Lighting is fundamental to an occupants experience in a building. Lighting accounts for approximately 40% of energy consumption in buildings. Lighting’s ubiquitous nature makes it the ideal platform upon which to establish the Internet of Things in Buildings (BIoT). These three statements underline the importance of lighting to the continued development of smart buildings as we move into an exciting new year for the sector. The recent lighting revolution began with the push to replace traditional incandescent light bulbs with much more efficient light emitting diode (LED). With the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart buildings came a new level of significance for lighting controls; an element now vital to achieving the potential user experience, energy saving and communicative opportunities available to the lighting sector. “Lighting is undergoing a rapid transformation as LEDs become the number one source of light in buildings. This is the single most important driver for the growth […]