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Lighting control: Blue Ridge Technologies

June 10, 2013

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Blue Ridge Technologies has expanded its open and unified lighting control with the release of the Aperio® platform. The manufacturer says the Aperio® platform enables more advanced lighting control applications (daylight harvesting, occupancy/vacancy detection, dimming, and presets) to become an integral part of the building automation system without gateways.

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The Lighting/BAS Convergence, Cont’d.

For most buildings, it will be a question not of if, but when.

June 1, 2013

By Paul Ehrlich, P.E.

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Both new and existing building projects should have lighting control provided, either as part of a standalone system or, ideally, integrated as part of the BAS. But we often find that there are many reasons automated lighting control is not provided, ranging from simple economics to frustration with the programming and support of these systems.

Open for public comment: proposed revisions for existing buildings standard

October 27, 2012

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Public input is being sought into revision of an ASHRAE/IES standard that addresses retrofit of existing residential and commercial buildings to achieve greater energy efficiency.

Blue light special: ASHRAE guide points to 50% energy savings

March 4, 2012

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Latest installment targets medium-sized and big-box designs.

Future of Lighting Control and LED Lighting

Ready for a solid-state bulb with an IP address?

February 1, 2012

By Paul Ehrlich, P.E. and Ira Goldschmidt P.E.

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There have been dramatic changes to the building controls market over the last 20 to 30 years. The “energy crisis” of the 1970s (along with the development of the microprocessor) sent the “Big 5” dominated pneumatics market into an energy management system (EMS) orbit that was joined by several dozen other manufacturers by the mid-1980s.

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By Gary Ditzler and Ron Poskevich

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Here's how to integrate efficiency into the lighting/BAS process.

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