System and method for optimizing daylight harvesting in distributed sites

A lighting control system for optimizing operation of one or more skylights of one or more distributed sites to facilitate daylight harvesting, the lighting control system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor instructions, which on execution, causes the processor to:
• identify one or more skylight-linked lighting circuits from a plurality of lighting circuits by analyzing at least one of site configuration data, site instrumentation data, or ambient data;
• determine interception points configured for each identified skylight-linked lighting circuit to switch from daylight utilization to electric consumption and to switch from electric consumption to daylight utilization, wherein the interception points are determined based on at least one of the site configuration data, the site instrumentation data or the ambient data;
• and
• derive an second operation schedule for the operation of one or more skylight linked lighting circuits based on the interception points and current operating schedule of the skylight linked lighting circuits;
• detect deviations in the operation of the one or more skylights based on the derived second operation schedule;
• identify one or more causes of the deviations by correlating the ambient data with the site instrumentation data and the site configuration data;
• derive a corrective action for each deviation based on analysis of at least one of the one or more causes, the site configuration data, operational limitations of the skylight linked lighting circuits, historical data related to the operation of the one or more skylights, comparison with peer sites, or corrective action database;
• prioritize the corrective actions corresponding to the deviations based on a quantum of deviation or cost associated with the corrective action;
• and
• implement the corrective action corresponding to the deviations based on the prioritization to optimize the operation of the one or more skylights.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for optimizing operation of one or more skylights of one or more distributed sites to facilitate daylight harvesting, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• identify one or more skylight-linked lighting circuits from a plurality of lighting circuits by analyzing at least one of site configuration data, site instrumentation data, or ambient data;
• determine interception points configured for each identified skylight-linked lighting circuit to switch from daylight utilization to electric consumption and to switch from electric consumption to daylight utilization, wherein the interception points are determined based on at least one of the site configuration data, the site instrumentation data or the ambient data;
• and
• derive an second operation schedule for the operation of one or more skylight linked lighting circuits based on the interception points and current operating schedule of the skylight linked lighting circuits;
• detect deviations in the operation of the one or more skylights based on the derived second operation schedule;
• identify one or more causes of the deviations by correlating the ambient data with the site instrumentation data and the site configuration data;
• derive a corrective action for each deviation based on analysis of at least one of the one or more causes, the site configuration data, operational limitations of the skylight linked lighting circuits, historical data related to the operation of the one or more skylights, comparison with peer sites, or corrective action database;
• prioritize the corrective actions corresponding to the deviations based on a quantum of deviation or cost associated with the corrective action;
• and
• implement the corrective action corresponding to the deviations based on the prioritization to optimize the operation of the one or more skylights.