Lighting Controls
A New Layered & Probabilistic Approach To Occupancy Sensing
September 13th, 2018Light is a Powerful Stimulant But can we get the Productivity Boost Without the Side Effects?
September 7th, 2018
Buildings can Become a Major Driving Force for the Productivity of Businesses
“We can and will talk about health, comfort, and wellbeing in terms of method, but in the end, it all comes down to productivity. In the world of business that has always been the key objective,” begins our comprehensive report that cuts through the rhetoric to provide a picture of the rapid evolution taking place […]
Can Office Lighting Really Make You More Productive?
The right type of office light can make you more productive. This is a concept we’ve been hearing more and more in recent years, albeit mainly from lighting vendors and those promoting their smart buildings that feature “human-centric” lighting. So is this all just bogus science being used to reinvent the light bulb or is […]
Smart Buildings: Connected Technology in a Disconnected Industry
The smart building is, in essence, a set of interconnected building systems. The industry that surrounds those smart buildings, however, is epitomized by its disconnectedness. This irony is more than just an amusing fact. It highlights a serious issue in the smart building sector, one that holds back growth and limits the understanding of the […]
Research Suggests Stress Can Increase Productivity Sparking New AI Debate
Employee comfort has been a hallmark of the workplace in the IoT era. Office design and technology has promised to raise worker comfort levels to bring about health, wellbeing and productivity benefits. New research suggests, however, that too much comfort can be negative and that stress is an important motivator for performance. How will modern […]
Siemens Continues its Californian IoT Shopping Spree with Acquisition of Comfy
Siemens Building Technologies Division has completed another significant deal in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, this time with the acquisition of Comfy (previously known as Building Robotics). The Oakland, CA, based start-up is known for their building controls mobile app. The deal is the third smart building startup acquired during the German engineering conglomerate’s […]
In the Beginning There Was Light… ing Control Standards, Then Things got Complicated
In the Beginning There Was Light -ing controls and then came the Internet of Things (IoT). This means that lighting control standards were never intended or designed to deal with the multi-faceted and data rich uses of lighting infrastructure we see today. Lighting now finds itself at the heart of the IoT in Buildings, lighting-based […]
Lighting Takes the LEED on Energy & Occupant WELL-being
“There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the brightness and wavelength of workplace lighting is not only essential for enabling sight, but that it can also have strong non-visual biological effects, in regulating the human circadian system, and impacting the biological clock of workers, as well as their mood and alertness,” states […]
Siemens Building Technologies Acquires BIoT Start-Up Enlighted
Europe’s largest industrial manufacturing company, Siemens, has agreed to acquire the Silicon Valley Internet of Things (IoT) solutions start-up Enlighted. Financial details have not been disclosed and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018. Founded by Premal Ashar and Tanuj Mohan, Enlighted have raised more than $80 million in funding […]
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