Networked Lighting Controls and HVAC Integration  

Education Type: 
On-Demand
Duration: 
1 hour
Level: 
Intermediate
Professional Development Hours: 
1.0 PDH
Sponsored by: 

This session covers networked lighting controls and HVAC integration. More specifically, the session begins with interior lighting types and controls, then segues into networked lighting controls, their capabilities, architecture and a version known as luminaire level lighting controls. The session concludes with a discussion of the integration of networked lighting controls with HVAC controls, the benefits, basics, control sequences, and lessons learned from several demonstrations.

Instructors

Scott Schuetter, PE, Principal Engineer, Slipstream  

Scott Schuetter is a Principal Engineer at Slipstream with 13 years' experience leading research projects that focus on emerging technology performance in the built environment. His commercial building experience encompasses field measurement and modeling of emerging technology performance for energy efficiency, electrification, load shift, load shed and continuous demand management. Scott manages projects, designs experiments, and conducts both theoretical and field research to analyze the applicability of new technologies to federal and state agencies and utility programs.

Xiaohui "Joe" Zhou, PhD, PE, CEM, Director of Research and Innovation, Slipstream  

Xiaohui "Joe" Zhou is a Director of Research and Innovation at Slipstream, headquartered in Madison, WI. Joe has 30+ years of experience in commercial building controls and his current areas of research focus on emerging technology field testing and verification. Before joining Slipstream, he worked for several organizations, including Iowa Energy Center and Johnson Controls. He served as principal investigator for multi-million-dollar R&D projects sponsored by U.S. DOE, DOD, DOC, ASHRAE, and utilities. Joe has been an active member of ASHRAE since 2002 and is an AEE-certified energy manager. Currently, he serves as the Research Chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC 7.5 Smart Building Systems and is also the Chair of the ASHRAE Standing Guideline Project Committee (SGPC) 36, High-Performance Sequences of Operation for HVAC Systems. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University (China), a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Introduce interior lighting types and controls;
  • Explain networked lighting controls: capabilities and architecture;
  • Discuss luminaire-level lighting controls: components and capabilities;
  • Discuss the integration of HVAC controls with networked lighting controls.