3/8/2024 0 Comments Smart tool pro“Lighting is a very deep technical subject. A 2023 Lutron study found that most homebuyers won’t even consider a home with unnatural-feeling lighting, and that’s a trap one can easily fall into if they’re not aware of even the most basic lighting design principles. This also stems somewhat from a growing consumer understanding in how lighting impacts health and wellness. ![]() Well now, that realization seems to be happening in reverse, as integrators come to find that in growing competition, interior design chops are what are differentiating their lighting systems from others. An Attention to Design Principles Will Win the Big Projects in Lightingĭesigners and architects have already seen the immense value lighting controls and automation hold and why it could be advantageous to work with integrators on projects. See more on what Cory and Jensen have to say here. “it’s a slow adoption, but just like networks were and they continue to grow, I imagine this space is going to grow as well.” “We’ve been pushing this forever,” he says. Should we be talking about cybersecurity more? How do we implement it? Isn’t the network already protected? Well it seems the years have taught us quite a lot and that is: the smart home network is not protected, and bad actors can and will take advantage of that, especially now that plenty of company information exists on home networks thanks to the rise of remote work.Ĭybersecurity practices common in enterprise networks like segmenting IoT devices from the main network, VLANs, secure gateways and monitoring will all be important in smart home projects going forward, but it’s password security that continues to be the most insecure part of any technology, says Brian Cory, CEO of Arsenal Cyber Force.ījorn Jensen, owner of network specialist WhyReboot, also notes that growing opportunities for education, as well as a growing product stable are likely going to push the industry towards a heavier focus on cybersecurity. Smart Home Cybersecurity Moves to the Front BurnerĬybersecurity on the home network has always been more a question and less of an answer. Read the full article with input from Ron Callis, here. ![]() Get really good at prompt engineering in ChatGPT to help you generate email replies, copy for social media posts, project proposals, responses to challenging customer service issues, content for service and maintenance plans, etc.” Ron Callis, co-founder and CEO of One Firefly, tells CE Pro, “My advice to integrators who want to apply AI tools and methods on their own is start at the foundational level: ChatGPT. Join us as we discuss the future of digital lighting and control with David Warfel from Light Can Help You and Patrick Laidlaw and Mark Moody from AiSPIRE. Effective communication, education and showcasing the value proposition of LED light fixtures in conjunction with integrative control systems are the keys to overcoming challenges and closing sales in this specialized market. And while we still need to work out the kinks on the sheer amount of promises evangelists are tossing out with the technology, things have at least cooled to the point where people have begun to find some solid use cases for the technology on the business side of things.Īs a custom integrator, lighting is in demand. We’ll get the obvious one out of the way first: AI. AI Tools Will Help Impact Businesses in Multiple Ways We’ll be including links to some longer-form articles alongside each trend, so if any of these topics interest you, be sure to click through to get a deeper dive on each trend from experts in the field. Being deeply connected with members of the professional installation market, the editors here at CE Pro get to hear a lot and see a lot when it comes to 2024 home technology trends, which is why we always like to get together at the start of each year to discuss where we all think the market might head.Īside from the obvious influences AI is going to have on the market, our editors see 2024 as being a big year for the growth of interior design influence in lighting control, a greater focus on network cybersecurity, and an expansion of video offerings in more way than home, with all of it focusing on how CE pros can become home lifestyle experts through their professional partnerships and expertise in home technology.
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