april 2010
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Exhibition Place lights the way
Exhibition Place continues to build on its growing green reputation with a project to install smart lighting along a pedestrian pathway. With the help of funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the City of Toronto's Sustainable Energy Funds, Ex Place will retrofit 60 fixtures along the path with new technology, including smart controls that will reduce lighting levels when the path is not in use. The project will be affiliated with the LightSavers initiative and monitoring results will be shared with all LightSavers participants. Construction is scheduled for fall of 2010.
Knowledge is power
Just how much energy are those new lamps saving anyway? When implementing new and evolving technologies like LED lighting, it is important to keep careful track of a variety of performance measures to have a clear understanding of costs and benefits. That’s why the LightSavers program includes a Monitoring and Evaluation protocol that can be used to collect and compare data between pilot programs. The protocol was recently featured in a session sponsored ETV Canada, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Environment Canada on sustainable procurement for municipalities. A modified version was also recently created for use by private sector projects.
U of T switches to LEDs for streetlighting
The University of Toronto’s downtown campus is looking a little brighter thanks to the retrofitting of 100 street lighting fixtures with new LED lamps. U of T decided to use Osram Sylvania’s Post Top Fixture LED Retrofit Kit to replace its existing power hungry fixtures while maintaining the look and feel of the streetscape. The retrofit kits “fit like a glove with no need for external modifications,” notes Blair Mochrie, University of Toronto trade services manager. The new lamps have the added advantage of providing better light quality and reducing stray light while using only 40 watts per fixture. With a 50,000 hour rated lifetime, they should also reduce maintenance costs for the University.
Kings College Road before (left) and after (right) the lighting retrofit
Solid State Lighting: From Technology to Marketplace
Date: Tuesday April 13, 2010, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Place: Bahen Centre for Information Technology Room 1160, 40 St. George St., Toronto
The University of Toronto SSLNet is presenting a day-long intensive workshop addressing issues faced by lighting designers and purchasers in producing and identifying quality SSL products. Prof. Karl Leo of Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, the keynote speaker, an Organic LED expert and founder of Novaled, will discuss the status of OLED technology and what lighting markets can expect in the not-too-distant future. Ms. Marci Sanders of D&R will present a overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's various LED lighting programs. The workshop will feature talks on LED luminaire lifetime, driver and optics designs to maximize LED product output, efficiency and lifetime. The afternoon session will feature a panel discussion with academic and industrial experts discussing various technological progresses, market challenges and user expectations.
Click here for the workshop registration form
How to reach us:
Bryan Purcell
Program Manager
bpurcell@tafund.org
416-393-6358
Mary Pickering
Program Director
mpickering@tafund.org
416-392-1217
www.lightsavers.ca
