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By Lighting Controls Association, on October 7, 2011
The New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society has announced its impressive speaker line up and also notify attendees that event registration is in full swing. With a confirmed presence of 30+ leading controls manufacturers from across the world, Control This! is ready for a record breaking year in providing its attendees with the latest in controls and energy management technology. Exhibit hours are from 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. with CEU presentations beginning at 12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Control This! 2011 will offer guests the choice of six programs within two tracks: Construction and Commissioning. Attendees will see firsthand the latest innovations and product development in the rapidly growing fields of lighting controls and energy management systems by viewing the latest innovations on display by the industry’s leading manufacturers.
CONTROL THIS! LIVE: 3-HOUR WORKSHOP THAT ALLOWS PARTICIPANTS A HANDS-ON, ONE-ON-ONE OPPORTUNITY TO WIRE THE COMPONENTS OF THE CONTROL SYSTEMS THEY USUALLY ONLY SEE AS “ONE LINES”
This workshop, instructed by Steve Mesh, LC, IESNA, Principal, Lighting Education & Design will consist of wiring exercises where participants actually wire (and commission) control devices and systems. Additionally, Steve will present some generic control information and issues in lecture format at the end of the 3-hour time period (control narratives, differences between hard-wired analog systems and digital plug-and-play, and more). This will be similar to workshops run by Steve and others at LIGHTFAIR, Better Buildings By Design conferences in Burlington, Vermont, and at the Pacific Energy Center in San Francisco. This is also similar to (but a much shorter version of) a 50-hour course for electricians called California Advanced Lighting Controls Training Program for which Steve has been one of the main developers and instructors.
THE COMMISSIONING PROCESS: IESNA DG29
This workshop, presented by Gary Meshberg, LC, LEED-AP, director of sales, Encelium Technologies; chair, Lighting Controls Association; and chair, IES Commissioning Committee, covers commissioning. IES DG-29-11, developed by IES in association with the Lighting Controls Association, describes the technical requirements for commissioning lighting and control systems to achieve owner performance criteria in new construction. Gary will present attendees with a step by step “how to” for the critical task of commissioning a lighting control system. This Design Guide includes requirements for lighting and control systems to fully support the Commissioning Process documentation, verification and acceptance activities during each phase of the Commissioning Process, including a Systems Manual and training for operations and maintenance personnel and occupants.
WIRELESS LIGHTING CONTROL: A LIFE CYCLE COST EVALUATION OF MULTIPLE LIGHTING CONTROL STRATEGIES
Dane Sanders and Darcie Chinnis of Clanton & Associates will present a description of the study and findings which they have recently published which answer the question: What gives me the biggest control bang (energy savings) for my lighting control budget buck? In addition to providing the findings and insights from this study, Mr. Sanders and Ms. Chinnis will also present examples of completed projects illustrating their findings. They will describe the projects, the design and decision making process, and demonstrate the measured energy and cost savings effectiveness of the strategies selected.
LIGHTING CONTROLS FOR HUMANS
Michael Stiller of Michael Stiller Design will focus on System Topology, Dimming Performance, Lighting / Media Integration–getting all components to talk to each other. Shoshanna Segal, principal, Luminous Flux, joins the discussion to address of the second part of that problem: now you have the components talking to each other…how do you communicate to all the people involved in a project to ensure the system operates as it’s supposed to? This part of the session will discuss the challenges and opportunities that arise when specification writing is approached as the composition of a narrative, in addition to a prescriptive performance specification.
URBAN GREEN: MEETING THE GREEN CODE
New York City has taken on a leadership position in promoting Green Codes. In 2009, they adopted the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan, the most comprehensive program in the country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing buildings. The Greater, Greener Buildings Plan consists of four bills. The legislation includes the creation of a New York City Energy Conservation Code; building performance benchmarking; audit and retro-commissioning measures; and lighting retrofits and tenant submetering. Cheryl Massie is a Vice President at WSP Flack + Kurtz and a volunteer speaker for Urban Green Council, a non-profit organization based in NYC that works to promote green building in urban areas. This session will take a look at the four Local Laws that are part of the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan and will address the significance of lighting controls a part of compliance a year after the 2010 regulations.
SMART CITIES: INTERACTIVE URBAN LIGHTING
Susanne Seitinger and Pol Pla I Conesa of MIT Fluid Interfaces Group will share research done during their time at MIT Media Lab. They will review an interactive installation – Light Bridge, a dynamic display symbolic of MIT’s historical and contemporary connections between people and places on both sides of the river. They will also discuss fresh ideas about interactivity with the urban environment.
For more information about Control This!, click here.
By Lighting Controls Association, on September 30, 2011
The Illuminating Engineering Society – New York City Section (IESNYC) has announced the speaker line up for ControlThis! 2011 and that event registration is officially open. Taking place on Thursday, October 20, 2011 in New York City, ControlThis! is holding a lecture series and trades how dedicated to advancing the education of the lighting, engineering and design community on lighting controls systems and energy management technologies. The Lighting Controls Association is a proud sponsor of the event.
“We are excited to announce our line-up of speakers for ControlThis! 2011. This versatile program brings together both an informational lecture series with hands on demonstrations organized in two educational tracks.” commented Event Co-Chair, Meg Smith of Philips. “We offer a total of six accredited educational sessions and a new ‘Innovation Place” that will provide attendees with a firsthand look at the latest, innovative and emerging controls technologies. Furthermore, all attendees will have the opportunity to interact with a number of leading controls manufacturers that will be exhibiting their latest systems and innovations at the trade show throughout the day”.
ControlThis! 2011 will be held at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City with Exhibit Hours from 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Educational CEU Accredited Presentations beginning at 12:00 p.m. thru 7:00 p.m. Online registration at www.controlthis.org has officially opened with discounted admission for IES, DLF, USGBC NY Upstate Chapter and Lighting Controls Association members. Students are encouraged to attend as a complimentary guest with preregistration and ID. To register, simply visit www.controlthis.org for details on registration, speakers and specific sessions.
SPEAKER LINE-UP
Construction and Commissioning Track
• Hands on Wiring Demo and Basic Control Information. This is a unique three hour demonstration event allowing participants a hands-on, one on one opportunity to wire the components of the control systems they usually only see as “one lines”. Facilitated by Steve Mesh, LC, IALD, Lighting Consultant and Educator.
• The Commissioning Process: IESNA DG29. Presented by Gary Meshberg, LEED AP, LC, IESNA, Director of Sales for Encelium Technologies, Committee Chair for the IES Design Guide Committee and chair of the Lighting Controls Association.
• Selecting a Cost Effective Control Strategy: An analysis of cost and performance. Presented by: Dane Sanders and Darcie Chinnis, Clanton Associates
Design Track
• Lighting Controls for Humans. Presented by Michael Stiller, Michael Stiller Design
• Interactive Urban Lighting. Presented by Pol Pla I Conesa, MIT Fluid Interfaces Group
• Meeting the Green Code: Presented by Urban Green
Innovation Place
• Table tops of “not ready for market” innovative technology or process
• Demonstration of the interactive teaching tool for developmentally challenged students at the Perkins School for the Blind.
For more information, visit www.ControlThis.org.
By Lighting Controls Association, on September 28, 2011
 The Illuminating Engineering Society has published IES DG-29, The Commissioning Process Applied to Lighting and Control Systems, produced by the IES Commissioning Committee chaired by Gary Meshberg, LC, LEED-AP or Encelium Technologies, who also serves as chair of the Lighting Controls Association.
The document (40 pages, 8 ½ X 11, softcover, ISBN: 978-0-87995-255-6, $60.00 List Price, $42.00 IES Member Price) describes the technical requirements for commissioning lighting and control systems to achieve owner performance criteria in new construction.
The purpose of the document is to provide a quality assurance process to verify that buildings and their installed systems satisfy owner and designer performance criteria initially and throughout the life of the building.
The procedures, methods and documentation requirements in the guideline describe the application of lighting and control systems. DG-29-11 should be considered a supplement to ASHRAE Guideline 0-2005 The Commissioning Process. The Guideline was also published by the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) as Guideline 0, the Total Building Commissioning Process.
DG-29-11 Design Guide for The Commissioning Process Applied to Lighting and Control Systems is available here. Phone orders can be directed to 212.248.5000, x112.
By Lighting Controls Association, on September 15, 2011
The Lighting Controls Association has published more than 10 product videos at its YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/LightingControlsAssn.
These videos reveal some of the lighting control industry’s brightest product offerings in 2011. Shot at LCA member booths at 2011 LIGHTFAIR, each 1- to 5-minute video features a company spokesperson describing a key product introduction from some of the industry’s leading manufacturers of lighting controls.
Click here to watch these videos now. (Note that the audio is in stereo, not mono; you will need a stereo audio output to listen.)
By Lighting Controls Association, on September 12, 2011
The Lighting Controls Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Lighting Control Innovation Award.
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.
Criteria for the new award, along with submissions forms and procedures, can be viewed at www.IES.org/programs/ia.cfm. Final judging took place May 16, 2011 in Philadelphia during LIGHTFAIR International, and LD+A announced the winners in August.
 In 2011, IES received 20 submissions for the award, and recognized eight with an Award of Merit:
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles (First Circle Design LLC)
Cleveland Public Library Rice Branch (Tec Inc. Engineering & Design)
Wynn Las Vegas Typical Rooms and Suites Lighting Controls (Wynn Hotel and Casino)
U.S. Department of Energy (RNL)
University of Colorado Center for Community (M-E Engineers, Inc.)
Groom Energy Intelligent LED Lighting Upgrade Project (Groom Energy Solutions)
Integrated Design Associates (Integrated Design Associates)
City of Dreams Resort Bubble Theater (Lightswitch Architectural)
 The last project, City of Dreams, also won a Special Citation for the “use of controls as an art form for an entertainment environment.”
The Lighting Controls Association thanks all of the firms that submitted projects, and congratulates the winners for creating projects that exemplify the effective use of lighting controls in nonresidential applications.
And stay tuned as LCA publishes each of these winning projects here on our website over the next year.
By Lighting Controls Association, on August 29, 2011
 The next time you visit Lightsearch.com, the lighting industry’s leading online directory since 1995, you may notice a change on the homepage. The Lighting Controls Association is proud to sponsor Lightsearch.com and provide its visitors access to LCA blog content via headlines published on Lightsearch.com’s homepage.
By Lighting Controls Association, on August 25, 2011
 The Lighting Controls Association is pleased to announce that it has updated EE101: Introduction to Lighting Control, a popular offering in the Association’s Education Express series of online distance education courses about lighting controls.
The new course, authored by Craig DiLouie, principal of ZING Communications, Inc. and LCA’s Education Director, offers an overview of lighting controls, covering:
• Benefits of lighting controls, including visual needs, energy management, energy code compliance and sustainability
• Basic functionality of lighting controls: inputs and outputs
• Manual versus automatic as an input
• Dimming versus switching as an output
• Manual control—how it works, typical energy savings, typical applications
• Occupancy sensing—how it works, typical energy savings, typical applications
• Time scheduling—how it works, typical energy savings, typical applications
• Daylight harvesting—how it works, typical energy savings, typical applications
• Demand response
At the conclusion of the course, an optional online comprehension test is available, with automatic grading; a passing grade enables the student to claim education credit.
EE101: Introduction to Lighting Control is registered with the National Council on Quality in the Lighting Professions (NCQLP), which recognizes a total of 1.5 LEUs towards maintenance of Lighting Certified (LC) certification. This course is also registered with the California Advanced Lighting Control Training Program (CALCTP) for credit to qualify to receive live training.
By Lighting Controls Association, on August 15, 2011
 Image courtesy of Lutron. The Lighting Controls Association is pleased to announce that it has updated EE103: Fluorescent Dimming, a popular offering in the Association’s Education Express series of online distance education courses about lighting controls.
The new course, authored by Craig DiLouie, principal of ZING Communications, Inc. and LCA’s Education Director, is divided into two sections: Dimming Control, and Fluorescent Dimming Ballasts.
The first section, Dimming Control, provides an in-depth introduction to dimming, including popular dimming strategies, methods, controls, human perception and response, and how different light sources behave while dimmed. The second section, Fluorescent Dimming Ballasts, covers technology and application issues such as dimming methods and lamp-ballast interactions.
At the conclusion of each of the two four modules in the course, an optional online comprehension test is available, with automatic grading; a passing grade enables the student to claim education credit.
EE103: Fluorescent Dimming is registered with the National Council on Quality in the Lighting Professions (NCQLP), which recognizes a total of 8.0 LEUs towards maintenance of Lighting Certified (LC) certification. This course is also registered with the California Advanced Lighting Control Training Program (CALCTP) for credit to qualify to receive live training.
By Lighting Controls Association, on August 3, 2011
The Illuminating Engineering Society’s New York City Section (IESNYC) has announced the date for its second annual program on state-of-the-art lighting control systems: CONTROL THIS!
The Lighting Controls Association is proud to sponsor this important industry event.
Control This! 2011 will take place on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at The Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, 2nd Floor Gallery in New York City.
More than 500 lighting design community members are expected to attend this trade show and lecture series dedicated to the challenges facing the industry in lighting controls and energy management technologies. Control This! 2011 will offer guests the choice of six programs within two tracks: Construction and Commissioning. Attendees will see firsthand the latest innovations and product development in the rapidly growing fields of lighting controls and energy management systems by viewing the latest innovations on display by the industry’s leading manufacturers. Check the website for details on speakers and specific sessions.
Exhibit hours are from 11:30 PM to 6:00 PM. Educational CEU accredited presentations will begin at 12:00 PM through 5:30 PM.
To register, visit www.iesnyc.org or www.controlthis.org. On-line registration will open on August 20, 2011. Discounted admission for IES, DLF and Lighting Controls Association members (pre-registration required). Students are encouraged to attend as a complimentary guest with preregistration and ID.
By Lighting Controls Association, on June 27, 2011
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published NEMA 410-2011 Performance Testing for Lighting Controls and Switching Devices with Electronic Drivers and Discharge Ballasts. This standard, last published in 2004, is maintained by the association’s Lamp, Ballast, Lighting Controls, and Wiring Device sections.
NEMA 410 provides guidance for the design and testing of lighting controls and switching devices to be used with electronic drivers, discharge ballasts, and self-ballasted lamps to assist in establishing and verifying compatibility between products. This standard has been expanded to encompass additional types of lighting technology, and numerous figures and test circuit diagrams and designs have been added.
Ed Thomas of GE Lighting, chair of the Ballast Section Technical Committee, said, “NEMA 410 is the industry standard for electronic ballast inrush current. This revision extends its applicability to include self-ballasted compact fluorescent lamps and integrated LED lamps, and NEMA encourages the standard’s use by those evaluating and designing electronic ballasts and device drivers.”
NEMA 410 may be downloaded free here. To find other NEMA lighting standards, click here.
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