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2025 Nonresidential Construction Forecast: Modest Growth

01/24/2025 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

While major construction indicators ended the year as a mixed bag of caution and optimism, the AIA Construction Consensus Forecast Panel forecasted that nonresidential construction spending will slow to 2.2% growth in 2025 and 2.6% in 2026.

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Lighting Controls Are Critical for Responsible Outdoor Lighting

12/18/2024 by Craig DiLouie 1 Comment

Saving energy while reducing skyglow, light trespass, and glare, lighting controls have emerged as a critical component of responsible outdoor lighting. In this article, we’ll make the case.

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New NEMA Standard Promises More Resilient and Connected Cities

12/13/2024 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently announced the publication of a ANSI/NEMA c137.10, a standard that NEMA says will support more resilient and connected infrastructure and cities.

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DALI, TALQ and Zhaga Announce Collaboration to Unify Data Streams for Smart Street Lighting Solutions

11/29/2024 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

The DALI Alliance (DALI), the TALQ Consortium (TALQ), and the Zhaga Consortium (Zhaga)–each focused on defining international lighting standards to ease investment decisions for public and private entities–recently announced the signing of a liaison agreement to collaborate on unifying data streams for smart street lighting systems.

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2024 IECC and Lighting Controls

11/25/2024 by Craig DiLouie 2 Comments

In August 2024, the International Code Council published the 2024 version of the IECC, which has been updated every three years since 2000. As with previous iterations of the IECC, this new version reduces lighting power allowances, expands mandatory controls requirements, and issues clarifications.

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Lutron’s Michael Jouaneh Talks Energy Codes

11/22/2024 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

In a recent article by Michael Jouaneh, Manager of Sustainability and Energy Standards for Lutron Electronics, he lays out the current state of adoption of commercial building energy codes and how they relate to lighting controls, with some interesting projections for the future.

Filed Under: Articles, Content, Energy Codes, Lutron Electronics Co., Members, Topics

Lighting Controls: Saving Energy and Adding Value

11/18/2024 by Lighting Controls Association Leave a Comment

As lighting control becomes more robust and easier to apply, today’s electrical distributor has extraordinary choice in servicing new construction projects and enhancing lighting upgrades. Manufacturers point to top trends including greater networked controls interoperability, systems integration, powerful digital LED drivers, wireless control, and growing application of control as a tool to enhance the occupant experience.

Filed Under: Articles, Connected/Networked/Digital Control, Content, Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Lutron Electronics Co., Members, mwConnect, Topics

How to Design a Lighting Control System

10/21/2024 by Craig DiLouie 4 Comments

Based on EE105: Lighting Control System Design, a new course in the Lighting Controls Association’s Education Express program, this article provides detailed information about designing an effective lighting control solution.

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How to Design a Lighting Control System, Part 2

10/21/2024 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

In Part 1 of this Lighting Controls System Design series, we learned about key documentation including the Content Intent Narrative (CIN), Sequence of Operations (SOO), and Owner Project Requirements (OPR). The next step in design development is to turn these requirements and conceptual design into a realized design

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How to Design a Lighting Control System, Part 3

10/21/2024 by Craig DiLouie 1 Comment

In Part 3 of this series on how to design a lighting control system, we will discuss installation and post-occupancy. You will learn about bidding, responding to questions from installers, reviewing submittals and defending your design, following-through with the installation of the equipment, functional testing, training essential staff, and ultimately ensuring the owner is satisfied.

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