Where does smart lighting go in 2015?

Today's smart lighting concept is not as "immortal" as it was a decade ago. It seems that overnight, people are waiting to share this seductive cake. As a vane of the lighting industry market, this year's Guangzhou International Lighting Fair, smart home, smart lighting, intelligent control and a series of products has not only stay in the concept, it is a set of complete product solutions presented in front.

Compared with the enthusiasm of the manufacturers, the users did not report the same response. Smart lighting applications are still tepid. The smart lighting market has not yet been opened and has been lingering at the door. So, why is this year's smart lighting topic so hot, where will next year's smart lighting go? In the end, it is the old concept that is still hot to usher in. In response to these problems, we interviewed experts from the China Rare Earth Society expert group and the China Rare Earth Society. Secretary of the Optical Functional Materials Branch, Director of Shanghai Lighting Society Wu Hong.

Expert Group Member of the Chinese Rare Earth Society, Secretary General of the China Light and Functional Materials Branch of the China Rare Earth Society, Director of the Shanghai Institute of Illumination Wu Hong

Enterprises must calm the market for integration

At this stage, under the influence of the concept of intelligent lighting, the capital market has entered in large numbers. Some small companies have even created conditions to create conditions without qualifications. Big companies have always been unable to break through in the face of low-cost vicious competition. Traditional lighting and LEDs have appeared. The solid-state lighting market has lost both sides. Wu Hong believes that lighting appliances industry should take the initiative to carry out the advantages of integration. Industry integration should be the cooperation of the entire industry chain, and even the cooperation of lighting manufacturers and Internet companies, so that the concept of smart products will not become a castle in the air.

"Small businesses should not blindly enter, and large companies must improve the industry's ecology," said Wu Hong. The lack of innovation allows domestic smart lighting manufacturers to fight in the low-end market, while the high-end market is dominated by giants. The essence of intelligent lighting is electronic and networked. It not only realizes the intelligent control of the lighting system, but also is an entrance to the Internet, and then it derives more high-value-added services.

Anything that talks about smart lighting without first doing a good job is a joke.

"Cross-border" is also popular this year. Industries and products are intertwined. Enterprises have changed and even lost in the concept of hot speculation. Whether upstream or midstream or downstream, companies have begun to test the smart lighting market. Wu Hong believes that the trend of smart lighting is irreversible, but companies cannot and do not need to flock to this market. "Small businesses focus on products and big companies use their own strengths." The direction of smart lighting is on the basis of specialized production. Industrial integration and professional production are the basis for the survival of lighting manufacturers and controller manufacturers.

LED should be professionalized, and “specialized in the medical industry”. The so-called “cross-border” is based on the reliability of its own products, first to be stronger, and to have its own intellectual property rights. It can't be awkward and “expensive”, so We say that anyone who talks about intelligent lighting without first doing a good job is a rogue.

In the final analysis, intelligent lighting is to achieve ecological lighting

Nowadays, the technological progress of smart lighting is changing with each passing day. After more than ten years of technological accumulation, LED has been continuously enlarged. The major manufacturers have also become fans of smart lighting. Therefore, the technical issue is no longer blocking the progress of smart lighting. The biggest obstacle. Wu Hong believes that relative to technical issues, we should be more concerned about the future demand for intelligent lighting. The future of smart lighting must be in the direction of humanization. Regardless of whether it is technology or products, it must be “people-centered” and focus on people. The need to achieve "green lighting, health lighting," and ultimately achieve the most fundamental form of lighting - ecological lighting.

Therefore, the prospect of future lighting must be based on new light sources such as LEDs and OLEDs to provide people with a comfortable, safe and energy-saving “light environment.” Ecological lighting is based on this demand and meets the “future” of most people’s minds. illumination".

Where is smart lighting in 2015?

Although “smart” has become a “stagger” for some lighting companies, relevant domestic demand remains strong. According to relevant data, so far, there have been 193 pilots of smart cities in China, and the demand for smart lighting products exceeds 10 million per year. Experts predict that in the next few years, the market for LED light sources in China will exceed 100 billion U.S. dollars. The current domestic market penetration of smart lighting is still lower than 2%, so the market outlook is worth looking forward to.

Of course, in 2015, the smart lighting product market was still a year when the confusion gradually matured. The traditional high-efficiency light sources and LED solid-state lighting sources each had an advantage and could not be completely replaced by each other. Therefore, it is also a year of continuous integration, and the manufacturers will become more and more The more concentrated, the slower rationality of industrial development.

Wu Hong believes that smart lighting fixtures will be integrated into home appliances, and even carry functions such as air purification, air conditioning, and disinfection, and will be sold as an added value. In addition, the basic technology of smart lighting will become more mature, smart lighting manufacturers and Internet companies will strengthen cooperation, content producers and platform operators will occupy a very competitive market.