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Any smart lighting system for the home should provide certain basics. • The system should be capable of connecting to existing lighting. • Control of the lighting system via a smartphone app should be intuitive for the user. • It…
The Growth Potential of LED Fine Pitch Display Applications
The latest research report of LEDinside “2019 Global LED Video Wall Market Outlook – Cinema, Rental Market and Price Trend,” indicated that the market scale of global LED display is expected to reach US$ 9.349 billion by 2022 with a…
A Fresh Look at Office Lighting by Craig Dilouie
Open ceilings, collaborative workspaces, microleasing, and unique designs that inspire occupants and reinforce brand are just some of the trends reshaping the modern office and driving innovative lighting designs. The LED and subsequent intelligent control revolutions have supported these office…
Tagged with: celings, control, Craig Dilouie, microleasing, Office Lighting
Posted in Featured Articles
Posted in Featured Articles
Smart Lighting Yields Significant Benefits Beyond Energy Savings
Bluetooth® device networks can enable the automatic, centralized control of a building’s essential systems, including HVAC, security, and lighting to harness energy savings, lower operating costs, and improve the life of a building’s core systems. Right now, smart lighting is…
Control the Lights from Your Phone at Hilton
Dubbed ‘Connected Room’, the technology allows guests to also control the temperature, the TV and the window blinds. Connected Room is live in one hotel but will be rolled out in coming weeks in several more, and will begin to…
Casambi’s Latest Version of Smart Lighting Control App for Buildings of Any Size
Available on both Apple and Android platforms, the new app enables daylight management. The control solution allows dimming of artificial lighting when daylight is available for achieving maximum lighting quality and reduced energy consumption. This can be done via standalone…
Tagged with: Casambi, control, rotary switches, Sensors, smart lighting
Posted in Product Promotions
Posted in Product Promotions
Focal Point Announces a New Approach to Connected LED Luminaires
The Internet of Things (IoT) has enabled a synergy between luminaires and controls like never before. Lighting control systems now integrate with whole building management systems and leverage the electrical power and ubiquitous presence of lighting to collect data for…
Tagged with: Connected LED, Connected Solutions, control, Focal Point, IoT
Posted in Product Promotions
Posted in Product Promotions
Philips, Cisco on Brink of Connected Lighting Partnership
Details of the hook-up between the world’s largest lighting company, Philips, and $49.2 billion Internet stalwart Cisco, are still sketchy. But it will almost certainly include using Ethernet cables to provide low-voltage electricity to LED lighting and to use those…
Global Lighting Technologies White Paper
Light Guide Technology Enables Uniform and Bi-Directional Distribution from LEDs in General Lighting Applications. Fixture manufacturers have sought a solution for use in suspended light fixtures that will allow the light to be distributed upward, for indirect illumination, as well…
Checking Air Quality, Rerouting Traffic… Streetlights Aren’t Just For Lighting Anymore
Lighting has gone digital with the advent of LEDs, and with that, streetlights are starting to double up not only as light sources, but also as information technology do-it-alls that will help cities monitor and control everything from traffic to…
LEDs Deliver more control and intelligence, as SSL aesthetics and performance advance
The exhibits at this year’s LightFair International (LFI) bristled with the latest new LED-based products, performance advances, innovative indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures, novel retrofit approaches, and dazzling remote control and networking methods from anywhere and by just about anyone…
Tagged with: advances, control, intelligence, LED, LIGHTFAIR International, products, SSL
Posted in Industry News
Posted in Industry News
Making The Case For Control & Monitoring Systems For Municipal Street Light Installations
Municipal streetlight installations can save money using LEDs. A lot of money can be wasted if cities don’t also install a control and monitoring system for maintenance. LED street lighting by itself commonly saves around 50 percent or sometimes even…
BASEBALL & LIGHTING – GETTING IT RIGHT
Is there anything more traditional than Baseball and Lighting? American as apple pie so they say…. I just came back from Lightfair. What a show, better than ever. I just love what’s happening to the lighting industry. Both the new…
