Lighting Controls
The Blurred Line between Facilities & IT Departments in Smart Buildings
May 14th, 2015GE Announces LED Lighting Collaborations with Apple and Qualcomm
May 12th, 2015World Market for Building Internet of Things (BIoT) Systems to Reach $76 Billion by 2020
The transformation of Building Automation Systems (BAS) into a Building Internet of Things (BIoT) is now underway. But as the plot is unfolding, the full impact of what BIoT will mean to the BAS industry is not yet well understood. Memoori’s new report published next week – The Transformation of BAS to BIoT: Market Prospects […]
Retail Buildings Provide Lucrative Market Opportunities for Big Data Software
The commercial building market is estimated to be one of the top five applications for Big Data. But the diversity of building types, wide range of sizes and complexities, single or multiple sites and ownerships ensures that one solution will not satisfy all needs. It is therefore imperative that before investing billions of dollars in […]
Lighting Controls Loose their Inferiority Complex
There is a discussion now taking place in the Smart Building business that the transition to LED lighting may trigger a change in the way connectivity is achieved in the Building Automation business as it morphs into the Building Internet of Things. The rationale goes that historically, integrated BAS services have been HVAC centric since […]
Unlocking the Value of Big Data in Smart Buildings
Technical solutions and innovations are kick starting a smart building revolution; advances in lighting control, physical security, building management systems and the Internet of Things (IoT), among others. Each has created a multitude of control benefits and sensory opportunities, but that has also produced masses of unstructured data that demands a new style of data […]
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 […]
Gooee’s Deal with Evrythng is Another Bright Spark for Smart LED Lighting
Gooee, an Internet of Things (IoT) technology business focused on the Smart LED lighting value chain has struck a strategic partnership deal with Evrythng the IoT identity management company. Gooee, set up by Aurora Group founder Andrew Johnson, perhaps unsurprisingly signed their first deal with the Aurora Group and its specialist retail lighting company Microlights. […]
Is Power-Line Communication (PLC) Technology a Viable Alternative to Wireless for Lighting Controls?
A recent visit to Arup’s exhibition “Lighting in the Urban Age” reveals an interesting collaboration between Arup, Echelon and Xicato; which uses PLC to control lighting and not wireless, a route others like Enlighted & Harvard Engineering have already committed to. Lighting is truly at an inflection point; with Smart Lighting lying at the convergence […]
EnOcean Creates New Avenues into the Smart Home Market
Switch and sensor specialist EnOcean have called upon independent engineers and hobbyists to shape the future applications of its technology. In 2014 the firm has established a number of strategic partnerships aimed at penetrating the consumer market. From its inception in 2001, as spin-off from Siemens AG, EnOcean’s main focus has been to market and […]
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