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Get a Grip on Lighting, Focus on Controls: Steve Mesh

04/20/2022 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

In this special lighting controls edition of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, C. Webster Marsh and Ron Kuszmar interview Steve Mesh about the state of lighting controls.

Filed Under: Connected/Networked/Digital Control, Design, Topics

Lighting Controls and the Return to the Office

03/03/2022 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Matt Ochs, senior director of commercial business for Lutron Electronics, recently contributed an article to BUILDINGS Magazine talking about how lighting controls can support the return to the office, either fully occupied or in a hybrid office-home office model.

Filed Under: Articles, Design, Lutron Electronics Co.

Designing with Lighting Controls

02/25/2022 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

In 2020, the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) published ANSI/IES LP-6-20, Lighting Control Systems: Properties, Selection, and Specification. Drawing on the Lighting Controls Association’s Education Express offering as a primary source, this 111-page Lighting Practice and American National Standard provides an excellent foundation for designing with lighting control systems.

Filed Under: Articles, Design, Education and Tools

Steve Mesh Talks Control Zoning

02/09/2022 by Lighting Controls Association 1 Comment

In designing and specifying a lighting control system, part of the work involves configuring control zones to meet code requirements. This is an incredibly important step for two reasons…

Filed Under: Articles, Design

C. Webster Marsh Talks Written Specifications

08/30/2021 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Most new construction projects have various forms of documentation, but construction documentation often falls into one of two categories: Drawings or Specifications.

Filed Under: Articles, Design

Wattstopper’s Charles Knuffke on Granularity in Controls

07/02/2021 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Lighting control design continues to evolve toward smaller control zones for flexibility, energy savings, and responsiveness. This is the topic of the most recent controls column that Charles Knuffke, Systems Vice President and Evangelist for Wattstopper and Chair of the Lighting Controls Association, contributed to LD+A Magazine.

Filed Under: Articles, Design, Legrand

Jeremy Day Talks Control System Design

11/16/2020 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Jeremy Day, Application Engineering Director for LumenPulse, wrote an interesting article laying out a simple process for designing a lighting control system.

Filed Under: Articles, Design

Introduction to Automatic Plug Load Control

07/24/2020 by Craig DiLouie 1 Comment

This article, based on the Lighting Controls Association’s new Education Express course EE202: Automatic Plug Load Control, provides an overview of approaches used to automatically control plug loads in commercial buildings.

Filed Under: Articles, Design, Integration

Lighting Controls Association Announces New Course on Lighting Control Protocols

07/08/2020 by Lighting Controls Association 1 Comment

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) now offers EE305: Protocols as a new course in its popular Education Express program.

Filed Under: Connected/Networked/Digital Control, Design, Education and Tools, LCA News, Standards, Wireless Control

C. Webster Marsh Talks Lighting Controls Documentation

03/16/2020 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Lighting Controls Designers work with many different types of documents, some of which may be created by the designer, some by the manufacturer, and others by third parties. This paper will quickly describe each document, why it is used, and who is often responsible for creating the document. There are four design phases in which these documents are utilized…

Filed Under: Articles, Design

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