Is it possible to create an exterior parking lot lighting schedule that
turns on the parking lot lighting at dusk and turns off the lights at a
given time?
The following exterior lighting schedule is for the Salem, Oregon area -
exterior lighting via photocell with no timeclock to shut the lights off or
prevent the lights from turning on during holidays or weekends, IOW it's a
sunset to sunrise schedule. It's already in the proper form to insert into
an .inp file, and you can modify as you see fit. For holidays and weekends
you could simply create an "off" day schedule and revise the week schedules.
Simple method:
Schedule to monthly averages:
One average "day" per month
Find the sunset times for your location here:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php
The following exterior lighting schedule is for the Salem, Oregon area -
exterior lighting via photocell with no timeclock to shut the lights off or
prevent the lights from turning on during holidays or weekends, IOW it's a
sunset to sunrise schedule. It's already in the proper form to insert into
an .inp file, and you can modify as you see fit. For holidays and weekends
you could simply create an "off" day schedule and revise the week schedules.
"LITE - Ext Jan Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.75, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D, &D, &D, &D, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext Feb Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.25, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D, &D, &D, &D, 0.5, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext Mar Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D,
&D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext Apr Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.5, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D,
&D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext May Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.75, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.5, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext Jun Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.5, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D,
&D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext Jul Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.75, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.1, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext Aug Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.25, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.75, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext Sep Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.85, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.63, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext Oct Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.5, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D,
&D, &D, &D, &D, 0.57, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext Nov Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.25, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D, &D, &D, 0.17, 1 )
..
"LITE - Ext Dec Day" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
VALUES = ( 1, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, &D, 0.7, 0, &D, &D, &D, &D,
&D,
&D, &D, 0.5, 1 )
..
$ Week Schedules
"LITE - Ext Jan Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Jan Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext Feb Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Feb Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext Mar Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Mar Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext Apr Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Apr Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext May Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext May Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext Jun Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Jun Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext Jul Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Jul Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext Aug Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Aug Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext Sep Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Sep Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext Oct Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Oct Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext Nov Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Nov Day" )
..
"LITE - Ext Dec Wk" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
DAY-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Dec Day" )
..
$ Year Schedule
"LITE - Ext Yr" = SCHEDULE-PD
TYPE = FRACTION
MONTH = ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 )
DAY = ( 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 )
WEEK-SCHEDULES = ( "LITE - Ext Jan Wk", "LITE - Ext Feb Wk",
"LITE - Ext Mar Wk", "LITE - Ext Apr Wk", "LITE - Ext May Wk",
"LITE - Ext Jun Wk", "LITE - Ext Jul Wk", "LITE - Ext Aug Wk",
"LITE - Ext Sep Wk", "LITE - Ext Oct Wk", "LITE - Ext Nov Wk",
"LITE - Ext Dec Wk" )
..
Steven Savich