Demand Response / CEDR: August 2008 Archives
The project on Integration of Electric Lighting Controls with Utility DR Signals seeks to
identify the most cost-effective and reliable combinations of utility
DR signals and electric lighting controls to implement automated DR
capabilities with bi-directional communication capabilities that will
allow utilities to get feedback on achieved lighting load reductions.
The project will focus on lighting loads and be applicable to all
buildings without need for Internet access and energy management
systems. The solution includes communication/control from utility to building and from building to fixture.
Key project partners are the CLTC and SCE.
More information from Lighting California's FutureWhite Board Lighting
The research project on Retrofit Integrated Classroom Lighting System (R-ICLS) by Lighting California's Future is dedicated to developing retrofit lighting solutions for classrooms to ensure
that the luminaires, sensors, and controls work together to provide
proper lighting for General and A/V requirements together with lighting
for the white board.
Retrofit Lighting for Schools
R-ICLS will help develop and demonstrate new technologies that will give schools a "good", "better", "best" way to combine state-of-the-art luminaires, lamps, ballasts, sensors, and controls into cost-effective, retrofit system solutions.
The goal is development of an integrated system that meets CHPS and LEED standards for classroom lighting• General & AV Modes
• Whiteboard illumination
• Teacher Controls
• Integrated occupancy and daylight sensors.
Project Goals
- Deliver energy savings of 20% compared to California's Title 24 (Energy Law)
- Develop “Good”, “Better” and “Best” solutions to meet different payback requirements.
Better: Add a whiteboard luminaire to the “good” definition. Provide wall mounted and remote controls.
Best: Replace luminaires with new high performance 2x4 luminaire and add a whiteboard luminaire. Provide wall mounted and remote controls.
Finelite and the CLTC are key project members.
Cost-Effective Demand Response (CEDR) research by Lighting California's Future seeks to introduce a novel demand response (DR) lighting control technology that can be easily retrofit to existing buildings.
CEDR makes retrofit installation economical by using existing power wiring to transmit a load shed signal to designated lighting loads. This signal, introduced at the lighting panel and transmitted to receivers installed in existing bi-level light switches, tells receivers to turn off half the lights.
This research project will develop a new system capable of receiving a utility demand reduction signal and transmitting, over the building power lines, a load-shed signal to multiple receiver devices. The outcome of the project is the development and commercialization of a novel demand responsive lighting technology.
CEDR takes a low-tech approach, doing only one simple task inexpensively - reducing loads during DR conditions.
Applications
■ Buildings with lighting controlled by bi-level switching.
■ Buildings with significant sheddable plug loads.
■ ESCOs with the above customers.
■ Utilities requiring more automatic DR capacity.
Key project members are the CLTC, NEV Electronics, and SCE. Collaborators include NEV Electronics, Benya Lighting, California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC), Southern California Edison, and Architectural Energy Corporation.
CEDR LCF program information and reports
Technical information and CLTC/UCDavis
Licensing
