AMERICAN SCHOOL & UNIVERSITY recently published an article by Anne Hildenbrand, AIA, LEED AP, and Lisa Lamkin, AIA, CSI, LEED AP of BRW Architects, who described their work on John T. White Elementary School, the first school in the Fort Worth (Texas) district to be verified as a High Performance School by the Collaborative for […]
California Lighting Technology Center Publishes Integrated Classroom Lighting System Case Study
CLTC recently completed a case study of an integrated classroom lighting system installed at Laney College in Oakland. The project was conducted in partnership with Lutron Electronics, Inc. and Peralta Community College District’s Capital Outlay Planning and Construction. Payback was instantaneous, thanks to incentives from Oakland Shines and PG&E. The new system, which incorporates LED […]
UC Riverside School of Medicine Research Building Wins IES Lighting Control Innovation Award Of Merit
The Lighting Control Innovation Award was created in 2011 as part of the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Illumination Awards program, which recognizes professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design. LCA is proud to sponsor the Lighting Control Innovation Award, which recognizes projects that exemplify the effective use of lighting controls in nonresidential applications. In this award’s […]
University of California Library Wins Two Awards Using Leviton LEVNET RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Lighting Controls
University of California Santa Cruz’s (UCSC) Science and Engineering Library is one of two campus libraries that serve over 16,000 students. The school was concerned that existing lighting was fully activated in the morning and remained on until the cleaning staff left nearly 20 hours later, leading to daily energy waste. Occupancy of the building […]
Leviton LevNet RF Wireless Controls Help University of California Santa Cruz Library Win Two Awards for Sustainability and Innovation
Leviton and the University of California Santa Cruz’s (UCSC) Science and Engineering Library’s joint project has been named a recipient of two significant awards. The university utilized Leviton’s LevNet RF™, a high-performance line of wireless occupancy sensors, switches and accessories that feature EnOcean’s energy-harvesting technology, to aid in helping reduce the library’s energy consumption by […]
University Of Colorado Wins IES Lighting Control Innovation Award Of Merit
The Lighting Control Innovation Award was created in 2011 as part of the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Illumination Awards program, which recognizes professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design. LCA is proud to sponsor the Lighting Control Innovation Award, which recognizes projects that exemplify the effective use of lighting controls in nonresidential applications. In this award’s […]
WattStopper Digital Lighting Management Accelerates Completion of iPrep Academy
WattStopper’s Digital Lighting Management and technical lighting control expertise facilitated completion of Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ new iPrep Academy within tight timeframes. The fast track remodeling project challenged the design and construction teams, as the work had to be completed in just three months. When Miami-Dade County Public Schools set out to create an engaging, high tech learning environment for its new iPrep Academy, the project team selected Digital Lighting Management (DLM) controls, including dimming devices, personal controls and occupancy sensors. The controls enhance the remodeled Miami school, updated with colorful open spaces incorporating digital teaching tools, while also meeting the requirements of the ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 energy code.
WattStopper Digital Lighting Management Accelerates Completion of iPrep Academy
WattStopper’s Digital Lighting Management and technical lighting control expertise facilitated completion of Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ new iPrep Academy within tight timeframes. The fast track remodeling project challenged the design and construction teams, as the work had to be completed in just three months.
DCL Technology from Universal Lighting Technologies Slashes Utility Costs in Three School Gymnasiums
Convincing a public school system to retrofit the lighting in a high school gymnasium that was constructed only two years ago is not an easy task. But the energy-saving advantages offered by DCL® Control Systems earned a “yes” from the Silver Lake Regional School District in Kingston, Mass.
Research Demonstrates Controls Can Help Reduce School Average Power Density to About Half of ASHRAE 2004/2007
NYSERDA sponsored a demonstration project featuring a new Integrated Classroom Lighting System (ICLS) created by Finelite, Inc., a fixture manufacturer, installed as a retrofit into 28 existing classrooms at seven schools and universities. The Lighting Research Center (LRC) assessed teacher and student satisfaction. The result is a design template demonstrated to satisfy audio-visual needs and improve teacher and student satisfaction while reducing lighting power density to an average 0.73W/sq.ft., nearly 50% less than ASHRAE 90.1-2004/2007. Although Finelite optimized the design into an engineered system integrating the company’s light fixtures with state-of-the-art lighting control strategies, the template, if properly designed, can be treated as open source with suitable products from a wide range of manufacturers.