Hawthorne,
CA, USA -- Fulham Co., Inc., a leading supplier of lighting
components and electronics for commercial and specialty applications,
and EnOcean, a world leader in energy harvesting wireless technology,
today announced a new initiative to add EnOcean's self-powered,
wireless Easyfit switches to Fulham's new Bluetooth mesh lighting
control ecosystem.
Fulham
recently demonstrated the first of a new family of Bluetooth®
mesh-enabled, wireless LED products at Lightfair 2018. The new
wireless LED products include a 40W constant current driver with an
intelligent wireless control dongle, and a Bluetooth bridge that can
adapt any 0-10V LED luminaire to support Bluetooth mesh. Fulham's new
Bluetooth mesh LED products are SIG-qualified, support bidirectional
communications, and support for third-party Bluetooth products.
Self-powered
wireless wall switches for Bluetooth lighting control systems from
EnOcean enable the development of maintenance-free, ready-to-use LED
lighting applications. The self-powered Easyfit switches are already
deployed in hundreds of thousands of projects worldwide, making LED
lighting solutions more energy-efficient, more flexible, and lower in
cost.
What
makes Easyfit switches special is that they use the energy harvesting
principle, in which energy is obtained from the surroundings to
supply self-powered wireless sensor networks. The modules are based
on miniaturized energy converters that convert motion, light or
temperature differences into electrical energy. Therefore, wireless
Easyfit switches are maintenance-free due to no batteries, freely
positionable and allow flexible control as well as intuitive usage.
"This
agreement with EnOcean demonstrates the power of vendor cooperation,"
said Russ Sharer, Vice President of Global Marketing for Fulham.
"Switches are an essential part of any lighting system and with
this announcements, our customers now have self-powered,
plug-and-play Bluetooth switches that can be installed anywhere,
without additional wiring or batteries. As wireless lighting
technology continues to evolve we will see more demand for flexible
and maintenance-free products like EnOcean's Easyfit switch."
"Although
today's mobile electronic devices are incredible tools for
controlling lighting, the switch is still the most natural and
intuitive interface between lighting and users. Therefore, our
self-powered Easyfit switches combined with Fulham's Bluetooth
products enables innovative wireless LED lighting solutions. These
are easy to install, maintenance-free applications for modern
lighting control based on our proven energy harvesting technology,"
said Troy Davis, Sales Director, EnOcean Inc.
About
Fulham
Fulham
Co., Inc. is a leading global provider of intelligent,
socially-conscious sustainable commercial lighting components and
electronics for use in commercial general lighting, parking
structure, signage, horticultural, UV and other applications. The
company develops and manufactures a variety of award-winning LED and
emergency products, as well as legacy products across multiple
lighting platforms. Fulham sells its lighting solutions worldwide
through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and electrical
equipment distribution channels. Headquartered in Hawthorne, Calif.,
the company has sales and/or manufacturing facilities in the
Netherlands, China, India and the UAE. For more information, visit
http://www.fulham.com,
@FulhamUSA or @FulhamEurope.
About
EnOcean
EnOcean
GmbH is the developer of the patented energy harvesting wireless
technology marketed under the brand names Dolphin and Easyfit.
Headquartered in Oberhaching, near Munich, the company produces and
markets maintenance-free wireless sensor solutions for batteryless
applications in the Internet of Things, which are used for building
and industrial automation, smart homes, LED lighting control and
outdoor environmental monitoring. The EnOcean products are based on
miniaturized energy converters, energy-efficient electronics and
reliable wireless technology for open wireless standards like
EnOcean, Zigbee and Bluetooth®. Leading product manufacturers have
been relying on EnOcean wireless modules for their system solutions
for the past 15 years and have installed the products in several
hundreds of thousands of buildings around the world.
About
Easyfit by EnOcean
Easyfit
is a brand of EnOcean GmbH, the developer of the patented energy
harvesting wireless technology. Easyfit products are self-powered
switches and sensors that use wireless standards such as EnOcean and
Bluetooth to make LED lighting solutions more energy-efficient, more
flexible and lower in cost. The Easyfit products are based on
miniaturized energy converters, ultra-low power electronics and
robust radio technology in open standards. For more information,
please visit http://www.easyfit-controls.com.
Press
Contacts:
Gina
Klute
EnOcean
GmbH
+49.89.67
34 689-76
Andy
Firchau
Marketing
Manager
Fulham
Co., Inc.
+1
(323) 779-2980, ext. 1252
