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CATEGORY: Members » HUNT Dimming
By Lighting Controls Association, on March 9, 2012
 HUNT Simplicity® Architectural Wallbox Dimmers provide:
* Products dim electronic T8′s and CFL’s
* Both 0 to 10 Volt and Phase-Control analog technologies, and DALI digital protocols
* Controls for low or high-power applications
* Over 200 stock items that ship same day
* The most extensive line of 240/277 Volt controls available
* Custom 277 Volt and 50 Hz controls
* Small lot OEM capabilities
* ISO 9000 products
* Aggressive Distributor Stock program with low minimum stock levels.
Check out the product brochure here for free download.
By Lighting Controls Association, on March 21, 2011
 Lighting Controls Association members will present “Design of Electric Controls for Daylighting,” a three-hour workshop, during the Daylighting Institute at LIGHTFAIR 2011.
The workshop, presented by David Weigand, LC, LEED-AP of Leviton, Gary Meshberg, LC, LEED-AP of Encelium and A. J. Glaser of HUNT Dimming, will occur Sunday, May 15, 2:00-5:00PM.
Energy efficiency through daylighting can only be realized when electric lights are dimmed or switched. This workshop provides information about daylight harvesting control strategies and technologies in a case study format for real-world context, focusing on current approaches, main issues and emerging technologies (e.g., automatic calibration/commissioning, use of multiple sensors), including use of open and closed loop sensing, photosensor characteristics, control algorithms and commissioning.
Learning Objective 1: Learn about various technologies and equipment types used to harvest daylight into energy savings.
Learning Objective 2: Achieve an understanding of what constitutes good and bad daylighting and how to design a daylight harvesting control system. Students will be engaged in an interactive format to solve real-world problems via a case study approach supplemented by handouts.
Learning Objective 3: Learn about how to properly commission and set up a daylight harvesting control system, with handouts including a generic specification, specification punch list, and detailed commissioning procedures.
Learning Objective 4: Student will engage in problem-solving using real-world examples.
This workshop has been presented by these very knowledgeable industry veterans since 2009 and consistently scores high marks from attendees.
If you’re attending LIGHTFAIR this year in Philadelphia and interested in learning about daylight harvesting controls, be sure to register and attend this workshop.
By Lighting Controls Association, on March 17, 2011
LIGHTFAIR 2011 moves to Philadelphia this year on May 17-19. Be sure to check out the new products being offered by members of the Lighting Controls Association!
Acuity Brands (Sensor Switch, Synergy Lighting Controls) #1801
Cooper Controls #2135
Encelium #2511
GE Lighting #1001
Hubbell Building Automation #535
HUNT Dimming #3134
Leviton #945
Lutron Electronics #501
OSRAM SYLVANIA #833
Panasonic Electric Works Corporation of America #3805
Philips #1401
PLC Multipoint #3236
Schneider Electric #1729
Universal Lighting Technologies #3501
WattStopper #2535
By Lighting Controls Association, on January 23, 2010
 Fort Collins, CO-based HUNT Dimming has announced that is has begun celebrating its fiftieth year as a leading lighting control manufacturer and technology development company.
The past 50 years have been extraordinary for HUNT Dimming. The invention of the transistor in 1956, which launched the dawn of the modern-day electronics age and earned its inventors the Nobel Prize for physics, would have a far-reaching impact on lighting control. Four years later, in 1960, the famous Hunt brothers of Dallas, TX invested in the transistor’s application to lighting, resulting in the first commercialization of dimming. For the next 50 years, the groundwork laid by HUNT Dimming would grow into a significant part of the lighting industry; these years would see many companies follow HUNT’s lead.
Demand for dimming has evolved over the past 50 years, and HUNT Dimming has evolved with it, constantly innovating to stay ahead of much larger competition as a preferred brand with an equally strong emphasis on service. When the company first opened its doors for business in 1960, dimming was primarily used to control incandescent lamps for aesthetic purposes. In 1985, HUNT Dimming launched its Simplicity® brand to support dimming of larger lighting systems for energy management and/or visual needs. Most recently, HUNT Dimming unveiled its popular Simplicity® LED Controller for use with state-of-the-art LED drivers and sources, considered the next step in the evolution of lighting.
“I am honored to be a part of lighting’s history that is HUNT Dimming,” noted A. J. Glaser, President of HUNT Dimming. “From its founding of the modern lighting controls industry, HUNT has been focused on the principles of innovation and customer service. While this seems simple in theory, for many, it is elusive in practice. I am proud of how all the people associated with HUNT Dimming over its many years have contributed to its success, including both our employees and sales representatives, all of whom have helped us to remain positioned to serve the industry for the next 50 years.”
For more information, visit HUNT Dimming at www.huntdimming.com.
By Lighting Controls Association, on December 13, 2008
 HUNT Dimming, the Fort Collins, CO-based lighting control manufacturer and technology development company, has announced the introduction of its Simplicity® LED Controller for use with selected state-of-the-art LED drivers and lamps.
“Continuing our development of control technologies for light emitting diodes is a natural extension and in keeping with our corporate strategy of expanding our Simplicity® brand in the lighting market,” noted A. J. Glaser, President of HUNT Dimming. “Our Simplicity® LED Controller provides a simple, yet powerful solution for infinitely variable control of high-end LED applications provided by various manufacturers. This latest product introduction joins our Simplicity® 0-10VDC line of controls which may be used in some LED and other applications.
“It is important to understand that control technologies in the lighting industry are becoming paramount to the light source rather than ancillary. The control of the lighting system creates the mental image and subsequent experience remembered by the user. Control is where much of the lighting value is added,” said Glaser.
For more information about HUNT Dimming, visit www.huntdimming.com.
By Lighting Controls Association, on March 17, 2005
 HUNT Dimming, the Fort Collins, CO-based lighting controls manufacturer, has announced its Simplicity™ Series Digital Dimming Systems now have Demand Response capabilities, offering a variable load-shedding strategy for interior building lighting. This available feature of the Simplicity Series Dimming System addresses the desire of large energy users to avoid peak time-of-day rates, as well as participate in utility-sponsored rate reduction programs offered to them in exchange for load-shedding commitments which lower user electricity costs and conserve energy.
Proprietary software incorporated in the Simplicity Series Digital Dimming Panels allows for lighting system designs where load-shedding control is: directly administered by the utility (Automated Demand Response, or “Auto-DR”); maintained on site by the facility owner; remotely initiated by a centralized office with local override options; or integrated into an ancillary BMS system to provide the desired load-shedding for lighting while being incorporated with additional load-shedding strategies within the building. Variable zone control of the lighting, together with user-defined extended fade rates, serves to minimize disruption for occupants and maintains even light levels not found with typical switched loads.
The California Energy Commission (CEC) and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) have identified Demand Response technology as an important element in its goal of flattening out the grid load shape on peak days and to help avoid the blackout situations that arose in California in 2001 and the Northeast in 2003. Demand Response technology allows the end-user to most cost effectively utilize common electric utility pricing methods such as: Time-of-Use (TOU), Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) and Demand Bidding Program (DPB).
For more information about Hunt Dimming, visit www.huntdimming.com.
By Lighting Controls Association, on January 17, 2005
 HUNT Dimming, the Fort Collins, CO-based lighting controls manufacturer, has unveiled an enhanced version of its popular Custom LCD Touchscreen series of controls which incorporates new daylighting features.
The Simplicity™ Series LCD Touchscreens provide features complementary to the existing monitoring and control found in HUNT’s microprocessor-based dimming panels when used in Daylighting applications. Designed to overcome on-site language barriers and simplify ease-of-use, HUNT’s LCD Touchscreens provide visual and intuitive digital lighting control for single location operation, monitoring and programming of all lighting zones, while communicating in a user-friendly format optimal for a diverse set of users. Options for making daylighting adjustments include graphically depicted program screens utilizing customized AutoCAD® layout drawings. Daylighting program features may alternately be accessed and displayed in foreign languages or with international symbols, overcoming on-site language and communication barriers between a diverse set of potential users.
Complementary Simplicity™ Series wall-mounted control stations include pushbutton control stations that provide flexibility and control through pre-programmed and field changeable functions; and, handheld infrared remote controls.
HUNT’s Simplicity™ Series 12 Circuit Digital Dimming Panels are the industry’s smallest, lightest-weight, convection-cooled dimming panels. Each dimming module is rated at 20A and is multi-rated to control incandescent, fluorescent (phase-control), low voltage (electronic or magnetic), neon, cold-cathode, fan-speed and non-dim (or switched) sources. Panels are available in either 120V or 277V ratings, and are UL and cUL Listed.
For more information about HUNT Dimming, visit www.huntdimming.com.
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