Improvements in luminaire efficacy have led to varying approaches to low voltage DC power systems like PoE that offer easier/faster installation, lower system cost, and improved environmental sustainability. Once we start seeing lighting fixtures as solid-state digital devices, we can imagine advanced solutions that are holistically designed to improve our lighting experience. What is the key to wide-spread adoption of these systems and what is the greater impact in the built environment? We will review what the future of these systems might look like and how they could fundamentally change how we design office and commercial environments.

Learning Objectives
1. Participants will gain a basic technical understanding of the many different low voltage DC power systems available on the market today
2. Participants will gain an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of available low voltage DC power systems on the market
3. Participants will gain insights into how low voltage DC systems can have a positive environmental impact and reduce costs
4. Participants will learn how to think holistically about lighting spaces with DC power management/controls system and they will be encouraged to think about how these systems could transform the modern office