Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium

Inaugural WebcastMay 6, 2010

www.ssl.energy.gov/consortium.html

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Why a Consortium?

• Multiple drivers–Growing interest in LED outdoor

lighting solutions–Energy efficiency, directionality,

durability, long life–Green image–American Reinvestment

and Recovery Act – $$$$$

• Much unfamiliarity remains• The Consortium is intended to bring

users up the learning curve, as rapidly as possible

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Welcome…

Edward SmalleyDirector, Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium

Manager, Streetlight Engineering, Seattle City Light

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Welcome…

Thank you for joining us!

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Webcast Overview• About the Consortium

– Mission– Goals– Structure

• Membership and Eligibility• Executive Committee• Subcommittees

• Why Join the Consortium?– Access and Collaboration!– Participate in Standards development– Provide input to streetlights of tomorrow…!

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Webcast Overview - continued

• Tangible Tools you can use– Performance Standard/Guideline for LED streetlight applications– Testing and modeling– Performance Matrices

• Demonstrations and fixture selection• Details on Use of GATEWAY PROGRAM• Questions and Answers• Next Steps• Close – 12pm Pacific

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The Consortium and DOE• DOE is supporting the Consortium, but not running it

– Intended to be a user’s group– DOE supports analysis, information and communications needs– Everyone brings something to the table, covers their own costs– DOE does not provide funding for purchase or installation of

luminaires

• The primary goal of the Consortium is education– Many factors go into the selection of appropriate lighting– Selection should be based on facts and available data to the

greatest extent possible and not on hype or hearsay– This effort is intended to bring everyone up the learning curve

together; including DOE!

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About the Consortium• Supported by US DOE and administered by PNNL• A voluntary group of municipal, utility and other owner

representatives• An educational resource on solid‐state street lighting,

and associated solid‐state technology

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Mission

• Increase the level of knowledge by decision-making employees in order to aid them in the ability to distinguish good performing products from inappropriate ones

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Mission

• Provide national organizational structure to the process of evaluating LED street lighting technologies meant for public streets and other public areas

• Provide a forum where buyers and implementers can freely share information and data, ask questions, and get answers to better understand this undertaking

• Increase the level of knowledge by decision-making employees in order to aid them in the ability to distinguish good performing products from inappropriate ones

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Goals• Reduce needless duplication of efforts among members • Reduce risk of making large scale mistakes among

members • Bring end users up to speed as quickly as possible in

their ability to identify good products and proper applications

• Reach out to members with limited budgets• Provide information in a timely way

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Strategy for Accomplishing Mission

• Sharing information regularly and publishing results• Refining and using a common methodology • Coordinating product reviews and demonstration

projects through regional teams and subcommittees • Team evaluation of reviews and demonstrations• Publish, Publish, Publish!

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Organizational Structure• Administered by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory• Director responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the

Consortium with advice and counsel from member committees

• Executive Committee solicited from among Primary Members (more on this later)

• Subcommittees will support specific tasks as assigned and are solicited from among Primary and Advisory Members

• Host sites and other support provided by member organizations

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Membership and Eligibility• Primary Members are solicited from among interested

cities, power providers, other owners, and stakeholders• Advisory Members are solicited from among

organizations with a known history for promoting quality lighting and power efficiency. This group may include research facilities or governmental alliances related to street lighting.

• Other participants will work with members on specific projects and/or may be invited to participate to present technical information relevant to the needs of members.

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Executive Committee• Identify needs of the Consortium• Organize, select and prioritize demonstration sites• Develop guidelines for subcommittees• Make recommendations for subcommittee establishment• Assist in identifying tools needed for members

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Executive Committee Eligibility• Fully sponsored Primary Members, and…• From public agency (municipal, state or local

government), utility or educational institution

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Subcommittees• Formed under advisement of the Executive Committee

with decision-making power• Established to govern specific tasks for the Consortium,

with commitments obtained from various members to participate on them.

• Share findings during meetings, teleconferences and through postings.

• Primary and Advisory Members are eligible for subcommittees

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First Subcommittee?

• Solid-State Street Lighting Standards Subcommittee• Deliverable?

– Solid-State Street Lighting Performance Specification• Others needed…?

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How to Get Involved

• Participation on subcommittees• Participation in demonstrations in your area• Webcast, teleconferences, regional meetings• Web postings on the Consortium web site• Communicating with Consortium peers• Annual Meeting held in the Fall

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Why Join?

• Access and Collaboration• Receive access to resources that can be used to answer

your questions such as:– How do LED’s work? (LEDs 101) and– How do I find the right fixture for my application?– How do I maximize my energy savings and product

performance?– Where are the real savings in this technology?

• Receive access to DOE programs.

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Why Join? (continued)

• Join your peers from municipalities, utilities and other street lighting owners in a pressure free environment. Exchange information on successes and challenges.

• Meet with professionals with a history of studying and testing quality lighting.

• Benefit from Presentations and Lessons Learned by others.

• Minimize the risk and cost of associated with independent efforts (let’s get educated together!).

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Early Products to be Pursued

• Inventory of member organizations’ lighting systems and descriptions

• Performance standard for LED Streetlight applications

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DOE 2010 Multi-Year Plan for SSL

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Early Products to be Pursued (continued)

• Inventory of member organizations’ systems and descriptions

• Performance standard for LED Streetlight applications• Demonstrations to follow GATEWAY models

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Due Diligence is the Key• LEDs are different in many important respects from

conventional lighting products• While extremely promising, the lack of field experience

results in many uncertainties at present• Contributing to the body of knowledge is essential for

moving everyone up the learning curve• Objective, careful documentation of performance and

implementation issues is critical for both– Informed decision-making on an individual basis, and– Advancing the state of the art through real-world feedback to the

lighting community• But just as everyone benefits from good analysis,

everyone suffers when it’s done insufficiently

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Due Diligence (continued)• “Done insufficiently” refers to results that are:

– Incorrect due to simple mathematical or other errors– Incomplete – Misleading, whether intentional or otherwise– Opaque, so that no one else can verify or reproduce them

All assumptions, baselines, etc., must be clearly providedParticularly where nonstandard situations are present

– Extrapolated from insufficient sample – Otherwise lacking, rendering them incomparable with results

obtained elsewhere

• Consistency, accuracy and transparency are essential to contribute meaningfully to the existing body of knowledge

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GATEWAY Demonstration Program• Purpose: demonstrate new

SSL products in real-world applications that save energy, match or improve illumination, and are cost- effective

FDR Expressway, NYC Photo: Ryan Pyle

Raleys Supermarket, CA Photo: PG&E

• Demos generate critical field experience providing:– Performance comparisons– Operating characteristics– Validation of market

readiness (or not)– Advancement in lighting

knowledge

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GATEWAY Approach

• Receive or initiate project proposal• Conduct product tests and simulations; assess

project suitability and make go/no-go decision• Form project teams• Conduct in-situ measurements, pre- and post-

installation• Get user feedback on illumination quality• Conduct economic and performance evaluations • Document results, share widely

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Topics for Resolution• The Consortium will need to develop formal processes

for:– Selecting products for evaluation– Selecting sites– Identifying and completing products of the Consortium– Reviewing and responding to reports, documents, position

statements, etc., produced outside the Consortium

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Example Questions to be Pursued• What is maintenance?• What approach does one use for LDD and fixture

cleaning for a fixture with significantly longer life?• How to provide manufacturers constructive feedback that

yield results?• How can controls impact lumen depreciation and energy

savings?

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Next Steps

• Executive Committee– Volunteer or nominate someone!– Requirements and schedule (identify by May 17)

• First Annual Meeting of Primary and Advisory Members – September 2010, LA Area

• Next teleconference

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Q&AYour Presenters

Jim Brodrick, U.S. DOE

Edward Smalley, Seattle City Light

Bruce Kinzey, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Your HostJason Tuenge, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory