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Why this matters
01 · The old way
A driver in every fixture
Buildings deliver AC, so every LED fixture carries its own driver to convert power to DC.
02 · The problem
Drivers fail first
They sit in hot ceilings and wear out early. Every failure means lifts, ceiling tiles and disruption.
03 · The Cence way
Convert once, centrally
One Hub in the electrical room delivers safe Class 2 DC to every fixture, with no metal conduit.
How Cence works
Cence moves power conversion out of every light fixture and into one central Hub, then delivers safe low voltage DC to your LED lighting.
Cence connects to your building's supply in the electrical room. This is the only place power conversion happens.
One Hub delivers up to 32 Class 2 output circuits to your LED fixtures. No metal conduit, no drivers in the ceiling.
Lower CapEx
No conduit or mechanical protection, and less installation labour.
Lower OpEx
Central maintenance and more than 2× fixture life.
Compact
3kW across 32 channels, saving electrical room wall space.
Efficient
Up to 20% less lighting energy from one high-efficiency conversion.
Centralized DC for DAS, telecom and data center infrastructure.
Lower CapEx
Thinner cable: 380V distribution versus 48V.
Safer
Managed faults reduce electric shock and fire hazards.
Longer runs
Less voltage drop over distance, on thinner cable.
Efficient
DC end to end, with fewer conversion losses.
Cence vs the alternatives
Lower installed cost. Higher reliability. More power in less space. Less energy lost.
Performance at a glance
~60%
~60%
Lower cabling cost, with no metal conduit or junction boxes
2×
2×
LED fixture lifespan via centralized remote drivers
95%
95%
Peak AC-to-DC conversion efficiency
20%
20%
Up to 20% less lighting energy consumption
8%
8%
Up to 8% less embodied carbon in building construction
Maintenance in seconds
Hot-swap power modules in an accessible electrical room. No lifts, no ceiling tiles, no disruption to critical spaces.
Works with your controls
Control-agnostic by design. Cence powers the fixtures; you choose the lighting controls.
Success stories
Who we serve
Choose your industry or role.
Lighting power for hospitals that never close.
Service lighting power in the electrical room, not above patient rooms. Kaiser Permanente runs Cence across multiple facilities.
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Safe, low-maintenance lighting for modern campuses.
Current-limited Class 2 power with no conduit, maintained at eye level, as at TMU's SCIT Hub.
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Lower installed cost. No ladders on the sales floor.
From Sport Chek to TD and Scotiabank branches, lighting maintenance happens in the back room.
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Preserve your design intent.
Drivers move out of the fixture, so fixture choice and placement stay yours.
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Build on a proven Class 2 code framework.
UL-certified Class 2 distribution designed to NEC and CEC requirements, with specs your team can design around.
Learn moreDon't see your building or role? We also work with electrical contractors, building owners, labs and clean rooms, data centers, tenant fit-outs, hospitality, airports and high-rise residential. Contact a specialist →
Our products
Cence LV Hub · Class 2 Gen 2
Switch between External and Internal to see the modular design behind 32 individually programmable outputs.
32
programmable outputs
3000 W
per Hub
95%
peak efficiency
Output modules: 8 modules of 4 outputs, 100 W per output
Control board and backplane
Power supply: 120–277 Vac input
Electrical loads are increasingly reliant on Direct Current (DC) power. LED lighting, telecom equipment, smart devices, and more, all need DC power. When DC powered devices get AC power (delivered by most power grids), they have to convert the AC power they get into the DC power they need. These conversions typically waste up to 40% of a load's consumed power.
Cence LV and FMP are plug-and-play, DC distribution systems that eliminate this energy waste.
Get Cence by contacting a specialist from our team with your project information, and we’ll help you get started
Cence reduces line losses along cables, and AC to DC conversion losses.
Cence FMP distributes fault-managed DC power (up to 450V DC), and both Cence LV and FMP are considered safe from electrical shock or fire.
Cence enables the use of lighter cable gauges, that use less copper, and don't require mechanical protection.
Learn More About The Benefits Of Powering Lighting With DC Power
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