Lighting Efficiency Opportunities for California: A Laboratory to Marketplace Perspective

• February 26, 2010: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley

Michael Siminovitch [UC Davis]

All i4energy talks take place at noon on Fridays in the Banatao Auditorium on the 3rd floor of Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley. These talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live on-line at  mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast the day and time of the event. Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents.

The spring series is online at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/i4e-spring2010.

Abstract:
This presentation will include an overview of the lighting research activities at the California Lighting Technology Center with a focus on demonstrations, commercialization, and integration within the codes and standards process. The California Lighting Technology Center is an innovation center established at UC Davis in collaboration with the California utilities, the California Energy Commission, and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) with the mission of accelerating the development and market penetration of new lighting technologies. The presentation will include a description of ongoing research activities and emerging technologies, and it will highlight ongoing demonstration activities in California. Specific presentation topics will include the development of a smart lighting initiative as a statewide activity directed at the market adoption of responsive lighting systems for energy savings and demand response capability.  The smart lighting initiative includes new technologies for exterior lighting applications now being adopted by UCOP and included within the Title 24 process. Technology, demonstrations, and code process will be discussed, which will illustrate the industry and utility collaboration model developed at the California Lighting Technology Center.

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