Casambi and Somfy partner

Casambi and Somfy said on April 14 they will link Casambi lighting controls with Somfy motorized shades in one commercial-building system. (somfypro.com) The companies said the setup combines Casambi’s wireless 0–10 volt interface with Somfy’s Somfy Digital Network motor technology, letting integrators automate lights and shades through the same app-based workflows. (somfypro.com) Casambi said its platform has been specified in more than 200,000 projects worldwide and that more than 5 million Casambi Ready devices have been sold, giving the Somfy tie-up a large installed base to target. (casambi.com) In commercial buildings, shades and lights often sit on separate control systems even though both manage the same thing: how much light reaches a room. Somfy said automated solar shading can cut a building’s total energy consumption by 15% to 20% by reducing cooling demand and trimming artificial-light use. (somfy.com) That makes integration a design and retrofit issue as much as a product launch. Somfy said the partnership is aimed at simpler specifications, less infrastructure, faster installation timelines, and more flexibility for both new construction and renovation work. (somfypro.com) Casambi has spent the past year pitching interoperability as a selling point for lighting controls rather than a feature add-on. The company says all Casambi Ready products run the same firmware and hardware environment, and it supports interfaces including Digital Addressable Lighting Interface, EnOcean, pulse-width modulation, and 1–10 volt dimming. (casambi.com) Somfy comes into the deal from the facade side of the building stack. Its animeo range is built around dynamic solar shading for offices and other commercial sites, with the company framing daylight control as part of energy, comfort, and wellness targets. (somfy.com) The immediate pitch to architects, lighting designers, and systems integrators is fewer handoffs between trades and one coordinated way to manage natural and artificial light. The companies said they plan to expand the integration further, which suggests this announcement is a starting point rather than a one-off product release. (somfypro.com)