Training Programs

1.      MaxLite Webinar: LED & Recessed Cans - Thursday, March 27 at 12:00 pm EST - Learn more about:

• Products designed for retrofits, new construction and remodel applications
• Finding the right LED source to replace / displace CFL and HID lamps
• Options & accessories you need to know about

http://www.instantpresenter.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EC59D984844C

      2.  Earn Your Technical Certificate - Study online at your own pace to earn your certificate as an Electronics, Electromechanical, PLC or Robotics Technician. Fully accredited programs enrich skills in design, programming, installation, operation and troubleshooting of industrial electronics, robotics and PLC equipment. Each program includes simulation software that converts your computer into a fully functioning industrial robot, PLC or electronics lab. Get your info package.

3.      LCA Offers Updated Energy Codes Course - The Lighting Controls Association has updated EE203: Lighting & Commercial Energy Codes, a course in its popular Education Express program. Authored by Craig DiLouie, LC, this revised course provides general introductory knowledge about the lighting control requirements imposed by the 2010 version of ASHRAE/IES 90.1 and the 2012 version of the IECC (as initially published, without addenda). Process maps outlining each step towards compliance provides a graphical learning experience and enables students to easily visualize the process. AIA, NCQLP (LC) credits. http://aboutlightingcontrols.org/Education_Express/welcome.php

4.      Hubbell Lighting Announces 2014 Lighting Education Schedule - Hubbell Lighting, announced the release of the 2014 lighting education course schedule at its state-of-the-art Lighting Solutions Center (LSC). The LSC courses are available to almost anyone (newbies and seasoned pros alike) whose profession is architecture, illuminating engineering, lighting design, or electrical contracting or distribution. The schedule is available at www.lightingsolutionscenter.com

Case Studies/Whitepapers/Research

1.      Global LED and Smart Street Lighting: Market Forecast (2014 – 2025) - There are currently 281.4 million total streetlights in the world. This number will grow to 339.9 million total streetlights by 2025. The streetlight market is currently undergoing a period of change where legacy streetlights are being replaced with new and more efficient LED or solid-state lighting technology. Taking this new technology a step further, these LED streetlights are also being networked together with communications to become "smart" streetlights. This study analyzes and forecasts the global market for both LED and smart street lighting through 2025. For more information please click on: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/publication/msd9rso/global_led_and_smart_street_lighting_market

 

2.      HBA's Wireless Street Lighting Controls System - wiSCAPETM by Hubbell Building Automation®, is a Wireless Street Lighting Controls Solution that enables utilities and municipalities to manage, monitor and meter each individual streetlight throughout the city. wiSCAPE uses a combination of fixture modules and gateways to create a secure peer-to-peer, self-organizing and self-healing mesh network infrastructure. Whether it's two modules in an alleyway or thousands of modules across the city, wiSCAPE is scalable for any street lighting need,  and works with all fixture types and is ideal for both new and retrofit applications. http://www.hubbell-automation.com/

 3.    The Right Light: Color Tuning by Craig DiLouie - While light makes sight, lighting shapes perception, particularly in regard to color in the things we see. This is because visible white light is made of colors. For us to see an object as a certain color, that color must be present in both the light and the object.
 Electric lamps typically do not emit light in a balanced color spectrum; the relative intensities of different colors, therefore, affect the appearance of a space. http://www.ecmag.com/section/lighting/right-light-color-tuning

4.      The LED Show Call For Papers Deadline Friday March 7 - The Advisory Board for The LED Show is now accepting abstracts for The LED Show 2014 Conference. Use this opportunity to secure a speaking role and share your insight with your industry colleagues from around the world. https://event.theledshow.com/eselectv2/frontend/index/77800

5.      Should the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) Change Three Requirements? by Stan Walerczyk - Although DLC has been doing a good job getting new LED fixtures approved, which they do much faster than Energy Star, and DLC’s requirements for minimum lumens per watt (LPW) and color rendering index (CRI) can be considered good, let’s look further. DLC has three requirements, which should be investigated.

1)      Minimum lumen requirements

2)      Maximum Kelvin

3)      If there is no existing category, even the best LED product cannot be approved

       This whitepaper is available at stan@lightingwizards.com or at www.lightingwizards.com

News Updates for the Week of February 10

1.      Jason Brown Stumbles, Yet Charms as U.S. Opens Final Day of Team Figure Skating Event - With the U.S. sitting third in Sochi’s team figure-skating competition, 19-year-old Jason Brown, son of Steve Brown, CEO of A.L.P. Lighting and grandson of the founder, Bill Brown. making his Olympic debut, got the Russian crowd clapping along for his Riverdance-style free skate to “Reel around the Sun” at the Iceberg Skating Palace Sunday but fell short of the marks he’s capable of after falling at the front end of three-jump combination.  Brown opened with a beautiful triple axel-triple toe into a camel spin. His program gained steam from there, but the fall followed.  After taking silver at last month’s U.S. Championships, Brown’s popularity has soared with over 3.5 million hits on his YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzpyI5oavEo&feature=youtu.be  He was introduced to the Olympic audience as "an internet sensation." Jason helped Team USA win bronze in Team Figure Skating… http://www.washingtonpost.com  

2.      DOE Early Lessons Learned in Bringing SSL to Market - The U.S. DOE has published a new report that documents early challenges and lessons learned in the development of the SSL market. Entitled Solid-State Lighting: Early Lessons Learned on the Way to Market, it summarizes early actions taken by DOE and others to avoid potential problems that were anticipated based on lessons learned from the market introduction of CFLs. The report also identifies issues, challenges, and new lessons that have been learned in the early stages of SSL market introduction. The report is available at www.ssl.energy.gov/tech_reports.html. A webinar on the report will be presented on Thursday, February 20, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. For more information on the webinar: DOE SSL website

3.      Zhaga References NEMA Dimming Spec for LED Drivers, Notes Safety Requirements - The Zhaga Consortium has formally added requirements that LED light engines with integrated control gear support the NEMA SSL 7A-2013 dimming specification and also noted that socketable modules must meet new UL safety standards. The Zhaga Consortium has announced that it will now require dimmable LED light engines that include driver electronics—what Zhaga terms integrated control gear—to perform in compliance with the NEMA SSL 7A-2013 standard for phase-cut dimming. http://www.ledsmagazine.com/articles/2013/10/zhaga-references-nema-dimming-spec-for-led-drivers-notes-safety-requirements.html

 

4.      LEDs Change Thinking About the Light Bulb - Lights are no longer just for lighting. With the development of LED lamp technology, the lowly light bulb is doing more than turning on and off. A lamp can be the centerpiece of an environment meant to improve health, moods and even food. LEDs can create light in multiple colors, generate less heat and use a fraction of the energy of older types of bulbs. And LEDs can be controlled remotely from a PC or smartphone app, as programmable as a television. Philips sells a range of energy-enhancing lights, including the goLITE BLU, a panel of blue LEDs. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/technology/personaltech/leds-change-thinking-about-the-light-bulb.html?_r=1

5.      Lighting Up LEDs - "Out with the Romex Wire: In with the Category 6 Cable"  The relentless penetration of IT has a long history of changing building systems; transforming analog phones to digital phones, changing analog surveillance cameras, IP-enabled access control, IPTV as well as a host of other systems. The next building system to transform to an IT structure is low voltage LED systems; it's been in the making for a few years and led by some of the innovative companies and early adopters. It's now at the point that where we can project that the IT structure for LED lighting systems will become the new norm. http://www.smart-buildings.com/

6.      2014 LED Industry Directory & Market Database - The LED Industry Directory from LED Journal is an annual reference guide to LED manufacturers and suppliers.  It contains important market information organized in a way to make it a valuable reference tool for industry analysis and contacts including business development and lead generation efforts. Readers, purchasers, and users of the directory include:

• Manufacturers of LEDs
• Manufacturers of LED Packages/Modules/Arrays 
• Manufacturers of LED Applications/OEM Integrator/LED Systems 
• Dealers of LED Products 
• Service Providers                                      

 http://www.ledjournal.com/main/order-a-directory/

7.      DOE 2014 SSL R&D Workshop Presentations Posted - Held on January 28–30 in Tampa, FL. 200 attendees explored such topics as creating added value with intelligent lighting and using spectral control to shape the lighting experience. The workshop offered a rich mix of perspectives and insights from manufacturers, research institutions, industry, academia, and government—and a unique forum to discuss innovative concepts, new directions, and key barriers that stand in the way of moving the technology to the next level. The workshop presentations and materials have been posted on: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ssl/tampa2014_materials.html

8.      The Electrical Industry's Top Ten News Stories of 2013 - Two of the Top Ten stories in 2013 relate to what’s happening in energy:

#4. Lighting manufacturers acquire niche product manufacturers to fortify their positions in the LED market. It would be tough to name another product market that has undergone such a complete transformation as the lighting business’s fast march toward LEDs. LED new products are obsoleting entire product categories, an entire generation of new players are moving into the lighting market from the semiconductor industry, and household names in the lighting business are trying to reinvent themselves to compete in the solid-state era.

#8. Excitement over renewables dies down a bit. With the exception of the states in the Wind Belt that extends from the Dakotas down through Texas and those areas where local utilities are building massive solar farms, it seems like most folks in the electrical business aren’t quite as jazzed about the sales potential of solar and wind. The local financial incentives that help support solar in some states are drying up. http://ewweb.com/news/electrical-industrys-top-ten-news-stories-2013

9.      Cary, NC installing 8,000 American Electric Lighting (Acuity Brands) LED Streetlights - The project, done in partnership with energy provider Progress Energy, will replace the majority of the city’s streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures. http://www.newstreetlights.com   

10.  How LED Streetlights Will Change Cinema (And Make Cities Look Awesome) - The decision by the city of Los Angeles last year to replace its HPS streetlights—known for their distinctive yellow hue—with new, blue-tinted LEDs might have a profound effect on at least one local industry. All of those LEDs, with their new urban color scheme, will dramatically change how the city appears on camera, thus giving Los Angeles a brand new look in the age of digital filmmaking. http://gizmodo.com/led-streetlights-will-change-hollywood-and-make-every-c-1514840416

News Updates for the Week of January 27

1.      LED Lumen Maintenance and Light Loss Factors - An article has been published in IES LEUKOS entitled "Lumen Maintenance and Light Loss Factors: Consequences of Current Design Practices for LEDs."  The article was written by Michael Royer of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and discusses complications related to the lamp lumen depreciation (LLD) light loss factor and LEDs. Because of the unique operating characteristics of LEDs and lack of a comprehensive lifetime rating—as well as the problematic relationship between SSL lifetime and lumen maintenance—determining an appropriate LLD factor for LED products is difficult.  The IES recommends using an LLD of no greater than 0.70 when the quantity of light is an important design consideration. The article discusses the issue in detail, compares the performance of some conventional and LED products, and examines alternatives to the currently recommended approach for determining LLD factors for LED products.  Access at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ssl/tech_reports.html

2.      Cree's Q2'14 Earnings Preview: Rising LED Penetration to Drive Demand - The LED market dynamics improved considerably in 2013, primarily driven by the launch of new innovative products and the closing price gap with traditional lighting.  Led by strong lighting demand, Cree provided guidance for revenue to grow to $400-$420 million, with gross margins of around 38% in Q2 2014. Backed by strengthening demand across business segments – LEDs, Lighting & Power and RF – the company reported a 24% annual increase in its revenue base last quarter. Additionally, backed by higher lighting demand, benefits from LED bulb cost reductions, and higher fixture sales, Cree’s gross margins improved by 1.8 percentage points year to year. http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2014/01/16/crees-q214-earnings-preview-rising-led-penetration-to-drive-demand/

3.      Cree Shatters Efficiency Benchmark with First 200-Lumen-Per-Watt LED Luminaire - Twice the efficiency of the best linear fluorescent luminaires. The latest DOE projections had estimated that this level of luminaire efficiency would not occur until after 2020, but Cree’s latest innovation has made this possible six years sooner than projected. The prototype leverages Cree’s vertical integration with innovations in LED chips, optics, materials technology and novel system design to deliver unprecedented performance. The 3,200-lumen concept luminaire delivered 200 LPW + at 80 CRI at thermal equilibrium while remaining within the ANSI color specification for 3000 K. http://www.cree.com/News-and-Events/Cree-News/Press-Releases/2014/January/200-LPW-fixture

4.      TCP Secures Patent Licensing Agreement with Philips - As part of this agreement, the two companies have agreed to settle and dismiss the patent infringement lawsuit that was pending in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The royalty-bearing license allows TCP and its affiliates full worldwide access to Philips’ LED-related patented technologies that Philips makes available to the lighting industry through its LED Luminaire and Retrofit Bulb licensing program. This license agreement with TCP follows earlier agreements between Philips and other companies. http://www.tedmag.com/

5.      LED Manufacturer Chosen for 2014 Forbes List of America's Most Promising Companies - Noribachi www.noribachi.com an LED lighting manufacturer, was chosen for the 2014 Forbes list of America's Most Promising Companies. Noribachi is an LED lighting company in Southern California specializing in creating retrofit lights for existing and brand new fixtures. The company has a large engineering staff with a substantial IP portfolio. Noribachi is committed to making commercial and industrial lighting an integral part of the connected world of tomorrow by including "Internet of Things" technologies in our products. http://www.tedmag.com/

6.      Philips Introduces 'Lighting as a Service' - While the model is commonly used to finance building retrofits, Philips will pay the upfront costs of installation and be compensated through a performance contract – the energy savings the retrofit produces. In Washington, DC, Philips will upgrade over 13,000 lighting fixtures in all its parking garages at no upfront cost to the city and provide a 10-year maintenance contract. Philips will get paid from the $2 million in savings the LEDs are expected to provide each year. The project starts this spring and will take about a year.  http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/25461

7.      VA Commercial Loan Program Aimed at Energy Efficiency - A new commercial loan program is available to help Charlottesville, VA area businesses implement energy efficiency improvements and technologies. UVa Community Credit Union has committed to lend up to $1 million under this initiative. Organizers anticipate the average loan will be between $25,000 and $100,000 with terms of three to 15 years. Lighting upgrades; energy audits; insulation; and heating, ventilation and air conditioning system improvements are among the eligible projects. http://leap-va.org/

8.      LG&E, KU Plan to File Expanded Energy Efficiency Programs - Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company will file Friday 1/24 with the Kentucky Public Service Commission plans to expand several of the utilities' most popular energy efficiency programs.  It will offer programs and financial incentives to help residential and commercial customers better manage their energy usage and to help offset customers' costs for various energy-efficient products and services. Visit www.lge-ku.com/savingenergy for a complete list of the programs and services.

9.      South Bend, IN Energy Office Racks Up Savings - The Energy Office has helped facilitate more than 30 energy projects in the community, resulting in about $17 million in executed and anticipated energy savings through 2021. Among other things, the office has helped upgrade the lighting system in the three city-owned parking garages.  In upgrading to LED lights in the three city-owned parking garages downtown, the Energy Office managed to secure about $95,000 in grant money from Energizing Indiana to help pay for the $225,000 project.  The new lights are expected to save about $92,000 per year in energy costs, for a full return on investment in about 19 months. 1/21 AP

10.  Lakewood, WA May Switch To LED Streetlights Lakewood, WA is considering replacement of its roughly 3,000 streetlights, exchanging the familiar orange glow for the blue hue cast by LED lights. The project is estimated to cost around $2 million. Preliminary estimates show the city could save roughly $250,000 a year from the switch, which includes energy savings and reduced maintenance costs. It also would improve visibility. 1/21 The News Tribune

11.  $5.8 Million Deal Will Save Hawaii Hospital Energy and Money - Kuakini Medical Center in Honolulu will save energy and money, thanks to a contract with efficiency services financer Metrus Energy.  Metrus will finance and implement $5.8 million in energy upgrades - including a new central cooling and heating plant, lighting upgrades and energy management and control systems. Kuakini will pay Metrus based on realized energy savings once the project becomes operational. Metrus is partnering with Energy Industries, which has a strong presence in Hawaii, to provide project installation and ongoing maintenance services. PRNewswire

12.  LED Street Lights in Europe: A Bright Tomorrow - Incandescent and halogen lamps have been banned in Europe.  The European Union (EU) has taken this strong step as a move toward meeting its 20-20-20 targets of increasing energy efficiency by 20%, increasing the share of renewable energy by 20% and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%. The constantly declining price of LED lamps is boosting the LED lighting market in Europe. With the implementation of LEDs, around 70% of energy currently used in street lighting would be saved. Successful implementation of LED pilot projects in European countries including the UK, Germany, Spain, Poland, France, the Netherlands, Croatia, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, and the Czech Republic have proven its benefits and has accelerated the LED market. The PennEnergy Research is available at: http://ogjresearch.stores.yahoo.net/led-street-lights-europe-bright-tomorrow.html

13.  Lighting for Tomorrow 2014 Competition Launched - Lighting for Tomorrow announced its twelfth annual competition at the Dallas Market, Jan. 15-19. The 2014 competition seeks lighting control devices, solid-state lighting (SSL) fixtures, replacement lamps, and retrofit kits that meet market price points such as LED A-lamps under $10 and fixtures under $50, as well as high lumen A-lamps. Similar to last year, Lighting for Tomorrow awards bonus points for high CRI LEDs, OLEDs and products for senior populations. For more information: www.lightingfortomorrow.com