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DOE’s Office of State and Community Energy Programs to Make $1 Billion Available to State and Local Governments for Improved Energy Codes

04/24/2023 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP), the Building Technologies Office (BTO) recently announced DOE’s intent to make $1 billion in funding available to states and local governments for improved building codes that reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency through the IRA Funded Technical Assistance for the Adoption of Building Energy Codes.

Filed Under: Content, Energy Codes, Topics

ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2022 Decoded       

04/21/2023 by Craig DiLouie 2 Comments

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) recently published ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2022, Energy Efficiency Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. For lighting, the new version adjusts power allowances, adjusts the definition of alterations, adds horticultural lighting, and updates several control requirements.

Filed Under: Articles, Content, Energy Codes, Topics

Acuity nLight® Offers Title 24 Applications Guide

02/24/2023 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

nLight, a brand of Acuity Brands, recently published an applications guide for California’s Title 24, Part 6 (2022) energy code.

Filed Under: Acuity Brands, Content, Energy Codes, Member News, Members

Lighting Controls Association Announces New Course on California Energy Code

11/18/2022 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

The Lighting Controls Association now offers EE203: Lighting Controls and Energy Codes: California Title 24, Part 6 as a new course in its popular Education Express program.

Filed Under: Content, Energy Codes, LCA News, Topics

Lighting Control: What’s in the New Title 24?

10/26/2022 by Craig DiLouie 1 Comment

On January 1, 2023, the 2022 version of California’s energy code—Title 24, Part 6 of the Building Standards Code—takes effect, superseding the previous 2019 version. In terms of lighting controls, the numerous changes include various clarifications and tuning along with two major provisions requiring occupant-sensing in offices larger than 250 sq.ft. and demand-responsive lighting controls. Designers and specifiers need to understand these changes before they begin working on code-covered new construction and alteration projects that will go out for permit in California in 2023.

Filed Under: Articles, Content, Demand Response, Energy Codes, Occupancy Sensors, Topics

DOE Recognizes 90.1-2019 as National Energy Standard

08/19/2022 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Next year, the 2019 version of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, takes effect as the national energy reference standard. This is based on a July 2021 Department of Energy (DOE) ruling that determined the standard saved more energy than the preceding 2016 version. By July 28, 2023, 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, Content, Energy Codes, Topics

Lighting Controls Association Announces New Course on California Title 24

01/28/2022 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) now offers EE203: Lighting Controls and Energy Codes, Part 4: California Title 24, Part 6 (2019) as a new learning module in its popular Education Express program.

Filed Under: Energy Codes, LCA News

Acuity Brands Offers Resource for IECC 2021 Compliance

12/31/2021 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

The nLight® IECC 2021 applications guide is designed to support compliance with commercial building energy codes based on the 2021 version of the International Energy Conservation Code, or IECC.

Filed Under: Acuity Brands, Energy Codes, Member News

Charles Knuffke on Incorporating Non-Energy Benefits into Codes

11/05/2021 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

In his Controls Column contributed to LD+A Magazine in late 2020, Wattstopper’s Charles Knuffke, chair of the Lighting Controls Association, makes the case that energy codes should recognize the non-energy benefits of lighting controls.

Filed Under: Articles, Energy Codes

Outcome-Based: The Future of Energy Codes?

07/23/2021 by Craig DiLouie 4 Comments

Outcome-based commercial-building energy codes are an idea gaining new interest among policymakers in the United States. This type of energy code prescribes building energy budgets instead of a complex list of requirements. The first efforts started 10 years ago, and we are still years away from a model sure to gain significant adoption. Due to the concept’s potential benefits, however, it is possible, if not likely, that outcome-based codes will be a tool in future energy regulation.

Filed Under: Articles, Energy Codes

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