Forty-three percent of energy leaders say their investment in energy efficiency next year is projected to be more than it was last year, according to survey results recently released by Schneider Electric. Twenty-two percent said their projected investment would stay the same, and 10 percent reported their investment would be less than last year. The […]


The Battle for Control of Lighting Controls
Navigant Research recently published a blog post about how the advent of LED lighting and lower-cost control technology is changing the lighting controls industry, causing three types of companies to compete for dominance. The article begins: “With the rise of LED lighting and inexpensive controls technologies, the market for networked lighting controls is expected to […]

Survey: Nearly Half of Lighting Retrofit Projects Use Automatic Lighting Controls
A survey conducted by manufacturer Precision-Paragon found respondents reporting they include some type of automatic lighting control in 48% of their lighting retrofit projects. Greentech has the story here.

Shipments of Devices to Control Commercial Lighting to Double by 2017
IMS Research projects that the market for lighting control devices in commercial buildings will double from 2010 to 2017, with shipments of devices increasing from 29.6 million to 61.6 million. Most of these components will be connected ballasts that contain a connectivity technology such as DALI or ZigBee, says the research organization. One of the […]