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TECH REPORT

At 0energyLighting’s headquarters in Longwood, Fla., the company
does a lot of lighting manufacture for private label clients.

technologies in salable products rather than just hospitality projects be aware of?
the raw technology itself. DL: Well, let’s frst cut “control” into two segments.
OLED manufacturers had [actual] fxtures in As I mentioned earlier, there are lamp-based con-
their booths rather than just the source itself. trols (both smart and “dumb”) and system-based
The same was true of LEDs; there were so many controls. I am going to only comment on lamp-
introductions of decorative product on the foor. It based controls.
is time to introduce the fnished products to the For the lamp-based world, we have smart
residential marketplace; this will help foster the systems, such as apps and logical systems com-
acceptance of fxtures rather than just of the LED municating to the lamp specifcally. I think it was at
replacement lamps themselves. Philips that I frst saw a system that I agreed was
At Lightfair, I was also impressed with the means ready for mass markets – not that I am saying they
of controlling LEDs as a source and systems togeth- were frst or best – it is just what I saw frst and
er. The app-based lamps are fun and functional thought was intuitive enough for all levels. I think
— plus, with most everyone in the world already the focus is on investigating smart phone apps and
comfortable with using smart phones, retailers will how they ft your specifc channel.
be able to focus the sales efort on the benefts of Now, by “dumb” systems I am referring to sys-
the lamp or system. tems that don’t have logic — like dimmers. I would
like to disclaim that I don’t think these devices in
EM: A lot of atention at Lightfair centered themselves are dumb – there is a ton of smart, so-
on controls. What should higher-end lighting phisticated function embedded in them – it is just
showrooms, lighting designers, and specifers of a term we use in our ofce as a separator. As far

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