May 09, 2017
Acuity Names IoT Business, Atrius(tm)
ATLANTA - May 9, 2017 - Acuity Brands, Inc. (AYI) today unveiled its new Atrius(TM) brand, encompassing the company`s portfolio of Internet of Things (IoT) business solutions and Atrius software platform. Through Atrius, Acuity Brands will continue to provide and expand its comprehensive set of IoT business solutions, leveraging intelligent luminaires, lighting and building management controls...
May 08, 2017
The Top 10 MUST SEE Products
Your humble team of judges worked very hard to narrow our list, but we could not help ourselves and ended up with 11 products. There are some really great technologies and this is one of the huge values that LIGHTFAIR brings to our industry, as it provides the main venue for North America product introductions. Below is our list, alphabetized by company. The Crestron Zūm is a simple w...
May 08, 2017
Danish Firm Shows Success Against Philip IP Machine
EdisonReport has written several articles about Philips Lighting’s LED patent battles. Recently we came across the Henrik Villumsen Lawfirm, a Danish firm, that for years has assisted clients in navigating the Philips LED IP issues. We spoke with Henrik Villumsen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrik-villumsen-54503814/), the founder and owner of the firm. He explained that ...
May 07, 2017
Pre-Show Report
The move-in and set-up is very smooth. We did hear of a slight delay in marshaling on Thursday, but it was quickly resolved and only affected a few companies for one or two hours. We walked the show Saturday evening and Sunday morning looking for union labor issues; we found none. LIGHTFAIR 2017 looks to be more spectacular than ever. The big booths seem bigger and they are less jammed with p...
May 05, 2017
Echelon Reports 1Q Loss
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Echelon Corporation (ELON) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017. "First quarter results reflected better than anticipated embedded IoT product sales and our continued penetration in the outdoor lighting control solutions market," said Ron Sege, Chairman and CEO. "Our differentiated connected lighting solution...