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Residential Smart Lighting Gaining Market Share

Both Forbes and the E-commerce site Houzz have recently published about the growing adoption of residential smart lighting. According to Houzz smart lighting grew from 14% of Houzz lighting purchases in 2021 to 17% in 2022. The March 31, 2023 Forbes article interviewed designers and found ever greater adoption rates. Designers around the country shared [...]

Controls, Lighting Design

Trends In Smart Hotel Rooms to Improve Guest Experience & Energy Efficiency

ABI Research expects 6.4 million smart hotel room devices to ship worldwide in 2027. That’s double the smart hotel devices that shipped in 2022, with a CAGR of 24.6% between 2021 and 2027. Some of the early adopters are Mandarine Oriental Hotel Group and Hilton. Many more brands are expected to adopt smart hotel technology [...]

Controls, Light + Health

Smart Lighting Can Aid Aging In Place

By 2050, the number of older adults aged 50 and older is expected to double, comprising 20% of the total US population. The overwhelming majority want to age in place, but experts say the current housing stock is ill-equipped to handle those desires. Lighting can be controlled based on motion through simple solutions that only [...]

Controls, Light + Health

Product Monday: Orro Incorporates Circadian Lighting Control Into A Smart Switch Platform

While there are a lot of smart wall switches in the market, Orro has innovated by adding automated circadian lighting scheduling with many of the other features that you’d expect from a premium smart switch.

Controls, Products + Technology

GE Lighting Lauches Decorative Smart Lamps

Cync, powered by Savant Systems, Inc. (previously called C by GE) recently announced 11 new smart lamps at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

Awards, Controls, Products + Technology

Lighting & Homes for Tomorrow Announces 2021 Competition Winners

The 2021 Lighting & Homes for Tomorrow (LHFT) competition recognized nine connected home products and platforms.

Controls

CABA and DLC Partner on Smart Buildings Collaboration

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) and the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) recently announced a new agreement designed to enhance and promote development and adoption of smart building technology.

Products + Technology

Digital Trends Lists Best Smart Lamps of 2018

Digital Trends recently published a list of their favorite smart lamps offered in 2018. Compact, color tunable, voice-controlled, programmable, these lamps can enrich a home in a variety of ways.

Craig’s Lighting Articles

Residential Smart Lighting Poised for Growth

Valuing the residential smart lighting market at $1.5 billion in 2017, market research firm IHS Markit predicted growth to over $4.5 billion in 2021, making it one of the fastest-growing areas of smart lighting. This article, which I wrote for the January 2019 issue of tED Magazine, describes trends in residential smart lighting.

Interviews + Opinion

Interview with Erik Charlton of Noon Home

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Erik Charlton, CEO, Noon Home, about trends in the residential smart lighting market.

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