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ON World: Residential Retail Wireless Smart Lighting Increased 150% over the Past YearSan Diego, CA, Nov 14, 2013 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Rapid consumer adoption of wireless smart lighting systems is the start of a multi-year exponential growth story, according to global technology research firm ON World. While many of the latest wireless lighting products are focused on commercial building energy management, the residential market is growing faster. In fact, retail sales of several wireless lighting control products increased by more than 200% over the past year and hundreds of wireless lighting control products are currently for sale through retail and online channels. In addition, millions of IP based security and home automation packages have been sold worldwide, many of which now include wireless lighting controls and virtually all come bundled with smart device apps. Adoption of residential wireless lighting controls in the retail/DIY channel has been especially robust over the past year. ON World's evaluation of over 8,000 product reviews found that two-way/connected wireless lighting systems increased by over 150% over the past 12 months. The fastest growing products have been RF enabled light bulbs, switch plugs and occupancy sensors. There are headwinds, however, as two-way/connected products do not have the economies of scale of the older one-way wireless controls and these are several times more expensive today. But the latest Smart Home platforms are changing this by providing integrated cloud based applications that include smart lighting solutions at minimal extra cost. ON World's most recent survey of nearly 300 early technology adopting consumers found that more than two thirds are willing to pay for a smart lighting service and 29% are willing to pay at least $20 per light bulb. Six in ten would like to have over half of their home's light bulbs networked with a smart lighting system. ZigBee has the largest market share for the overall wireless smart lighting market but its penetration rate is lowest currently in the residential market. Rapid growth in the retail and managed services channels promises to make ZigBee a leading contender for mass market smart lighting solutions. In 2012, the Connected Lighting Alliance selected ZigBee Light Link as the standard for residential wireless lighting controls. Energy harvesting is a major driver for wireless smart lighting. In fact, about 1 in 4 commercial building wireless lighting devices that shipped in 2012 were battery-less. Although EnOcean has a significant market lead for wireless energy harvesting, ZigBee Green Power gives dozens of 802.15.4 chipset suppliers the ability to create low-cost energy harvesting devices that can participate in wireless mesh ZigBee networks. Shipments of wireless chipsets for lighting controls will approach 40 million in 2017 up from 5 million in 2012. At this time, 85% of the market will be for residential and commercial buildings. ON World's report, "Smart Wireless Lighting" is based on phone interviews and online surveys with over 500 individuals including consumers, facility/property managers, professional installers, equipment manufacturers, software developers and component suppliers. It covers the global market for connected wireless lighting controls in three market landscapes (commercial, residential and municipal) and 14 market segments. Forecasts are for equipment and services in as well as by product category, geography and technology. The wireless lighting technologies included are ZigBee, 802.15.4, WiFi, Bluetooth Smart, EnOcean, Z-Wave, 6LoWPAN, proprietary and others. The report synopsis and a free executive summary is available from: http://onworld.com/smartlighting. About ON World: ON World provides global business intelligence on smart technology markets. Our research reports and information services are sold to Fortune 1000 companies, startups and investors worldwide. More info: http://www.onworld.com. Contact: Mary Purvis p: 858-259-2397 e: purvis(at)onworld(dot)com Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11328475.htm PRWeb.com |