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Wireless Lighting Control Comes of Age

10/27/2015 by Craig DiLouie 1 Comment

Typical automatic lighting control applications involve an input device, such as a photosensor, interacting with a power controller, such as a switch. In some cases, these components may be integrated into the same device, as in the case of a wall-box occupancy sensor. In other cases, the components are installed separately, as in the case […]

Filed Under: Articles, Hubbell Control Solutions, Lutron Electronics Co., Wireless Control

Green Proving Ground Program Studies Advanced Wireless Lighting Controls

08/20/2015 by Craig DiLouie 2 Comments

A traditional lighting control design deploys manual switches and simple controls such as load scheduling to control large zones of luminaires. Even when occupancy sensors are installed, these devices are typically assigned to large control zones. Increasingly stringent commercial building energy codes have made control zoning more granular. Emerging control strategies such as daylight harvesting […]

Filed Under: Articles, Wireless Control

Interview: Hubbell’s Mike Crane Talks Wireless Control

02/04/2015 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Craig DiLouie, LC recently interviewed Mike Crane, senior product manager for Hubbell Building Automation, for tED Magazine on the topic of wireless RF lighting control. The interview is published here in its raw form. DiLouie: How would you characterize demand for RF wireless lighting controls in both new and existing commercial buildings? Crane: Over the […]

Filed Under: Articles, Hubbell Control Solutions, Wireless Control

Sizing the Smart Wireless Lighting Controls Market 2013 and Growth to 2018

12/22/2014 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Not surprisingly, the introduction of LED Lighting has given a major boost to smart lighting controls right across the globe; but we are now entering a new phase of its development, when LED will be dependent upon smart wireless controls, if it is to open up the vast retrofit market in the commercial and industrial […]

Filed Under: Articles, Market Research, Wireless Control

Market Research Suggests High Degree of Confidence with LED Lighting and Controls

11/19/2014 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Given current adoption of commercial building energy codes, conventional wisdom indicates that LED lighting is frequently specified with automatic lighting controls. However, there is little public data available concerning market penetration of LED lighting, how often it is specified as controllable and with lighting controls, owner preferences, and how satisfied specifiers and installers are with […]

Filed Under: Articles, Dimming, Integration, LED Control, Market Research, Research Studies, Wireless Control

Outdoor Lighting Controls: The State of the Art

08/25/2014 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Outdoor lighting controls is undergoing a mini-revolution that offers new design and selling opportunities while challenging electrical professionals to stay on top of technological change. Traditionally, outdoor lighting control was relatively simple. A typical scheme featured a controller providing automatic ON/OFF based on time of day (using an astronomical time switch) or daylight (photosensor). The […]

Filed Under: Articles, Energy Codes, Integration, LED Control, Wireless Control

Visible Light Communication

07/23/2014 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Visible light communication (VLC) is a wireless method that uses light emitted by LEDs to deliver networked, mobile, high-speed communication similar to Wi-Fi, leading to the term Li-Fi. It can be used as standalone solution or in a supplementary role to radio-frequency (RF) or cellular network communication. The basis of the technology, conceived by Professor […]

Filed Under: Articles, Current, Integration, LED Control, Wireless Control

The Next LED Revolution is Control

07/07/2014 by Craig DiLouie 5 Comments

With efficacy and service life steadily increasing and costs declining by about 18 percent each year (Memoori, 2014), the LED revolution continues to develop at a rapid pace. LED’s inherent compatibility with digital control, aided by other trends, is setting the stage for the next LED revolution: smart lighting control. Many LED products are sold […]

Filed Under: Articles, Integration, LED Control, Wireless Control

LCA RF Wireless Controls Survey

11/18/2013 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Radio-frequency (RF) wireless lighting controls are control devices such as manual switches, occupancy sensors and photosensors that communicate via radio waves. Eliminating control wiring may reduce total installed cost while facilitating application of automatic lighting controls in existing construction where installing new wiring would be costly or problematic. As investment has favored existing over new […]

Filed Under: Articles, Research Studies, Wireless Control

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Publishes Feature on Wireless Lighting Control

07/29/2013 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR recently published a feature article about wireless radio-frequency (RF) lighting control written by Craig DiLouie, LC. “This approach promises a number of benefits compared with hardwired solutions. First is flexibility; devices can be placed where needed, installed faster and moved more easily. Electrical planning may be shortened, and irregular applications can be better […]

Filed Under: Articles, Wireless Control

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