What is Daylighting?
What is Daylighting?

What is Daylighting?

Posted by Kaiden Douglass on in Engineering, Fundamentals, Sustainability

Daylighting is the controlled admission of natural light into a building to reduce electric lighting and save energy. Daylight can enter a space through several architectural elements, including windows, skylights, roof monitors, and clerestories. Each of these elements creates a daylighting zone, which must be controlled with a daylighting responsive lighting control system in order […]

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Preventing Power Outage Annoyances in Commercial Spaces with Batteries

Preventing Power Outage Annoyances in Commercial Spaces with Batteries

Posted by Kaiden Douglass on in Engineering

It was a dark and stormy night. As you’re lounging on your couch, relaxing from your workday, everything goes black.  No lights, no television, and no margarita machine. Power outages occur from time to time in different spaces, but thanks to electric codes (and smart engineering) lighting can be restored and safety ensured in commercial […]

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Control of Lighting and Branch Circuit Loads

Control of Lighting and Branch Circuit Loads

Posted by Mike Ruff on in Engineering

THE CONTROL OF LIGHTING AND BRANCH CIRCUIT LOADS, WHETHER FOR CODE COMPLIANCE, CONVENIENCE, OR LOAD OPERATION FUNCTIONS, IS TYPICALLY PROVIDED BY CONTACTORS, LOW VOLTAGE RELAY PANELS, OR SMART BREAKERS   CONTACTORS  Contactors are historically the most common type of control device. Contactors can be of the three pole type, with a high ampere rating and […]

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Combating Light Pollution

Combating Light Pollution

Posted by Mike Ruff on in Engineering

Light trespass and light pollution are on the front burner of many municipalities in the U.S. due to the perception of wasted energy or impingement upon usage options of neighboring properties. There are new codified ordinances that restrict exterior light levels, pole heights, pole locations, lamp type/wattage, or watts/sq ft. The USGBC offers a Light […]

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Electrical Engineering : What is Dirty Power?

Electrical Engineering : What is Dirty Power?

Posted by Mike Ruff on in Engineering, Fundamentals

“Dirty power” is an abnormality in the power quality that is being delivered to a system.  These abnormalities can include low power factor, voltage variations, frequency variations, and surges.  All electrical systems are based on a supply of power at a certain voltage and frequency.  Equipment and electronic devices are chosen based on this expected […]

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