Home Lighting Control Alliance (HLCA), an industry consortium, has released a whitepaper to educate consumers and home technology installers about how vacancy sensors eliminate energy waste by automatically shutting off lights.
The whitepaper advises homeowners, installers and retailers on vacancy sensors’ energy efficiency, ideal applications, basic features, advanced options and general guidance on proper installation.
“After California updated its energy code in 2005, recognizing vacancy sensors as an alternative to high-efficacy (fluorescent) lighting in many rooms, manufacturers began offering a wide range of products, features and aesthetic looks to satisfy virtually any need in the home,” says Carlos Villalobos, product manager for Watt Stopper/Legrand, a member of HLCA. “For every switch that is replaced by a vacancy sensor, carbon dioxide emitted into the environment is reduced.”
If 100 million U.S. households controlled one 60-watt bulb with a vacancy sensor, Villalobos says nearly $50 million in energy savings would occur per year. In turn, it would reduce nearly a billion pounds of carbon dioxide.
To view the whitepaper, click here.
