The internet of things, or IoT, is the integrated system of billions of physical devices that are connected to the internet with the ability to gather and share data and information. It increasingly exists in our life and change the way how we communicate with each other in a convenient and efficient manner. From home appliances to the vehicles and industrial devices, the IoT technology is applied to the more and more physical devices to bring versatile functionalities and in the meantime help us improve the management and operational efficiency.
Like other types of IoT services, the IoT lighting emerges as an advanced and smart lighting solution that provides wireless communication and data sharing among different luminaires for achieving integrated and networked management. With the smart chips and sensors embedded in the LED boards, along with the software applications that's usually provided by lights manufacturers, the IoT lighting systems are connected over the network and can communicate and interact with each other for delivering added benefits.
Control the lighting anytime and anywhere
Compared to the standard light fixtures, the IoT smart lighting is particularly advantageous for the benefit of wireless control in the palm of your hand. The software applications, after being downloaded in your mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets, enable you to edit and manage the light fixtures wirelessly anytime and anywhere.
Offer personalized lighting solutions
For the IoT lighting, there are versatile and flexible functionalities and capabilities that's available in the software applications for creating personalized and interactive lighting. For example, the employees can easily adjust the light levels and color temperatures through the app to ensure the lighting suits both physical and emotional demands. The satisfactory lighting not only helps build a happy and comfortable workplace environment but also matters to improve work productivity apparently.
Improve shopping experience and boost business sales
It's believed that the improved shopping experience is very crucial to improving retail business sales and meanwhile boosting the brand reputation. Lighting has been described as one of important tools to improve retail customer experience but the IoT LED lights will make a bigger difference to the user experience. With the ability to gather and connect information of customer shopping such as their locations, the IoT lighting control is able to help shoppers find their favorite commodities within the shortest time. On top of this, by adopting some advanced IoT technologies, the smart light fixtures can communicate with the customers by sending them interactive and helpful information.
Save operation cost to a large extent
The benefit of reducing the operation costs for the IoT lights is manifested from two aspects, namely energy efficiency and operational efficiency. In terms of energy efficiency, the IoT light devices are believed to help cut down the energy consumption up to 80% due to smart and effective control of light intensity and switch. Additionally, with the smart management of light fixtures, for example from perspective of monitoring lighting faults and failures in real time, the IoT lighting solutions are essential for keeping lighting operational budgets to the minimum levels. Furthermore, the IoT smart lighting can bring benefit of improved space usability by keeping you posted what's happening to the spaces in real time.
Contribute to building a safe space
The security benefit of IoT lighting is also obvious from the points of alerting burglars and even criminals. When the burglars break in the spaces, the smart IoT light fixtures, working together with security cameras, can tell you what's going on immediately and help reduce the security risk to the lowest level. By turning on the lights on remotely, it is also a very effective way to deter and stop the burglary conduct.
