The rise of networked lighting in smart buildings

“With a host of dynamic offerings, increasingly simple and flexible installation and maintenance, NLC is pushing smart building capabilities well beyond the traditional preserve of the largest and/or most prestigious projects,” he adds.

The report highlights that long-standing players in the lighting sector such as  Signify, Acuity Brands as well as NLC specialists including Casambi, Enlighted, Ingy, Silvair and Wirepas are using wireless to drive NLC into new projects and retrofits. Increasingly, NCLs can be deployed, commissioned, and reconfigured by engineers using smartphone apps and without dedicated network cabling, local gateways, and the predetermined topology that has long complicated and dominated deployments.

“The ubiquity of lighting demand across commercial buildings, combined with efficiency and other benefits, will make smart lighting the first smart building investment for many properties”

The report also describes the NLC market as one of “the disparate approaches and vendor ecosystems”, despite the ongoing development of ecosystem rather than vertically integrated NLC offerings.

Collins added: “For some years still, clients will have to weigh up several conflicting technologies, approaches, and offerings within the space to determine which best suits their immediate and future smart building requirements.”