‘It Makes Sense’: How LLLC Pays for Itself Financially and Environmentally at a Manufacturing Plant
After learning about their unparalleled flexibility, control, and energy savings, laser manufacturing facility Novanta updated their facility to Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC). In addition to being recognized as a leader for energy efficiency, Novanta anticipates the project will result in a significant 224,996 in annual kWh savings.
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Pilot Project in Seattle Shows Central Heat Pump Water Heaters Can Act as Massive Hot Water Batteries
Central heat pump water heaters (CHPWHs) present a tremendous opportunity to reduce the substantial energy used in water heating and can act as giant thermal batteries. They do this by using energy to heat water during times of low grid demand and storing it for later use, enabling them to limit their energy use during peak times for the electricity grid.
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The Best Solutions Come in Easy-to-Use Packages
Central heat pump water heater (CHPWH) systems serve the domestic hot water needs of a building in one central plant. Though they have become a key decarbonization technology by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving energy and costs, their complex design and installation requirements can pose barriers to widespread adoption. Packaged CHPWH systems reduce this complexity by simplifying design and installation.
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Project Spotlight: Central Heat Pump Water Heaters
Central heat pump water heater (CHPWH) systems serve the domestic hot water needs of a building in one central plant. Though they have become a key decarbonization technology by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving energy and costs, their complex design and installation requirements can pose barriers to widespread adoption. Packaged systems reduce this complexity by simplifying design and installation.
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California Commercial and Industrial Fans and Blowers Regulations Pave the Way for Northwest
New energy codes and regulations around fan efficiency is starting to take effect in states across the country, including in Montana, Oregon, and Washington. With these changes comes a shift in the way fan efficiency is measured. Download this fact sheet from the California Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Title 20) to get a glimpse of what’s coming soon for fan codes and regulations in the Northwest.
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Getting Up to Speed on Fan Efficiency Regulations
Get up to speed on all things ASHRAE 90.1, Fan Efficiency Grade matric, and Fan Energy Index (FEI)—including the benefits FEI offers engineers in selecting fans that will reduce energy consumption—in this two-part blog post from Greenheck.
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Podcast: Understanding Fan Energy Index (FEI)
The new Fan Energy Index (FEI) rolled out in the ASHRAE 90.1-2022 provides a comprehensive fan energy-saving metric that offers greater clarity and energy savings opportunities. Greenheck breaks down everything you need to know about FEI in their recent Consulting Specifying Engineer podcast: Understanding Fan Energy Index (FEI).
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Fan Efficiencies and Energy Regulations 101
In the past five years, manufacturers and regulators have adopted the new FEI metric to characterize fan efficiency, which offers a simpler and more versatile approach to fan selection and compliance verification. Learn how energy codes and regulations have recently shifted and what to know and expect from the roll-out of ASHRAE 90.1-2022 and the new FEI metric.
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LLLC brings bright future and futureproofs investment to Everett warehouse
PNW Energy Group determined Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) would be the perfect solution for a client’s darkened manufacturing plant. With brighter lights, automated controls, a generous incentive that covered 86% of the capital cost, and deep energy savings, LLLC exceeded everyone's expectations.
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How Specifiers Brought LLLC to the Associated General Contractors of Washington Building
When it comes to lighting retrofits for large multi-space commercial buildings, relationships aren’t just important between operating systems, but also between the people writing the specifications, doing the implementation, and performing the maintenance—and their local utility. It’s why Seattle City Light stepped up to help the Associated General Contractors of Washington’s (AGCW) facilities manager and electrical contractor with their LLLC project.
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