migration-tag: Lighting
Visit the US Department of Energy’s Solid State Lighting Program page. Information about the L-Prize and current research.
From their website: We exist to create demand for High-Benefit Lighting®— efficient lighting designed to optimize human performance, health, safety, and commerce — by educating those who make and influence decisions about lighting. The NLB offers educational videos from the Bureau’s Annual Lighting Forum, lighting research from accredited University and research centers, and we feature members’ … Read more
From their website: The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is an alliance of more than 140 utilities and energy efficiency organizations working on behalf of more than 13 million energy consumers to increase the adoption of energy-efficient products, services and practices. To do this, the alliance identifies and removes market barriers to energy efficiency to … Read more
From their website: The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) is a program of Efficiency Forward, Inc. As an independent non-profit organization, the DLC provides decision makers with data and resources on quality lighting, controls, and integrated building systems to reduce energy, carbon, and light pollution. We envision a net zero future where lighting, controls, and integrated building systems … Read more
From their website: CEE is a consortium primarily of utility efficiency program administrators from across the United States and Canada. Members leverage individual efforts by working together to accelerate energy efficient products and services in targeted markets. We are a nonprofit, governed and funded by members. Our expert Board of Directors, drawn from member organizations, strategizes, … Read more
Track Lighting Track lighting is one of the most commonly used and misunderstood of the lighting system types. It is a powerful tool for a lighting designer but can also be rather confusing without an understanding of some basic track lighting principles. Because track lighting is very directional, track systems perform best as accent … Read more
Introduction In a typical commercial building, the cost of employing people outnumbers the cost of operating a lighting system by some 150 to one. Therefore, while even as high as a 50% reduction in lighting costs using energy-efficient lighting can have a positive impact on the bottom line, just a one percent increase in productivity … Read more
Dim and Dimmerby Eric Strandberg LC Dimmers today come in many styles and control many different types of loads. A typical building today may have a combination of line voltage and low voltage incandescent, fluorescent and even high intensity discharge loads. Proper matching of control system types to the load is very important. Not … Read more
