Lighting Controls Association Offers New Online Course on Wireless Lighting Control
ROSSLYN, VIRGINIA, February 14 … The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) has announced that EE301: Wireless RF Lighting Control has been added to the Association’s popular online Education Express distance education courses.
Residing at the Association’s website, www.aboutlightingcontrols.org, Education Express provides in-depth education about lighting control and controllable ballast technology, application, system design and commissioning, as well as meta-issues such as commissioning, energy codes, daylighting and other trends.
Radio-frequency (RF) wireless communication is a significant emerging lighting control technology in both residential and commercial building applications. In a typical hardwired lighting control system, control signals are sent using communication wires. In a wireless system, control devices communicate through the air using radio-frequency RF waves without the need for control wiring. The resulting advantages enable advanced lighting control with greater installation flexibility and lower labor installation cost, ideal for hard-to-wire applications non-accessible ceilings, hard ceilings, asbestos abasement issues, and brick and mortar existing buildings.
EE301: Wireless RF Lighting Control provides a basic understanding of wireless RF control, including functionality, benefits, power, networking, protocols, range, programming and integration issues.
An optional online comprehension test is available at the end of the course, with automatic grading; a passing grade enables the student to claim education credit. EE301: Wireless RF Lighting Control is registered with the National Council on Quality in the Lighting Professions (NCQLP), which recognizes a total of 2.0 LEUs towards maintenance of Lighting Certified (LC) certification.
For more information about Lighting Controls Association’s Education Express, including a complete course listing, visit the LCA web site at www.lightingcontrolsassociation.org.
The Lighting Controls Association, headquartered at the NEMA headquarters in Rosslyn, VA, was founded to provide education about lighting energy management and control technology via its web site, which contains Education Express, white papers, articles, research, products, projects and a public forum. Lighting Controls Association members include noted leaders in the manufacture of advanced controls and dimming ballasts: Cooper Controls, DELTA Controls, Encelium, GE Lighting, Hubbell Building Automation, HUNT Dimming, Leviton, Lightolier Controls, Lightronics, Lutron Electronics, OSRAM SYLVANIA, Philips Lighting Electronics, PLC-Multipoint, Schneider Electric, Sensor Switch, Synergy Lighting Controls, Tridonic, Universal Lighting Technologies and WattStopper.
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