Acuity
Distech Controls Expands Data Center Offering with $675M Buy
October 27th, 2026Acuity Intelligent Spaces FY2026: Strong 17% Q4 Growth
October 22nd, 2026
Acuity Delivers Strong 2025 Results: $4.35B Revenue & QSC Integration Update
In this Research Note, we examine the latest results of Acuity Inc. for the year ending 31st August 2025, its Lighting and Intelligent Spaces business segments, and the impact of the QSC acquisition. Acuity Inc Profile Acuity Inc., formerly Acuity Brands Inc., is an industrial technology company based in Atlanta, Georgia with two business segments, […]
LEDs Lighting the Path Towards Location Based Services
You step inside a supermarket and your shopping list is transformed into a personalized map, showing you the deals that’ll appeal to you most. You pause in front of a concert poster, pull out your phone, and you’re greeted with an option to buy tickets with a single tap. Welcome to the world of location […]
Acuity Brands & Sensity Systems team up to accelerate the Internet of Things
Last week, Acuity Brands announced a strategic partnership with, light sensory networks firm, Sensity Systems. Acuity Brands and Sensity intend to develop a joint solution that further accelerates energy-efficient LED lighting into a smart, connected platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). Their smart lighting solutions will be targeted at city scale projects, commercial and […]
Acuity Brands Acquires Distech Controls for $252m to Expand Further into Building Automation
Acuity Brands has just acquired Intelligent Building Automation And Energy Management company Distech Controls for $252.8 million. Canadian based Distech has some innovative products to control HVAC, Access Control and Video Surveillance in Buildings; allowing connectivity and analysis of different systems. It generated $55.7m in sales last year, meaning Acuity paid an exit sales multiple […]
The Convergence of LED Lighting and Wireless Control will Help Deliver a Building Internet of Things (BIoT)
A report by Memoori Research to be published next month will examine how LEDs and Wireless technology can converge to create enormous opportunities in smart lighting controls over the next 15 years. LED Lighting in both the new construction and retrofit market initiates the demand to replace incandescent lighting and reduce CO2 emissions. However the […]
The Global Market for LED Lighting in Buildings will Reach $10.3 Billion by the End of 2014, Predicts Memoori Research
Memoori estimates that revenue from the global LED Lighting market for buildings hit $8.1 billion in 2013 and will rise to around $10.3 billion by the end of 2014. The market will have grown still further to total almost $23 billion by 2018 – http://memoori.com/portfolio/led-lighting-in-buildings-2014-to-2018/ This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in the […]
The Importance of Intellectual Property (IP) in LED Lighting
The biggest companies in the lighting and semiconductor industries collectively hold hundreds of patents relating to areas including raw materials, chip fabrication, packaging and associated “secondary emission” phosphor processes which turn blue light into white. IP development is a cornerstone of the competitiveness of this industry. A key strategy for survival is to out-innovate the […]