Lighting Controls
Is Power-Line Communication (PLC) Technology a Viable Alternative to Wireless for Lighting Controls?
March 3rd, 2015EnOcean Creates New Avenues into the Smart Home Market
December 1st, 2014Smart LED Lighting Company Digital Lumens Bags $23m in VC Funding… Whilst Samsung Gets Cold Feet
Digital Lumens, founded in Boston in 2008, just secured another $23m in Series C VC Investment. Investors in this round included Goldman Sachs, Stata Venture Partners, Flybridge Capital Partners, Black Coral Capital, Aster Capital & Nokia Growth Partners. They have now raised a total of $49.3m in 5 funding rounds from 6 Investors. Further details […]
The Global Market for the Internet of Things in Smart Buildings will Rise to over $85Bn by 2020
Memoori’s new research report is an objective assessment of the market for Internet of Things Technologies, Networks and Services in Buildings 2014 to 2020. http://memoori.com/portfolio/internet-things-smart-buildings-2014-2020 Overall connectivity penetration rates across all building systems are currently only around 16%. This connectivity penetration rate will of course rise steadily over the coming years, and with it the […]
Echelon Goes “All In” on Internet of Things (IoT), but will the Strategy Work?
With the announcement last week that Echelon has completed the sale of its Smart Grid Division, the company are now “All In” on the Industrial Internet of Things. This move to focus their efforts is in tune with others in Silicon Valley, such as the recently announced Paypal spinoff from eBay, driven through by Carl […]
The Lighting Industry Needs to Redefine Business Models to Deliver Growth Against Disruptive Challengers
During the last 6 months Memoori has published 3 reports on the lighting industry in Smart Buildings covering LED Lighting, Networked Lighting Controls and Wireless Lighting Controls; all of which are now enabling the first stage of development of IoT technology in buildings. Collectively these 3 technologies have made their commercial debut within a span […]
What is Holding Back the Building Internet of Things (BIoT)?
A major factor that will determine growth of lighting controls and BIoT over the next 7 years will depend upon the level of penetration achieved in opening up the retrofit market, which has seen little growth over the last 15 years and still only accounts for 10% of the total lighting controls business. Wireless technology […]
Sizing the Smart Wireless Lighting Controls Market 2013 and Growth to 2018
Not surprisingly the introduction of LED Lighting has given a major boost to smart lighting controls right across the globe; but we are now entering a new phase of its development, when LED will be dependent upon smart wireless controls, if it is to open up the vast retrofit market in the commercial and industrial […]
LED Lighting & Wireless Controls are Converging to Deliver the IoT in Buildings, Forecasts Memoori Research
Memoori’s new research is their latest in a series of reports focusing on LED Lighting & Lighting Controls. This new report concentrates on Wireless Lighting Controls, assessing the Market Positioning of Major Players, Market Sizing & Investment Analysis. LED Lighting in both the new construction and retrofit markets is stimulating demand to replace incandescent lighting […]
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 […]
