The Success of the DesignLights~(TM) Consortium: Moving the Commerical Lighting Market beyond Technology and into the Design Community

摘要

The DesignLights~(TM) Consortium (DLC) is a regional collaborative of utilities and other organizations whose purpose, as part of its mission, is to facilitte the implementation of improved design practices in all parts of the commercial lighting market such that high quality energy-efficien tlighting design becomes common practice. Guiding the efforts of the DLC is the need to step beyond traditioanl Demand Side Management (DSM) to advance the commercial lighting market beyond just technology, and into the actual design of lighting systems. The DLC works to provide a longer lasting and more significant market transformation effort, one that transcends issues, requirements and the uncertainties of the latest and greatest lighting technologies.