Remotely Controlled Dimming Solution for High Efficiency Light Bulbs

Barling Bay, LLC Engineering, 2010-11

Liaison(s): Dr. Michael Joost
Advisor(s): Matthew Watkins
Students(s): Hannah Troisi (TL-F), Esther Hwang (TL-S), Kevin Chan, Max Wishman, Harry Lenahan (F), Alena Rau (S)

Barling Bay has developed a high-efficiency lighting solution which consists of a replaceable bulb and a semi-permanent base. The company requested that the HMC clinic team extend the capabilities of this bulb. The new prototype developed by the team can be controlled remotely over powerlines and provides ten levels of dimming. The future use of this technology will be in industrial and other large scale settings where a single control center will control the activity of the bulbs in the building.