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A Deep Dive Into the 2021 IECC

09/22/2023 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Based on a new Lighting Controls Association Education Express course, this article takes a deep dive into the lighting control requirements in the 2021 version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).

Filed Under: Articles, Content, Energy Codes, Topics

Acuity’s Steve Roe Talks Value of Embedded Controls

09/08/2023 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

“Today, a fresh lighting design is really a lighting and controls design,” writes Acuity’s Steve Roe in this guest post. “Fortunately, leading manufacturers created a tool for lighting specifiers to do it all based on a simple formula: put the controls within the luminaire (light fixture).”

Filed Under: Acuity Brands, Articles, Content, Integration, Members, Topics

The Lighting Controls Podcast: Darren Lapsley of Clarus Lighting + Controls

09/01/2023 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Who’s responsible for the lighting controls on a project? Who’s qualified? Who’s certified? In this extraordinary conversation at The Lighting Controls Podcast sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association and NAILD, hosts Webster and Ron talk to Darren Lapsley about communications between teams, education, the future of lighting controls, and much more.

Filed Under: Content, Design, Topics

California Energy Code Lighting Language Cleanup Initiative

08/30/2023 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

The California Energy Alliance collaborated with the California Lighting Technology Center, RMS Energy Consulting LLC, and Southern California Edison to establish a working group of industry stakeholders to develop recommendations that simplify and clarify the nonresidential and residential lighting and lighting controls language contained in the 2022 Title 24, Part 6 Energy Code.

Filed Under: Content, Energy Codes, Topics

Biden Administration Announces $90 Million To Support Resilient and Efficient Building Energy Codes

08/28/2023 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $90 million in competitive awards to help states, cities, tribes, and partnering organizations implement updated energy codes for buildings.

Filed Under: Content, Energy Codes, Topics

Decarbonization Requires Faster Pace of Retrofits

08/25/2023 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

The 2016 Paris Agreement called for its nearly 200 signatories to join in limiting global warming to an increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This would require carbon emissions to be reduced by about half by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. To reach this goal, the rate of retrofits in the Global North will need to triple from barely 1 percent to at least 3 percent of stock each year, according to Retrofitting Buildings to be Future-Fit, a November 2022 report by commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).

Filed Under: Articles, Construction and Economy, Content, Design, Market Research, Topics

Lighting Controls Association Announces New Education Express Course on 2021 IECC

08/11/2023 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

The Lighting Controls Association now offers EE203: Lighting Controls and Energy Codes: 2021 IECC as a new course in its popular Education Express program.

Filed Under: Content, Education and Tools, Energy Codes, LCA News, Topics

Lighting Controls Bookstore

08/02/2023 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Check out these excellent publications covering lighting controls by the Illuminating Engineering Society.

Filed Under: Articles, Commissioning, Connected/Networked/Digital Control, Content, Design, Education and Tools, Fundamentals, Internet of Things, Topics

Lighting The Manufacturing Boom

07/24/2023 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

The United States is currently enjoying a dramatic surge in construction in manufacturing infrastructure. This suggests fresh demand for lighting and controls and the expertise to properly apply them to industrial spaces.

Filed Under: Acuity Brands, Articles, Construction and Economy, Content, Industrial, Members, Projects, Synapse Wireless, Topics

The Lighting Controls Podcast: Mitch Hefter Talks Standards

07/21/2023 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

In this episode of The Lighting Controls Podcast co-produced by the Lighting Controls Association and NAILD, Mitch Hefter, Sr. Systems Engineer – Design & Development for Signify provides a lesson in standards like DALI and DMX along with a refresher on acronyms like ESTA and USITT.

Filed Under: Content, Standards, Topics

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