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Lighting Control and BAS Integration

09/28/2020 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

With increasing frequency, lighting control systems are tasked to interoperate with other building systems such as building automation systems (BAS) to share information and automate building functionality. Ensuring communication and smooth interoperability is called integration, a potentially challenging undertaking during a project. This is the topic of a new Education Express course developed for the Lighting Controls Association by C. Webster Marsh, HLB Lighting Design.

Filed Under: Articles, Integration

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

Integrated Lighting Campaign Launches in June

06/08/2020 by Craig DiLouie 1 Comment

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Interior Lighting Campaign is undergoing a fresh launch as the Integrated Lighting Campaign in June 2020. The program’s core goal of market transformation is the same, with many of the same services and benefits to participants, but the promoted suite of technologies is now going beyond LED adoption toward integrated systems. The Lighting Controls Association is proud to support this program as a member of its Organizing Committee and an inaugural Supporter.

Filed Under: Articles, Connected/Networked/Digital Control, LCA News

Lighting Controls Association’s Spring 2020 Product Guide

05/22/2020 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

The Lighting Controls Association is proud to announce the latest offerings in lighting controls from industry-leading manufacturers. Check them out!

Filed Under: Acuity Brands, Articles, Devices, Systems, Software, Eaton, Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Lutron Electronics Co., McWong International, Networked Controls, Products, RAB Lighting, Synapse Wireless, Universal Douglas

Get Educated on Lighting Control

04/24/2020 by Craig DiLouie 7 Comments

Current stay-at-home regimes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on how the construction industry works, including education, with online distance-education becoming more popular. The Lighting Controls Association is proud to offer Education Express, a free, robust series of courses covering all aspects of lighting control, including technology, application, design, and commissioning.

Filed Under: Education and Tools, LCA News

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

2020 Nonresidential Construction Forecast: Slowdown But No Downturn

02/18/2020 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

The U.S. economy grew by 2.2% in 2019 and is expected to slow to 2% in 2020, according to the most recent forecast released by the Federal Open Market Committee Meeting on December 11, 2019. The slowdown in 2019-20 is considered a byproduct of the trade war. A major contributor to the economy is construction, and the outlook for construction spending in 2020-21 is positive but lower than 2019. The AIA’s semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast, a survey of the nation’s leading construction forecasters, is projecting 1.5% growth in nonresidential construction spending in 2020 and 1% in 2021.

Filed Under: Articles, Construction and Economy

ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2016 Takes Effect as National Standard

01/13/2020 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Next month, the 2016 version of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, takes effect as the national energy reference standard, based on a 2018 Department of Energy (DOE) ruling. By February 2020, all states must adopt a commercial building energy code at least as stringent as the standard, or justify why they cannot comply.

Filed Under: Articles, Energy Codes

ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2019 Decoded

12/20/2019 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) recently published ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2019, Energy Efficiency Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. This edition includes more than 100 changes from the 2016 version, covering administrative and enforcement, commissioning, mechanical, and lighting. For lighting, the new version adjusts interior power allowances, updates several control requirements, and introduces a simplified compliance method for office, school, and retail buildings.

Filed Under: Articles, Energy Codes

Guidance for Net-Zero K-12 and Office Buildings

11/25/2019 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recently published guides on how to design buildings that achieve net-zero energy consumption without compromising quality.
Building upon previous guides targeting deep energy savings, the first two new guides were developed in partnership with the American Institute of Architects, Illuminating Engineering Society, and U.S. Green Building Council, and target K-12 and small to medium office buildings.

Filed Under: Articles, Design

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