Lighting represents a significant portion of the total electrical system load (25-30% in a commercial building). The advances in lighting technologies in the past decade have allowed the production of more light with less electricity and the production and control of light in ways never before economically possible. These advances not only include the highly "visible" advances in LED technologies, but also improvements in other types of lamps, the ballasts that drive them, and lighting control systems that leave the wall switch behind in their dust.
Lighting power demands have also been limited through the adoption of energy efficiency codes by many states and municipalities. The advances in lamp and ballast technologies for each major lamp types will be described, along with the impact that both technological and regulatory changes have had on demand for electric energy and on power quality concerns as electronics are integrated into lighting system components.
Howard Wolfman, PE, is Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Electronics and Controls Division of OSRAM SYLVANIA. Mr. Wolfman chairs the NEMA Lighting Systems Division, Controls Protocol Committee of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), and leads the US Delegation to IEC TC34.
He is an Adjunct full professor in the Master of Engineering Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago and has been a guest lecturer at universities worldwide. He is also a member of other NEMA, IEEE, IESNA, UL, and CSA boards and committees that are too numerous to list here. He is a recipient of the IEEE Centennial Medal (1984) and the IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000).
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| Chicago Bar Association | 11:30 AM | Social | |
| 321 South Plymouth Court | 12:00 PM | Lunch (optional) | |
| (near Jackson & Dearborn) | 12:00 PM | Presentation | |
| Chicago, IL 60604 | 1:00 PM | Adjourn | |
| 312-554-2000 |
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