2021 IECC Decoded

In January 2021, the International Code Council published the 2021 version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), which has been updated every three years since 2000.

This new version reduces lighting power allowances, expands mandatory controls requirements, and issues clarifications.

So what's new with controls?

Click here to read this article by Lighting Controls Association education director Craig DiLouie, LC, CLCP.

Submit Your Design Project for a SAPPHIRE Award

The Lighting Controls Association is sponsoring a series of design awards produced by the Strategies in Light conference and LEDs Magazine, which has expanded its popular SAPPHIRE Awards focusing on LED products to now include design projects.

Awards include a SAPPHIRE Award for Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Control, SAPPHIRE Award for Design Excellence in Tunable-White Lighting, SAPPHIRE Award for Design Excellence in Buidling Integration, and more.

Submit your project by March 1 for an early bird discount and by April 1 to be considered.

Click here to learn more and submit a project.

Lighting Controls Association Updates Dimming Course

The Lighting Controls Association has updated EE103: Dimming Controls, Section 1 Part 2: Dimming Controls and Systems, a popular learning module in its Education Express program.

Authored by Steve Mesh and Craig DiLouie, this learning module describes equipment used for dimming in commercial buildings, starting with simple wallbox dimmers and working up to more complex systems.

The new and improved course recognizes major changes in dimming systems resulting from technological advances including the widespread adoption of LED lighting.

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The leading source of lighting controls education for nearly 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, Leviton, Lutron Electronics, McWong International, OSRAM Encelium, PLC, RAB Lighting, Synapse Wireless, Toggled IQ, Universal Lighting Technologies and Wattstopper (Legrand).

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