News Updates for the Week of May 27

1.      New Energy Secretary Moniz is All About Energy Efficiency - During his first speech after being sworn into his new post, Moniz said energy efficiency would be one of his top priorities.  New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz vowed Tuesday to help advance a big bipartisan energy efficiency bill that’s moving through Congress and make conservation a major priority using his existing authorities. The Energy Department posted Moniz’s 11-minute speech on YouTube: http://grist.org/news/new-energy-secretary-moniz-is-all-about-energy-efficiency/

2.      New DOE Report Estimates LED Savings in Common Lighting Applications - DOE has released a much-anticipated new report that estimates the savings from using SSL in applications where LEDs compete with traditional sources. Entitled Adoption of Light-Emitting Diodes in Common Lighting Applications, the report not only estimates how much energy is being saved due to current levels of LED penetration, but also projects what the savings would be if those markets switched completely to LEDs from incandescent, halogen, high-pressure sodium, and certain types of fluorescent sources. http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/publications/pdfs/ssl/led-adoption-report_2013.pdf

3.      Two-Part Webinar on Adaptive Street Lighting Controls - On Tuesday, June 11, and Wednesday, June 12, DOE's Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium (MSSLC) will host a two-part series of 90-minute live webinars on the use of adaptive street lighting controls. Industry experts anticipate that by 2020, the majority of all streetlights sold in the U.S. will be LED, and a growing number of these will be equipped with adaptive control components. Each webinar will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00 a.m. Pacific) and will include a 60-minute presentation, followed by a 30-minute question-and-answer session with attendees. For more information, or to register, visit the DOE SSL website

4.      How Cree Perfected the 20-Year Light Bulb - This North Carolina maker of light emitting diodes aims to kill off the incandescent light bulb. LED performance is a big reason Cree now boasts $1.3 billion in sales and $70 million in earnings. Its market cap of $7 billion has doubled in less than a year; investors foresee broad adoption of LEDs once federal lighting standards force the phaseout of 40- and 60-watt incandescents in 2014. Nationwide, of roughly 6 billion lightbulbs in American homes, 3.6 billion are incandescents. Lighting sucks up roughly 14% of America’s electricity; replacing all those Edison bulbs with LEDs could cut that demand in half. See the Cree ad burying the incandescent bulb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZik9qwSyHE 5/22 Forbes

5.      Market Revenue for Drivers in LED General Lighting Applications to Triple from 2012 to 2015 - A new report, “LED Driver ICs–World–2013” from IMS Research, now part of the IHS global consulting firm. According to a press release publicizing the report, the market governing LED driver integrated circuits (ICs) for lighting will surge to $666 million in 2015, up from $214 million in 2012, as shown in the figure. Growth will moderate somewhat during the following years, but revenue is expected to continue to expand, reaching $810 million in 2018. http://www.imsresearch.com/

6.      New Ohio Efficiency Resource Fund to Help Upgrade Buildings - The new Ohio Efficiency Resource Fund provides otherwise hard-to-get financing for small and medium-sized businesses to make energy-efficiency improvements, with no upfront costs and no risk. This innovative approach bridges the funding gap that has stymied small- and mid-sized retrofit projects--thousands of buildings statewide. Here's how it works: The Fund signs an Efficiency Services Agreement (ESA) for up to 10 years with a building owner, purchases the new equipment, and hires contractors to design, install, measure, and maintain the energy-saving improvements. As a result, the customer sees a reduction in its total utility bill, while the building becomes more functional, productive, and comfortable. The Fund recoups its investment by billing customers for their actual realized efficiency gains. Since the useful life of the energy-efficiency equipment continues well beyond the life of the contract, customers continue to save for years to come. 5/23 PRNewswire

7.      NJ AEE CEM Course & Exam (Registration Deadline extended to May 31) - The NJ Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (NJAEE) announced the following dates for the 5-Day preparatory course and exam for Certified Energy Manager (CEM®) Professional Certification. Date: June 17-21, 2013 - from 8:00 – 5:00. The exam is offered on the 5th day, Friday, June 21. Location: Rutgers EcoComplex in Bordentown, NJ http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6743773809

8.      Consumers Energy Awards $4.3 Million to Help Michigan Businesses and Schools Save Energy and Money - Consumers Energy’s Business Solutions program to fund 835 projects in the first quarter of 2013 to help Michigan businesses and schools become more energy efficient. Business Solutions is one part of the company's comprehensive energy efficiency program, launched in accordance with Michigan's energy reform law. www.consumersenergy.com

9.      Leviton Receives NAED Industry Award of Merit - Leviton received the 2013 Industry Award of Merit at the National Association of Electrical Distributors' (NAED) national meeting in Boston on May 6. As part of NAED's Annual Achievement Awards, which recognize individuals and companies that embody the industry's highest standards, Leviton was honored for the company's active role in promoting and supporting the wholesale electrical distribution industry. "This award is a true testament to our valued relationships with Leviton's loyal distribution channel alliances," said William Marshall, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Leviton. http://www.leviton.com

10.  AEE Training Programs for Energy Professionals - www.aeeprograms.com/realtime

High Bay Lighting Advances: How to Choose the Right Technology	Fast Track CEM Preparatory Course for Energy Managers
Instructed by Stan Walerczyk, L.C., C.L.E.P. 4-Hour Distance Learning Seminar Earns 0.4 CEU / 4 PDH Presented in two 2-hour live online sessions New Program Starts June 10	Instructed by Clint Christenson, C.E.M. 12-hour Distance Learning Seminar Earns 1.2 CEU / 12 PDH Presented in six 2-hour live online sessions New Program Starts June 20

11.  Solar’s Great Recovery: Photovoltaics Reach $155 Billion Market in 2018 - The solar photovoltaic (PV) market is poised to rise from the ashes of its 2011 crisis to grow to $155 billion in 2018, as market forces engineer a turnaround to a healthy 10.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), says Lux Research. In the most likely scenario, the PV market will grow at a modest clip to 35 GW in 2013 before rapidly ramping up to 61.7 GW in 2018. Lux Research analysts used a detailed levelized cost of energy (LCOE) analysis in 156 separate geographies, accounting for 82% of the world’s population, to determine the viability and competitiveness of solar in each market. www.luxresearchinc.com

News Updates for the Week of March 26

1.      OLED Luminaires to be a $6.3B Market in 2017 - Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has announced the release of its latest report, "OLED Lighting Market Forecast Q2 2012." In the report NanoMarkets presents its outlook on the OLED lighting sector with some notable changes since its last release in 2011. The firm notes concerns with the current economic situation in Europe which is a major center for OLED lighting as well as changes in manufacturing that will dampen prices in the short term but open the door to wider acceptance of the technology as OLED lighting efficiency, panel size and light output improvements bring the technology to the mainstream. This report provides eight-year forecasts for OLED lighting in six different applications. Additional details about this and other OLED related reports are available: http://www.nanomarkets.net/oled_lighting 3/19 PRNewswire via COMTEX 

2.      Despite Naysayers, Green Energy Keeps Growing - All together, solar PV, wind and biofuel markets expanded by 31 percent last year to $246 billion globally, according to Clean Edge’s 11^th annual edition of Clean Energy Trends 2011, a wrap-up of key green-energy indicators. The expansion caps a five-year run during which these markets have grown by roughly a third each year. Clean Edge expects the markets to grow steadily--albeit more slowly--in the decade to come. It projects the clean-energy market will expand by 4.6% per year (compounded) to $385 billion by 2021. http://cleanedge.com/reports/charts-and-tables-from-clean-energy-trends-2012

 

3.      ASHRAE Has Been Asked to Review The U.S. GSA’s Standard P100 - Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/2010_P100_Final.pdf. This standard establishes design standards for new buildings, major and minor alterations, and work in historic structures for the Public Buildings Service (PBS) of the General Services Administration (GSA). This document now contains both performance based standards and prescriptive requirements to be used in the programming, design, and documentation of GSA buildings. ASHRAE would like to receive your comments on this draft. Those comments are due to DD Latham (dlatham@ashrae.org) by midnight Eastern Standard Time, Monday, March 26.

4.      Plastic Bottles Light Up Thousands of Homes in the Slums of Manila - Plastic bottles have become a sustainable way to light many homes in poorer sections of Manila in the Philippines, where many houses are built too close to each other to allow for windows, CNN reported. For many residents electricity is unaffordable or unavailable, forcing them to work and live in the dark. But a new project has shined a light in the darkness - literally.  Based on an invention by an engineer from Amy Smith, an engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the recycled plastic bottles are filled with water and bleach and then fixed into holes on the roof. The bottle bulbs then refract the sun's rays to create 55-watts worth of light. The project has reached about 10,000 homes and aims for one million by 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0_4qFrxw_4&feature=related

5.      Luminus R&D and Testing Lab Accredited for Testing LEDs to LM-80 Standard - Luminus Devices, Inc., manufacturer of Big Chip LEDs™, announced that its Boston-area R&D and Testing Laboratory has been accredited to conduct testing on LEDs to the LM-80 standard, the approved method for measuring LED light sources. The accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 is awarded by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), and the standard is endorsed by the Department of Energy and the Illumination Engineering Society (IES). For more information, visit www.luminus.com

6.      GE Lighting Revolution Tour on the Road Again - GE Lighting is on the road again with the 2012 GE Lighting Revolution Tour. This tradeshow on wheels is designed to give designers, distributors, architects, contractors, facility maintenance and utility executives a first-hand experience of GE's latest innovations in lighting technology. www.gelightingrevolutiontour.com

7.      Lighting Webinar to Investigate Causes for Compatibility Issues - With government legislative weight behind energy-efficient lighting and changing consumer-purchasing behavior, a problem has arisen in the lighting industry. On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at 2 p.m. EDT, Electrical Contractor magazine will host a webinar, in partnership with Leviton, on the three main causes for compatibility issues when pairing energy-efficient lamps with dimmers designed for incandescent technology. http://www.ecmag.com/

8.      White Papers by Lois I. Hutchinson at www.lighting.com -

• “Lighting Design Certifications: From A to Z,” a series of eight posts http://lighting.com/lighting-design-certification/
• “Stand By Your Luminaire,” a discussion on the lack of LED luminaire lifetime ratings standards and product warranties. http://lighting.com/stand-by-your-luminaire/

9.      Chattanooga Seeking 'Green' Lighting Compromise - The city may make one more push toward trying to break a stalemate on how many "green" streetlights to install across Chattanooga. The City Council is considering a rollout of 26,000 lights--at a cost of $18 million--with the city floating three bonds over three different years. The City Council reached a stalemate Tuesday night on the best option to pay for the lights and how many to either buy or lease.  The administration brought forth a resolution to spend $6 million on 5,200 lights to cover downtown and some key streets.

3/19 Chattanooga Times

10.  Gasoline Fuel Update - http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/?src=email