Distributed Lighting Control of an Area

A method of distributed lighting control, comprising:

• a sensor sensing a change of light intensity per unit of time greater than a sense threshold;
• if a light associated with the sensor is within an area and the sensed change of light intensity per unit of time is greater than the sense threshold , then activating the light at a preselected area light intensity;
• the light associated with the sensor determining whether or not it is within the area, comprising the light performing a discovery operation.

A lighting apparatus, comprising:

• a light;
• a sensor associated with the light for sensing a change of light intensity per unit of time greater than a sense threshold;
• a controller, the controller operative to determine if the light is within an area, the controller further operative to activate the light at a preselected area light intensity if a light associated with the sensor is within the area and the sensed change of light intensity per unit of time is greater than the sense threshold, wherein if the light is not within the area, then the light only activating if motion is additionally detected, thereby increasing light intensity over a target area.