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The Rules are Changing in the Global Lighting Controls Business
November 12th, 2015Building Robotics Launches IoT Platform for Commercial Workspaces
November 5th, 2015Webinar: Shining a Light on the Internet of Things in Buildings
** Recording of this Webinar can be Found HERE ** Please Join us on Monday 16th November for our 11th FREE Webinar in the 2015 Smart Building Series… “Shining a Light on the Internet of Things in Buildings: What part will Lighting Controls play in the Future of Smart Buildings?” A Webinar Q&A with Tanuj […]

Lighting’s Future will Shine Bright by Bringing Intelligence into Buildings
Since electrical lighting was invented some 130 years, the incandescent lighting bulb has evolved at a very slow rate. It is still the main source of light across the world, despite the fact that LEDs appeared on the scene in the early 1960’s and now deliver a much lower energy consumption, longer life, smaller size […]
Divestment Trend Continues with GE Energy Services Start-Up ‘Current’
GE has announced the creation of Current, a start-up that combines energy hardware with a digital backbone to make power simpler and more efficient for customers. The company, which is backed by GE’s balance sheet, brings together GE’s LED, solar, energy storage and electric vehicle businesses as a one-stop shop for early customers like Walgreens, […]
The Global Commercial Lighting Controls Market Expected to Reach $3.67 Billion by 2020
Our new research report “Smart Buildings: The Lighting Controls Business 2015 to 2020” is an objective assessment of the global commercial lighting controls market; which brings together all the factors that influence this industries future. The world value of commercial lighting control products in 2015 will be approximately $2.2 billion at factory gate prices. Memoori […]
Fortune’s Conference Highlights Commercial Internet of Things Energy Savings
Last week, Austin Texas played host to the Fortune Brainstorm E conference, which showcases the people, companies, ideas, and strategies that will bring about transformational change in the business world. The conference explored the disruptive technologies and the new business models that will be needed to thrive in this age of rapid change. Apple, Facebook, […]
Lighting Control is a Key Enabler for Enterprise IoT but needs Open Standards
The Internet of Things (IoT) is ushering in a whole new era of connected devices; from wireless thermostats, security systems to smart phones and smart watches, monitoring and control of remote devices has reached the mainstream consumer market. However, enterprise IoT applications are more complex. Smart building control solutions, one of the core applications for […]
Rethinking Small Commercial Building Automation
Smart building technology is revolutionising energy consumption in commercial buildings, a section of the urban environment that has habitually been the biggest contributor to “energy waste” and climate change. Well over 5 million commercial buildings in the US now incorporate smart technologies, which not only reduce energy consumption but also increase productivity, comfort and safety […]
Aledia LED attracts IKEA among others in $31m Series B financing
Aledia, a developer and manufacturer of 3D LEDs based on its Gallium-Nitride-on-Silicon platform, recently announced the closing of its Series B financing round and the execution of development and supply contracts with major LED buyers. IKEA GreenTech, the venture capital arm of IKEA, and the Ecotechnologies fund of Bpifrance, the French national industrial bank, were […]