Lighting Systems Laboratory

This laboratory investigates how digital technologies can be applied to lighting control systems to improve energy efficiency through a variety of control strategies, including daylighting, scheduling, setpoint tuning, and occupancy-based controls. Environmental sensing plays a vital role in the success of such technologies. Goniometric measurements of sensors enable characterization of response so that photoelectrically controlled lighting systems can be modeled using software tools. This laboratory and fully occupied buildings on the LBNL campus are used as living laboratories, enabling researchers to test out the viability and reliability of digital systems, from embedded device networks to wireless networks and monitoring systems.

Francis Rubinstein, Staff Scientist, leading a tour of the Lighting and Plug Loads Testbed monitored work environment.