How do we measure compliance?
This is more complicated than you can imagine as we constantly deviate from the original design intent through a lack of knowledge of how the scheme works, or by value engineering without considering the impact…
Emergency Lighting
I listened to the news recently and heard about another major fire in London. Thankfully at the time of writing there we no reported deaths or major injuries but the trauma those individuals must have…
The key to success
Every age has its alternative comedy slot that shakes the conventions of the time and is seen as the way forward the breath of fresh air, the real ground breakers. Well here’s the truth, what…
Breaking the habit
Perhaps the greatest challenge faced by any new technology is not the competition or other technologies but the restrictions consciously or sub consciously applied by the potential users of that technology. We are comfortable with…
Language of Lighting part 2
I try and avoid going into too much detail on these blogs as the specifics are valuable to my clients and also the competition so I have to walk a fine line between education and…
Language of Lighting Control
We talked about the technology perhaps we now need to focus on the language used in modern lighting controls solution. Don’t worry I’m not delving into that murky world of programming I leave that to…
zencontrol decision tree for the future
When we look at the range of projects that exist in the market today and when we then break down their requirements, we often find that one solution doesn’t fit all and that will come…
IoT, are we ready for the digital revolution?
The world is getting smarter and we in our own way have become connected. That connection is based on a series of devices which connect to a service we called the internet. This amorphous collection…
Technology-obvious and not so obvious benefits
We have for many years associated controls with a reduction in energy, but I want to expand this discussion to look at the other gains associated with a good lighting control system, especially when connected…
Emergency lighting & IoT
This is a topic close to my heart as I have spent many years promoting good emergency lighting and especially its testing and management. The dawn of smart building and smart cities has been very…
An eye to the future
No individual truly knows what will happen in the next 5 or 10 years, yet we must make decisions on the controls we should use in our buildings, based on what? This is the dilemma,…