Philips Lighting recently announced launched a tunable-white lighting solution. The solution allows users to easily change LED intensities and CCT from warm white (2700K) all the way to cool white (6500K) depending on the need or preference at any given time. In addition, when combined with lighting controls, Philips tunable-white can provide centralized management and […]

The EnOcean Alliance and the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) recently announced a new liaison agreement. This collaboration joins a wireless building controls alliance with an Internet of Things (IoT) association. The cooperation will result in solutions using both technologies – the EnOcean energy harvesting wireless standard and the OIC specification.

There is a lot of buzz today about the Internet of Things and the convergence of intelligent controllable light sources, communication networks, sensors, and data exchange in future lighting systems. On November 16, 2015, in Portland, OR, DOE’s inaugural Connected Lighting Systems Workshop will gather top experts from the lighting, semiconductor, and IT industries to […]

The 2015 Next Generation Luminaires Indoor and Outdoor Competitions have both officially launched. Written Intents to Submit are due on December 31, 2014, and both judging events will take place in March 2015. NEW FOR 2015: Concurrent competitions, with both Indoor and Outdoor winners announced at LIGHTFAIR 2015. In order to maximize NGL’s value to […]

LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) will introduce the LFI Controls & Connectivity Forum as a part of the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, which will take place in New York May 3-7, 2015 (Trade Show: May 5-7; Pre-Conference LIGHTFAIR Institute®: May 3-4; Conference: May 5-7). For 2015, the LIGHTFAIR Conference continues […]

Acuity Brands, Inc. has introduced the new Fresco(TM) touchscreen from Acuity Controls, enabling intuitive control of traditional, color changing and tunable white light sources, as well as moving fixtures, to create visual impact in high performance spaces. Users easily manage key aspects of lighting including intensity, color, color temperature, energy and position. The Fresco touchscreen […]