| As a part of its capacity building activities, RCL conducted a Two day Training Program on Lighting on September 08, 09, 2009 at the Committee room C of the BMICH Colombo. The target group for the training course were practicing engineers, architects, designers, planners working in the areas of lighting design, electrical installations……… |
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Two day Training Course on Lighting September 2009 successfully concluded |
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Launch of Regional Center for Lighting Website; www.rclsa.net September 08, 2009 |
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| The website of the Regional Centre for Lighting, www.rclsa.net was ceremonially launched by Dr. Krishan Deheragoda, Chairman, Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority on September 08, 2009, amidst a distinguished gathering of invitees representing policy makers, electricity regulator, utilities, professional bodies, academia, members of board of directors of SLSEA, and……… |
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Regional Workshop on Energy Efficient Lighting in Colombo, April 2009 |
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| Coinciding with the launching of the RCL, a Regional workshop on energy efficient lighting was hosted in Colombo, 28 – 30 April 2009 ……… |
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RCL formally launched on April 27, 2009 at a ceremony at Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo |
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| Minister of Power and Energy Hon. W.D.J. Seniviratne, U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires James Moore, and Sustainable Energy Authority Chairman Dr. Krishan Deheragoda officially launched the Regional Center for Lighting in Sri Lanka, the first of its kind in South Asia, on April 27, 2009. …… |
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End-user load research; domestic consumers……… |
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RCL plans to carry out a study in order to identify electricity usage patterns of domestic consumers in Sri Lanka. Further, it is expected to determine how different loads (lighting, refrigerator, entertainment etc.) contribute to the overall consumption, in this case, more importantly the lighting load. Information on different energy sources used, and usage of equipment in different times of the day will also be collected and analyzed. This exercise will be the foundation to identify suitable demand side management measures and the appropriate modes introducing them………… |
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USAID and SLSEA signs the Memorandum of Understanding to create RCL |
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| Sri Lanka hosts the first Center of Excellence in Lighting in South Asia with the funding assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The Regional Center for Lighting (RCL) will serve as a research hub to develop new lighting technology to be used in Sri Lanka and South Asia. Rebecca Cohn, USAID Mission Director, and Dr. Krishan Deheragoda, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch the project on February 24, 2009 …… |
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Recent Technology Trends in Energy Efficient Lighting |
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by Dr. Narendran, Director Research, LRC
Understanding lighting |
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by Professor Russell Leslie
Sri Lanka Energy Policy |
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