"New Technologies Set the Stage for Dramatic Expansion of Wireless Control", (c) Craig DiLouie, Lighting Controls Association, 8/05

"Wireless control is one of the most exciting frontiers in lighting control and energy management, offering significant potential benefits for residential and nonresidential lighting systems, large and small buildings, and both existing buildings and new construction. New technologies are now being commercialized that will redefine wireless control by dramatically expanding its utility.  All lighting systems incorporate control functionality that enables on/off switching and/or dimming. Automating this functionality is proven to significantly reduce energy costs and provide other benefits. Many types of lighting automation systems consist of a hierarchy of connected control devices in which control signals are sent (either one-way or both ways) using low-voltage communications wires. This wiring adds costs to the system..."

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"Inexpensive Wireless Lighting Could Save Money and Cut Greenhouse Gases", (c) Allan Chen, SCIENCE@BERKLEY LAB, January, 2007

"WiLight is a new wireless lighting control system that dims or switches overhead lighting according to the occupants' preferences, or in response to building-wide demand. Developed by two researchers in Berkeley Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD), Francis Rubinstein and Dennis DiBartolomeo, WiLight was designed to be low cost, to encourage building owners to retrofit facilities for energy efficiency..."

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“UCB center wins funding to develop wireless lighting controls”, © University of California Newsroom, 9/24/04

Building science researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have received a grant from the California Energy Commission to develop a flexible, low-cost lighting control system that could provide commercial building owners with significant energy savings and more satisfied tenants.   The research team, based at the campus's Center for the Built Environment (CBE), will construct the system using miniature, low-power radio technology being developed at UC Berkeley…

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“The New World of Wireless Flash”, © By Dan Richards, PopPhoto.com, February 2005

When Joe McNally wanted to do this firehouse shot using three flash heads, he didn’t have to worry about extension cords or bulky location battery packs.  He took his lighting kit out of his gadget bag, thanks to wireless TTL flash: three Nikon SB-800 flashes, a couple of lightweight stands, and two folding diffusers.

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 “Why Wireless Lighting Control?” © Paul Wafer, HiddenWires.com, 1/6/06

The advantages and benefits of 'scene setting' or mood lighting control systems have been discussed in previous articles, but if the requirement for such a system is to be taken as a given, then the discussion must focus on the possibility and practicality of installation. Traditional systems have typically comprised a dimming box or rack that houses the power electronics, to which all of the lighting cabling is brought back, and from there a data cable of some type is wired to the switch plates…

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