A three-year research project explored the ability of connected lighting systems to provide grid services while maintaining occupant satisfaction. Studies used modeling, simulation, and laboratory testing to quantify the potential of lighting systems to provide substantial or unique grid services. Initial work focused on use-cases where the electricity grid provides real-time pricing or frequency regulation signals. Lessons learned from these studies are being incorporated into current work focused on development of digital tools and workflows to improve building design practices.
- Frequency Regulation with Connected Lighting Systems (Proceedings paper, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, January 2022)
- Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Technical Report Series: Lighting & Miscellaneous Electric Loads (Webinar presentation, May 2020)
- Can Connected Lighting Provide Grid Services and Effective Illumination? (Article, March 2020)
- Can CLS Provide Unique or Substantial Grid Services? (Presentation, January 2020)
- Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Technical Report Series: Lighting and Electronics (Report, December 2019)
- Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Technical Report Series: Overview of Research Challenges and Gaps (Report, December 2019)
- Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (Fact Sheet, April 2019)
Batteries and Emergency Lighting. This work explored emergency lighting, the use of batteries to power emergency lights, and the potential for lights to access those batteries for situations other than providing paths of egress during electrical outages (i.e., emergency situations).
A video poster presentation from the 2021 DOE Lighting R&D Workshop.
- Connected Lighting Systems, Batteries, Emergency Lighting (Video with transcript, February 2021)