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Sales of smart lighting control products are expected to be very strong, according to a new report by Markets and Markets. The study finds that the highest growth is likely to take place in commercial and industrial applications of smart lighting. By James Hunt:
Showing current and forecast smart lighting controls growth.
Markets and Markets
This new analysis examines the key growth strategies of the major lighting companies, including Acuity Brands, Legrand, Lutron and Zumtobel, and it categorises application areas into commercial and industrial, residential, outdoor lighting, public and government buildings and road vehicles. Its geographical reach is North and South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the rest of the world (RoW).
On the basis of lighting type, the study examines LED, fluorescent, (FL), compact fluorescent (CFL) and high intensity discharge lamps (HID), plus the and related controls, which include relays, controllable breakers, occupancy sensors, dimming actuators, switch actuators, blind/shutter actuators, transmitters and receivers.
The smart lighting industry involves the use of lighting control systems that deliver the right amount and/or quality of light when needed. It can allow lighting to automatically perform various operations at set times or under set conditions.
Smart lighting also makes use of intelligent lighting control systems to intelligently control light, based on various parameters including occupancy, movement, colour temperature, amount of natural/daylight and so on. These are the main topics of the new study.
The growth of the market in coming years is expected to be very important, with the revenue growth estimated to reach £33 billion by 2020, at an estimated CAGR of 15.8% from 2014 to 2020. In addition to the major players mentioned, there have been a number of acquisitions, mergers, new product launches, agreements etc., and these are also discussed in the report.
The importance of LEDs
The report profiles companies that are active in smart lighting technologies and finds that currently, there are many launching new LED lighting and related control products in this market, and that smart lighting is growing in ‘a remarkable way’. The study also says that the main factors driving the market are the fast development and take-up of LED lighting, the rapid growth of street lighting systems, and the expansion of this technology in the so-called smart cities.
Europe currently has the largest market for smart lighting, especially in commercial and industrial, public and government buildings applications, with the Asia Pacific region second, the report finds. Several new players have emerged in the latter region, which ‘have developed breakthrough products related to smart lighting’. The market is also expected to grow at a modest rate in the developed regions, such as the Americas, according to this analysis.
Wireless is changing the market
In addition, the report observes that LED based lighting devices, integrated with the various wireless technologies, are finding good opportunities. Wireless networking technologies, it says, are bringing intelligence to a new generation of smart lighting.
It is partly for this reason that key industry figures predict that IT companies may take a significant share of the wireless lighting controls market in the future – possibly as part of the fast growing ‘Internet of Things’.
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LED GU10 Lamps – Most Popular Lighting Solution
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LED lights are extremely energy efficient and low in power consumption, making them perfect for general or accent lighting. They are bright enough to light homes or offices. LED lamps come in a variety of shapes and bases such as GU10, MR16, or tubes, to mirror their conventional counterparts. They are made for simple and quick replacement of existing incandescent, halogen or CFL bulbs. LED GU10 lamps are more efficient than halogen or CFL GU10 bulbs, and will fit most most standard downlight fittings. These lamps can be used in a variety of fitting types including fixed, adjustable (gimble) or IP65 shower rated.
LED GU10 Lamps
LED GU10 Lamps are a great replacement for halogen bulbs, as they consume up to 90% less electricity, making them inexpensive to run, yet they produce the same light output. They are a popular retrofit solution for many applications, including offices, bathrooms, kitchens, corridors, shops, and hotels. LED GU10s come in wattages to match the light outputs of standard halogen bulbs; 2W=20W, 4W=35W, 5.5W=50W, and 8W=65W+. These LED equivalents wont burn a hole in your pocket at the time of electricity bill payments. Prices are coming down all the time, which means that you can enjoy paybacks of less than 6 months with many LED GU10s, yet they will last over 10 years. This means you can continue to enjoy energy savings well into the future.
Novel Energy Lighting sells a wide range of such LED GU10s from Philips, Megaman, Heathfield, and others. These GU10s include dimmable and non-dimmable versions, and are equivalent to 35W and 50W halogen bulbs. We also sell a range of downlight fittings for these lamps.
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Terry Anderson
Building manager, Northamptonshire Police
We’re starting to introduce LEDs
We’ve used LEDs when we’ve done office refurbishments. We’ve gone from individual cellular offices to open-plan offices at the force headquarters in Northampton. We’ve done this primarily to house more people. And when we’ve done this we’ve converted the old T5s and T8s to LED.
I’ve also used them outside under walkways. I’ve recently completed a project where I’ve replaced a load of SON 80s with LED spotlights on a building for general lighting around our firearms range. That’s probably the most adventurous project I’ve attempted with the police force. They’re very old school.
Initial installations have been successful
LEDs are reducing our energy consumption. Most of our buildings are old, and so the Display Energy Certificates (DEC) are very low. The energy being used against the floor area of the building doesn’t quite work out, and it drags our DECs down.
By changing as many of the old lights to LED as we can, we’re reducing our energy consumption and cutting down on maintenance. The reason we’re doing the upgrades is for long-term cost saving.
The force isn’t as tech-savvy as I’d like
I think it’s getting there, but I think we as a force have to catch up, which we are with the new buildings. I’ve done one complete station in Rushdon with LED, a small one. We also opened a new building about 18 months ago that has a full control system everywhere and energy-efficient lighting, but they’re not LED fittings.
We used PL36s which are low energy and high frequency but not as efficient as LEDs. We have controls on the lights but the controls aren’t yet hooked up to the building management system. But now, any new building we do will have lighting controls.
Safety and security comes first
The work I do is quite unique, it’s different from a normal property manager because of the environment that I work in. I did one complete station with LED. We have to think about safety, and be sure before we install anything. You can’t have lights going on and off in custody areas, and we have to find different ways of making lights that have to be on all the time more efficient.
Cost has to be taken into account
Everything is financially driven, especially with budgets being cut the way they are. It constricts us considerably, but now that trials have been successful, it’s easier to put a case forward. Providing it’s not one of these projects where it’s given to a contractor and they’re asked to design and supply, we’ll have it done the way we want it – if we’ve got any input – and that means getting the best value for the public’s money.
I’m governed a lot by cost. I’m spending your money, I’m spending my money, I’m spending everybody’s money, so I’ve got to get the best value for the pound, and that’s what I’m looking for all the time. Value and reliability are important. If one lamp was £2 and one was £2.50 and I knew the more expensive one was better, I’d invest in that one.
Controls didn’t work well for us at first
We introduced controls a few years ago, primarily in corridors. Our old property manager was a bit old school. I wanted to put them in general public areas like corridors and toilets, but he wouldn’t let me put them in toilets. The main problem we had with those controls was that the old style lighting didn’t react fast enough if there was an emergency, if there’s a policeman running through the corridor because an alarm has sounded in the cells.
Lighting for the police has some unique requirements
The lighting inside the firing arms range is controlled by the building management system and is used to create different scenarios. You can make the lights flash on and off, and all sorts of strange things happen with the lighting to simulate different training environments. The day will come when we turn ordinary fluorescents to LED, but for the moment, we’re leaving that side of the business alone.
THE DETAILS
Terry Anderson manages energy across Northamptonshire Police, which employs 1,200 police officers and more than 1,000 other staff. The police authority has set a target of reducing the consumption of gas and electricity by five per cent year on year, and
Anderson works with new lighting technology to achieve this goal. With a large operational fleet of 414 vehicles, and a multitude of buildings, the authority has a large carbon footprint to cut down.
A policy of increasing the use of diesel has helped to cut down on carbon emissions, and now the authority is looking to achieve similar reductions in its buildings, including its headquarters (pictured).
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Marvell Launches LED Driver IC That Works With Legacy And Digital Controls
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The Editor of LEDs Magazine and Illumination in Focus reported that Marvell has announced the 88EM8189 LED driver IC that works with legacy phase-cut dimmer controls, and that includes a digital interface to allow developers to add network support to solid-state lighting (SSL) products. Indeed, the new driver can be combined with other Marvell ICs to directly support ZigBee, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or other networks in new LED-based lighting developments including smart retrofit lamps.
LED Driver IC
In fact, Marvell expressly mentioned replacement lamps as a key target market for the new driver IC. A number of wireless-enabled lamps have come to market in the past year, and Marvell asserts that its Smart Lighting Platform can reduce the bill of materials (BOM) in such product developments. The company originally announced the Smart Lighting Platform at the Consumer Electronics show in January 2012.
“Consumers increasingly are realizing the benefits of using Smart LED bulbs inside their homes,” said Philip Poulidis, vice president and general manager of Marvell’s Internet of Things Business Unit. “As part of Marvell’s end-to-end Smart Lighting Platform, Marvell’s new LED driver controller helps users make the transition from wall-dimmer-controlled LED lights to smart bulbs connected to the Internet, and controllable by smartphones and tablets.”
The new driver IC includes an I2C digital serial interface that is a standard means of connecting digital ICs in the electronics industry to add peripheral support in a product development. In the case of the LED driver IC, a development team could add Marvell’s 88MZ100 ZigBee microcontroller (MCU) or 88MC200 Wi-Fi MCU to a lamp design via the serial link. All of the ICs, along with a ZigBee-to-Wi-Fi-gateway IC are part of the Smart Lighting Platform.
The new 88EM8189 driver IC includes a separate AC-DC converter on chip to drive an MCU or other peripheral circuitry in additional to integrating the driver functionality — an important feature in minimizing the system BOM. Still, the driver IC enables lamp designs to meet the strict Energy Star requirements for 500-mW standby power when the lamp is powered off.
A lamp that utilizes the new driver IC can take dimming and on-off commands via one of the aforementioned digital interfaces. The driver delivers dimming over a range of 1-100%.
However, a smart lamp based on the new IC can still respond to a legacy phase-cut dimmer on the power circuit. Marvell used the same AC-DC driver design that is in the 88EM8187 IC designed specifically for use with phase-cut dimmers. “The innovation in our 88EM8189 chip delivers a greater user experience — automated wireless light control through the Internet and backward compatibility with existing dimmers — at a significantly lower price point,” said Poulidis.
Marvell also supplies the Smart Lighting Platform in forms for dedicated modular drivers intended for use in luminaires. For example, the company announced the first customer for its 88EM8801 LED driver and 88MZ100 wireless MCU at Lightfair last year.
Marvell also offers a reference design for the new 88EM8189 LED driver IC. Moreover, the design is in a form factor that would allow it to fit in the neck of a retrofit lamp.
Novel Energy Lighting can supply smart lamps and drivers for its clients. Whether required for a new office building or to use in the remodelling of a shop, we are able to source drivers to give your lighting the interconnectivity you need.
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LED Lighting – The Efficient Way of Saving Energy
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Having quality lighting is an important factor for many businesses. Many are turning towards LED as the best option to meet their lighting needs. LED or the light-emitting diode is an energy-efficient light source that provides light for a longer duration. It uses a semiconductor to produce light, and compared to incandescent lights, LED bulbs are much more energy-efficient. LED lights reduce energy consumption by 50% or more. The average life of these lights is 25,000 hours or more, which can be 25 times longer than any other type of lighting. In other words, these lights can be used for many years without failing. Another important fact is that LED bulbs emit much less heat than their incandescent equivalents. They can run up to 90% cooler, which helps with longevity, reduces fire risk, and also stops luminaire damage.
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The LED was first invented by a GE employee named Nick Holonyak, Jr. in 1962. Thereafter, the technology gathered pace and costs reduced,making it an efficient solution for genera; lighting. Switching to LED lighting can decrease electricity consumption , and also significantly reduces carbon emission.
LED lighting is used almost everywhere, for instance, traffic lights, TVs, vehicle lights and display areas. There is a wide range of application of such lighting due to its exceptional characteristics. It is preferred more than any other lighting, because of its easy maintenance, compact size, breakage resistance, and controlability. LED’s do not have mercury, and therefore, do not have much of an impact on the environment. This lighting is more efficient than compact fluorescent lights or CFLs. Novel Energy Lighting exclusively provides LED lights like LED tubes, panels, downlights and LED spots to support nature and save energy efficiently.
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Opportunities for LED Retrofit of HID and SON lamps
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Philip Wall, Partner, Light Efficient Design looks at the opportunities that retrofit LED lighting offers contractors.
Industrial and commercial users of electricity in the UK are experiencing increased tariffs with each new season. Many are on the lookout for a solution that allows them to move from energy-expensive High Intensity Discharge (HID) or SON light sources to the much lower energy usage Light-Emitting Diode (LED) technology.
The benefits of LED lighting are well known to both contractors/installers and customers: reduced energy costs, lower carbon footprint, better quality of light, longer life, and the ability to use lighting controls.
But contractors can now benefit even further by offering a fast emerging category of products using LED technology: LED Corn lamps that directly replace HID lamps. These high power LED lamps come with E27 or E40 bases and are a solution for non-invasive, faster and easier installation of LED technology in a commercial or industrial facility. A contractor can offer a client the benefit of adopting LED lighting in a facility quickly – thus immediately realizing the energy savings of LED.
Try before you buy: One particular benefit of this new technology for a contractor is the ability to offer clients a trial installation to experience the light firsthand. Such a trial is fast and easy to implement and often results in new business for the contractor.
Dan Roberts of Roberts and Connelly Electrical Services first learned about the high power LED lamps when his local electrical supplier asked him for installation help at a school’s car park and sports centre.
Roberts notes: “When I easily installed the LED Corn lamps in the car park and saw the clean bright light the LED lamp produced at less than 1/2 the wattage, I was sold. Since that installation, I have been able to meet with several of my customers to offer LED lamp trials for their facilities.” Roberts’ business is growing as he is adding LED for HID Retrofit services to his portfolio.
Planned programme: In addition to the ability to trial the lamps and the opportunity to adopt LED technology quickly and without disruption, a contractor or installer can offer clients the flexibility to phase in the cost of the conversion to LED as part of a planned and budgeted maintenance programme, as LED lamps can be installed in phases while keeping a consistent ‘look’ for the site.
The concept of retrofitting a space with new LED fittings is not new, but the ability to replace HID lamps with LED lamps is, and it is proving to be a good fit for both businesses and clients.
Novel Energy Lighting sells a selection of LED Corn lamps from 20W through 200W. See our selection here: http://www.novelenergylighting.com/led-lamps-bulbs/led-corn-lamps-mv.html
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LED lighting saved £430 million worth of electricity in the US last year, according to a study by the US Department of Energy. Focusing on the most common lighting applications, the DoE estimated that 49 million LED lamps and luminaires were installed last year, saving about 71 trillion units.
©Lux Magazine, July-13
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***Special Offer Philips LED Deals from Novel Energy Lighting***
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