UC Davis Licenses Energy-Efficient Lighting Technology
Energy Efficiency Center affiliate, the California Lighting Technology Center, has signed agreements to license new daylight harvesting technology with CLTC affiliates Watt Stopper/Legrand and Axis Technologies. These co-exclusive license agreements will commercialize technologies developed by the CLTC utilizing daylight harvesting and have tremendous potential to reduce both energy costs and demand for electricity at peak times.
"We see these innovations increasing the reliability and decreasing the cost of daylight harvesting systems," said Konstantinos Papamichael, professor of design at UC Davis and associate director of the CLTC.
Currently, daylight harvesting systems are set up by a technical expert who makes adjustments specific to the space and location. Even small changes in the lit space -- rearranging furniture, for example -- can change the reflective properties of the space and require expensive, expert adjustments.
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Additional media coverage about this technology can be found at the following links: Bizjournal article, UC Davis Press, Sacramento Bee article.