The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) recently announced two additions to its Networked Lighting Controls (NLC) Technical Requirements, Version 5. These additions became effective December 22, 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
GE Current, a Daintree company, recently introduced the all-new Daintree® Controls Software (DCS). This web-based application empowers users to monitor, troubleshoot, and report on the energy performance of indoor, outdoor, and industrial spaces from a single application.
EiKO fixtures with the Z10 Receptacle provide controls capability in seconds by delivering a quick route to add a wide array of control devices to luminaires.
Leviton recently announced the expanded VerifEye™ Building Manager Online (BMO) web-based energy information software for submetering applications. The BMO platform is well suited for submetering applications in multi dwelling units (MDUs), commercial offices, multi-facility operations, education campuses, industrial/manufacturing plants, and more.
Luminis recently announced a wide range of its luminaires will now be offered with nLight® AIR wireless lighting controls.
Designed to install in just minutes, the ZR-RK Series Retrofit Kit delivers DLC Premium efficiency with 135 LPW and 85+ CRI performance in a code compliant form factor that eliminates the need to open the plenum or remove the existing troffer. Now customers can retrofit more spaces in schools and healthcare with increased lumen packages and new intelligent control options including Cree® Lighting’s SmartCast Intelligence Platform™ and Lutron® Vive® or Lutron® EcoSystem® embedded controls.
nLight®, an Acuity Brands company, recently introduced its new nLight® Autonomous Bridging Technology (ABT), which greatly increases the range and improves the responsiveness of wireless networked lighting controls across indoor and outdoor spaces and around obstructions.
GE Current, a Daintree company and Pointr recently announced a partnership to enable location-based services in large buildings such as retail premises, warehouses, workplaces, and distribution centers.
This educational video, produced by the Lighting Controls Association, introduces the building industry to Eaton’s Pow-R-Command, a microprocessor-based programmable lighting and plug load control system.
Douglas Lighting Controls®, a member of the Panasonic family of companies, recently announced its Dialog® eco-system has been approved by DesignLights® Consortium and in their Qualified Products List (QPL) under Network Lighting Controls (NLC). The Dialog listing covers all Douglas Dialog products, including Dialog Centralized and Distributed Systems, Bluetooth Network System, and CheckLight® Energy Management System.
Synapse Wireless’s Sense 4-20 enables you to bring the power of the latest Internet of Things technology into older facilities and equipment. Lighting networks are typically limited to photocell or motion sensors, but the Sense 4-20 enables integration of other sensors, such as temperature, humidity, vibration, etc. into an existing SimplySNAP network, expanding energy management tools.
Leviton’s GreenMAX DRC room control solution uses wired LumaCAN networking for communication between devices and wireless Ethernet for configuration and backbone connectivity.
Leviton recently announced its GreenMAX® DRC Room Control System won the 2020 EC&M Product of the Year Award in the Lighting Controls Category. GreenMAX DRC provides a secure, simple, and scalable distributed control system that can manage virtually any type of lighting for any application or building size.
The Lighting Controls Association is proud to announce the latest offerings in lighting controls from industry-leading manufacturers. Check them out!
The Lighting Controls Association is proud to offer an advance look at a selection of new products that will be displayed by members at LIGHTFAIR International May 9-11, 2017 in Philadelphia. While some can be seen here, many more await at member booths, so be sure to visit! ACUITY BRANDS nLight ECLYPSE nLight ECLYPSE extends [...]
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11/07/2025At NYControlled, the EdisonReport’s Randy Reid interviewed Joe Briscoe, Technical Sales Specialist at Leviton, to discuss the company’s latest lighting control solutions designed to simplify installation and enhance performance.
NYControlled 2025: Harold Jepsen Describes the LCA’s New Design Express Tool
10/31/2025At NYControlled, the EdisonReport’s Randy Reid interviewed Legrand’s Harold Jepsen, a member of the board of the Lighting Controls Academy, about lighting control trends, the mission of the Lighting Control Academy, and the launch of the new Design Express tool.
NYControlled 2025: LiteTrace’s Chris Primous Talks EmerLite™ Emergency Testing Solution
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