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CLTC is excited to share the lighting updates made to the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2019 Energy Efficiency Standard for Buildings that were released in October 2019!  Notable changes from the 2016 version include:

Designers, owners and operators are all faced with a myriad of decisions on how best to achieve their building design and operational goals. Complex and often conflicting objectives can make even the simplest decisions appear challenging. Take, for example, thermal comfort. According to the Department of Energy, adjusting temperature set points by just one degree for an eight-hour workday can save commercial building owners 3% in energy costs. This equates to thousands of dollars in savings each year.

CLTC is excited to announce that the University of California, California State University, California Community Colleges and California State Department of General Services just released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Phase 2 of the Million LED Challenge! 

The University of California, Davis, seeks an accomplished Architect, Lighting Designer or Academic with experience in energy-efficient lighting or daylighting design to lead the UC Davis California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) and teach lighting design classes as faculty director.  The Director will be appointed as a tenured Associate or Full Professor within the Department of Design, College of Letters and Science. The Director will also hold the prestigious Arthur H. Rosenfeld Chair in Energy Efficiency.

The California Lighting Technology Center and the California Energy Commission hosted a webinar focused on research outcomes from our recent EPIC-sponsored project, A New Generation of LED Lighting Systems!  

The webinar focused on four key areas:

UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May and his wife, LeShelle, recently switched the light bulbs in the Chancellor's residence to LEDs as part of the University of California Million Lamp Challenge.

The University of California is spearheading a statewide effort to advance the purchase of 1 million high-quality, energy-efficient light bulbs for campus buildings and residences across the state. Under the program, all UC students, staff, faculty and alumni can purchase light bulbs at nearly half the price of online competitors.

CLTC is excited to release our What's New in 2019 Title 24, Part 6 for Residential Lighting publication!  California's new residential Building Energy Efficiency Standards take effect on January 1, 2020. The 2019 Energy Standards focus on several key areas to improve the energy efficiency of newly constructed buildings, additions and alterations to existing buildings. 

CLTC is excited to release our What's New in 2019 Title 24, Part 6 for Nonresidential Lighting publication!  California's new nonresidential Building Energy Efficiency Standards take effect on January 1, 2020. The 2019 Energy Standards focus on several key areas to improve the energy efficiency of newly constructed buildings, additions and alterations to existing buildings. 

The CLTC is excited to announce a new publication in our Lighting Best Practices series, the Daylight Harvesting for Commercial Buildings Guide!  This publication provides guidance towards meeting and exceeding California's Building Energy Efficiency Standards for daylight harvesting.

In the fall of 2017, the Mexican Ministry of Energy awarded funding to the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in collaboration with the University of California Davis to establish a lighting technology and design research center known as the Centro de Tecnología de Iluminación.