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CONTROLS FRIDAY: TYPICAL ENERGY SAVINGS FOR USING ADVANCED LIGHTING CONTROLS
Posted on November 5, 2010, 6:31 AM, by Craig DiLouie, under Controls, Energy, Research.
How much energy is saved when a building uses lighting controls? The typical answer is the ever-present lighting term, “It depends.” Research, however, is suggestive:

Space Type Controls Type Lighting Energy Savings Demonstrated in Research or Estimated as Potential


Study Reference

Private Office Occupancy sensor 38% An Analysis of the Energy and Cost Savings Potential of Occupancy Sensors for Commercial Lighting Systems, Lighting Research Center/EPA, August 2000.
Multilevel switching 22% Lighting Controls Effectiveness Assessment, ADM Associates for Heschong Mahone Group, May 2002.
Manual dimming 6-9% Occupant Use of Manual Lighting Controls in Private Offices, IESNA Paper #34, Lighting Research Center.
Daylight harvesting (sidelighting) 50% (manual blinds) to 70% (optimally used manual blinds or automatic shading system) “Effect of interior design on the daylight availability in open plan offices”, by Reinhart, CF, National Research Council of Canada, Internal Report NRCC-45374, 2002.
Open Office Occupancy sensors 35% National Research Council study on integrated lighting controls in open office, 2007.
Multilevel switching 16% Lighting Controls Effectiveness Assessment, ADM Associates for Heschong Mahone Group, May 2002.
Daylight harvesting (sidelighting 40% “Effect of interior design on the daylight availability in open plan offices”, by Reinhart, CF, National Research Council of Canada, Internal Report NRCC-45374, 2002.
Personal dimming control 11% National Research Council study on integrated lighting controls in open office, 2007.
Classroom Occupancy sensor 55% An Analysis of the Energy and Cost Savings Potential of Occupancy Sensors for Commercial Lighting Systems, Lighting Research Center/EPA, August 2000.
Multilevel switching 8% Lighting Controls Effectiveness Assessment, ADM Associates for Heschong Mahone Group, May 2002.
Daylight harvesting (sidelighting) 50% Sidelighting Photocontrols Field Study, Heschong Mahone Group, 2003.