NEEA Report: Luminaire-Level Lighting Control Costs Decline

Historically, an inhibitor to adoption of LLLC has been initial cost. An encouraging new study by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) reveals that average costs have been undergoing a steep decline, making advanced controls more attractive for lighting upgrades and new construction.

Click here to read this article about the new NEAA report by Lighting Controls Association education director Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP.

SENSORWORX Joins the Lighting Controls Association

The Lighting Controls Association is pleased to welcome SENSORWORX as a new member.

SENSORWORX products are designed, produced, and sold by BLP Technologies, Inc. of Essex, Connecticut. Founded in 2017 by engineers with decades of experience in lighting controls, the team behind SENSORWORX has a strong resume of bringing high-quality and innovative products to the lighting and building control marketplace. With particular expertise in occupancy sensing, BLP Technologies is uniquely qualified to make the SENSORWORX brand the new standard of quality and technology excellence. Made in the USA, the company’s products utilize the latest generation of microprocessors to optimize sensor designs.

Lighting Controls Association Publishes New Networked Lighting Control Course

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) has published EE302., Part 3: A Year with a Networked Lighting Control System, a new learning module in its popular Education Express online education program.

Authored by C. Webster Marsh of HLB Lighting Design, this learning module was designed to help building owners/managers and electrical industry consultants visualize networked lighting controls as tools that can be used to improve operations while also saving energy.

The learning module presents a fictional decisionmaker at a home, commercial building, multiple facilities, a large hotel, a hospital, and a city, identifying particular challenges. It then describes how an installed networked lighting control system provides opportunities and solutions with both energy and non-energy benefits throughout a typical year.

Part 3 follows two learning modules authored by Steve Mesh, which describe networked lighting control technology, typical systems, and how to apply them to 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, SENSORWORX, Synapse Wireless, Toggled IQ, Universal Lighting Technologies and Wattstopper (Legrand).

 

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