Wireless Control

DALI Alliance Launch Test and Certification Specifications for DALI+

05/20/2024 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

The DALI Alliance recently unveiled much-anticipated certification details for its wireless specification: DALI+ over Thread.

Bluetooth NLC Wants to Change the Game

04/24/2024 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

In September 2023, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) released Bluetooth® NLC, a series of specifications that define roles and responsibilities for common lighting control devices. Bluetooth NLC builds on wireless standards Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) and Bluetooth Mesh to provide full-stack standardization. By ensuring true multivendor interoperability across the control system, the Bluetooth SIG believes this will enable mass adoption of wireless networked lighting controls in commercial buildings, including small and medium-sized as well as large buildings.

LCA TV: Introduction to Luminaire-Level Lighting Controls

01/18/2024 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Interested in learning more about luminaire-level lighting controls (LLLC)? Check out this webinar based on the Lighting Controls Association’s LLLC course, one of the most popular courses in the organization’s Education Express program.

Bluetooth SIG’s Damon Barnes Talks Bluetooth NLC

01/10/2024 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP recently had the opportunity to interview Damon Barnes, Director of Technical Marketing, Bluetooth SIG, Inc. for an article about Bluetooth NLC for an upcoming issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. Transcript follows.

McWong’s Stephen Zhou Talks Control Simplicity

07/14/2023 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP recently had the opportunity to interview Stephen Zhou, Executive Vice President, McWong International, about how lighting controls are becoming simpler. Transcript follows.

Consultant John Arthur Wilson Talks Wireless Controls

08/12/2022 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

LightNOW’s David Shiller recently interviewed John Arthur Wilson, a lighting control and utility rebate consultant, about his 2021 market research into wireless lighting controls.

NBI Publication: Controlling Comfort and Energy in Offices

06/30/2021 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Two of the best investments building owners and corporate tenants can make to improve employee well-being and energy efficiency are automated shading systems and modern LED lighting with advanced wireless controls, says Controlling Comfort and Energy in Offices, a new publication by the New Buildings Institute.