nLight®, a brand within the Acuity Brands portfolio, recently introduced DMX512 control to its networked lighting controls platform.

Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced the Haleon BTP™ fixture integrated occupancy sensors with dimming photocells from SensorSwitch™ are now available. The Haleon BTP showcases a flashlight wakeup feature, allowing the user to update individual or small groups of fixture settings quickly and easily after completing batch programming.

Matt Ochs, senior director of commercial business for Lutron Electronics, recently contributed an article to BUILDINGS Magazine talking about how lighting controls can support the return to the office, either fully occupied or in a hybrid office-home office model.

Acuity Brands recently published a best practices guide for specifiers wishing to incorporate lighting controls into warehouse lighting.

Daintree® Networked wireless lighting controls from GE Current, a Daintree company, are now a DesignLights Consortium® (DLC®) Qualified Networked Lighting Controls Product, giving lighting designers and building owners a tested and certified full-featured lighting controls option for commercial and industrial environments.

GE Current, a Daintree company, has completed the acquisition of Hubbell® Incorporated’s commercial and industrial (C&I) lighting business, creating a premier end-to-end lighting solutions business. The combined new business will be branded as Current.

GE Current, a Daintree company, recently announced the opening of its newly expanded and redesigned Institute in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Synapse Wireless, Inc., an Internet of Things (IoT) company and a member of the McWane family of companies, recently launched a new website, highlighting SimplySnap, the holistic platform for Lighting Control and Energy Management for industrial facilities and outdoor areas.  

Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced it is expanding its collaboration with Microsoft to bring new capabilities to Acuity Brands smart lighting, lighting controls, and building automation solutions. 

This month, we explore an intensely detailed control application at the new FUSE building in St. Petersburg, FL, which earned a 2021 Sapphire Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Control Award for Automation.

Atrius®, part of Acuity Brands, Inc., announced today Building Insights, a cloud-based solution energy management information system, is now available to organizations across Europe. Building Insights helps facility teams reach ambitious sustainability goals by design. The application streamlines access to energy consumption metrics, automates manual data management processes, and enhances visibility into overall building performance.

The nLight® IECC 2021 applications guide is designed to support compliance with commercial building energy codes based on the 2021 version of the International Energy Conservation Code, or IECC.

Dan Hollenkamp, COO of Toggled offers several key predictions for the future of smart lighting technology.

In this guest post, Jared Morello, VP of Specification Sales, Legrand North America, makes the case that secure lighting networking is achievable with the right compliance and certifications.

Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced the private preview of Atrius® Building Manager, an end-to-end cloud solution that helps building owners and operators reduce operational costs, optimize energy usage, and improve occupant experiences, starting today with their lights. Atrius Building Manager integrates multiple capabilities to provide greater visibility, insight, fine-tuned control, and automation, at scale, for any commercial building type.

Today, the Integrated Home Competition announced awards for 17 high quality and innovative designs that exemplify the four tenets of the CEE Integrated Home: energy savings, demand flexibility, consumer amenity, and security.

Leviton recently announced the appointment of Daryoush Larizadeh to Chief Executive Officer, effective as of December 1, 2021. Larizadeh will continue his responsibilities as President and COO, in addition to assuming the CEO role.

Lutron Electronics recently announced the release of RadioRA 3. Featuring the first-ever line of wall controls with both light bar design and Internet of Things connectivity, a new all-in-one processor powered by PoE, and new simpler PC programming software and app-based editing features, RadioRA 3 is designed to transform how installers – and their customers – experience home lighting control.

This month, we explore a highly energy-saving application of networked lighting controls at the Ontario Association of Architects Headquarters, which earned a 2021 Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Control Award for Energy Management. Lighting control design by Gottesman Associates. Lighting control system by Lutron Electronics.

Leviton recently introduced a Zigbee™ 3.0 Controlled Receptacle. The Zigbee Controlled Receptacle (ZSTLR-1HW) is compatible with a Leviton Wireless Room Controller or third-party Zigbee 3.0 compatible hub, gateway or controller to provide wireless ON/OFF plug load control.

Toggled, a wholly owned subsidiary of Altair focused on smart building management solutions and lighting technology, recently announced the roll-out of its comprehensive connected building data and device management solution, Toggled iQ. Leveraging the Internet of things (IoT), Toggled iQ helps businesses optimize their building environments by streamlining operations, improving energy efficiency, saving money, and reducing their carbon footprint, through the connection of smart connected lighting with wireless sensors, controls, and intuitive analytics.

Legrand has published a whitepaper, “Understanding the Essential Strategies for IoT Security,” which is available for free download.

Leviton recently announced that its GreenMAX® DRC Room Control System with Wireless Connectivity was recognized with two industry-leading awards. GreenMAX DRC Wireless system won a silver award in Consulting Specifying Engineer’s (CSE) 2021 Product of the Year program and a FacilitiesNet 2021 Vision Award.

GE Current, a Daintree company (Current) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hubbell Incorporated to acquire Hubbell’s commercial and industrial (C&I) lighting business.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has completed the acquisition of French startup Wattsense, a hardware and software company which offers an innovative, plug-and-play IoT management system for small and mid-size buildings, expanding Siemens’ building products portfolio.

The real challenge for Carbon Lighthouse was to identify a solution that could interface successfully with the wide range of protocols commonly employed by the BMS, and transfer the high volume of detailed information generated, in real-time, to Carbon Lighthouse’s proprietary, patented, cloud-based software platform, CLUES. Any new approach would need to be more economical and efficient.

Intermatic’s ARISTA™ Advanced Lighting Control System offers a flexible solution that’s relatively simple to install and promotes ready code compliance in a range of commercial applications.

SnapCount and EiKO have furthered their partnership with the addition of EiKO’s Z10 enabled lighting products in the SnapSource™ Product Hub, empowering hundreds of lighting retrofit contractors and ESCOs to instantly access and specify EiKO products.

Synapse Wireless, Inc., a member of the McWane family, recently expanded its SimplySnap holistic energy management platform with Energy Insights. Energy Insights is a component in the popular SimplySnap platform frequently used in the industrial and manufacturing market segments.

Leviton has announced it has expanded its partnership with HomeSphere, an exclusive digital marketplace connecting residential homebuilders and building product manufacturers.

Leviton recently announced the launch of its new Contractor Connect Podcast Series which discusses pertinent topics, products and news within the electrical contracting industry, along with new Leviton programs and more. The highlight of each podcast is a live, candid interview with industry experts discussing timely topics while offering insight and professional opinions.

Acuity Brands recently released a new Title 24 guide.

This month, we explore a highly integrated lighting controls installation at the United Technologies Center for Intelligent Buildings, a LEED Platinum Certified project in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Leviton recently announced the launch of Contractor Connect, an online destination designed to support busy electrical contractors. Contractor Connect features a host of educational resources, videos, customer support, expert points of view, and the latest content on Leviton products to help contractors where and when they need it most.

Uline, a distributor of shipping and packaging solutions to businesses throughout North America, wanted all of the more than 3,000 lights in its 800,000-sq.ft. Lacey, WA facility to operate as a single system with one interface that in turn would work the company’s existing IT system. Uline selected Synapse Wireless, which designed an intelligent lighting solution that effectively manages all of the lights.

Lighting industry journalist and educator Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP recently had the opportunity to interview David Buerer, Director of Product Management, Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. for an article about plug load control, which will be published in the October 2021 issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED. Transcript follows.

Lutron Electronics introduces the Code-Smart Guestroom System featuring guest presence detection. Save energy and support meeting energy code without frustrating hotel guests – lights will not pop-on in the middle of the night, and HVAC will not drift unexpectedly. The new, Lutron code-smart guestroom lighting control system ensures a positive guest experience while delivering an [...]

MaxLite’s WallMax Open Face LED Wall Packs offer field-selectable CCTs, wattages, and field-installable controls as a flexible and future ready outdoor lighting solution for electrical distributors and contractors.

Intermatic Incorporated recently announced the launch of its new ARISTA™ Advanced Lighting Control System, a customizable smart lighting solution that supports commercial and municipal buildings up to 10,000 ft2. The system empowers installers of all technology backgrounds to integrate impressive, code-compliant functionality in a wide range of lighting control applications.