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2021 Rebate Outlook

03/26/2021 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Rebates remain a strong incentive for investing in energy-efficient lighting and controls. In 2021, significant opportunities are widely available for LED lighting and controls, including continuing availability of rebates for networked controls.

Filed Under: Articles, Utility Rebates/Incentives

BriteSwitch: Many Utility Rebate Programs Are Offering Bonuses

06/23/2020 by Lighting Controls Association 1 Comment

Rebate fulfillment firm BriteSwitch recently stated that about 20% of commercial lighting rebate programs are offering additional or bonus rebate opportunities.

Filed Under: Articles, Utility Rebates/Incentives

2020 Rebate Outlook

03/20/2020 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Reducing initial cost by an estimated 20-25 percent, rebates remain a strong incentive for investing in energy-efficient lighting and controls. In 2020, significant rebate opportunities are widely available for LED lighting and controls, including growing availability of rebates for networked controls.

Filed Under: Articles, Utility Rebates/Incentives

BriteSwitch on Networked Lighting Control Rebates

05/10/2019 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

Rebate fulfillment firm BriteSwitch recently published a short article on its website about new utility rebates promoting networked lighting controls. Since the introduction of the DLC’s Networked Lighting Controls Qualified Products List, utilities have been trying to decide how to include these control systems in their programs.

Filed Under: Connected/Networked/Digital Control, Utility Rebates/Incentives

The Future of Energy Savings

10/26/2018 by Craig DiLouie 1 Comment

In August 2018, the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) released Energy Savings Potential of DLC Commercial Lighting and Networked Lighting Controls, which projects energy savings for LED commercial lighting and networked lighting controls. The report makes a case that to continue getting big energy savings from lighting for another decade, utility rebate program administrators should transition to supporting LED luminaires and networked controls.

Filed Under: Articles, Connected/Networked/Digital Control, Utility Rebates/Incentives

Rebates for Controls Going Strong

05/25/2018 by Craig DiLouie 2 Comments

The most popular lighting control rebates continue to be occupancy sensors, light sensors, and daylight dimming systems. The average rebate for controls is fairly high when one considers their cost, positioning them as an attractive add-on to a retrofit. In some cases, such as high-bay lighting, the rebate can almost completely cover the cost of adding a luminaire-mounted occupancy sensor.

Filed Under: Articles, Utility Rebates/Incentives

Utility Rebates for Networked Lighting Controls

09/19/2017 by Craig DiLouie 2 Comments

In May 2016, the DesignLights Consortium® (DLC) released V.1.0 of its Networked Lighting Control Systems Specification, which formed the basis of a new Qualified Lighting Products List (QPL). The intent was to provide utilities and energy efficiency programs a resource to qualify networked lighting control systems so they could be covered in commercial sector lighting […]

Filed Under: Articles, Connected/Networked/Digital Control, Utility Rebates/Incentives

Lighting Control Rebates Going Strong

03/20/2017 by Craig DiLouie 2 Comments

By Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP Many utilities offer incentive programs to customers to get them to use less energy. This is based on the premise that it is often cheaper to pay customers to use less energy than to build new generating capacity to satisfy future power demand. The simplest and most popular type of […]

Filed Under: Articles, Utility Rebates/Incentives

DLC Networked Controls Specification Enables Utility Incentives

06/23/2016 by Craig DiLouie 1 Comment

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) has released a Networked Lighting Controls category in its Qualified Products List (QPL). The first qualifying products will be published in June 2016. The likely result is inclusion of networked lighting controls in rebate programs that annually allocate billions of dollars in funding to promote energy-efficient lighting. Comprised of 83 members […]

Filed Under: Articles, Connected/Networked/Digital Control, Utility Rebates/Incentives

DLC Finalizes Networked Lighting Control Specification V1.0

05/10/2016 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

The DLC has announced Version 1.0 of the Networked Lighting Control (NLC) System Specification. This specification and the coinciding Qualified Products List (QPL) for Networked Lighting Controls will provide a valuable new resource to the lighting market, utilities and energy efficiency programs to understand, evaluate and compare Networked Lighting Control Systems. The NLC QPL will […]

Filed Under: General, Utility Rebates/Incentives

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