CEO, Adel Hattab, will continue in the role until September 6th, before moving to his new position as CEO at HögforsGST.

Kim brings extensive experience in the smart building industry to Helvar, having previously held leadership positions at Schneider Electric and Kone. His proven track record in commercial operations and go-to-market strategies will be instrumental in strengthening Helvar’s position in the rapidly growing smart building market.

“I am delighted to take over the baton from Adel, who has laid such a strong foundation during his tenure. I am also looking forward to meeting all Helvarians, customers and partners in the coming months. I am also very eager to strengthen our market position further on all markets and capture market opportunities with rapidly increasing demand for Smart Buildings driven by energy regulations“, Kim Långström comments.

We are confident that Kim’s leadership will be instrumental in achieving our strategic goals and driving continued success for Helvar, ultimately benefiting our valued global partnerships.

We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude and a heartfelt thank you to Adel for his outstanding leadership during his tenure at Helvar. Under Adel’s guidance, Helvar has achieved significant milestones and has seen spectacular growth. We wish Adel all the best in his exciting new role as CEO at HögforsGST International and in all of his future endeavours.

 “I am convinced that Kim will continue to foster Helvar’s key strength: our people. I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to work with so many great colleagues over my past seven years. I feel very proud where Helvar stands as of today and am convinced you all will have prosperous future ahead”, Adel Hattab states.

Helvar, a leading innovator in the lighting industry, is excited to announce the launch of Helvar Senses, a groundbreaking solution that incorporates smart environmental sensing into the Helvar offering for creating even more adaptable and sustainable spaces.

“We believe that buildings can become more sustainable and energy efficient than they are today while still providing a fantastic occupant experience. At Helvar, we are very excited to be launching our latest innovation, Helvar Senses, which enables smart buildings to become more energy efficient while better supporting people’s wellbeing. With Helvar Senses, we can make smart buildings more future-proof by allowing them to evolve over their lifetime — thereby realising our mission of Brighter Spaces”, says Adel Hattab, CEO of Helvar.

Helvar Senses is an evolutionary step for Helvar intelligent lighting solutions adding environmental sensing and insights. As lighting sensors are typically the densest sensor network in a building, incorporating environmental senses such as light, CO2, VOCs, temperature, humidity, sound and air pressure becomes a very practical way to collect data about the overall conditions in the space. When this data is combined with occupancy data and refined through analytics, building owners and operators have an improved understanding of how to optimise the spaces.

“Helvar Senses can interact with other building services to create the best occupant experience with the lowest possible emissions. By breaking free from traditional building system silos, we can unlock the full potential of buildings and help them to continuously learn”, says Thet Oo, Director of Wired Solutions at Helvar.

Helvar Senses addresses the issue of wasted energy consumption during the operational phase of the building. It’s estimated that buildings typically consume two to five times more energy than initially predicted at the design stage, due to the actual usage of spaces deviating too much from the original design. This results in unnecessary costs for building owners and a negative environmental impact.

Helvar Senses equips building owners and operators with the tools to significantly improve operational efficiency, measure performance, reduce energy consumption, and thereby lessen emissions. All of these are necessary outcomes to achieve sustainability goals and help comply with directives such as CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive).

Air quality has been identified by the World Health Organization as the single largest global health risk if not actively managed. By combining climate, air quality, acoustics and space usage data, Helvar Senses drives Helvar’s impact beyond lighting, helping to facilitate easy communication between different building systems, allowing systems to share experiences and data, and to learn and evolve beyond their initial design.

Helvar is proudly introducing several new sensors for high bay applications to its portfolio. Luminaire-based sensors will be available both for DALI-2 and Helvar ActiveAhead™ solutions. These sensors fit to a Zhaga Book 20 based rectangular 60x22mm hole on a luminaire and allow the same luminaire body to be used for both wired DALI-2 as well as wireless ActiveAhead solutions. Luminaire maintenance is also made easier when the sensor can be easily changed without needing to take the luminaire apart.

Moreover, these luminaire-based sensors are IP65 rated from the outside, allowing them to meet the needs of different types of installation environments. Movement detection is supported for to up to 17 meters and the sensors also include a light sensor, which is recommended to be used using a bright-out function. Also, a batten mountable accessory will be made available when the sensor cannot be mounted on to the luminaire frame. This accessory makes it possible to achieve the IP65 rating for the luminaire.

In addition to the high bay versions, Helvar will also introduce products for lower ceiling heights fitting to a smaller 44x17mm slot on a luminaire. These allow for additional flexibility in projects with different ceiling heights while using the same technology, solution, and design.

The following products and accessories are now available:

• 324D2 Multisensor DALI-2 R44
• 325D2 Multisensor High Bay DALI-2 R60
• 5635 ActiveAhead Multisense R44
• 5636 ActiveAhead Multisense R60 High Bay
• 5695 Batten Mount R44
• 5696 Batten Mount R60

Helvar is also introducing ceiling mountable high bay sensors with radio for its award-winning intelligent wireless lighting control solution ActiveAhead. These mains-powered products, 5641 Node Multisensor High Bay and 5640 ActiveAhead Node Multisensor, can be used as wireless sensors for the ActiveAhead system. In addition, they also include a DALI output with an integrated DALI power supply allowing you to connect DALI devices to it. The Node Multisensor includes the same kind of smart capabilities as the highly appraised ActiveAhead Node Advanced, meaning the ability to connect and control individual DALI luminaires and selected DALI devices such as sensors and relays.

5641 Node Multisensor High Bay detects movement in up to 14 m installation heights. It also includes a light sensor for bright-out functions. A surface mount backbox is included with the product and a flush mount backbox is available as an accessory. The product is available in white and black colours. At the same time, Helvar is bringing 5640 Node Multisensor products to the market for typical indoor ceiling heights.

With these new high bay products, the benefits and easiness of ActiveAhead can be brought to industrial applications— a popular request from ActiveAhead customers thanks to the solution’s capabilities which are seen to fit very well in such applications.

Helvar is excited to announce the expansion of our LED driver offering with a new product category: INDUSTRIAL DALI-2. The new LL165HE-DA-300-1050-IND LED driver is ground-breaking with its whopping 165W power in a standard 360 x 30 x 21mm linear mechanics. Using standard mechanics allows customers to upgrade their high-power high bay indoor luminaires to industrial models and with 165W customers can extend their luminaire offering to higher brightness levels. The LL165HE-DA-300-1050-IND LED driver has an operating window from 300mA to 1050mA that will cover a wide range of luminaire models. Setting the output current and other LED driver parameters can be done with NFC.

LL165HE-DA-300-1050-IND LED driver withstands 4kV surge, lifetime exceeds 100k hrs, ambient temperature range goes up to 70 ᵒC and the LED driver has very high efficiency. Also, LL165HE-DA-300-1050-IND is the first Helvar LED driver with an 8-year warranty as a standard. With SmartData (DALI 251,252,253) features driver can report vital information like energy consumption and diagnostics. SmartData helps building owners to optimize and maintain their lighting installations.

As LL165HE-DA-300-1050-IND is based on the HE-DA platform, it contains familiar features like Switch-Control2, Corridor Control, DC Emergency mode with central battery support and CLO. Smooth and flicker-free dimming down to 1% is done with amplitude dimming technology.

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Helvar is proud to announce the new LL100iC-DA-100-800 2-channel non-isolated LED driver. This DALI-2 certified 100W linear LED driver comes with both Tunable White (DT8) and Dual Control (DT6) modes packed in one device. This allows you to create beautiful Human Centric Lighting applications to boost well-being and atmospheric direct-/indirect light luminaires. The operating mode can be easily changed with NFC while setting the output current and other LED driver parameters. Smooth amplitude dimming down to 0.1% offers accurate and flicker-free lighting, even in the most demanding situations.

LL100iC-DA-100-800 LED driver is designed for sustainable lighting solutions. As a dimmable high-efficiency DALI-2 LED driver with features like CLO, Switch-Control 2, Corridor Control and Smart Data, energy savings of every single luminaire can be maximized. With Smart Data (DALI 251, 252, 253) building owners can follow energy consumption through solutions like Helvar Insights and LL100iC-DA-100-800 is capable of reporting vital diagnostics information over its long lifetime.

Output current is settable from 100mA up to 800mA with 1mA steps, and load voltage can be as low as 45V which makes LL100iC-DA-100-800 an extremely versatile LED driver. In Dual Control mode LED modules connected to both channels can have very different electrical characteristics enabling cost- and performance optimization of luminaire design. LL100iC-DA-100-800 is the solution that ultimately ends the era of using two drivers in luminaires where two DALI addresses are needed.

The LL100iC-DA-100-800 is an optimal fit for BREEAM/LEED/WELL projects due to flicker-free light, Smart data energy monitoring and (CCT) controllability.

Helvar's new LX20 LED Module series with high efficacy exceeding 200lm/W is a perfect fit for all sustainable linear applications where high performance and a long lifetime are required. 20mm wide Zhaga compatible LX20 LED Modules come in four different lengths: 5ft. 4ft, 2ft and 1ft with a very narrow pitch between LEDs enabling extremely homogenous and powerful light distribution. Doubled connectors significantly reduce wiring inside of the luminaire and give freedom to combine different module lengths freely.

Helvar LED modules help luminaire manufacturers achieve a successful transition across to smart energy efficient LED lighting solutions. Helvar offers a comprehensive range of LED modules supporting linear, downlight, square and rectangular luminaire applications. Combined with Helvar’s LED drivers and Lighting Controls they provide maximum energy efficiency, high-quality lighting and user comfort.

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Create your LED light fixture with our made in Finland LED modules. High flux, Tunable White, custom lengths... we offer a solution for any design needs.

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We are happy to introduce our new DALI-2 24V Constant Voltage drivers, LL45-CV24-DA and LL150-CV24-DA. The LL45-CV24-DA and LL150-CV24-DA are dimmable down to 1% with DALI or Push to Fade functionality and with smooth dimming they comply with IEEE 1789-2015 recommendation. With our DALI or Switch-Control extension units, Helvar’s constant voltage LED drivers can be used to create breath-taking dimming solutions for indirect and decorative constant voltage LED lighting. Highlight architectural features, create fascinating atmospheres or change the mood in the room. And enhance wellbeing by eliminating unnecessary glare with indirect lighting. Thanks to integrated strain-reliefs with screwless cable clamps these drivers are super easy and fast to install. The drivers are suited for both built-in and independent luminaire usage. Both LL45-CV24-DA and LL150-CV24-DA are suitable for emergency lighting use.

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Our constant voltage LED drivers are perfect for stunning decorative lighting applications, easily used in both DALI dimmable and non-dimmable solutions.

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