Demystifying DALI with Carol Jones

For most lighting specifiers DALI, DALI-2 and D4i are a mystery and a challenge. This session will give you the basics and critical project questions to get you started on DALI projects with clients, engineers, reps, and manufacturers. Clarity about the differences between 0-10v, DMX and DALI will be provided. Features and specification guidance will be covered along with tools, tips and additional resources to further your knowledge about DALI. Real-time polls will be used to direct Q&A to the topics that matter most to the audience.

1 LU Credit Available

1. Understand the basics of DALI features and how they add value to the many stakeholders given their distinct needs and metrics for success.
2. Become familiar with DALI-2 components, the multi-vendor flexibility, and how they come together as a system.
3. Learn how global standardization of DALI-2 and the mandatory certification enables interoperability, what that really means, and it’s relevance to buildings in the age of AI.
4. Characterize the inherent flexibility of DALI and how it supports lighting design and the delivery of your controls intent through the challenges of construction and building operations.

4 learning objectives

1. Understand the basics of DALI features and how they add value to the many stakeholders given their distinct needs and metrics for success.
2. Become familiar with DALI-2 components, the multi-vendor flexibility, and how they come together as a system.
3. Learn how global standardization of DALI-2 and the mandatory certification enables interoperability, what that really means, and it’s relevance to buildings in the age of AI.
4. Characterize the inherent flexibility of DALI and how it supports lighting design and the delivery of your controls intent through the challenges of construction and building operations.

Carol Jones is an industry veteran and national leader in market transformation working on the digitization, standardization, and interoperability of commercial lighting. She has a diverse background having been a lighting designer, a ‘labbie’ at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a manufacturer for both controls and luminaires, and most recently—as NA Market Development Manager for the DALI  Alliance. Carol is a recognized thought leader and has long been involved with standards development, professional associations and Federal programs and policy. With 40-plus conference presentations and 20 publications under her belt, she’s well-known as a speaker and author.