Lighting loads are a viable candidate for load reduction (shedding) during periods of high electrical usage.

1. Daylight harvesting is one obvious strategy to shed total load during peak consumption hours. Daylight can substitute electrical lighting.
2. Some state energy codes and some utilities provide lighting credits for implementation of demand side load-shedding.

The MicroPanel™-iDim and –iDH represent the cutting edge for both daylight harvesting and demand side load shedding.

Daylighting can greatly increase employee morale and even improve production. Studies have reported an increase in sales as high as 40% as a result of daylighting in big box retailers.

Daylighting by itself will not save any energy. Automatic daylight harvesting controls complement daylighting. A recent study documented reductions of 84% of electric lighting.

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Top lit applications (i.e. applications using skylights) are considered the easiest in which to implement daylighting and daylight harvesting. Placement of skylights needs to follow certain basic guidelines as does circuiting of electric lighting.

Daylight harvesting design guide

Photosensor placement has never been easier! The MicroPanel™-iDH and –iDim both offer a long list of locally and remotely adjustable settings, designed to compensate for any architectural setting.

The revolutionary –iPC photosensor has been designed for both open loop and closed loop daylight harvesting applications - one photosensor for any setting.

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The –iDim & -iDH from LC&D are the ideal solution to retrofit daylight harvesting controls into top-lit buildings. In most cases, existing contactors and ballasts can be utilized with only minor wiring changes.

With the –iBoost™ 0-10v dimming amplifier, a single MicroPanel™-iDim can control hundreds of ballasts.

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Reports indicate that difficulties in adjusting automatic levels after commissioning affect overall satisfaction negatively and in some cases result in a bypass of the system.

LC&D has solved this and other issues with the MicroPanel™-iDim and MicroPanel™-iDH - part of a suite of integrated daylight harvesting products ideal for top-lit daylighting applications. Locally and remotely adjust any of the following: dimming curve, fade rates, high and low trim, time delay, trip point (switching) for each relay, seasonal adjustment, baseline, and more.

Both -iDim and -iDH products offer an intuitive range of adjustments to raise or lower electric lighting levels in relation to daylight as well as temporary override of automatic lighting levels (on/off or raise/lower).

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