I recently had the opportunity to interview Gabe Arnold, PE, LC, Senior Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for an article about DC building microgrids for an upcoming issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, the official publication of NECA. Transcript follows.
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Tunable White Positions Itself as a Lighting Tool
White-light color tuning is one of the most exciting advantages of LED lighting, providing the ability to adjust luminaire color output across the white light spectrum. As the timed spectral emission of light plays a part in circadian lighting—the application of light to promote circadian health—this developing trend offers the potential to take tunable white more mainstream.
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Lighting Controls Association Offers Two Free Webinars and Publishes New Course
The Lighting Controls Association now offers two YouTube webinars on tunable-white lighting and automatic plug load control, plus a new course on integrating lighting control and building automation systems.
DLC’s Christina Halfpenny on Tapping the Peak Shaving Power of Lighting Controls
“The technology exists to not only greatly increase the efficacy of commercial lighting, but to capitalize on its largely untapped potential to reduce peak demand. It’s time for regulation and practice to catch up with technology.”
DOE Studies Accuracy of Energy Reporting
The U.S. Department of Energy has released the results of a study exploring the energy-reporting accuracy of market-available connected devices.
PNNL Reviews Test Methods for Occupancy Sensors
Toward the goal of a more accurate test method that would capture new and emerging sensor capabilities, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted a literature review of test methods for characterizing occupancy sensor performance
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What’s New in Connected Lighting
My contribution to the August issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED, covers what’s new in connected lighting.
DLC’s Networked Lighting Controls Online Qualified Product List Earns Top Product of the Year Award
The DesignLights Consortium’s (DLC) Networked Lighting Controls Online Qualified Product List recently received a Top Product of the Year Award in the elite Environment + Energy Leader Awards program.
Lighting Controls Association Offers Free Course on Automatic Plug Load Control
The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) now offers EE202: Automatic Plug Load Control as a new course in its popular Education Express program. This was a very interesting course for me to write for them.
PNNL Study Targets Authentication Vulnerability of Connected Lighting Systems
The U.S. Department of Energy has released the results of a study examining authentication vulnerabilities in connected lighting systems (CLS).
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