Hindering adopion of advanced lighting control strategies is the idea of whether these strategies work together in combination as advertised to produce consistent energy savings and worker satisfaction, thereby justifying a higher initial cost. This was the subject of a new office lighting field study by the National Research Council Canada (NRC) Institute for Research in Construction. It demonstrates control strategies combined successfully to generate energy savings as high as 47 percent in an open-plan office while raising the occupant's environmental and job satisfaction.
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