Description of the infrastructure

The Atlas Living Lab infrastructure spans the 4th to 11th floor of the Atlas Building, excluding the toilets, technical spaces and emergency stairs. The Living Lab infrastructure is based on the Philips Connected Office lighting system. This basic infrastructure consists of the following elements:

  • An IP based network infrastructure, part of the 黑料福利网 internal network
  • Dimmable Philips LED luminaires that are IP addressable
  • Sensors that capture information that in itself is anonymous and not uniquely identifying. The initial set of sensors is embedded in the luminaires and measures occurrence of movement (yes/no) in a range of approx. 2m by 3m for small movements (at a desk) and approx. 3m by 5m for large movements (walking).
  • Control software: Philips Connected Office software allows monitoring of luminaires and sensors and control of dim levels of individual luminaires. The software also includes an Application Programming Interface, that allows other applications to read and control the hardware.
  • The Atlas Living Lab server that extracts research data from the system and that runs applications made for projects in the Atlas Living Lab.
  • The Atlas Research Database. This database stores data from the Atlas Living Lab.
  • Information signs about Living Lab research at every entrance leading up to the Atlas Living Lab.
  • The research infrastructure offers the possibility for including new sensors and controlling other building systems like heating.