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The eighth annual Lighting for Tomorrow competition awarded the best-designed energy-efficient lighting products in the residential market. In addition to the expansion of the solid-state lighting (SSL) competition to include replacement lamps, 2010 featured a brand new lighting controls competition. Lighting for Tomorrow challenged manufacturers to continue to improve their design of SSL fixtures and [...]

Leviton Manufacturing Company’s LevNet RF™ line of lighting controls was selected by Buildings Magazine as one of its Top 81 Money-Saving Products. In selecting their top picks in the category, Building’s editors took into account criteria such as: initial cost, life-cycle costs, sustainability, longevity, energy efficiency, occupant productivity and maintenance requirements. LevNet RF, along with [...]

Cleantech Approach (CTA) has published a new research report: Lighting Controls: Savings, Solutions, Payback, and Vendor Profiles, reviewing lighting control solutions and ROI associated their deployment. The report finds that commercial offices can reduce electricity consumption by 35-55% with the implementation of a lighting control solution and deliver an ROI within 2-10 years, depending on [...]

e:cue Lighting Control, an OSRAM company, has introduced Light Drive Elite, its first standalone DMX controller and user interface for dynamic RGB LED lighting, which does not require software programming. Users can control intensity, color and speed as well as set up their favorite color-changing effects through Light-Drive Elite’s glass interface with touch-sensitive keys and [...]

WattStopper recently introduced Digital Lighting Management, a distributed lighting control system offering the benefits of energy code compliance, higher energy savings than conventional controls, and high return on investment in new and existing buildings. With DLM, each room or space has its own control network where room controllers, switches and sensors are simply connected as [...]

Leviton’s LevNet RF line of wireless energy management devices offers interoperable, self-powered devices integrating Leviton performance and design features with EnOcean wireless control technology. LevNet RF self-powered transmitters do not require external power and there are no batteries or components to replace or maintain. Check it out here. Controls Friday is sponsored by

Philips Lighting’s LuxSense Lighting Control provides a simple way to implement a daylight harvesting control strategy. Designed to control up to 20 luminaires, the LuxSense daylight sensor can be paired with the company’s Mark 7 0-10VDC electronic dimming ballast to optimize savings. Check it out here. Controls Friday is sponsored by

Encelium Technologies recently announced the release of a new whitepaper titled, “Using Advanced Lighting Controls to Drive Down Energy Costs and Improve Worker Satisfaction,” authored by Terry Mocherniak, Chief Operating Officer, Encelium Technologies and contributed by Gary Meshberg, LEED AP, LC, Director of Sales, Encelium Technologies and President of the Lighting Controls Association. The whitepaper [...]

As the use of energy-saving LEDs becomes more widespread in both commercial and residential applications, it is clear that there are many questions about which LED products are compatible with which lighting controls. For instance “dimmable” has not been clearly defined for LEDs. Despite manufacturers’ claims for dimmable LEDs, many do not perform well with [...]