2022 Nonresidential Construction Forecast: "Promising"

The construction outlook for 2022 is positive, particularly for nonresidential, with significant and more balanced growth expected across this sector. If current trends continue, this positive outlook looks to accelerate in 2023. According to the AIA Construction Consensus Forecast Panel of leading economic forecasters, nonresidential building construction spending is expected to expand 5.4% in 2022 and strengthen to a 6.1% expansion in 2023.

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Lighting Controls Association Offers Free Course on California Title 24, Part 6

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) now offers EE203: Lighting Controls and Energy Codes, Part 4: California Title 24, Part 6 (2019) as a new learning module in its popular Education Express program.

Title 24, Part 6 contains robust, detailed lighting and control requirements. Regarding lighting controls, it requires a broad range of strategies to ensure general lighting is turned Off or reduced when it is not needed. Because of the code’s importance, the Lighting Controls Association produced this Education Express learning module, authored by Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP, to describe its major features.

Lighting Controls Association Offers Free Webinar on Tunable-White Lighting

Presented by Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP, education director for the Lighting Controls Association, this 30-minute webinar provides a deep overview of tunable-white lighting, a relatively new dimension of LED lighting control that is pioneering new capabilities and applications. Topics include benefits and applications, advantages and disadvantages, color basics, the different types of color-tunable lighting, hardware and protocols, specification issues, and more.

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The leading source of lighting controls education for more than 20 years, the Lighting Controls Association is a council of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association with the mission of educating the professional lighting community about lighting control and controllable ballast technology and application. Members include Acuity Brands, Audacy Wireless, Cooper Lighting Solutions, Cree, Eaton, EiKO, Hubbell Building Automation, GE Current, Intermatic, Legrand, Leviton, Lutron Electronics, MaxLite, McWong International, OSRAM Encelium, PLC, RAB Lighting, SENSORWORX, Synapse Wireless, Toggled IQ, and Universal Douglas.

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