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PIER Lighting
Research Program (PIER LRP)
Lighting
R&D/ Codes Scoping Study
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For the California Energy Commission's
PIER Lighting Research Program (LRP), HMG provided critical evaluation
of the energy efficiency potential, savings, and codes and standards
connections for various lighting technologies developed through the
program. The goal of this project was to determine how the PIER Lighting
Research Program can best translate its successes into workable code and
standards proposals. The emphasis was to identify efforts that are
likely to have the largest energy savings and demand reduction
potential. The objectives were:
- Evaluate all Program lighting research
efforts, and map the path from each research outcome into the codes
and standards arena.
- Identify the most code-ready research
outcomes and recommend steps to adoption, and identify those that
may require additional R&D before they can enter the code
process.
- Identify lighting codes and standards
problems which require additional R&D, such as outdated lighting
industry metrics which are referenced by codes.
The Final Report for this project
identifies successes of the PIER LRP in the development of devices for
the purpose of short-term energy efficiency improvements, but also
identifies the minimal codes and standards connections of the LRP
products due to the nature of the technologies used, features included
in the products, and the developmental stage of the LRP products. It
provides recommendations for future PIER lighting energy efficiency
programs to include greater coordination of codes and standards
development needs, utility emerging technologies programs and
fundamental lighting research.
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