2014 home smart lighting applications and trends

Promising prospects, promotion has a long way to go

With the continuous development of the Internet, the Internet of Things and big data, it is expected that the demand for smart home market will usher in a period of rapid growth. According to the "2013 China Smart Home Industry Research Report", the growth rate of the domestic smart home market will continue to increase in the next three years, and is expected to reach 29.17% by 2016. By 2017, the domestic smart home industry market will reach 80%. 100 million yuan. Although the prospects are considerable, what is the current status of smart homes? Can you enter thousands of households?

As shown in Figure 1, the market capacity of lighting products in 2014, LED is still the hot spot and sought after, the traditional light source market shrinks, and compared to LED lighting, the market capacity of intelligent lighting is still small, but now more and more Many LED lighting manufacturers combine LED and intelligent through the integration and research and development of technology, which is undoubtedly a trend of smart home.

According to another survey, for the market use of smart homes, designers and owners have topics of common concern: visibility, product quality, product cost performance, research and development capabilities.

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Most owners don't have a clear idea of smart lighting , and most designers have little to do with it, and little is known about it. The high cost of the product is another major factor that hinders the application, so it is difficult to enter the homes of ordinary people. Moreover, lack of promotion, the owners lack understanding of intelligent lighting, understanding only stays on the surface, there is no deep contact opportunity. I hope that I will have the opportunity to organize some professional knowledge promotion and training in this area.

[Smart Home - Application Features]: Advantages of Networked Systems

As the core part of the entire smart home, the intelligent lighting system is especially suitable for large-scale housing, which will make life more convenient and more comfortable. The lighting control system is divided into a stand-alone, room-specific or large-scale networking system. In a networked system, the dimming device is installed in an electrical cabinet and operated by a network of external devices such as sensors and control panels. The advantage of a networked system is that it can control different areas of the room from many points. In the home, a control panel can be installed on the wall near the main entrance as the main control point for multiple rooms. So what do owners think about such products?

How do owners view smart homes?

Think smart home price is higher:

Many homeowners believe that smart homes have higher prices and are generally used in high-end residential applications. Not long ago, the hit TV series "You from the Stars" is a good example of smart home applications. For example, the corridors in the home are equipped with infrared sensors and lighting products such as wall lamps to add body comfort. Intelligent lighting is more modern technology.

The owner will take the initiative to propose new requirements:

Some owners will take the initiative to put forward new requirements for lighting control. They not only want to control the lighting time and brightness of the lighting source, but also want to cooperate with other systems inside and outside the building, so smart lighting will also be added in the design. For different applications, the corresponding lighting scene switching can be made, and the management intelligence and operation simplification should be considered, and there is enough flexibility to adapt to future lighting layout and control mode changes.

There is no application popularity and specific needs yet:

Due to the cost of the product and the popularity of the technology applied to this technology, in the home improvement project I designed, I have not been exposed to smart lighting applications. The manufacturer shall provide the designer with specific parameters, such as installation requirements, possible effects, etc. to guide the owner and better provide the actual application or solution service for the owner.

How to use smart home?

One of the most effective and scalable intelligent lighting solutions is to meet the needs of the application and save energy. This is at the heart of supporting a sustainable environment. However, it is necessary to raise awareness of the product in the market and solve the lack of channels. Both parties can grasp the new product information and demand in the first time. Only by solving the existing constraints and various limitations in the market, the application of intelligent lighting will usher in a good prospect.

The technology is mature and popular, but there are three major problems in its use.

Intelligent lighting technology is now quite mature. We have done a number of cases. Most of the customers can accept the intelligent setting of local areas, and many customers have requested it. The main application problems: 1, the use of habits. Due to insufficient understanding of intelligent lighting, it is easy to generate resistance. 2. Maintenance issues. Intelligentization needs to be written by computer and programming. The weak electricity controls the strong electricity. To a certain extent, it is necessary to consider the maintenance cost and difficulty level. 3. Cost. This is related to the complexity. Most people understand the advantages of intelligent lighting. Even if they can control the electricity bill more effectively, they still have doubts about the one-time higher investment.

Intelligent lighting is a direct means of improving the quality of life:

In the villa project I contacted, intelligent lighting is one of the direct means to improve the quality of life and visual experience. Some owners are also willing to contact high-tech products, but there are also some application problems: 1. The product is not rich enough. The general R&D capability in the country is low, resulting in a single product and lack of original design. Most of them are copying and imitating, and there is no new idea. 2. The quality is uneven and energy conservation needs to be improved. 3. The designer and the supplier lack communication.

How to control smart home?

Some designers believe that if you don't have a mastery of general lighting, let alone use smart lighting. In fact, the best solution is to establish an effective platform to establish contact between the demand side, the design side and the supply side to achieve a good result. Indeed, regarding the control and management of smart homes, we need to combine the guidance of more professionals and groups, let us look at the suggestions of designers and manufacturers. Intelligentization is the work that needs to be done by relevant parties. Mainly have the following aspects: 1, need to plan according to the design; 2, need to understand and plan customer habits; 3, provide control system related drawings, can be combined with lighting requirements, in addition, is the guidance work for the owners; Need to analyze the difference between traditional lighting and intelligent lighting; 5, through the life form to do cost analysis, understand how to achieve better quality of life through intelligent lighting; 6, the field operating system. Starting from these aspects, we will continue to expand the market share of intelligent applications. To achieve a good intelligent lighting space, in the design process of the engineering case that the designer and the manufacturer cooperate, the two sides need to cooperate with each other. The manufacturer is good at technology implementation. In this process, it is necessary to fully understand the theme and creativity of the design solution, provide reasonable lighting technology according to different space and lighting design atmosphere, and cooperate with the designer to complete the design work better.

In order to change the owner's lifestyle, enhance the taste and increase the quality of life as the main line, to guide the owner's experience of free regulation. In the home design, the intelligent lighting can be customized for the owner according to the size of the house and the needs of the customer, and more promotion and construction in the construction of the intelligent lighting life experience hall, in order to seek more promotion and awareness. In actual cases, whether future claims can vary according to the season, including its color temperature and brightness for each time period of refinement lighting. It is a pleasure to see Chinese lighting companies have gone through the basic era of imitation and provide better spatial materials for design languages.

Understanding more smart home use appeals is the information that designers and manufacturers are eager to get when communicating. Just like Wang Jian, founder/design director of Qingdao Fanmei Space Art Engineering Co., Ltd., “Improve effectively through intelligent lighting. The comfort and functionality of the living space, and it is the unshirkable responsibility and mission of modern interior designers to create a visual aesthetic and lifestyle that suits the owner."

Intelligent lighting application products should gradually establish a perfect service system from technology and price, which will promote and promote intelligent lighting application products more effectively and beneficially, avoiding the disconnection between new technology and application. As the performance of LED products is stable, LEDs will give a new definition of home smart lighting.