Over the last year, returning to offices and schools in a pandemic increased awareness of indoor disease transmission, energy consumption, and overall indoor environmental quality. As we go into 2022, ...

Lighting accounts for an average of 35% of the total energy in a building and upgrading to LEDs can provide more than 50% in energy savings. If you add a control system, this can provide an additional ...

The recent introduction of the ams AS721x family of smart lighting silicon photonics sensor ICs was a breakthrough in smart building lighting that the company touts a new paradigm connecting the IoT ...

Nanoleaf execs have long teased the idea of smart lights that are “actually smart” rather than just “a glorified remote control,” and at CES in Las Vegas this week, the company is finally putting its ...

In a market dominated by the Zigbee protocol on one side and the increasingly open Z-Wave standard on the other, Lutron just keeps trucking with its proprietary Caséta Smart Lighting system. On Sunday ...

In a tunable lighting system, emitted light is detected by a sensor that then sends information to a system controller so appropriate modifications can be made to the correlated color temperature (CCT ...

This article details six essential sensors, along with four necessary questions a design engineer should ask before choosing which ones to use in their next design. In the R&D and electronics design ...

Where motion sensor meets LED guide light for the ultimate fusion of hands-free convenience, energy efficiency, and ...

When I think of IKEA, my brain goes to sofa beds, kitchenware, and meatballs long before it goes to smart home tech, but, actually, our favorite budget-friendly furniture store does some ...

Need a cheap and easy way to deter intruders? For homeowners, outdoor lighting is a game changer for providing a line of sight on potential trepassers without running up costly energy bills. If you're ...