The project on Integration of Electric Lighting Controls with Utility DR Signals seeks to identify the most cost-effective and reliable combinations of utility DR signals and electric lighting controls to implement automated DR capabilities with bi-directional communication capabilities that will allow utilities to get feedback on achieved lighting load reductions. The project focuses on lighting loads and is applicable to all buildings.
Key project partners are the CLTC and SCE.
The project team installed Advanced Lighting Controls Systems (ALCS), produced by Convia, Universal Lighting, and Lutron, in a Southern California Edison (SCE) office building. The main objectives of the project are to determine the following:
1) Will these advanced lighting controls systems allow for reliable remote control of the facilities lighting loads as part of a Demand Response Program?
2) What are the energy savings that can be achieved with a well designed, smart lighting system?
Each of the new controls systems claim to have remote control capability, enabling both tuning, scheduling, and demand response capability. All of these systems will be individually tested by SCE to determine if indeed the systems can respond to Demand Response signals in a timely and efficient manner. |
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