Lighting accounts for an average of 35% of the total energy in a building and upgrading to LEDs can provide more than 50% in energy savings. If you add a control system, this can provide an additional ...

A lighting control system (not to be confused with “lighting control”) is one which varies the brightness or dimness of many lights depending on the instruction for each light, from a single central ...

The U.S. Department of Energy recently released a report on the initial performance and reliability of chromaticity sensors used for tunable LED lighting systems. This study found that a chromaticity ...

Lighting control ranges from simple wall switches to complex dimming systems networked with other systems. In some industries, lighting accounts for more than 60% of a facility's electrical bill and ...

Over the past few years a swath of self-styled ‘smart lights’ have pushed into the market. The likes of Philips Hue and Kickstarter fueled LIFX. Aka connected lightbulbs that can be controlled via an ...

Using voice commands via the Amazon Echo's Alexa voice assistant or your smartphone to turn on your Philips smart light bulbs is convenient, but even better is just walking into a room and ta-daa!

An overwhelming majority of handheld devices these days have ambient light sensors built into them. A large percentage of TVs and monitors do, too, and that proportion is growing. The sensors allow ...

The potential of using low-energy light to shape ferroelectric thin films for micro devices is advancing with an ...