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Daylighting Advantages And Disadvantages

EPAct 2005: The Energy Policy Act of 2005 Explained

Fluorescent Lamp Disposal: What Are The Options?

Getting Started With Lighting Occupancy Sensors

T5 vs. Metal Halide: Finding The Energy Savings

The T8 Ballast: Not Every Ballast Is Created Equal

LEDs: Shedding Light on Successful Applications

Lighting Applications Abound for LED Options

Product Quality Vital for Evolving LED Technology

Products: Lighting

How to Avoid Pitfalls With Outdoor Safety and Security Lighting

With Outdoor Safety and Security Lighting, Cost Should Not Be First Priority

Evaluate LEDs for Possible Use in Outdoor Safety and Security Lighting

Tips for Maintenance, Inspection of Outdoor Safety and Security Lighting

Showcase Products: Outdoor Safety and Security Lighting

Georgia Medical Center Lighting Retrofit Paves Way to Savings

Patient Care Takes Priority Over Lighting Project

ROI on Lighting Project Less Than 3 Years

Next Lighting Project to Feature LED Lamps

Renovation Project Breathes New Life Into California State Government Building

System Installation Process Offers Challenges During Renovation Project

Grand Past, Bright Future for Historic Building

Office Lighting Design Must Have More Goals Than Just Energy Efficiency

Solve Lighting Quality Problems By Letting Space Guide Technology

Brightness and Variety Are Challenges To Office Lighting Quality

Avoiding Problems With Office Lighting Design

Texas School District Lighting Project Boosts Bottom Line

Identifying Energy Waste in HVAC and Electrical Systems

Components to Consider When Identifying Energy Waste

ROI Important Metric for Conservation Measures

Comprehensive Preventive Maintenance Program Helps Extend Equipment Life

Outdoor Lighting For Safety And Security Is A Complicated Matter

Excessive Lighting Does Not Improve Safety, Security

Lighting Controls Can Amplify Effect Of More Efficient Light Sources

Daylighting Controls Are Becoming Less Complicated, More Productive

Outdoor Lighting Can Be Managed By Lighting Controls

Understanding ESCOs and Facility Needs Equals Success

ESCOs: Success Starts with Identifying Energy-Efficiency Targets

ESCOs: Success Requires Careful Selection of Energy-Efficiency Projects

Lighting Offers Opportunities To Cut Energy Use

Fluorescents, Induction Lighting and LEPs Continue to Expand and Improve

New Lighting Controls Help Manage Energy Usage

County's Lighting Retrofit Delivers Savings, Lesson

Lighting Retrofit's Ballast Issue Offers Lesson for County

LEDs: Lighting Retrofit Considerations

10 Questions To Ask Before A Lighting Upgrade Begins

Determining Goals Of Lighting Upgrade Can Lead To Different Solution

Lighting Upgrade Mock-Ups Help Make Options Clear

Daylighting and Controls Can Be Part Of Lighting Upgrades

Energy-Efficient Exterior Lighting

Controls That Maximize Exterior Lighting

Product Focus: Lighting

Keys to Successful LED Fixture Installation

LED Installation Requirements

Careful Planning for Lighting Controls Can Prevent Problems

With Lighting Controls, Facility Managers Should Understand Products, Building's Wiring

Testing is Key to Avoiding Lighting Control Projects Problems

Lighting Controls: Facility Managers Should Understand, Educate Occupants

Lighting Upgrade Shines Light on Reaching Sustainability Goals

Expanding The Scope of Lighting Upgrades

Lighting Sensors Offer Additional Savings

10 FAQs for Selecting LEDs

Potential Downsides and Best Uses for LEDs

LEDs: Questions About Fixtures, Replacement Lamps, Tubes, Controls

LEDs: Objective Information from Energy Star, DOE, Other Sources

Combining Aesthetics With Safety, Reliability, and Performance

Exterior Lighting Choices Include LEDs, Alternatives

Exterior Lighting and Dark Skies

Lighting Control Narrative Helps with Purchasing, Installation of Systems

Lighting Control Narrative Includes Project Goals, Lighting Systems, Specialty Controls

How to Create a Lighting Control Narrative

Showcase: Lighting Controls Products

Outdoor Lighting Strategy Can Balance Safety, Security and Environmental Stewardship

When it Comes to Exterior Lighting, More is Not Necessarily Better

Exterior Lighting Controls, Fixtures Can Reduce Energy Use and Provide Security

Case Study: Exterior LEDs Balance Safety, Security and Green at Walmart

Education, Analysis Help When Evaluating Lighting Technologies

How to Take a Close Look at Claims About New Lighting Technologies

How to Evaluate Cutting Edge Lighting Technologies

Consider All Factors When Evaluating LED Lifetimes

Lighting 101: Key Principles to Remember

Staff Plays Big Role in Effective Lighting

Product Showcase

Lighting Retrofits: Students Conduct Surveys, Inventory Fixtures

Lighting Retrofits: Projects Include T8s, T5s

Lighting Retrofits: LEDs Offer Lucrative Payback

HVAC, Lighting, Plumbing Initiatives Fuel LEED Certification

Taking Extra Steps in a Lighting Upgrade Can Have Big Payoff

Making An Intermediate Upgrade Better

Making An Advanced System Stellar

Lighting: Managers Specify LEDs for Walkways, Landscapes

Managers Need to Keep up with Changing Technology

Online Resources for Lighting Upgrades, Greenhouse Gas Accounting

LEDs: Managers Must Watch Heat Levels, Ventilation

LEDs: Myths about Performance, Maintenance

Product Focus: Lighting

Product Focus: Plumbing

T12 Lamps: Strategies for Successful Retrofits

Fluorescent Lights and Controls Myths

How to Retrofit T12 Lamps with T8s, T5s

Incentives for Lighting-System Upgrades

Dimming System and Occupancy Sensor Myths

How do LEDs Compare to CFLs?

LEDs: Beware of Performance Characteristics

PRODUCT FOCUS: LEDs

LED Performance Improving

Where to Use LEDs

Factors for LED Retrofit

Specifying LED Systems

Lighting Retrofits: Evaluate Options, Crunch the Numbers

Lighting Retrofits: Controls Provide Savings Opportunities

LEDs: Popular for Exterior Applications

LEDs Improve Lighting Performance, Reliability

LEDs: Cost Inhibits Widespread Specification

LEDs: Maintenance Considerations, Lamp Replacement

Daylighting and Acoustics are Concerns in Office Spaces

Daylighting Benefits Lie in Proper Design, Control

Start With Integrated Design, Maintain Results With Diligence

Increase Energy Efficiency with Lighting Retrofits

Aim for Goals for Lighting Retrofits, Including Higher Productivity

Lighting Product Showcase

Lighting Product Phaseouts and Exemptions

Lamp and Ballast Phaseout Dates

Tax Credits and Financial Incentives for Upgrading Lighting Systems

Lighting Retrofits: Bi-Level Induction Lamps Reliable, Efficient

LED Technology: Lamps Improve Light Quality, Performance Life

Wireless Mesh Network Controls Road Lighting

Lighting Retrofits Improve Efficiency, Safety in Parking Structures, Surface Lots

IEQ Factors Daylighting, Thermal Comfort and Acoustics for Healthy Space

Lighting Controls: Punch Lists, Commissioning, Recommissioning

Lighting Controls: How to Optimize Performance

Lighting Controls: Five Key Maintenance Practices

Quality and Quantity Key to Outdoor Lighting

Light Pollution, Efficiency are Concerns with Outdoor Lighting

Facility Managers Should Determine If LEDs Are Appropriate For Specific Needs

LEDs Should Be Judged Based On Their Bottom-Line Economics

Facility Managers Have Reasons to Consider Recycling Spent Fluorescent Lamps

Why Are Managers Specifying Lighting Controls?

Fluorescent Recycling Centers Now Established and Growing

Lighting Controls: Biggest Specification Challenges

Lighting-Control Retrofits: Wireless Technology Lowers Project Cost

Lighting Controls: Commissioning, Training Critical

Lighting Controls: Take Advantage of Rebates, Tax Deductions

The Role of Lighting Controls in Demand Response

PRODUCT FOCUS: Lighting Controls

For-profit and Government Hospitals Can Earn Tax Deductions for New Construction and Renovations

Lighting and HVAC Considerations per Hospital Space Type

Evaluate New Construction, Renovations with EPAct in Mind

Lighting Controls: A Look at Daylight Harvesting

Photosensors: What Are Typical Light-Level Ranges?

Daylight Harvesting: The Importance of Signal Resolution

Daylight Harvesting: What is Photopic Correction?

Photosensors: Wireless, Self-Calibrating Products Emerge

Examine Use Requirements and Design Before Choosing Lighting Fixtures

Lighting Product Showcase

Hospital Expansion: Efficient Equipment Neutralizes Higher Energy Costs

Consider Energy and Maintenance Costs in Lighting Life-cycle Assessments

Proper Disposal of Lamps and Ballasts

Planning A Lighting Upgrade? Here are Two Types of Utility Rebate Programs To Consider

Ten Tips For Facility Managers To Cut Energy Costs

Lighting Upgrades: Opportunities in Existing Buildings

Lighting Retrofits: Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction Provides Incentives

Managers Can Deduct Full Cost of New Lighting with Interim Lighting Rule

Lighting Upgrades: Strategies to Meet ASHRAE 90.1-2001

HVAC, Lighting Retrofits Fuel Arena's LEED Certification

Lighting Systems and Brightness

Prismatic Versus Parabolic Fixtures

The Benefits of Indirect Lighting

Emergency-Lighting Systems Give Managers Flexibility

Lighting Can Help Prevent Workplace Blahs

Lighting Can Hold or Hurry Customers, and Define the Image of a Space

How Daylighting Works

Daylighting Benefits

Daylighting: Overcoming Glare and Heat Challenges

How Daylighting Can Improve IEQ

Performance Metrics For Lighting Systems

Lighting Quality Metrics: CRI And Temperature

Balancing Lighting Quality With Energy Efficiency

EPAct Tax Deduction Extended

Senate Buildings Receive Lighting, Plumbing Retrofits

Choosing a Design Philosophy for the Lighting System

Lighting Systems and Specification Documents

Lighting System Bids: What Facility Managers Need to Know

Installing and Commissioning a Lighting System

Hotel Retrofits Lighting, Plumbing Systems

Occupancy Sensors Eliminate Energy Waste

Occupancy Sensors: Passive Infrared, Ultrasonic and Dual-Technology

Selecting Coverage Patterns and Planning Layouts for Sensors

Lighting: Specify the Right Occupancy Sensor

Commissioning and Installing Occupancy Sensors

Sustainable School Specifies Bio-Swale, Daylighting System

Retrocommissioning: Calibrating HVAC Controls Saves Energy

EPAct Tax Deductions for Lighting Projects Gain Wider Use

Warehouses, Retailers Use EPAct to Earn Lighting Savings

How EPAct Works in LEED and Government Projects

Lighting Products

Walking the (GREEN) Talk

Lighting: An Energy-Efficient Future

Make Lighting Upgrades Match the Paybacks

Finding Real Energy Savings

Daylighting Strategies Lead to Savings

Dimming Ballasts, Occupancy Sensors Can Reduce Costs

Lighting Controls: Reducing Cost, Saving Energy

Better Light, Lower Cost

Energy Focus: Strategies for Savings

Group Activity: Relamping Facilities

Making Wireless Technology Work

Lighting Upgrades: Make the Switch

Lamp Recycling, Step by Step

Lighting Controls: Energy-Efficiency Edge

Keeping the Lid on Energy

EPAct Deductions Brighten Return on Lighting Upgrades

NET EFFECT

Are Incandescents Obsolete?

Group Relamping: All Together Now

LED Lighting: A-B-C? 1-2-3?

Lighting Upgrades Aren't a Flip of the Switch

Health Care, Lighting & EPAct

Lighting Control Systems Drive Energy Savings

Bright Ideas for Better Lighting Upgrades

A Case for Lamp Recycling

Lamps & Ballasts: End-of-Life Decisions

Technology, Energy Codes Lead to More Efficient Lighting Systems

Lighting Systems Can Help Trim Costs, Energy Consumption

Using Daylighting to Save on Energy Costs

New Ballasts Have Improved Controllability, Efficiency Thanks to Code, Technology Updates

A New Era for Lighting

Lighting: Safeguard the Environment by Recycling Old Lamps

Early Returns: LEDs Show Promise for Facilities

Lighting: Deciding Whether to Retrofit Existing Systems or Relight According to an Updated Design

Lamp Technology Answers User Demands

Energy Policy Act of 2005 Offers Two year Window for Efficiency Incentives

Lighting: Technology and Design Can Combine to Increase Energy Efficiency

Lamps: Beyond the End of Life

Lighting: Successful Lighting Design Must Address Quality, Cost, Code Compliance, and Design Compatibility

New LEDs for Today’s Facilities

Beyond Bad Lighting

Lamps in a New Light

Maintenance Bulletin

Recycling Revisited

Wireless Lighting Controls: Bright Way to Cut Energy Use

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Lighting Part I: Recycling Revisited

Lighting Part II: Maintenance Matters

Taking Lighting Controls to the Net

The Lowdown on LEDs

On the Horizon: Trends in Lighting Technology

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New Thinking On Lighting Design

Avoiding Pitfalls in Lighting Upgrades

Lamp Specification in a New Light

Maximizing Lighting Maintenance

Doing Light Right

Savings in the Spotlight

Better Lighting Upgrades



WattStopper, Digital Lighting Management




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