LED Lighting
Itron and Silver Spring Networks Eye Internet of Things Opportunities
November 13th, 2015The Rules are Changing in the Global Lighting Controls Business
November 12th, 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 […]
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 […]
What Stage of Development is the Building Internet of Things (BIoT) at Today?
The Building Internet of Things is getting closer to connecting on one common IP Network platform; where all the building automation service can be monitored, analysed and controlled. Automated without the need for intervention by humans. BAS Services have over the last quarter century undergone a slow and painful development of integrating the many different […]
GE Announces LED Lighting Collaborations with Apple and Qualcomm
Last week General Electric (GE) announced collaborations with Qualcomm and Apple, pursuing a path of digital technology and recognising the growing appetite for multifunction LEDs to reinvigorate its 130 year old lighting business. In the deal with chipmaker Qualcomm, GE is offering retailers a way to connect directly with shoppers’ smartphones through technology integrated into […]
Enlighted Launch Unified Digital Sensor & Data Analytics System “and it all Starts with Smart Lighting”
Enlighted recently announced the commercial availability of its unified digital sensor and data analytics system. The Enlighted system effectively collects, analyses and implements big data to drive down operational costs, increase operational efficiencies, improve indoor environments and unlock the Internet of Things for the commercial marketplace. “Enlighted has now moved beyond the beta process and […]