Reports

This paper reviews the key market and technology drivers associated with the emerging application of light-emitting diode (LED) technology in the lighting of buildings. The paper focused primarily on the evolving marketplace, the technology, and how current market and regulatory pressures will form the key drivers for near-term and long-term market penetration for emerging light sources.

Presented by Keith Graeber and Mark McClear

Keith Graeber, Director of Engineering at CLTC, and Mark McClear, Director of Applications Engineering at CREE, present on the strengths and limitations of LEDs. This presentation discusses:

UC Davis Alumni & Visitor Center
Presented by Michael Siminovitch

This working paper authored by CLTC Director Michael Siminovitch urges cities and municipalities preparing for streetlight retrofits to make sure adaptive controls are included in their near or long-term plans. Installing LED technology in place of high-pressure sodium sources can cut energy use roughly in half, but adding adaptive controls further reduces energy use by an additional 30–50%.

This working paper, co-written by CLTC Directors Michael Siminovitch and Konstantinos Papamichael, urges manufacturers, regulators and utilities that offer product incentives to consider quality and consumer satisfaction first when it comes to LED products. Their arguments in favor of lighting quality, over efficiency, were also presented in "Trading Up," an article published in the August 2011 issue of LD+A.

Presented by Bernhard Goesmann at an online webinar for Better Buildings Alliance — This presentation includes information about energy efficiency legislation, exterior sensor types and technologies, testing efforts, field demonstrations, and next steps.

Presentations from the 9th Biannual Joint Meeting of the CIE/USA and CNC/CIE.

Agenda from the November 5, 2013 Light-RITE California Roundtable.

LD+A — CLTC and Berkeley Lab partnered to test the ADR-readiness of commercially available networked lighting control systems. All three systems tested were configured for automated demand response (ADR) communications, and all three successfully accessed the demand response automation server (DRAS) to retrieve DR events.

California is embarking on some of the boldest building retrofit programs in the country to achieve its pioneering climate goals set by the state’s legislature and voters. In order to ensure that this large-scale investment is wisely executed and achieves maximum energy savings, stakeholders need to quickly develop an integrated statewide educational program that will teach our public building facility managers best practices and implementation strategies.