Industry Advisory Committee

The purpose of the IAC is to support the mission and strategic direction of the DLC and drive efficient lighting through education, collaboration, and expertise. Activities and agenda of the IAC include but are not limited to DLC business updates, programs to promote lighting quality, utility program best practices for lighting efficiency, ongoing opportunities, challenges and potential risks to the advancement of energy saving lighting technologies.

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LUNA Advisory Group

The purpose of the LUNA advisory group is to advise on the development of a program that includes opportunity and solution mapping for light pollution mitigation and near-term supplemental specification criteria to distinguish products on the DLC QPL that minimize light pollution and provide dark sky friendly options for users of the QPL. Activities and agenda of the working group include the following: discussion of goals and objectives for a LUNA program, relevant and prevalent metrics in line with testing standards, recommendations on draft specifications, and education and resource needs for various audiences.

The advisory group provides perspectives and recommendations for better criteria related to light at night on the DLC QPL. The advisory group is voluntary, does not hold votes and has no fiduciary responsibility for the DLC. DLC will lead the Advisory Group meetings, establish agendas, draft policy text, and circulate meeting notes

Representatives

The Advisory Group is comprised of DLC staff and up to six lighting experts.

Technical Committee

The Technical Committee (TC) is made up of Member representatives and serves an important role in advising the direction of the DLC. The TC is tasked with advising DLC on activities including:

• Review and development of DLC Technical Requirements and supporting Policies for both Solid-State Lighting (SSL) and Networked Lighting Controls (NLC).
• Review and development of additional resources to support DLC’s mission and Member objectives, including implementation guides, training curricula, surveillance testing, savings tools, design guides, etc.
• Review and discussion of issues and challenges related to program implementation utilizing DLC’s QPLs and other resources.

Importantly, the DLC looks to the TC to represent the interests of DLC Members in advising on technical and policy-related issues within the DLC programs, specifically utility program best practices for implementing lighting efficiency, quality, and controllability, as well as ongoing opportunities, challenges and potential risks to the advancement of energy saving lighting technologies.

Representatives

Hort Working Group

The purpose of the HWG is to support the mission and strategic direction of the DLC to drive efficient and quality lighting in controlled environment agriculture spaces through education, collaboration, and expertise. The HWG is tasked with advising DLC on activities including:

• Review and development of DLC Technical Requirements and supporting Policies for the Horticultural Qualified Products List (QPL).
• Review and development of additional resources to support DLC’s mission and Member objectives, including implementation guides, training curricula, surveillance testing, savings tools, design guides, etc.
• Review and discussion of issues and challenges related to program implementation utilizing DLC’s QPLs and other resources.

Importantly, the DLC looks to the HWG to represent the interests of DLC Members in advising on technical and policy-related issues within the DLC programs, specifically utility program best practices for implementing lighting efficiency, quality, and controllability, as well as ongoing opportunities, challenges and potential risks to the advancement of energy saving lighting technologies.

Representatives

Hort Lighting Controls Technical Working Group

The Industry Hort Lighting Controls Technical Working Group (HLC) helps the DLC accelerate the transition of the horticultural lighting industry to optimized energy and production practices via connected and integrated lighting solutions. The HLC is tasked with providing technical and strategic feedback and input to the DLC on activities including:

• Opportunity and solution mapping for horticultural lighting controls and integrated controls solutions that save energy and/or optimize production
• Challenges and risks to the advancement of energy saving and/or production improving connected solutions
• Review and development of additional resources that support the DLC’s mission, member objectives, and grower needs, including case studies, grower-facing education/guidance, member program implementation, and more

Representatives

The DLC looks to the HLC to represent the interests of their respective industry role (not their individual company), with members appointed by the DLC. The HLC consists of up to 13 members covering a wide range of stakeholders, including lighting manufacturers, lighting controls and sensors manufacturers, engineering/design/construction consultants, nonprofits, researchers, and/or cultivators. Representatives are refreshed annually. Current representatives are listed below.

• Mikhail Sagal, TSRgrow
• Erik Runkle, Michigan State University – College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
• Gretchen Schimelpfenig; Greenhouse Lighting & Systems Engineering (GLASE) Consortium
• Eric Eisele, GrowFlux
• Mark Blonquist, Apogee Instruments
• Cristin Dziekonski, Fluence
• Ihor Lys, Agnetix
• Francois R.-Moisan, Sollum Technologies
• Emmanuel W J L Oomen, Hawthorne Gardening Company