Market Trends of Light Control Switches Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the Light Control Switches Market according to our research experts:
ZigBee Wireless Communication Switches to Gain Significant Growth
- ZigBee is an asynchronous protocol; that is, a node may choose to transmit at any time. A light switch (for instance a node of 25 devices), can wake up and send a command to turn on the lights any time a user flips the switch. Or a factory automation system might need to send an alarm immediately. That is why routers need to be and must be awake all the time and ready to route a message.
- Currently, the ZigBee Alliance site lists about 400 devices for Home Automation, while a total of 3000 ZigBee certified and compliant products and platforms. The Home Automation ZigBee Devices are all the common IoT Home devices such as light bulbs, switches, locks, motion sensors, and thermostats.
- The increasig smart city projects across the world is expected to create demand for ZigBee based lighting solutions for residential smart lightings. In India, an urban modernization initiative called the “Smart Cities Mission” was launched in 2015, with the ambitious goal of creating 100 smart cities over a five-year period. The funding was also ambitious, with the national government allocating 480 billion rupees (USD 7.5 billion) to the initiative and requiring matching funding from participating cities. Such trends are further expected to drive the studied market significantly.
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North America to Witness Significant Growth
- Light control switch vendors have a strong foothold in the North America region, which contributes to the growth of the market. Some of them include Signify, Legrand, Eaton, Consumer Technology Association, and Luton, among others. in July 2019, EuControls Corporation announced the issuance of US Patent for its Zigbee Lighting Controller with Sensors. The company has developed Zigbee wireless operated dimming controller intended to be installed on existing dimmable LED luminaires. It works by phase-cutting input power of the illumines, and the sensing capability enables the controller a degree of autonomous operation outside gateway control.
- According to a recent study by the Stanford University and Avast, North American homes have the highest density of IoT devices of any region in the world. Notably, 66% of homes in the region have at least one IoT device controlling lights. Additionally, 25% of North American homes boast more than two devices. Due to robust cloud infrastructure, increasing number of connected devices, and advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in the region,
- Companies are partnering to ensure interoperability, hence gaining competitive advantage other big players. For instance, in May 2019, Silicon Labs and Signify, collaborated on an extension of the Friends of Hue program enabling ecosystem partners to develop smart light switches for Philips Hue systems.
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