As often happens at the beginning of a new technological era there is a lot of confusion, the light and its market are still suffering, little clarity and a lot of uncertainty.
Traditional lighting control systems have found space and reason to exist mainly in niche market segments such as entertainment or representative work environments such as meetings, specific or scenic settings.
The advent of LEDs has made it possible to widely implement control in other areas too: industrial, residential and urban, in fact, thanks to the basic digital technology, the behavior of light can be managed without suffering the lighting system with increasing longevity and performance.
“The global market for LED sources has recorded an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20% between 2017 and 2021” reports Technavio, a global research company on new technologies.
Interconnecting lighting points has never been easier, and luminaires have become “digital products”.
The market offers control systems with analogue footprint, re-wiring of electrical systems, switching on and off of power lines according to needs, nothing to do with the digital world.
The LED has paved the way for new frontiers, every single point of light can have its say, exchange data in real time and collect directly in the field in a widespread way, a micro-network with its own intelligence that, if well managed, can be very effective.
