Network of a plurality of network components, wherein at least some of the network components comprise devices of a building installation, in particular lighting devices, wherein the network components are connected to an electrical supply network and a wired and/or wireless controller, the network is operable in three different expansion stages, wherein the first expansion stage comprises a networking of the network components only within a room with the wired and/or wireless controller, the second expansion stage comprises a coupling of a plurality of networks of the first expansion stage to a light management system or building management system, LMS/BMS system, and the third expansion stage comprises a coupling of a plurality of LMS/BMS systems of the second expansion stage in a cloud, wherein each of the three expansion stages is independently operable and the transition to the next higher expansion stage can take place without changing the network components of the lower expansion stage, wherein the network components are parameterizable and the parameterization relates to one or more of the following parameters: time programs, in particular according to time of day and/or according to calendar day, follow-up times and/or alarm functions; dimming level after a detected presence and absence of persons in an environment of a sensor, optionally with a gradual fade-in or fade-out; semi-automatic or pre-automatic operation of a component via one or more user interfaces; behaviour in the event of a supply network failure, in the event of a network return and/or in the event of a system fault; type, identification number and/or installation location of the network component; recording an energy consumption of a network component; recording operating times and/or failures of a network component, and wherein the network is adapted to transfer the data of the parameterization in the transition from one expansion stage to the next higher expansion stage in network components of the next higher stage. the network is operable in three different expansion stages, wherein the first expansion stage comprises a networking of the network components only within a room with the wired and/or wireless controller, the second expansion stage comprises a coupling of a plurality of networks of the first expansion stage to a light management system or building management system, LMS/BMS system, and the third expansion stage comprises a coupling of a plurality of LMS/BMS systems of the second expansion stage in a cloud, wherein each of the three expansion stages is independently operable and the transition to the next higher expansion stage can take place without changing the network components of the lower expansion stage, wherein the network components are parameterizable and the parameterization relates to one or more of the following parameters: time programs, in particular according to time of day and/or according to calendar day, follow-up times and/or alarm functions; dimming level after a detected presence and absence of persons in an environment of a sensor, optionally with a gradual fade-in or fade-out; semi-automatic or pre-automatic operation of a component via one or more user interfaces; behaviour in the event of a supply network failure, in the event of a network return and/or in the event of a system fault; type, identification number and/or installation location of the network component; recording an energy consumption of a network component; recording operating times and/or failures of a network component, and wherein the network is adapted to transfer the data of the parameterization in the transition from one expansion stage to the next higher expansion stage in network components of the next higher stage. time programs, in particular according to time of day and/or according to calendar day, follow-up times and/or alarm functions; dimming level after a detected presence and absence of persons in an environment of a sensor, optionally with a gradual fade-in or fade-out; semi-automatic or pre-automatic operation of a component via one or more user interfaces; behaviour in the event of a supply network failure, in the event of a network return and/or in the event of a system fault; type, identification number and/or installation location of the network component; recording an energy consumption of a network component; recording operating times and/or failures of a network component, and wherein the network is adapted to transfer the data of the parameterization in the transition from one expansion stage to the next higher expansion stage in network components of the next higher stage.