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Energy Commission awards nearly $3 million for energy research

California Energy Commission — Demonstrating the importance of funding innovation, the California Energy Commission approved $2,868,787 for four energy research projects including solutions for retrofitting lighting in commercial buildings. The research projects are funded by the Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program. The University of California, Davis will receive $1,995,032 to develop and demonstrate whole building retrofit solutions for existing multi-tenant light commercial buildings.

UC Davis turns on smart lighting to save energy, be model for Californians

UC Davis — The University of California, Davis, turns on a new Smart Lighting Initiative to slash the amount of electricity it uses to illuminate its buildings and grounds. UC Davis is the first large institution in California to act on a September state mandate to reduce lighting energy use by 60 percent or more by 2020.

The Lighting Quotient Showcases Environmental Commitment with Cradle to Cradle® Certification

Lighting Quotient — The Lighting Quotient, an architectural lighting manufacturer, today announced that several of its linear fluorescent products are now Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM— Silver. The ten luminaires, all within the elliptipar product division, received this certification through a thorough process conducted by McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC), a global sustainability consulting and product certification firm.

Lutron promotes Smart Grid capabilities at GreenBuild 2010

Lutron — Light control manufacturer Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. promotes the use of its technologies that are used in many whole building and whole home lighting systems in an effort to fill the gaps that exist between utilities and their customers in the burgeoning Smart Grid demand response arena.

Cree LED module achieves Title 24 compliance, simplifying LED fixture design and speeding time to market

Cree — Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces that the 120V LMR4TM LED module has achieved California Title 24 registration, helping OEM lighting manufacturers meet California’s rigorous energy efficiency standards and helping them to quickly enter the LED lighting market with fixtures based on the industry-leading Cree TrueWhiteTM Technology or Cree EasyWhiteTM solution. Cree is also extending the warranty on its LMR4 LED module family to five years to further accelerate the LED Lighting Revolution.

Lighting Control User Interface Standards

IES Annual Conference 2010 — Lighting control user interface elements are governed by few standards. This may lead to products that are unnecessarily confusing for building occupants, leading to a lost opportunity for energy savings. The problem may worsen as control capabilities rise
sharply with the advent of digital and networked systems.