Lighting Control: To Infinity and Beyond from Vancouver IES

October 19, 2023

Despite the growth and improvements of lighting controls, designers and contractors frequently associate them with necessary evils, and do the bare minimum to meet code. Why? Because they can be expensive, complicated to design, install, and program if done incorrectly.  

During this presentation we will discuss the latest in lighting controls, from Networked lighting Controls (NLC) to Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC). We will learn how lighting controls today do more than just turn lights off, how non-energy benefits or business benefits can be the thing that makes the ROI on a project. I, Chris Wolgamott, will share quantifiable and easy to implement methods to simplify and cost-effectively deploy the latest lighting controls. We will discuss case studies on lighting projects that have been installed and we will go over the learnings from those case studies.  

Learning Objectives

  1. Utilize simple strategies to implement successful lighting control projects
  2. Learn how to determine the appropriate lighting controls system.
  3. Implement simplistic design approaches following the LLLC model
  4. Learn the benefits and drawbacks of wireless controls (Bluetooth, WiFi, Dali etc)
  5. Implement strategies that will help save time and money on programing the lighting controls

Agenda

  • Start 7:30 AM
  • Breakfast/Networking 8:00 AM
  • First Session 9:00 AM
  • Break/Networking 10:15 AM
  • Second Session 10:45 AM
  • Lunch/Networking 12:15 PM
  • Departure 2:00 PM
Please register directly on BCEA website at the following link :

https://www.bcea.bc.ca/seminar

Speakers

Chris Wolgamott

Lighting Control: To Infinity and Beyond

Despite the growth and improvements of lighting controls, designers and contractors frequently associate them with necessary evils, and do the bare minimum to meet code.  Why? Because they can be expensive, complicated to design, install, and program if done incorrectly.  During this presentation we will discuss the latest in lighting controls, from Networked lighting Controls (NLC) to Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC).

We will learn how lighting controls today do more than just turn lights off, how non-energy benefits or business benefits can be the thing that makes the ROI on a project   I will share quantifiable and easy to implement methods to simplify and cost-effectively deploy the latest lighting controls.  We will discuss case studies on lighting projects that have been installed and we will go over the learnings from those case studies. 

Len Horvath

Networked Lighting Controls Incentives

The LED lighting revolution is well on its way with benefits that include higher efficacy, longer service life, and the ability to dim. The use of Networked Lighting Controls (NLC) can enhance the lighting systems and do much more, including enhanced daylight harvesting, electricity demand management, create virtual zones of control to suit changing floor layouts, and even provide feedback on the energy consumption and time of use of each fixture.

This presentation will explore how LED systems in Networked Lighting Controls (NLC) provide the physical infrastructure to incorporate non-lighting sensors to facilitate the deployment of hardware required to support dispersed communication technologies and thus become a “de facto” framework for connectivity. The presentation will explain the meaning and importance of NLC systems for energy-efficient and sustainable lighting with a focus on the newly offered NLC incentive program from BC Hydro.

The presentation will also present lessons learned from recent NLC installation under the incentive program with a focus on multiple aspects like implementation barriers to customers, technology selection, and commissioning.
Additionally, the presentation will explore how connected lighting can be used (besides reducing customers’ energy use and demand) to provide non-energy benefits such as improved health and productivity.

Dr. Cristian Suvagau

P.Eng, LC, CEM

Cristian Suvagau is the Lighting Engineering team lead in the Conservation and Energy Management Department of BC Hydro. Cristian is a Professional Engineer and holds a doctorate in Lighting from the Technical University of Construction in Bucharest, Romania. He has been practicing and teaching architectural lighting design and energy efficiency in Europe and North America for over 30 years.

Cristian is a Past-President of the Vancouver IES Section and the Division 4 representative of the Canadian National Committee of the International Commission on Illumination (CNC/CIE). Cristian also participates actively on standards committees of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA- Chair of the C419 Lighting Equipment Efficiency Committee), IES, Design Lighting Consortium (DLC), Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) and many other associations to develop performance standards for LED, lighting and control equipment.

An adjunct professor with the New York Institute of Technology (Vancouver campus), Cristian is often teaching lighting classes for continuous education and is presenting at national and international industry seminars, while authoring numerous technical lighting articles for publications around the world.

More information available here

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