Industry News
Trade Week Notes — August 2, 2026
Controller trade-ins, smart outdoor lighting pushes, and equipment notes from the green industry press.
Key Takeaways
- Controller trade-in volume shows smart upgrades remain active
- “Smart lighting” marketing still bottoms out in transformer and aiming basics
- Green-industry suppliers keep adding niche equipment SKUs
Irrigation
SiteOne reported recycling about 10,000 outdated controllers in 2025 through its trade-in program — a signal that smart upgrades (Hydrawise faceplates, WAND modules, Pro-HC swaps) are still a volume play for distributors and contractors alike.
Landscape Lighting
Several vendors are pitching “smart” outdoor lighting with app or AI framing. For FX Luminaire jobs, the practical questions stay the same: transformer headroom, voltage drop, warm CCT, and Luxor zoning when the owner will actually use scenes.
Industry & Business
PERC launched a propane landscape demonstration program and Coxreels added dual hydraulic reels — peripheral to irrigation parts, but part of the same contractor equipment ecosystem.
Sources
- SiteOne recycles 10K outdated controllers in 2025 through Trade-In Program — Lawn & Landscape
- PERC launches Propane Landscape Demonstration Program — Lawn & Landscape
- Coxreels adds dual hydraulic reels — Lawn & Landscape
- in-lite introduces in-lite Smart AI: the next step in smart outdoor lighting | Corporate — EQS News
This roundup is an original summary written for Hunter Irrigation Supply. Headlines and facts are attributed to the linked sources; full articles remain on their original publishers’ sites.