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Echelon recently released findings from an online survey showing that that majority of planners intend to integrate lighting, HVAC and security systems into a common platform. This was hardly a surprising finding and nor was the statement that almost half of building automation projects today involve legacy systems running multiple protocols from different vendors. The […]

The major challenge for Lighting Controls companies of applying new technology in LED Lighting and Wireless Communications across both the Retrofit and New Construction building markets will require the supply structure and distribution channels to undergo major surgery if it is to achieve a CARG of 12% to 2020. Prior to the 1990’s the Lighting […]

Will the confluence of the Internet, Wireless Technology and LED Lighting create the perfect storm that opens up the opportunity for the Internet of Things (IoT) to rapidly establish itself in buildings? Each new LED fixture can now be a node on an intelligent network turning off the lights when people aren’t around or dimming […]

LED Lighting may be the major driver for new growth in the world lighting controls business but unless the retrofit market can be opened up through an innovative awareness campaign and wireless technology the business will stagnate yet again in 5 years time. For the last 20 years the market for bus based lighting controls […]

Network based lighting controls have failed to gain much traction over the last 5 years despite the benefits that they can deliver for improving operating costs and reducing CO2 emissions. So why will the influx of LED lighting into the commercial building market open up new opportunities for controls? This is now the most exciting […]

There is an old Irish joke in which a traveller asks for directions to Limerick and is told that, ‘well you wouldn’t want to be starting from here!’ That is the major problem facing the CleanTech industry today. Capital intensive renewable power projects are now at a place where governments around the world are delaying […]

There is a discussion now taking place in the Smart Building business that the transition to LED lighting may trigger a change in the way the BEMS industry works. The rationale goes that historically, building controls applications have been HVAC-centric since that was the element of the building where controls could add significant value. In […]

The Hub for Innovation and Developments in LED & OLED Lighting Technologies The international LED professional Symposium +Expo (LpS) has established itself as the leading LED and OLED lighting technology event in Europe. Over 1,000 visitors are expected to come to the third annual LpS event on September 24th to 26th, 2013 in Bregenz, Austria. […]