Autani, a leading provider of advanced building automation and energy management solutions, and LiteTrace, a pioneer in Bluetooth® lighting control solutions, recently announced their merger to create a global leader in smart commercial building technologies and energy optimization.
LiteTrace recently announced the launch of four new 347V controller and power pack models for its Keilton® lighting control system. The new 347V controllers allow easier use of Keilton lighting controls in commercial and industrial facilities in Canada.
The NX Lighting Controls system from Current unlocks more possibilities to manage buildings efficiently and can now be powered by NX Site Manager, an on-premises enterprise software platform providing real-time programming and management capabilities for NX-connected lighting and smart devices. Additionally, the NX Wall Stations family has been expanded to help lighting pros tackle projects with a host of smart and specialty switches.
This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2023 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces the building industry to Legrand’s Polaris Monitor Software.
“Today, a fresh lighting design is really a lighting and controls design,” writes Acuity’s Steve Roe in this guest post. “Fortunately, leading manufacturers created a tool for lighting specifiers to do it all based on a simple formula: put the controls within the luminaire (light fixture).”
On September 19 from 4:30-5:30 PM at the ArchLIGHT Summit at the Dallas Market Center, Peter Augusta, Peter Augusta, VP of Sales at Casambi Technologies North America, will present an innovative talk entitled, “Controls First!”
Leviton recently released its first Sustainability Report highlighting progress through fiscal year 2022 toward the company’s goal of achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2030.
Leviton recently announced the ninth edition of its popular Captain Code Guide, which features changes and additions to the 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC®), is now available in a Spanish edition. This offering is in recognition of the growing number of installers for whom Spanish is their primary language.
Atrius, part of Acuity Brands, Inc., recently announced that Environment + Energy Leader awarded Top Product 2023 status to Atrius Sustainability, its carbon accounting and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting software. Atrius Sustainability supports sustainability managers to better understand resource consumption across a portfolio with the tools to quickly measure, track, and report on sustainability progress.
Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP recently interviewed Brendon Van Campen, Senior Sales Director, Lutron Electronics, for an article about lighting controls trending toward simplicity.
The automatic lighting controls at a popular sports arena in Philadelphia were nearing the end of their life cycle. Arena managers needed to retrofit the lighting controls while ensuring events and operations were not interrupted. Leviton and Diversified Lighting worked with arena managers to replace aging lighting controls with GreenMAX Relay Panels, producing multiple benefits.
This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2023 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces the building industry to Leviton’s Intellect™ Intelligent Integrated Fixture Controls.
LiteTrace, a global leader in Bluetooth® Network Lighting Control (NLC) systems, recently announced the appointment of David Weigand as Director of Product Management and Technical Services. In this role, Weigand will be responsible for leading the company’s product development strategy, providing project support, and ensuring that LiteTrace’s products meet the needs of its customers.
Leviton’s Intellect™ Wireless Integrated Fixture Sensors and Controllers solve lighting control problems with no separate sensor layout needed. Save time and costs with integrated controls that install directly into a fixture.
As a qualified DLC NLC 5.0 system, c-Max enables collection of energy data at a luminaire level. Embedded with a micro-sd card, the NN-EDC device plugs into a USB-A outlet and collects data every 15 minutes.
Legrand’s DLM Wireless Slim Switches offer flexibility without sacrificing design.
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The United States is currently enjoying a dramatic surge in construction in manufacturing infrastructure. This suggests fresh demand for lighting and controls and the expertise to properly apply them to industrial spaces.
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.
Acuity Brands, Inc. recently introduced Design Select™, a portfolio segmentation and service program that supports highly configured projects on tight deadlines, all produced and assembled in the company’s North American facilities. The program provides customers with a broad selection of the most popular and readily available lighting and controls products and options in Acuity’s portfolio that can be shipped in 15 days or less.
LiteTrace recently announced the launch of the industry’s first round Driver-on-Board (DoB) LED light engines with integrated Bluetooth®-mesh control. The 120VAC light engines are designed to be installed directly in the field as Bluetooth LED retrofits for various luminaires such as ceiling lights, flush mounts, and wall sconces.
Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced the launch of its DC2DC architecture, a distributed low-voltage DC power and digital controls platform. The architecture eliminates the need to convert AC to DC power at the luminaire, resulting in efficiency gains and increased reliability of the lighting system, leading to reduced maintenance and operation costs.
Growing demand for plug-in electric vehicles is likely to coincide with the significant adoption of EV charging stations in commercial buildings. If true, the economics of lighting upgrades may change, putting all energy efficiency options on the table, including those previously limited by payback thresholds.
Toggled®, a wholly owned subsidiary of Altair focused on intelligent building management solutions, recently launched its new Toggled iQ Analytics web-based application. This next generation offering provides facility managers and building owners with the data insights needed to ensure maximum efficiency from their networked building controls systems, driving down costs and energy consumption.
Toggled®, a wholly owned subsidiary of Altair focused on intelligent building management solutions, recently released survey results revealing that while many businesses are embracing smart building technology to increase energy efficiency and lower costs, they fall short of their goals due to an inability to master the data.
Leviton recently introduced an expansion of their integrated in-fixture control offering with Smart Fixture Mount Sensors (FMS) for high bay applications. These in-fixture controls are engineered to install directly into high-bay and low-bay luminaires to provide an integrated occupancy sensing, dimming, daylight harvesting and scheduling solution to meet the most stringent energy code requirements.
nLight recently announced that it was awarded a LEDs Magazine 2023 BrightStar Award for Product Innovation for their nLight® AIR Wireless EM Solution. This solution is designed for projects with external emergency power sources, such as generators or inverters, and delivers a lower cost of installation than traditional solutions by eliminating the dedicated wiring used to sense normal power.
LiteTrace, a leader in Bluetooth® Network Lighting Control (NLC) systems, recently announced that its Keilton® BH4 Series 4-pin LLLC Network Lighting Controls were recognized for performance, reliability, efficiency, ease of integration/use, and innovation with an LEDs Magazine BrightStar Award.
This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association at the 2023 LEDucation event in New York City, introduces the building industry to McWong International’s new long-range outdoor wireless mesh controller.
Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP recently had the opportunity to interview Zach Schroeck, Director, Product Management, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. for an article about “things every electrical distributor should know about lighting controls.”
LiteTrace recently announced the release of five enhanced long-range antenna options designed to increase the Bluetooth signal range in their Keilton® NLC system. These components are ideal for outdoor applications, with longer distances between system nodes.
Available from nLight, part of Acuity Brands, the Adaptive Phase Control Dimmer (PCD) simplifies the process of designing, installing, and controlling decorative lighting.
Recently introduced by PLC Multipoint, this indoor sensor provides wireless transmission of daylight levels to a lighting control system per either Casambi or Silvair Bluetooth 5.0 protocol.
SENSORWORX recently unveiled the SWX-804 Series dimming wall station to provide an attractive and intuitive 0-10V dimming control add-on for a low-voltage sensor system.
SENSORWORX recently announced Anthony Lee has joined the company as Head of Product Management.
The DALI Alliance will present two seminars at LightFair 2023, a major trade show and conference for architectural and commercial lighting, which takes place in New York on May 23-25.
The nLight AIR® rPOD Micro by Acuity Brands offers a stylish and versatile wall switch, designed to blend in with modern, sophisticated environments while providing convenient control.
The DALI Alliance (DiiA) recently announced the winners of the 2022 DALI Lighting Awards.
Leviton’s Solo High Bay PIR Occupancy Sensors integrate PIR occupancy detection and photocell technology directly into 0-10V dimming fixtures for standalone lighting control.
The Wireless Controlled Receptacle (WCR) is a wireless plug load-controlled receptacle, a “smart plug” for On/Off control for lamps, appliances, and electronic loads of up to 15A.
The Haleon BTP series of fixture integrated occupancy sensors with dimming photocells by Acuity Brands/SensorSwitch™ are designed for standalone industrial lighting control applications.
Popular lighting control categories featured in majority of prescriptive commercial lighting rebate programs in 2021-2026, with average rebate amounts per product for programs in the U.S. and Canada. (Networked control systems are not included, as programs are still relatively unstandardized.) Source: BriteSwitch RebatePro for Lighting rebate database, February 2026.
The commercial lighting rebate outlook is strong for 2026, with widely available rebates covering all popular categories of LED lighting and lighting controls, including networked lighting controls.
The Lighting Controls Academy is proud to announce the latest offerings in lighting controls from industry-leading manufacturers in this year’s annual product guide. Check them out!
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Controlling automatic power receptacles is a natural extension of lighting control systems, as the same strategies and devices used for automatic switching of general lighting can be deployed for plug load control at the receptacle or circuit level. This article by the Lighting Controls Academy’s Craig DiLouie explains the why and how, based on NEMA guidance.
This article by the Lighting Controls Academy’s Craig DiLouie reviews 2025 construction spending and key industry economic indicators, with a detailed 2026 forecast by the AIA Consensus Forecast Panel.
This guest post by Cooper Lighting Solutions’ Martin Mercier applauds a new era in “hybrid” lighting control solutions that blend the best strengths of wired and wireless control.
In a recent article contributed to LightNOW, Brent Protzman, Director of Product Management at Lutron Electronics, describes lighting’s evolution from utility to infrastructure, with insight in how to design for what’s next in lighting.
Conceptual example of the Controls Category results when a listed V6.0/LUNA V2.0 product model number is searched for on the SSL QPL.
The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) recently released Version 6.0 of its Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Technical Requirements, the first major update in over five years, as well as Version 2.0 of Light Usage for Night Applications (LUNA), the DLC program designed to promote responsible outdoor lighting. The updates recognize advances in LED technology while promoting controllability as a strong path to energy savings.
In this extraordinary guest post, Cooper Lighting Solutions’ Martin Mercier describes the codes and options that make up emergency lighting and the role for lighting control systems, including wireless.
Based on an updated version of EE201: Daylight-responsive Lighting Control, a course in NEMA Academy, this article describes a process for designing and applying lighting control solutions that utilize daylight-responsive lighting controls.
LightNOW recently published a guest post by Tom Shearer, Commercial Business Development Manager, Lutron Electronics, that makes the case for including lighting controls in upgrade projects, powered by wireless communication.
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