New Developments in Emergency Lighting Control
Wednesday, August 19
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Intermediate
Codes
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW
New additions to the 2020 NEC and UL924 standard mean new possibilities and requirements for the design of a compliant emergency control system. In addition, new technologies such as Power Over Ethernet emergency systems must be designed in a compliant manner.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- To learn and understand changes in emergency lighting requirements in the 2020 NEC and UL standards, including their impact on Power over Ethernet (PoE) systems
- To understand the difference between Bypass and Transfer methods of control and where each is appropriate
- To understand what qualifies a luminaire as a Directly Controlled Emergency Luminaire and where they are used in an emergency lighting system
- To understand the landscape of available classes of Emergency Lighting Control devices and where each is appropriate
SPEAKERS
Mitch Hefter
Senior Systems Engineer, Signify
Mitch Hefter has been working in lighting controls for over 40 years. He has played a major role in setting entertainment technology standards, promoting electrical safety and developing certification for entertainment industry electricians. He was instrumental in the development of DMX512. Mitch is a founding member of the Entertainment Services and Technology Association Technical Standards Program (ANSI E1) and co-chairs the Electrical Power Working Group. He has worked on updates to the National Electrical Code since 1981, representing the Illuminating Engineering Society on Code Panel 15 since 1997. He is a co-vice-chair of the IES Lighting Controls Committee and works on several IES task groups. A senior systems engineer at Signify, Hefter is also a Fellow of the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology, a recipient of the USITT Founders Award in 1993, and was awarded Honorary Lifetime Membership in 2014.
Steve Terry
Director of Standards and Industry Relations, ETC
Steve Terry is currently the Director of Standards & Industry Relations at ETC. From 2004-2017, he was the Vice President of Research & Development at ETC, where he led the group that is responsible for global development of new products. He was appointed a member of National Electrical Code Panel 15 in 1994, and has served as the USITT representative to Code Panel 15 ever since. He is a member of many UL Standards Technical Panels including those for UL924—Emergency Lighting and Power Equipment, UL1008—Transfer Equipment, and UL8750—LED Equipment for Use in Lighting Products. He has been directly involved in many changes to NEC article 700—Emergency Systems—that have been critical to the changes in emergency control systems required by the move to LED emergency luminaires. He chaired the USITT Committee that wrote the internationally-accepted DMX512 standard for digital communications in lighting systems in 1986. He was inducted as a Fellow of the USITT in 2006.