by Brianna Crandall — March 31, 2014—Daintree Networks, provider of open, networked wireless solutions for smart building control and energy management, and LG Electronics USA have just announced they have teamed to create a fully integrated light-emitting diode (LED) lighting solution with wireless control to simplify installation for commercial settings. The companies believe that deploying open standard solutions and interoperability is the best approach, allowing best-of-breed, third-party products to join the network platform, broadening customers’ choices and helping keep costs down.
Together, the companies have worked to embed ZigBee wireless communication capability directly into LED drivers used in LG LED lighting fixtures, enabling seamless interaction out-of-the-box with Daintree’s ControlScope networked wireless control solution. Initial LG products with wireless drivers include LED troffer fixtures and retrofit kits. The resulting joint solution is expected to yield significant savings for users, both in up-front costs and in energy efficiency following installation, benefiting also from the market-leading efficacy of LG LED troffers.
Using wireless LED drivers eliminates both the expense and installation challenges associated with using a separate wireless adapter, which was required for granular wireless control of overhead troffers in commercial and industrial buildings. Daintree estimates that, with the LG-Daintree solution, companies can expect to save up to 85 percent per fixture in equipment and labor for installing wireless communication and improve energy efficiency by up to 90 percent.
According to Navigant Research, worldwide revenue from wireless control systems for building automation will reach nearly $295 million by 2020. The firm also estimates that global revenue from networked lighting control equipment within commercial buildings will grow more than 200 percent by 2020, reaching $5.3 billion. A key growth driver, according to Navigant, is the increasing shift toward solutions based on open standards, which will ultimately simplify installation and improve selection for building managers.
Daintree Networks’ ControlScope is an open standards-driven smart building energy management and monitoring solution for lighting, temperature and other energy controls. The solution delivers up to 70 percent energy savings, operational efficiencies and occupant-friendly work environments while providing actionable decision-support information through Big Data analytics. Using Daintree’s Enterprise Internet of Things, or E-IoT, approach, the solution can also support monitoring of other environmental conditions such as air quality, humidity, food safety and more that comprise the networked ecosystem of an organization. Daintree Networks is a channel-friendly company with leading strategic and technology partners helping serve its customers globally, with major locations in Silicon Valley, California, and Melbourne, Australia.
LG Electronics USA, based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a global technology leader in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. In the United States, LG Electronics sells a range of stylish and innovative home entertainment products, mobile phones, home appliances, commercial displays, air-conditioning systems, solar energy solutions and LED lighting systems, all under LG’s “Life’s Good” marketing theme. LG Electronics is a 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year.
