Global lighting market anticipated to hold EUR 110billion euros in 2020, as per the report published by one of the topmost management consulting firms McKinsey & Company. Smart Lighting has indoor as well as outdoor applications in various sectors like residential, commercial, government and public, and industrial lighting. It has been observed that people are upgrading and replacing their conventional lighting infrastructure with smart and intelligent lighting solutions. Smart lighting consists of various solid states technologies like LEDs and OLEDs to brighten indoor as well as outdoor environments. Smart lighting systems mainly consist of communications interfaces, actuators drivers, and digital sensors.
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Trends in Smart Lighting
- Remote Control
In a simple way, smart lighting is based on the principle of the internet of things (IoT) wherein one can operate it from smartphones and other connected devices. For example, the brightness and color of a smart LED adjusted with the help of smartphones or switch on and switch off of smart LED light too. Generally, these lighting solutions consume time and at the same time light, therefore it is predicted to have a large demand for such kind of cost-effective lighting solutions in the upcoming years. Remote access could be one of the topmost reasons why consumers want these smart solutions over conventional lighting. Therefore one can plan their lighting schedule as per the requirements and schedule the actual on-off period of smart home lighting. Moreover, Safety and security is also one of the additional benefits of smart lighting. You can also create experiences with the help of mood lighting where you can dim the light, adjust the colors and you are set for the party or movie time.
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- Role of Voice Assistants
Technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and IoT has deeply impacted on lifestyle and way of living. People are becoming smarter which resulted in smarter places to live and work. Smart lighting systems are not only controlled by smartphones or tablets it is also connected by voice assistants like Alexa, Cortena, Siri, and more. Companies are designing and developing smart solutions, which are compatible with different connected devices. For example, Philips’ Hue System functions with Amazon’s Echo, Google Home, and Apple’s HomeKit, which means you can use those platforms of voice assistants will depend on your voice commands. By saying “Alexa, turn the lights off” and “Hey Siri, Adjust the brightness” and looking it happen. Apart from this, with the help of HomeKit you can control the lights with an Apple Watch.
How Smart Lights Works?
Smart lights utilize wireless transmission to receive or send their signals and various bulbs function differently. Some use in-built Wi-Fi radios to connect directly with a router that gives you access to the device between the proximity of your internet connection. Apart from this, you can connect and control smart light with the usage of Bluetooth range, which is approximately 50 feet. If you want to control the bulb from more than 50 feet all you will require a Wi-Fi hub. Following Bluetooth technology, there is one more smart connectivity technology known as Zigbee , which is one kind of wireless network designed for smart home devices. Most of the smart home lighting solutions have Zigbee technology.
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These solutions have indoor as well as outdoor applications, developing countries like India and China are developing smart cities and these lighting solutions will definitely suit the modern infrastructure of developing nations. As per the above discussion, smart lighting solutions will definitely ignite your spaces. All you will need to design your spaces and infrastructure according to the changing technological requirement.
