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Efficient Lighting

Occupancy sensors detect activity in a room and automatically turn lights on and off based on occupancy. They have two types - ultrasonic sensors that detect sound and infrared sensors that detect heat and motion. Occupancy sensors save energy by turning lights off when a room is unoccupied. They are useful for controlling both ambient and task lighting in areas like kitchens. Motion sensors can also be used for outdoor lighting to automatically turn lights on when movement is detected and off a few minutes later to save energy while providing a security benefit.

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Efficient Lighting

Occupancy sensors detect activity in a room and automatically turn lights on and off based on occupancy. They have two types - ultrasonic sensors that detect sound and infrared sensors that detect heat and motion. Occupancy sensors save energy by turning lights off when a room is unoccupied. They are useful for controlling both ambient and task lighting in areas like kitchens. Motion sensors can also be used for outdoor lighting to automatically turn lights on when movement is detected and off a few minutes later to save energy while providing a security benefit.

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Occupancy sensors detect activity within a certain area.

They provide convenience by turning lights


on automatically when someone enters a room. They reduce lighting energy use by turning lights off
soon after the last occupant has left the room. Occupancy sensors must be located where they will
detect occupants or occupant activity in all parts of the room.
There are two types of occupancy sensors: ultrasonic and infrared. Ultrasonic sensors detect sound,
while infrared sensors detect heat and motion. In addition to controlling ambient lighting in a room,
they are useful for task lighting applications, such as over kitchen counters. In such applications, task
lights are turned on by the motion of a person washing dishes, for instance, and automatically turn off
a few minutes after the person stops.
Timers are sometimes used to give unoccupied houses a lived-in look. However, they are an
ineffective control for an occupied home because they do not respond to changes in occupant
behavior.

Exterior Lighting Options


Exterior lighting for homes generally serves one or a combination of three principal purposes:
aesthetics-illuminate the exterior of the house and landscape,
Security- placed on poles or high on the building to illuminate the grounds near the house or
driveway, and
Utility-illuminate porch and driveway to help people navigate safely to and from the house.

Outdoor Lighting Technologies


Incandescent lamps are the most commonly used outdoor lights around homes.
Fluorescent lamps are not always suitable for outdoor use because they may not operate well at
temperatures below 40 ° F. However, some CFLs are specially designed to operate at low
temperatures down to –20 ° F for outdoor use.
High-intensity discharge (HID) and low-pressure sodium lamps are suitable for some outdoor
lighting purposes. The most common types of HID lamps are mercury vapor, metal halide, and high-
pressure sodium—all of which are much more efficient than incandescent lamps. Metal halide lamps
produce a bright, white light with fair color rendition, have a lifetime of about 6,000 hours, and are
more efficient than mercury vapor lamps. Mercury vapor and high-pressure sodium lamps have
poorer color rendition but longer lifetimes (16,000 to 24,000 hours). Mercury vapor lamps have an
efficacy of about 50 lumens per watt, while high-pressure sodium lamps have an efficacy of 50 to 140
lumens per watt. Low-pressure sodium lights are the most efficient and have long lifetimes (12,000 to
18,000 hours), but they have very poor color rendition. HID and low-pressure sodium lights require up
to ten minutes to start and have to cool before they can restart, so they are most suitable for
applications where they stay on for hours at a time. They are not suitable for use with motion
detectors.

Outdoor Lighting Controls


Outdoor lights are often controlled by toggle switches, but it is easy for occupants to forget to turn the
lights off when they are not needed. Two controls that are especially useful with outdoor lighting are
photosensors and motion sensors.
Photosensors sense ambient light conditions and are used to prevent outdoor lights from operating
during daylight hours. They are useful with all forms of outdoor lighting.

Motion Sensors
Outdoor motion sensors have revolutionized outdoor lighting and security strategies. Economical
models offer sophisticated features and energy-saving benefits.

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