Bleuwave Controls

Commercial Lighting Controls

Commercial Lighting Controls for Arizona Facilities

Owner-direct design, retrofit, integration, programming, commissioning and service for commercial lighting-control systems — and, where technically appropriate, lighting data combined with your BAS and energy operations.
  • Occupancy sensing
  • Daylight harvesting
  • Scheduling
  • Dimming
  • Relay panels
  • Networked lighting
  • Exterior & parking
  • BAS integration
Request a Lighting Controls AssessmentRequest Lighting Controls Service

Why this matters

Most commercial lighting controls were installed for code — not for operations

Occupancy sensors, daylight zones and automatic shutoff went in because the energy code required them. They passed inspection, the contractor left, and nobody tuned them for how the space is actually used.

Years later the symptoms are familiar: lights on in empty rooms, sensors that trip when nobody is there or fail to catch someone who is, schedules that still assume the old operating hours, and daylight zones that are either uncomfortable or permanently overridden.

We treat lighting controls as an operating system for the building, not a compliance checkbox — which means zones that match how people use the space, schedules that match the real calendar, and a documented record of how it is set up.

Office facility operator coordinating building and lighting controls
Occupancy, schedules and daylight strategies should match how spaces are actually used.
Controls technician commissioning building automation equipment in a mechanical room
Commercial facility operator reviewing building automation performance

Core capabilities

Lighting control capability

  • Occupancy and vacancy sensing
  • Daylight harvesting and photocell control
  • Time schedules and astronomical scheduling
  • Dimming and scene control
  • Relay panels and contactor control
  • Networked lighting controls
  • Zone control and space reconfiguration
  • Exterior and parking-area lighting control
  • High-bay and warehouse lighting controls
  • After-hours override control
  • Demand-response or load-shed integration where supported
  • Lighting alarms, status, trends and BAS visualization where integration is appropriate
  • Retrofit of obsolete or poorly performing controls
  • Lighting controls troubleshooting, programming and recommissioning

Owner problems

What we are usually called in to fix

If more than two of these describe your building, the controls are almost certainly worth a review before anything gets replaced.

What you’re seeing

Lights stay on in unoccupied spaces.

How we approach it

We check sensor coverage, time delays, and whether zones were ever wired the way the drawings show. Often a handful of sensors are covering rooms they cannot actually see into.

What you’re seeing

Occupancy sensors nuisance-trip, or do not respond at all.

How we approach it

Sensitivity, technology choice (PIR versus ultrasonic versus dual), mounting location and airflow interference all cause this. We test in the space rather than adjusting from the panel.

What you’re seeing

Schedules are wrong after tenant or operating-hour changes.

How we approach it

We rebuild the schedule matrix against current occupancy, including holidays and seasonal changes, and document it so the next change does not require us.

What you’re seeing

Lighting controls are isolated from facility operations.

How we approach it

Where the platform supports it, we surface lighting status, overrides and runtime alongside HVAC in the BAS so one operator sees one picture.

What you’re seeing

Legacy panels are obsolete or undocumented.

How we approach it

We inventory the panels, relays and devices, identify what is still supported, and plan a phased retrofit rather than a wholesale rip-out.

What you’re seeing

Daylight zones are over-lighted or uncomfortable.

How we approach it

We re-commission the photocell setpoints and fade behaviour against measured light levels in the space, at the times of day the complaint actually occurs.

What you’re seeing

Staff cannot easily override or understand the system.

How we approach it

We simplify the override paths, label them, and produce a one-page quick-reference guide for the people who work in the space.

What you’re seeing

The facility has multiple lighting-control brands with no standard.

How we approach it

We document what exists across the portfolio and propose a standard to migrate toward as equipment reaches end of life — not all at once.

Closeout deliverables

What you should receive when lighting controls work is finished

These are the deliverables we produce when the scope includes them. We list them here so you know what to ask any contractor for.

Lighting zone schedule & naming convention

Every zone named consistently and mapped to a physical space, so a future change starts from a document instead of a walkthrough.

Control panel & device inventory

Panels, relays, sensors, photocells and dimming modules recorded with locations and model numbers.

Sequence / intent narrative

A written description of what the system is supposed to do in each space type and mode.

Occupancy & daylight setpoints

Time delays, sensitivity settings and photocell targets as commissioned, not as shipped.

Schedule matrix

Occupied hours, holidays, seasonal variations and exterior astronomical settings in one table.

Override logic

Where overrides exist, what they do, how long they last and who can use them.

Point / integration list

What the lighting system exposes to the BAS and how each point is mapped.

Operator graphics / dashboards

Where integrated, lighting status and control presented alongside the rest of the building.

Training & quick-reference guide

A short guide for facility staff covering the changes they will actually need to make.

As-built / record documentation

Updated drawings reflecting what was installed, not what was designed.

Commissioning & functional test record

Which zones were tested, what failed, what was corrected and the re-test result.

Maintenance & replacement plan

Expected service life of sensors, drivers and panels, so replacement can be budgeted rather than reacted to.

Whole-building strategy

Lighting and HVAC decisions belong on the same calendar

Occupancy is one fact about a building. When the lighting system and the BAS each maintain their own version of it, they disagree — and the building pays for the disagreement in comfort complaints and after-hours runtime.

Where the lighting platform exposes a usable interface, we integrate it so schedules, holidays and after-hours overrides are managed once. Where it does not, we say so and coordinate the two systems manually rather than promising an integration that will not hold up.

Commercial controls technician inspecting rooftop HVAC equipment in Phoenix
Field diagnostics connect sequences and controls to equipment behavior.
Smart building operator reviewing connected facility systems
Arizona facility technician reviewing modern building controls infrastructure

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Questions from facility teams and owners evaluating a lighting-controls project.

No, and sometimes they should not be. Integration is worth doing when it removes duplicated schedules, gives operators one place to look, or supplies runtime and occupancy data you will actually use. It is not worth doing when the interface is fragile, the platform charges heavily for the point count, or the only benefit is a status light on a graphic nobody opens. We will tell you which case you are in.

In most cases yes. What determines it is whether the platform requires manufacturer-specific programming software or credentials. Many systems can be adjusted, re-zoned and recommissioned with standard access; some require a licensed tool. We check that during the assessment and tell you before quoting, rather than discovering it on site.

Usually, and usually without replacing them. The common causes are a time delay set too short, a sensor technology mismatched to the space, a mounting location that cannot see the seated work area, or airflow from a diffuser triggering an ultrasonic sensor. We test in the room under real conditions before recommending hardware.

Often more so. LED retrofits frequently reuse the existing control layer or bypass it entirely, which means dimming, daylight response and occupancy behaviour are left in whatever state they were in. Controls are also where the remaining runtime savings live once the fixtures themselves are efficient. We would evaluate that against your actual operating hours rather than a generic percentage.

We do not publish a savings percentage without a project-specific basis, because the honest answer depends entirely on your current runtime, occupancy pattern and utility rate. What we can do during an assessment is measure or estimate current after-hours runtime and show you where the recoverable hours are. Any figure we put in a proposal will be traceable to your building, not to an industry average.

Related capabilities

Next step

Request a lighting controls assessment

Tell us the facility type, roughly how many zones or panels are involved, the platform if you know it, and what is going wrong. Photos of the panels and sensors help more than you would expect.
Request a Lighting AssessmentRequest Lighting Service
CallServiceGet Quote