Next Generation Lighting Systems

Lead Performer: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) — Richland, WA
Partners:
-- Illuminating Engineering Society — New York, NY
-- International Association of Lighting Designers — Chicago, IL
DOE Total Funding: $3,450,000
Project Term: October 1, 2018 — September 30, 2021
Funding Type: Direct Funding

Project Objective

The goal of Next Generation Lighting Systems is to understand and address the configuration complexity of connected lighting systems (CLS) through a structured observation-and-evaluation process in real-world settings. The program creates hands-on research environments, using early-stage CLS installed by licensed electrical contractors and evaluated by expert lighting professionals who specify and design lighting systems for the application under study. While CLS are evolving at a rapid pace, they are currently in the early stages of their development, and many challenges stand in the way of the full realization of their potential energy-saving and functional benefits. Configuration complexity, which has long made advanced lighting control systems difficult to install and set up correctly, can lead to user frustration and less than full utilization of system capabilities. NGLS seeks to identify and address configuration complexity in the early stages of development to improve the chances that CLS will deliver exceptional energy efficiency and lighting services in the built environment.

Project Impact

This project supports collaborative research in “living laboratory” settings to define, address, and improve configuration complexity in new and emerging solid-state-lighting-based indoor and outdoor connected lighting systems. It addresses system configuration and controls interface, while challenging technology developers to increase the rate of system efficacy improvements and technology advancements. This project contributes to the DOE Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Program Goals scenario, in which the annual energy savings attributable to lighting controls increases by 48% in 2030, from 741 TBtu under the Current SSL Path scenario to 1100 TBtu.

Contacts

DOE Technology Manager: Erika Gupta
Lead Performer: Ruth Taylor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

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