The Residential Lighting Design Guide outlines best practices in lighting design to help builders comply with California's 2019 Title 24 Energy Standards requirements.
Topics include:
The lighting design guide will cover code explanation and floor plan examples of the following areas:
This Office Lighting course is designed for those who design, specify, or inspect lighting installations in new and remodeled commercial office spaces. The curriculum includes an overview of current lighting technologies, including LED luminaires, and updates on new lighting requirements and sections in the 2019 standards.
Learning outcomes for course participants include the ability to:
The CLTC provides technical assistance on a variety of lighting topics as they relate to the Energy Standards. CLTC’s expertise assists the Energy Commission and utilities on lighting-related issues to clarify, update and maintain the existing Energy Standards and provide support for the development of the 2022 Standards.
To date, CLTC has focused on outdoor lighting measures and outdoor occupancy sensors.
The California Energy Alliance (CEA) unites representatives of a broad range of organizations concerned about energy and the built environment. As a member-based organization, CEA works to improve California’s energy future and the migration toward a Zero Net Energy horizon. CEA focuses on the promotion and realization of deep energy savings, sustainable energy generation, and integration. The Alliance actively participates in the development and implementation of pragmatic, environmentally and economically sound building energy standards and other initiatives.
CLTC is supporting the Center for Sustainable Energy develop classroom and on-the-job workforce training in SB 535-designated disadvantaged communities in IOU service territories. This project is funded by the California Energy Commission.
Electrical apprentices will learn to install and maintain automated demand-response (ADR) communications equipment in existing buildings to improve grid reliability and advance to goals of AB 758. Specifically, CLTC's role in the project is to:
The California Lighting Technology Center, in collaboration with the California Energy Commission, is conducting research to develop and evaluate technology that integrates automated controls for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), electric lighting and dynamic fenestration systems. The integrated system is referred to as the Integrated Building Control Retrofit Package (IBCRP), as it is aimed for retrofit projects in existing commercial buildings.
The California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) at the University of California Davis collaborated with the California Energy Commission to provide educational video series and lighting fact sheets in support of the 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24). Videos and fact sheets cover four key topics:
Lighting Controls Technologies & Requirements
High-Efficacy Lighting for Residential Applications
Lighting Alterations and Additions
Lighting Controls Acceptance Testing
CLTC collaborated with the Emerging Technologies group at the Pacific Gas & Electric Company to evaluate linear LED lamps in a variety of fixture applications as well as identify any interoperability issues.
