Author: James Donson

12 Jun

Posted at 08:49h in Commercial Buildings, COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Healthy Building, Schools K-12 by
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The importance of a healthy workplace in now a top priority as businesses seek to operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinics and hospitals around the world utilize ultraviolet (UV) light to kill pathogens like tuberculosis (TB), which stills run rampant in parts of the...

07 Jun

Posted at 08:13h in Energy Efficiency Industry, Energy Policy, Lighting by
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As trade tensions continue to escalate between the United States and China, the lighting industry can’t help but be impacted. Most of the big brand lighting manufacturers headquartered in the United States manufacture vast swaths of their lighting products offshore. So it’s no surprise the...

10 May

Posted at 08:41h in Commercial Buildings, Energy Audits, Lighting by
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Many lighting retrofit designs fail to fully consider egress and emergency lighting systems. These systems are usually required by state code and often superseded by local code or the requirements of the local authority having jurisdiction. Failure to provide adequate egress and emergency lighting controls...

28 Dec

Posted at 08:08h in Building Controls, Energy Audits, Energy Management by
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You can evaluate energy performance and target energy saving projects using graphics like in the case of one of our portfolio clients where we evaluated lighting control system performance looking at lighting power density (LPD) and energy use intensity (EUI). Data visualization is one of...

20 Jul

Posted at 08:23h in Benchmarking, Commercial Buildings, Energy Efficiency Industry, ENERGY STAR by
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ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager will be shaking up the energy-use benchmark world by updating their scoring mechanism on August 26, 2018. The bad news is most building owners will see a drop in the current score. The good news is the update is long overdue...

02 Feb

Posted at 08:38h in Lighting by
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Exterior lighting pushes back the darkness and can make the otherwise intimidating nighttime environment more welcoming and functional. But lighting can also impact our well-being. The extent of that impact is currently under debate between the American Medical Association (AMA) and Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)....

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