TÜV Rheinland Joins the Connected Lighting Alliance

TÜV Rheinland has joined The Connected Lighting Alliance as an associate member to promote and stimulate the market adoption of wireless lighting solutions by supporting open standards. Over the past decade, the lighting industry has undergone a fundamental shift to using LED as light source. LED technology brings exciting new functionalities which require innovative control mechanisms. Wireless lighting controls enable users to easily switch, dim, change color, and make group color settings. Members believe wireless connectivity is the future of lighting controls.

In order to benefit the users and grow the market, we strive towards interoperable lighting products. For this reason we endorse ZigBee Light Link as open standard for residential wireless lighting solutions and we are currently working on requirements for wireless connectivity for indoor professional lighting applications” says Simon den Uijl, Secretary General of the Alliance. Since the alliance’s endorsement of ZigBee Light Link, there has been a sharp increase in the availability of lighting products that supports the standard, including products from the leading lighting companies.

Stefan Kischka, Vice President Electrical and Global Business Field Manager of TÜV Rheinland, says: “We are proud to be the first test-house partnering with The Connected Lighting Alliance and support the Alliance to promote the development and endorsement of ZigBee Light Link as common open connectivity standard for the residential lighting market. We are the only international Service Provider offering ZigBee services in different locations all over the world such as Europe, USA, India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan. TÜV Rheinland can provide a one-stop-shop for certification services as part of its drive to deliver a positive contribution to a fully interoperable wireless lighting future.”

The Connected Lighting Alliance was founded by GE Lighting, Lutron, OSRAM, Panasonic, Philips, and Toshiba in August 2012 as the primary advocate of wireless connectivity in lighting applications. As a non-profit organization constituted by the leading companies in the lighting industry, its mission is to promote the global adoption and growth of wireless lighting solutions by supporting open standards.