2017 Global commercial lighting control equipment market capacity will double

According to MS forecasts, the market demand for lighting control equipment for commercial buildings will double from 2010 to 2017, with equipment shipments increasing from 29.6 million to 61.6 million. Most of the components are used to connect ballasts and require connection technologies such as DALI or ZigBee.

One of the biggest driving factors in starting commercial building lighting control systems is to reduce energy use. Although specific rules vary with the location of buildings, building owners must comply with energy laws. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, a typical commercial building uses 25.5% of the energy used lighting, so through the joint intelligent lighting control system, a building owner can effectively monitor and reduce the energy consumption of these systems.

According to IMS research analyst Phillip Maddocks, "One of the reasons for the implementation of lighting control systems in commercial buildings is to abide by energy laws and reduce energy consumption, especially the United States has enacted the Title24 and ASHRAE laws. Another driving factor is the United States. The use of compensation to promote the installation of lighting control systems.Other regions, such as Europe, although the current level of legislation does not exist, but the trend of accepting these systems is rising; building owners invest in highly intelligent lighting control system to reduce the consumption of building energy ."

Currently, lighting control systems are installed in commercial buildings using a series of wired and wireless communication technologies. The best standard at the moment is DALI; although several companies currently provide their proprietary versions of technology, they cannot collaborate with each other. However, the qualification standards for ballasts and sensors are expected to be announced in 2013; this will promote the adoption of the DALI standard so that the lighting control systems of different manufacturers can collaborate with each other, then it will be totally different from today's situation....

802.15.4 technology is widely used in wireless communications; however, in most cases, the closed nature of the lighting control industry makes this system proprietary. Daintree Networks has made progress in promoting the Zig Bee standard and recently established a partnership with Philips to promote the Zig Bee standard.

At the end of the forecasting period, IMS research predicts that DALI is the most widely used lighting control protocol in all lighting control systems. Between 2010 and 2017, shipments of equipment will exceed 90 million units. The use of wireless technology is expected to increase, but private wireless technology is still the most widely used.

"During the forecast period, cable technologies such as DALI will continue to dominate, because most companies currently provide reliable wireless technologies, and wireless technologies still have problems and limitations. In addition, the emergence of DALI standards for sensors and ballasts And the advent of new DALI lighting control systems, such as the elittedali platform for control network solutions, allows DALI to control the use of the Niagara platform."