Outdoor

CLTC Helped To Successfully Commercialize Next-Generation Sensor

The commercialization of Echelon's Lumewave MWX-LVE long-range outdoor microwave sensor illustrates CLTC's success in supporting advanced sensors for adaptive outdoor applications.

CLTC demonstrated and supported the next-generation sensor, which detects movement and can distinguish between slow and fast moving objects such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorized vehicles. The sensor reacts to the size of objects from longer distances, automatically raising the light levels to high output when the areas are occupied and lowering them when areas are vacant.

2013 Title 24, Part 6 Outdoor Lighting Guide

The California Lighting Technology Center’s 2013 Outdoor Lighting Guide for Title 24, Part 6 compliance is designed to help builders, lighting industry professionals, and others navigate the nonresidential outdoor lighting portion of California’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards. The new standards, which took effect July 1, 2014, include updated requirements for retrofit standards, lighting controls, and uplight and glare limits.

CLTC Helping to Educate Bay Area Leaders About Streetlighting Upgrades

CLTC and the Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC) are working to educate Bay Area municipal leaders about streetlighting upgrades to reduce energy use and save money.

Advanced Outdoor Lighting Control Systems

The California Lighting Technology Center partnered with San Diego Gas & Electric and two Southern California cities on a project to help accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient advanced outdoor lighting control systems.

The project evaluated outdoor wireless lighting control systems that allows for remote operation and monitoring of fixtures using a web-enabled central management system. Laboratory and field assessments were conducted for separate systems installed as part of citywide retrofit projects in San Diego and Chula Vista.

Adaptive Lighting for Exterior Applications

10/23/2014

Philips Lighting University
Presented by Michael Siminovitch

In designing a lighting platform for exterior spaces, there are unique challenges to be met. Environments like academic and corporate campuses, as well as municipal entities, have varying needs and requirements. To accommodate for the time of day, the season and activities on site at any moment, the lighting will have to be flexible and highly customizable.

Philips Lighting University: Adaptive Lighting for Exterior Applications

10/23/2014

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. PST
Register for the webinar.

Presenter: Michael Siminovitch

Transition to Networked Adaptive Exterior Lighting

09/17/2014

2014 IES Street and Area Lighting Conference, Nashville, TN
Presented by Nicole Graeber

University lights the way for hospital energy savings

09/11/2014

UC Davis News and Information—As ambulances at a Vacaville hospital speed off to their next patient, an ultrasmart, energy-efficient system is lighting the way. Installed in partnership with the University of California, Davis, the lighting system now illuminates the emergency vehicle routes, parking lots and outdoor walkways of the NorthBay VacaValley Hospital. The system is reducing outdoor lighting energy use at the 24-hour site by 66 percent, saving about 29,000 kilowatt-hours annually -- enough to offset the greenhouse gas emissions of 7.2 tons of waste.

LD+A Research Matters: Shedding More Light on Occupancy

09/01/2014

LD+A – Multiple studies have demonstrated the significant energy savings that bi-level, occupancy-based lighting controls can achieve in outdoor applications. These controls maintain recommended illumination levels during occupied periods and automatically dim lights, reducing power by 50 percent or more, during vacant periods.

Adaptive Outdoor Lighting for the Health Care Sector

07/14/2014

In 2014, NorthBay VacaValley Hospital became one of the first U.S. health care facilities to install a network-controlled adaptive outdoor LED lighting system. The hospital already had up-to-date, energy-efficient outdoor lighting installed, yet this award-winning installation reduced the hospital's outdoor lighting energy use 66.4%. Energy savings correspond to occupancy rates of 35–55% observed at different areas of the site.

California Lighting Technology Center