2021 Lighting Rebate Outlook

Rebates remain a strong incentive for investing in energy-efficient lighting and controls. In 2021, significant opportunities are widely available for LED lighting and controls, including continuing availability of rebates for networked controls.

Click here to read this article describing the 2021 rebate outlook by Lighting Controls Association education director Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP.

Submit Your Controls Design Project for a SAPPHIRE Award

The Lighting Controls Association is sponsoring a series of design awards produced by the Strategies in Light conference and LEDs Magazine, which has expanded its popular SAPPHIRE Awards focusing on LED products to now include design projects.

Awards include a SAPPHIRE Award for Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Control, SAPPHIRE Award for Design Excellence in Tunable-White Lighting, SAPPHIRE Award for Design Excellence in Buidling Integration, and more.

Winning projects will be published in LEDs Magazine, EC&M, ELECTRICAL WHOLESALING, and the LCA website and other publications.

Submit your project by April 1 to be considered.

Click here to learn more and submit a project.

Lighting Controls Association Updates Daylight Harvesting Course

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) has updated EE201: Daylight-Responsive Lighting Control, a popular course in its free, 24/7 Education Express program.

Authored by Craig DiLouie with significant input from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association’s (NEMA) Daylight Management Council and the LCA membership, the course describes a simple process for design and application of devices and systems used to enact daylight harvesting as an energy-code compliant strategy.

The new and improved course simplifies and condenses the material while updating it to recognize current code requirements and technology.

Lighting Controls Association Updates Dimming Course

The Lighting Controls Association has updated EE103: Dimming Controls, Section 1 Part 2: Dimming Controls and Systems, a popular learning module in its free, 24/7 Education Express program.

Authored by Steve Mesh and Craig DiLouie, this learning module describes equipment used for dimming in commercial buildings, starting with simple wallbox dimmers and working up to more complex systems.

The new and improved course recognizes major changes in dimming systems resulting from technological advances including the widespread adoption of LED lighting.

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The leading source of lighting controls education for nearly 20 years, the Lighting Controls Association is a council of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association with the mission of educating the professional lighting community about lighting control and controllable ballast technology and application. Members include Acuity Brands, Audacy Wireless, Cooper Lighting Solutions, Cree, Eaton, EiKO, Hubbell Building Automation, GE Current, Intermatic, Leviton, Lutron Electronics, McWong International, OSRAM Encelium, PLC, RAB Lighting, Synapse Wireless, Toggled IQ, Universal Lighting Technologies and Wattstopper (Legrand).

 

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