Network based lighting controls have failed to gain much traction over the last 5 years despite the benefits that they can deliver for improving operating costs and reducing CO2 emissions. So why will the influx of LED lighting into the commercial building market open up new opportunities for controls? This is now the most exciting time for the lighting industry since the early twentieth century, we are truly at an inflection point, and the forthcoming shakeout over the next 5 years will determine the winners and losers in the game, as well as who will be the lighting giants of the future. It is the impact of LED technology that is providing vast opportunities to improve lighting products and controls and their efficiency, which has coincided with the mandated demand to reduce CO2 emissions in buildings that has created this challenging opportunity. Our new research report “The Global Lighting Controls Business 2013 to 2017” shows […]