OASys/ Dimmable Lighting Demonstration Project
Better lighting with less energy
Integrating energy efficiency and demand response programs has been identified by SDG&E and the California Public Utility Commission as one of the strengths of future energy efficiency programs. Most customers misunderstand demand response as not being consistent with comfort and it is often viewed as a binary on/off function. By installing 250 T5 dimmable lighting fixtures, this program will demonstrate a technology that allows energy efficiency and demand response to be integrated.
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These new T5 dimmable lighting systems are direct retrofits of T12 (or T8) lighting systems. The T5 lamp and ballasts provide energy savings similar to T8 lighting with the advantage of integrated dimming capabilities. The dimming capabilities are cost effectively incorporated using wireless technology. This eliminates the wiring changes normally required to implement dimming for fluorescent lighting. The user can control the system through the Internet unit, which can turn on, off, or dim each individual fixture or zone.Further, the wireless | |
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dimming is augmented by wireless feedback from the fixtures that allows the utility and/or customer to monitor the real time status of the lighting levels and related energy demand. It is these wireless innovations that allow easy and effective utility and/or customer control of the potential demand reductions.
This project will demonstrate the energy efficiency capabilities of these two superior technologies. OASys Indirect/Direct evaporative cooler and RetroLux's dimmable T5 lighting. The potential energy savings and demand reduction capabilities are substantial in Southern California and will have a dramatic impact on the state's energy use. |
RetroLUX Dimmable Lighting Solution
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