Shirt sponsors of Brantham Athletic FC
We are pleased to announce we will be the official first team shirt sponsors of Brantham Athletic FC for the forthcoming 2022 - 2023 season with our zencontrol logo featuring on both the home and…
Why change is difficult
I read an interesting article in Psychology Today written by David DiDalvo about why it’s so difficult to change your behaviour and that got me thinking about some of the challenges facing individuals and companies…
Technology trap
Smart I read many articles about smart this and even smarter that, and generally, I’m usually impressed by the authors argument for using said technology especially if its paired with a specific application. We tend…
Wired or Wireless
I’ve seen many articles recently about the death of wired solutions and how wireless will dominate and I thought that perhaps I would give my views on this. As a company zencontrol is certainly going…
Smart Networks
As networks become smarter we have to think how technology will converge. After speaking to a friend earlier in the week it struck me that technology is evolving across all platforms so to truly exploit…
Connected Worlds
This week I have tried to look at the bigger picture of connected worlds and this is just a snapshot of a bigger discussion that I regularly undertake with consultants and end users on how…
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
The phrase the whole is greater than the sum of its parts was first coined by the philosopher Aristotle. Most understand the meaning of this phrase so if for example you were given the components…
Exhibitions – Do they work?
Post Luxlive it got me thinking, are shows like this really relevant in today’s lighting market and do they truly represent what is new and innovative within Lighting. Now this is a personal view and…
Modernising building controls
When we focus on new technology, we tend to favour new build as the platform to launch said technology but in reality, most technologies have to work on new and existing buildings. What is never…
Being green makes sense
I had an interesting meeting this week where the focus was once again squarely on Energy saving and not so much on the technology. Now you might ask why was this so interesting? Since the…
How Green is your Future
We tend to always focus on the new and often forget that the greatest opportunity in lighting and emergency lighting is those buildings that have already been constructed. The UK government has made obligations to…