Distech Controls
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The Smart Airport is a Very Different Prospect to Other Smart Buildings
You may not be surprised to hear that there has been another partnership between a lighting firm and an IT company. Such has been the surge of lighting into the IT sector that it seems that every month we see a new IT – lighting relationship forming. Many have been strategic partnerships while others are […]

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 […]

Identifying Winners in the Smart Lighting Controls Business
Memoori’s latest market research report – Smart Wireless Lighting Controls 2014 to 2018 – carefully analyzes both the demand and supply side considerations to arrive at a realistic assessment of market potential for the lighting wireless controls market from 2014 to 2018. The report shows that there can be no doubt about the enormous demand […]