Internet of Things
Sizing the Smart Wireless Lighting Controls Market 2013 and Growth to 2018
July 24th, 2014LED Lighting & Wireless Controls are Converging to Deliver the IoT in Buildings, Forecasts Memoori Research
July 17th, 2014Longer Life-Cycles & Price Pressure Push LED Manufacturers Towards Smart Lighting Control
For LEDs, the push into the building lighting market is well under way, driven by improving energy efficiency of the technology and a longevity that is almost unmatched by competing lighting technologies. Memoori’s analysis http://memoori.com/portfolio/led-lighting-in-buildings-2014-to-2018 indicates that market penetration expressed in terms of overall revenue generation of lighting in buildings grew to around 14% at […]
Building Automation Prepares for the Building Internet of Things (BIoT)
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 […]
Will LED Lighting Controls Open the Door to The Internet of Things in Buildings?
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 […]
Why 2014 is a Good Time to be in the Lighting Controls Business
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 […]
Lars Thinggaard, Milestone Systems CEO, Discusses Innovation in Video Surveillance and Security
We recently sat down with Lars Thinggaard, CEO of Milestone, to discuss innovation in video surveillance and the future of the security industry. 1. Where will the major innovations in Video Surveillance come from in the next 5 years? In the next five years, some of the major innovations will come in the way surveillance […]
Will The Smart Grid be the Foundation for the Internet of Energy & “Other Things”?
In the quintessential small English village of Chorleywood, the local health centre has placed its first patient on their Hydra network of smart electricity meters and is now monitoring the weight and blood pressure of the patient in their own home. The system uses Zigbee wireless technology to send readings from the devices to the […]
Smart Grid may have to Pay for its Limited Horizons
Memoori’s new report The Smart Grid Business in 2011 to 2016 shows that the step by step approach to developing the Smart Grid applied in the last 5 years is flawed. What would Leonardo Da Vinci Have Done? When Leonardo Da Vinci was obliged to finish off his first version of “Virgin of the Rocks” […]
Future Investment In Smart Grid Will Dwarf Current Expenditure; But Where Will It Come From?
Later this week we publish our Annual Report “The Smart Grid Business 2011 to 2016” and during the next 2 months we shall produce a series of posts taken from this study on the major issues and challenges facing the industry over the next 5 years. Vast Sums of Money will need to be Invested […]