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IN CONTROL Benefits of Connected Lighting Go Beyond Energy Savings electroindustry www.nema.org | March/April 2020 | Vol. 25 No. 2 IN CONTROL Benefits of Connected Lighting Go Beyond Energy Savings 2019 Hermes Award 2018 AM&P EXCEL Award 2018 Hermes Award 2017 Azbee Award CONTENTS 17 Meet Laury Soucy, Director of 6 Steve Mesh explores the benefits of connected lighting The NEC is the hot topic for Tim McClintock’s column 18 Statistical Operations for NEMA The Non-Energy Benefits of Connected Lighting electroindustry 6 Steve Mesh, Principal, Lighting Education & Design Publisher | Tracy Cullen Managing Editor | Jena Passut The Connected Retail Store: Bringing Online to On-site Contributing Editors | Ann Brandstadter, 8 Neil Egan, Director, Communications, Acuity Brands Lighting Mariela Echeverria, Andrea Goodwin, William E. Green III Art Director | Jennifer Tillmann Advertising Executive | Travis Yaga Specifying Light Sources beyond Color Fidelity The YGS Group Kees Teunissen, Senior Scientist, Light and Vision, Signify Research 10 717.430.2021 [email protected] Lighting’s Role in Energy Conservation electroindustry (ei) magazine (ISSN 1066-2464) is published bimonthly by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association 11 (NEMA), 1300 N. 17th Street, Suite 900, Rosslyn, VA 22209; Is Market Driven 703.841.3200. Periodicals postage paid at Rosslyn, Virginia, and Clark Silcox, NEMA General Counsel additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NEMA, 1300 N. 17th Street, Suite 900, Rosslyn, VA 22209. The opinions or views expressed in ei do not necessarily reflect the positions of NEMA or any of its subdivisions. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all submissions but will not alter Can Connected Lighting Provide Grid Services the author’s viewpoint. Every attempt is made to ensure that 14 information is current and accurate. and Effective Illumination? Subscribe to ei at www.nema.org/subscribe2ei. Michael Poplawski, Principal Investigator for Connected Lighting Systems Research, Pacific Northwest Contact us at [email protected]. National Laboratory Follow NEMA: 2 Comments from the Chair We thank our advertiser: 3 View 4 Electric News 16 Advocacy distributordatasolutions.com 17 Codes & Standards 18 Spotlight encorewire.com 19 International 20 Business Analytics 21 Endnotes from the President 1 idea4industry.com www.nema.org • March/April 2020 FROM THE CHAIR rom the moment we wake up until the time we switch off our bedside lamp, Flighting is an integral part of many of the daily things we do. On-demand lighting is something that we rely upon and expect to be available as a matter of course. Writing this column made me reflect on how much we take modern lighting for granted. The inventions that have shaped our world, such as the wheel and agriculture at the dawn of civilization through automobiles and airplanes in the last century, show how far we have come. The humble lightbulb certainly deserves to be considered in the same group. Electric light fundamentally changed how we lived and worked. And its follow-on effects, such as the way we design our buildings, cities, and factories, are testament to this fact. At the human level, electric light has given us greater flexibility across more hours and in more settings to safely occupy our time. Consequently, lighting will remain a non-negotiable component of all future energy strategies. This is a story covering a 150-year history. In the beginning, the incandescent lamp replaced candlelight and lanterns. By the 1930s, the fluorescent bulb entered the market as a longer-lasting option and one that fulfilled the promise of being more efficient. Today, LED lightbulbs are installed in homes, businesses, and automobiles officers around the world, reigning as the leading technology in energy efficiency. And from the beginning through our times, lighting has become more convenient Chair and inventive. Raj Batra President, Digital Industries, But the future of lighting is far more than an energy efficient light source. Now Siemens USA that lighting is digital, embedding sensors in lightbulbs enables us to capture ambient data to manage assets more effectively. Imagine using light bulbs to track Vice Chair wheelchairs in a hospital or monitor humidity in a manufacturing facility. With Annette Kay Clayton billions of light bulbs in use around the world, there is a near infinite pool of Chief Executive Officer & untapped data. President, North America Welcome to the new age of lighting! Operations, and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Schneider Electric In this issue, we will explore what this new age of lighting means for electrical manufacturers from a variety of different perspectives. But any way you look at it, Treasurer the future is as bright as it has ever been. ei Jack Nehlig President Phoenix Contact Raj Batra Immediate Past Chair Chair, NEMA Board of Governors David G. Nord Chairman & CEO Hubbell Incorporated President & CEO Kevin J. Cosgriff Secretary Clark R. Silcox 2 NEMA • electroindustry • March/April 2020 Phil Squair VIEW Vice President, Government Relations, NEMA Window on Washington n some ways, the 116th Congress has been one Infrastructure Investments Across the U.S. Ilong tease for those interested in energy/climate Among other things, this framework would: and infrastructure policy. But this situation changed over the course of a 24-hour period on • Provide additional funding for electric vehicle January 28-29, 2020, with the release of two major fueling infrastructure along designated proposals in the House of Representatives. These highway corridors two proposals contain provisions that would, • Create a new Airport and Airway if enacted, be some of the most significant new Investment Program focused on investing in energy and transportation policies in many years. modernization projects First, the Energy and Commerce Committee put • Direct utilities to study, evaluate, and forward a 622-page draft, Climate Leadership and implement water- and energy-efficient Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) technologies Phil Squair Future Act. Among many other things, this • Provide $4 billion over five years for electrical bill would: grid infrastructure to accommodate more renewable energy and to make the grid • Set a national goal to achieve a 100 percent more resilient clean economy by 2050 • Provide $17.5 billion over five years to local • Require retail electricity suppliers to provide governments to fund energy-efficiency and increasing percentages of clean electricity conservation projects starting in 2022 • Provide $850 million over five years to spur • Require the Federal Energy Regulatory the development of smart communities Commission to initiate a rulemaking to foster infrastructure through technical assistance, interregional transmission planning grants, and training and • Direct the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) • Provide $1.75 billion over five years in to establish a program to provide funding for weatherization grants and programs to projects that improve resiliency, performance, promote smart buildings and $15 million for or efficiency of the electrical grid a pilot program to promote energy-efficient • Establish a program to replace inefficient water distribution systems transformers The infrastructure framework is still in the • Establish a strategic transformer conceptual phase of development, so NEMA reserve program expects legislative language to be released shortly. • Tighten DOE requirements for model Even so, NEMA does not believe that these two building energy codes omnibus proposals will move through regular • Encourage use of performance contracting in legislative order in their current form during 2020. federal facilities However, some of the provisions or concepts could end up in a new highway bill, which Congress • Provide for zero-emission vehicle must deal with before the end of 2020. Or they may infrastructure buildout; and be found in a narrowly drafted energy bill made • Establish a DOE national plan for smart up of standalone bills that have already passed the manufacturing technology development House. The bill would also, unfortunately, weaken Their primary purpose in being released now is preemption provisions in current federal law to to aggressively communicate the broad ambitions allow states to reference more stringent appliance that these relevant committees have to provide Standards under certain circumstances. Federal leadership and funding in the areas of clean energy and infrastructure. Should the Second, the House Transportation and Democrats take control of the U.S. Senate and/ Infrastructure Committee released a or the presidency after the 2020 elections, NEMA comprehensive $760 billion plan titled expects significant portions of these proposals to Framework for Making Transformative move forward. ei 3 www.nema.org • March/April 2020 ELECTRIC NEWS Congress Overwhelmingly Approves USMCA Craig Updyke, Director, ollowing positive bipartisan votes in the House “We look forward to working with the Trade and Commercial Fof Representatives and Senate, in January the Administration, Congress, and our North Affairs, NEMA President signed into law legislation to implement American counterpart associations on the the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), successful implementation of this important which will replace the 1994 North American Free agreement,” Cosgriff added. Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The House approved USMCA 385-41 on December 19; the Senate voted The date of entry into force of USMCA and repeal 89-10 on January 16. of NAFTA are still to be determined.
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