Lighting Design Lab technology experts and thought leaders, along with our colleagues and partners, has leveraged resources to help you access technical information and link you to programs that will enhance your projects and support your business.
Networked Lighting Controls
Learning Guides developed by Lighting Design Lab and Better Bricks.
Learning Guides
Communicating the Value Proposition
Control Tech Terms
Emerging Technology Trends
Networked Lighting Controls in Healthcare Facilities
Networked Lighting Controls in K-12 Schools
Networked Lighting Controls in Warehouses
Primary Control Strategies
Sequence of Operations
Wall Station Interfaces
Heat Pump Water Heating
Water heating with traditional technologies uses a lot of energy. Learn how to improve efficiency by tapping into our heat pump water heater guides, virtual tours, and videos.
Building Electrification
Over one-third of Seattle’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions come from its buildings. We’ll include resources here that will help advance market adoption of electrification technologies for our buildings to reduce GHG.
Building Electrification
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In 2019, LDL focused efforts with both utility stakeholders and industry partners to promote knowledge and drive alignment specific to networked lighting controls. The following resources are a direct result of this initiative and were developed with input from subject matter experts inside and outside LDL.
LLLC Videos
Hide AllDuctless Heat Pumps
As homes and small businesses look for ways to minimize their carbon footprint, electric ductless heat pumps are a great option. The following guides will help you get started.
Residential resources
Basic Concepts Used in Calculating Heating and Cooling Requirements
Lighting Guides
A great resource for design considerations, controls strategies, and energy code information to aid in the success of your project.
Guides
Open Warehouse T8 High Performance Fluorescent
Parking Lot (Small) LED Luminaire Replacement
Handouts & Recordings
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Ensure your knowledge and professional designations remain current. Definitions, requirement overviews, and links to accrediting organizations.
Accrediting Organizations
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Staying connected with industry experts from all over the world is vital to the collaborative sharing of information and learning about evolving lighting trends and emerging technologies.
Incentive Programs
Resources to help your business take advantage of pathways to money savings and energy conservation.
Northwest Utility Programs
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The potential to save energy costs are a critical parameter for every project. This section links you to northwest regional commercial energy codes for Washington state, Seattle, Oregon, Idaho & Montana-IECC, and British Columbia, Canada.
Articles
We write and issue a number of articles and summations that introduce you to new ways of looking at lighting technology.
Articles - Applications
Articles - Conference Wrap-Ups
Association of Energy Service Professionals (AESP) Annual Conference Review
Strategies in Light Conference 2020
US DOE Lighting R&D Conference Recap
Articles - Lighting Controls
Exterior Networked Lighting Controls and Smart City Futures- Current State of the Art
Articles - Lighting Fundamentals
Articles - Lighting Maintenance
Articles - Lighting Productivity
Articles - Lighting Technology
Battery Powered Lighting
Research & Product Evaluation
We're connecting you with some of the industry’s best in research and product evaluation. Keeping pace with technologies and energy saving applications can only be done with the help of those who seek to understand the science of it all.