The Strategies in Light Europe Investor Forum featured speakers from LED manufacturers and SSL vendors talking component advancements, consolidation, and forward business strategies.

Connected lighting will record exact usage times, so vendors could honor warranties in hours, not the typical five years, according to Gooee, which has showed off a basket of goodies including “Bluetooth mesh” lights for retail tracking.

While LED-based lighting has gained a significant foothold around the globe, the industry must move to new forms and technology platforms to realize the full potential of SSL, according to speakers at Strategies in Light Europe.

The Ticino capital will be more inviting at night for tourists and residents visiting shops and restaurants along the Viale Stazione.

Following its acquisition of ByteLight intellectual property earlier this year, the Atlanta-based LED lighting company is ready to roll into lighting-as-a-service, with ceiling lights that track in-store customers and engage them with promotions.

LED lamp and luminaire specialist folds its Microlights unit, readies a new “Lighting 3.0” entity to leverage Gooee IoT technology.

Battery backup for luminaires will combine with new capabilities in the LightRules software management platform, allowing companies to install a single lighting system in industrial and warehouse settings with requisite emergency-lighting support.

Osram Opto Semiconductors’ new Duris S 5 Color LEDs target tunable SSL products while Everlight Electronics’ 5630 white packaged LEDs break the 200-lm/W efficacy level and are intended for general lighting.

An announcement by the companies is expected next week, and should include Power over Ethernet.

Ivy League school updates its 250,000-square-foot athletic facility with 839 Hubbell SSL fixtures and deploys the company’s wiSCAPE network control system.