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The U.S. Department of Energy has released the results of a study exploring the energy-reporting accuracy of market-available connected devices.

Toward the goal of a more accurate test method that would capture new and emerging sensor capabilities, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted a literature review of test methods for characterizing occupancy sensor performance

My contribution to the August issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED, covers what’s new in connected lighting.

The DesignLights Consortium’s (DLC) Networked Lighting Controls Online Qualified Product List recently received a Top Product of the Year Award in the elite Environment + Energy Leader Awards program.

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) now offers EE202: Automatic Plug Load Control as a new course in its popular Education Express program. This was a very interesting course for me to write for them.

The U.S. Department of Energy has released the results of a study examining authentication vulnerabilities in connected lighting systems (CLS).

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) recently published a report that illustrates the benefits of increased interoperability of networked lighting controls (NLC) for solid-state lighting manufacturers, electric utilities, contractors, building operators, and other stakeholders.

The Lighting & Homes for Tomorrow (LHFT) competition presents manufacturers the opportunity to distinguish their products and services from other connected home devices and platforms in the market.

Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance recently announced a new working group that plans to develop and promote the adoption of a new, royalty-free connectivity standard to increase compatibility among smart home products, with security as a fundamental design tenet.