Terralux’s smart lighting systems can see, smell and feel.
Longmont’s . said Wednesday that its LEDSENSE smart light-bulb technology helped attract $11 million in “growth investment,” in its latest funding round led by venture capital firm .
Other investors included GC&H Investments, and company founder and Chief Technology Officer Anthony Catalano. It previously in 2012.
Terralux’s “light bulb with a brain” can smell, see and touch, says the company. It automatically adjusts lighting when someone enters a room, or dims lights when everyone leaves. Or if it senses smoke, carbon dioxide or gasses in the air, it can switch on an exhaust fan or trigger an alarm. By using these sensors, Terralux says it can reduce a building’s energy cost and usage by 90 percent.
Investors see lots of potential.
“Terralux has built elegant solutions that allow building owners to begin retrofitting the enormous base of existing buildings with energy-efficient LED technology,” said Bill Kingsley, Managing Director with EnerTech Capital, in. “The pace, quality and the market acceptance of their new product releases caught our attention.”
A Terralux retrofit for a square down light.
For now, the technology targets commercial buildings, like , and plenty . It retrofits the lighting systems so even older buildings can add smart lights.
Terralux was founded in Boulder in 2003. Last year, it of head lamps and flashlights to . in order to focus on the commercial products.
The company plans to use the money to develop its LED retrofit-product portfolio, according to Steve Hane, Terralux’s CEO.
The company, which has about 30 patents, employs 50 people.
