New European regulations mandate that within 5-7 years new buildings will be near zero emission. Lighting is a major energy user in commercial and domestic buildings alike, and these regulations have ...

Manual switching of outdoor lights in houses or roadways can be sometimes really inconvenient especially when we are far away or still at work. Sometimes this becomes an opportunity for thieves to ...

Smart lighting has quickly moved from a niche home-tech upgrade to an essential feature of modern living. As connected devices, energy-efficient systems, and automation become commonplace, lighting ...

Upgrade your doors with Apple Home Key and the Aqara U50. HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home ...

For poorly illuminated stairs to a lower level, I wanted to create automated lighting that would add a ‘wow’ factor and be fun and very different. Yes, of course, it would have been possible for some ...

Proposed changes to the ASHRAE/IES energy standard would require automatic lighting controls in more space types and shorten the times before lighting is automatically reduced or shut off. The changes ...

Theater lighting standard DMX connects up to 512 light nodes using a serial daisy chain with EIA-485 or CAT5 for control. Prehistoric man used primitive lamps made from naturally occurring materials, ...

It’s like the 1970s all over again (I’m told). The modern equivalent of the lava lamp, the iPhone-controlled LED-powered Holi lamp, is expected to make its way across the Atlantic to the USA sometime ...