Lighting Controls
Signify’s Lighting Business 2021 Examined
February 1st, 2022Smart Building Data Silos are Not Sustainable for the Market or the Environment
January 11th, 2022
Semantic Tagging for Small Smart Buildings
“BIoT technology penetration for small and medium-sized commercial buildings is well behind the curve in terms of adoption. This situation is largely a consequence of the business models and economic imperatives that have historically driven the building controls market,” our report on the IoT in smart commercial buildings stated. “Although the cost of building controls solutions is […]
Acuity Brands Annual Report 2021 Examined
While lighting makes up 95% of Acuity Brands Inc revenue (they are now the largest lighting manufacturer in North America) it is their Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG) business segment that focuses on smart buildings technology. In this research note, we examine their recently published 2021 Annual Report. Acuity’s ISG business segment offers building management systems […]
Investment in Smart Glass Startups Accelerates Building Integrated Photovoltaic Tech
Investment in Smart Glass Startups are Accelerating the Adoption of Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Technology.
A History of Bad Office Lighting Must Make Way for a Human-Centric Future
“Every office I’ve ever worked in has had lighting that’s made me feel varying degrees of insane and depressed. To be clear, I’m not speaking specifically about the New York Magazine office lighting — our combo of LED overhead and natural light is not uniquely bad, but it is definitely bad in the way that […]
Emerging Standards & Falling Costs Could Drive Widespread HCL Adoption
Human-Centric Lighting (HCL) has been part of the smart building discussion for some years now but its implementation has so far been limited to only the most advanced facilities. While the biological benefits of the technology are proven, the technical and financial elements required for the widespread implementation of HCL in a broad spectrum of […]
COVID Lights the Path to Workplace Consolidation & Smarter Buildings
COVID-19 has focused the world’s attention on health, this is especially true for commercial buildings that have seen significantly reduced, and often zero, occupancy for much of the past year. Cleaning and contactless technologies have taken center stage in the fight against virus transmission to comply with new regulations and encourage workers back to the […]
Contract Security Services or ‘Security as a Service’?
Buyers of Access Control and Video Surveillance Services now have the choice of using Contract Security Service companies or the new breed of ACaaS & VSaaS suppliers now coming from the physical security manufacturing business, with many looking to sell direct to the end user. Both are delivering sophisticated services that are reducing the total […]
Printable Sensors Could Trigger Next Wave of Innovation in the Built Environment
Sensors are one of the fundamental elements of smart buildings. They provide the foundation of data collection that allows all Internet of Things (IoT) applications to function. The falling cost and reduced size of sensors has been a significant market driver. Now a rapidly maturing type of sensor offers a revolutionary drop in both size […]
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