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PHILIPS HUE
ADDS U.S. LIGHTING COMPANIES TO ROSTER
Philips Lighting has expanded its Friends of Hue program to include four North American residential lighting manufacturers: Access Lighting, Cra made, ELK, and ET2.
Just as with all other Philips Hue prod- ucts, the Friends of Hue luminaires enable consumers to adapt and control their lighting to suit each moment, time of day or occasion, at the touch of a bu on by motion or voice command.
“We’re always striving to give Philips Hue users greater options in how they use smart lighting within their homes. These new part- nerships, in addition to our existing luminaire partners Modular Lighting Instruments of Belgium and Luceplan of Italy, o er consum- ers even more choice in high-end lighting designs featuring Philips Hue,” states Sridhar Kumaraswamy, Business Leader Home Sys- tems at Philips Lighting. “We plan to continue to expand the Friends of Hue program by of- fering companies access to the world’s leading connected lighting system for the home that future proofs their great designs.”
ENOCEAN
The company has unveiled its wireless Easy t LED controls for LED lighting control for various open standards. These enable simple commissioning, intelligent local control, and seamless integration with building automation systems. Lighting solutions using the EnOcean radio standard for North America include self-powered sensors and switches, actuators, LED xture controllers, as well as a commissioning tool. In addition, the company has launched self-powered wireless solutions for Bluetooth® and Zigbee LED lighting systems.
The Easy t LED controls portfolio is based on the 902 MHz frequency, which delivers maximum point-to-point communication distances within buildings. These wireless controls solutions can be easily added to existing buildings during an upgrade to LED lighting. www.enocean.com
B.E.G. CONTROLS
This manufacturer of indoor and outdoor motion, occupancy and vacancy sensors
for both commercial and residential applications, struck a chord last year when it introduced the back to basics “Unsystem.”
The Unsystem is a stand-alone room solution consisting of three components: a MINI sensor, a dimming power pack, and a momentary switch. With this simple set up, the Unsystem provides advanced solutions
including daylight harvesting and plug load control — capabilities normally found in more expensive networked systems.
This year the company has taken simplicity to the next level with RATIO, an easy to use, easy to install, unobtrusive, architectural solution for scene control. RATIO also uses three components: a FLAT sensor, a small power supply, and a matchbook-size push bu on controller.
Less than a millimeter thick, the FLAT is reportedly the only completely at occupancy sensor/photocell on the market. The power supply can be installed on the rst xture receiving power and the push bu on controller can easily t in a single gang switch box and utilizes any style of momentary switch from any manufacturer. RATIO can control as many as 35 LED xtures utilizing intelligent drivers into four groups or scenes.
The scenes on a RATIO solution can be programmed using Bluetooth on any smartphone or tablet with a free app. www.begcontrols.com
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