Four Major Trends In Lighting Controls

David Shiller April 19, 2022

A recent article in Electrical Wholesaler reports on four major trends in the lighting controls market.

Electrical distributors, sales reps and manufacturers need to recalibrate their sales and marketing strategies to increase their share of lighting controls that accounts for 2.2% (approximately $2.64 billion) of the estimated $120 billion in sales through full-line electrical distributors. There are four major trends now reshaping the lighting controls market:

App-based lighting control is commonplace for homes and other smaller applications.
Wireless lighting control is popular for applications with a small footprint and retrofit work with a relatively limited number of fixtures to control.
Networked lighting control systems are often tied in with HVAC, building automation and security systems in larger applications.
Field-selectable CCT (correlated color temperature) and wattage is now widely available across the lighting industry.

The full article is available here.

David Shiller

David Shiller is the Publisher of LightNOW, and President of Lighting Solution Development, a North American consulting firm providing business development services to advanced lighting manufacturers. The ALA awarded David the Pillar of the Industry Award. David has co-chaired ALA’s Engineering Committee since 2010. David established MaxLite’s OEM component sales into a multi-million dollar division. He invented GU24 lamps while leading ENERGY STAR lighting programs for the US EPA. David has been published in leading lighting publications, including LD+A, enLIGHTenment Magazine, LEDs Magazine, and more.

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