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APPLICATION GUIDANCE
High-Performance and Reduced-Wattage T8 Systems
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Local site and building features as well as professional lighting design are all crucial to optimizing the energy savings potential of high-performance (HP) and reduced-wattage T8 lighting system projects. While there is no single best way to design with HP and reduced-wattage T8 systems, several organizations have provided guidance on how to capitalize on the relative strengths of these systems.
This document includes links, references and guidance to support:
- HP T8 system applications
- Reduced wattage T8 system applications
- Applications relevant to both HP and reduced-wattage systems
Although these resources can help explain appropriate applications for these systems, the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) recommends that all project managers seek the assistance of a certified lighting professional during lighting design. The links provided below contain information on general lighting design as well as professional certifications for lighting design.
HIGH-PERFORMANCE T8 SYSTEMS
New Buildings Institute
Advanced Lighting Guidelines
Application examples using HP T8s for private office space, (office 1 and 2) retail, and classrooms.
DesignLights Consortium
High-Performance T8 Systems
User tips, training and marketing materials.
Lighting Resource Center
Research on HP T8s
Case study: T8s in supermarkets
Lighting Design Lab
High-performance T8s
Fact sheet with information about lamp life
Southern California Edison
SCE Classroom Lighting Guide
Examples 1-3 all use HP T8
REDUCED-WATTAGE T8 SYSTEMS
James Benya, Benya Lighting Design
Reduced Wattage Technology Overview
A presentation on the basics of reduced-wattage systems
ESource
Reduced-Wattage Fluorescent Lamps: Not-So-Super T8s
Few currently available documents explore reduced-wattage system applications but this research report can be downloaded from ESource (registration required).
HP AND REDUCED-WATTAGE APPLICATIONS
The following links provide information on both systems.
Energy Design Resources
Design Briefs: Efficient Lighting Systems
Information on pages 10 and 14
Lighting Design Lab
Cutting-edge fluorescent
Advances in efficacy and lamp life by fluorescents
Energy and Power Management
After free registration users can access archived articles such as:
What's the word on T8 retrofits
Energy Efficient Lighting – a hot topic
The T8 Tango
GENERAL LIGHTING DESIGN RESOURCES
Design Lights Consortium
Includes guides for office, retail, classroom, high- and low-bay industrial, and retail and warehouse skylighting model for designing and specifying lighting in commercial facilities. Guides illustrate step-by-step instruction, includes recommendations for lamps, fixtures, and controls, plus full design layouts.
Energy Design Resources
This Web site, funded by California utilities, includes design briefs for different types of lighting technologies, case studies, and a newsletter. It also features an "EDR Charette" Web tool, which allows for a visual demonstration of the effect of different technologies on a model building.
Lighting Research Center
Includes information on commercial and industrial applications, including retail. Includes case studies of different treatments, with attached resources and references. Also includes shorter "snapshots" papers on elements such as lighting controls and corridor lighting.
Lighting Design Lab
Includes a list of links to case studies of notable lighting projects in the Northwest. Click here for a list of articles on lighting design, technologies and applications.
New Buildings Institute
Advanced Lighting Guidelines
Includes a comprehensive suite of information on many applications
Getting to Fifty
Illustrates how lighting design can achieve tax deductions under EPACT.
Features case studies and a searchable database.
NYSERDA PROGRAMS
As part of its Small Commercial Lighting Program, NYSERDA posts a list of general design tools and links to case studies, technical reports, and other sites (such as CEE and DesignLights). The site features a NYSERDA publication, The Right LightSM: A Technical Guide to Effective, Energy-Efficient Lighting. Also included are resources especially for market sector applications, including retail, health care, and office space.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS and TRAINING
Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA)
International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD)
National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions
(NCQLP)
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