The Solar Decathlon, an educational project produced by the U.S. Department of Energy, joins 20 college and university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house. Team California won for Architecture and Communications. Check out their house here. http://www.youtube.com/v/nvHIxG9_xs0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1 The University of Minnesota won for Lighting Design: [...]
Daylighting
Daylighting, Education + Resources
Benya and Vogen Horn to Present Daylighting Design Workshop at 2009 Greenbuild
Jim Benya, PE, FIES, FIALD, LC of Benya Lighting Design and Abby Vogen Horn, daylighting champion for the Energy Center of Wisconsin, are teaming up to present a full-day workshop: “Lighting and Daylighting Design with Efficiency” on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at the USGBC’s Greenbuild Conference in Phoenix, AZ. According to Greenbuild, “This training will [...]
Daylighting, Education + Resources
IES Webinar, “Using Daylight as a Light Source,” to be Held October 14, 2009
On October 14, 2009, at 7:00 PM EST, Lisa Heschong, principal of Heschong Mahone Group and a licensed architect, will be conducting a 70-minute (+ Q&A) webcast through IES that will detail: * Strategies to integrate daylight with electric lighting for offices, schools, retail, and other workplace environments * Current capabilities of tools to predict [...]
Daylight Factor Explained
Daylight factor, a metric used to express the availability of daylight in a space, is explained clearly here.
Daylighting, Education + Resources
Free Daylighting Webinar to Be Held March 18
Webinar: “Daylighting: Lighting Every Building Using the Sky” Presented by: Energy Center University in partnership with the Daylighting Collaborative, presenting faculty Abby Vogen Horn, Senior Project Manager, Energy Center of Wisconsin When: March 18, 2009 at 1:30pm – 3:00pm CDT What: Integrated daylighting design is the key to whole building energy savings and a successful [...]
Daylighting, Energy + Environment
Study Captures Daylighting’s HVAC and Lighting Energy Savings Impacts
Daylighting is recognized as best practice in energy codes and industry standards due to its documented positive effects on worker satisfaction and performance and potential to generate substantial energy savings. Daylighting and daylighting control are now encouraged or required by California’s Title 24 energy code, LEED-NC v.2.2, Northeast Collaborative for High Performance Schools, and ASHRAE [...]
Daylighting, LED + SSL, Products + Technology
Free PIER Technical Briefs Available for Download
Interested in new lighting technologies? PIER has published three briefs about emerging technologies that are available for free download. Note: All files download as PDF files. Savings Persist with Monitoring-Based Commissioning (TB-39) shows how monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx), a program approach that combines permanent building-energy-system monitoring with standard retrocommissioning practices, can provide substantial, persistent energy savings. [...]
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