Projected Market Impacts for the Integrated Classroom Lighting Systems work are as follows:

• Decrease energy use in classrooms by at least 50 percent.
• Peak demand will also be decreased as the classroom system uses available daylighting and occupancy controls to cut electrical loads.
• Other load reductions will result from the introduction of 97 percent reflective materials to make the classroom fixture more energy efficient.

The demonstration of a successful classroom lighting system will also speed adoption of this technology. School engineers and architects will have an easier way to specify systems and to document their effectiveness with payback studies. School districts will be able to budget the installed cost of the classroom lighting system more accurately and to build savings into their operating plans. And, maintenance staff will be more comfortable about adopting this new technology due to a one-source support option. By breaking down these barriers, acceptance of the classroom lighting system will be faster than alternate approaches and energy savings to California will happen faster.

The demonstration of economical use of daylight controls and the templates on how to do this will also help increase the number of architects that will add daylight to classrooms. Documented energy savings can be used to help off set any perceived or actual cost increases due to adding daylight to the learning environment. By increasing the use of daylight, learning will be improved and the energy required to do it decreased.

The data recorded from the system installation in three to six classrooms will document energy savings that have been achieved. To the extent that the savings are as expected, this would enable regulatory agencies to update the allowed level of energy for classrooms in Title 24 more quickly than they would otherwise. By modifying the code, California would be able to ensure that these savings are attained as promptly as possible for all new school construction and major re-model efforts.