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IES Annual Conference preview p.54

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U P F R O N T 4 Editorial

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C O L U M N S 12 Energy Advisor

16 Education

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D E P A R T M E N T S 26 Anatomy of an Award

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LIGHTING DESIGN & APPLICATION

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Vol .41 / No.0 9

28 CHANNEL SURFERA stunning new bridge spanning the Maqta Channel in Abu Dhabi

rides a smooth wave of color-changing light

32 TRANSIT IN TRANSLATIONLight is the universal language at a new light rail station in

Tukwila, WA

36 ROUNDHOUSE PUNCHThe subtle lighting of an historic locomotive facility

packs a wallop

42 CHANGE OF HEARTThe façade of a new Tijuana building pumps with blue and red

light—an emblem of new life in a troubled city

46 THIS SPEC SHALL REMAIN NAMELESSAn RFP with a performance specification—rather than the

commonly used three-name spec—can help municipalities get

the appropriate streetlight product for their project

50 A GUIDE TO DAYLIGHTING SUCCESSA study of spaces around the U.S. offers both proof of concept

and valuable ammunition when making the daylighting case to

architects and owners

54 IES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PREVIEWA look at the sessions and topics planned for Austin, TX,

October 30 - November 1

F E A T U R E S

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EDITORIAL

4 September 2011 | LD+A www.ies.org

Over the past several years, there has been any number of “holy grails”

related to lighting. One was LEDs for general illumination (we’re there). The

most recent is optimal LED color rendering/appearance (we’re not there yet).

I have my own, personal holy grail for lighting: hard data that can be used

to link end-user benefit (whatever it may be in a given application) to good lighting.

No question, there have been sporadic examples over the past few years. The most

well-known is research by the Heschong Mahone Group that showed the benefit of day-

lighting in classrooms, retail space and offices (LD+A, July 2004). Among the findings:

students exposed to more daylight scored better on tests; stores with more daylight

reaped higher sales; and in office environments, better access to window views was

linked to productivity and better self-reported health and wellness among workers.

Another study linked lighting to pleasure, not business. Research in Germany showed

that the color of a room’s ambient lighting influenced the flavor of the same white wine

during three experiments (LD+A, April 2010). The Riesling wine tasted better under blue

or red light than under green and white light.

Most recently, a study released by Philips UK indicates that a “tailor-made classroom

lighting system fitted to improve the learning environment for pupils” has resulted in

improved test scores and concentration levels for these students. The system has four

dedicated settings that the teacher can select using a touchpad. The settings combine

different levels of light intensity and color tone/temperature to create a particular ambi-

ance that matches a specific task or time of day. Philips has conducted a similar study in

Tupelo, MS, and results will be released soon.

More of these application-based research studies would go a long way toward raising

lighting’s profile with consumers and decision-makers in the board room or public sector.

To put it bluntly, “what’s in it for me?” Mark Rea had it right in an article he wrote for LD+A

in 1997. He was speaking of retail sales specifically, but the sentiment can be applied to

any market served by lighting professionals: “Our customers who run retail businesses

want their socks and bologna to look good. . . . Their professional lives are defined by

socks or bologna, not by lamps and ballasts. . .”

What’s in it for me?—a succinct tagline for the next holy grail.

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Editor/Associate PublisherPaul Tarricone

Senior Associate EditorElizabeth Hall

Assistant EditorRoslyn Lowe

Art DirectorSamuel Fontanez

Associate Art DirectorPetra Domingo

Contributing Writers olumnistsEdward Bartholomew • James Brodrick Bob Horner • Mark Lien Eunice Noell-Waggoner • Don Peifer Paul Pompeo • Willard Warren

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Marketing ManagerClayton Gordon

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LETTERS


Short and SweetWe thought your July Editorial [on

the acronyms of LIGHTFAIR] was ter-

rific. We were even flattered that A.L.P.

made the article. I do believe that OLEDs

and LEDs are in the future, but take my

word for it, more than 85 percent of the

industry is still other than LEDs and it’s

important to give balance to the various

presentations.

William Brown, IES Member Emeritus

A.L.P. Lighting Components

Niles, IL

I received my July issue yesterday and

as I always do, read your Editorial first.

What a great statement about what’s

happening to our culture on so many

levels. I found your effort to be very cre-

ative and humorous while also thorough.

Thanks for the entertainment.

Len Lirtzman

Lirtzman Communications

Evanston, IL

Article of FaithI just read Jim Brodrick’s article “Can

Museums Measure Up?” (LD+A, July).

Since it highlights my research, and I have

been reported upon for 40 years, I was

keenly interested in how well it repre-

sented the concerns of the museum field.

Although the compliments must flow freely

to Brodrick’s staff, I’d be remiss in not tell-

ing you that this is the most accurate, well-

balanced and sensitive treatment I’ve ever

seen. Congratulations.

James R. Druzik

The Getty Conservation Institute

Los Angeles, California

CorrectionThe Standards column in LD+A, June

(“Working Out the BUGs”) stated that

the Model Lighting Ordinance was “cur-

rently under review.” When the article

appeared, the MLO, had, in fact, already

been finalized. The article also refer-

enced the use of IES RP-20 when design-

ing security lighting in parking lots. RP-20

was withdrawn as an official IES docu-

ment several years ago.

PRESIDENTDenis Lavoie, PE, LCPhilips-Lumec, [email protected]

PAST PRESIDENTJohn Selander, LC, LEED APAcuity Brands Lighting

VICE PRESIDENT (President-Elect)Chip IsraelLighting Design Alliance

TREASURERShirley Coyle, LCRuud Lighting Canada/BetaLED

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTWilliam Hanley, CAE

DIRECTORSNick BleekerPhilips Day-Brite

Jeffrey J. Davis, LCSystem Design Consultants

Neall Digert, Ph.D.Solatube International Inc.

Peter HughHugh Lighting Design, LLC

Mark Lien, LC, CLEP, CLMC, LEED AP Hubbell Lighting Inc.

Eric Lind Lutron Electronics

Peggy Sue MeehanAmerlux

Daniel Salinas, LCNelson Electric, Inc.

Shelli L. Sedlak, LCGE Lighting

David R. Woodward, Ph.D.Philips Lighting Company

2011-2012 Board of Directors

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Joining Forces

DuPont has acquired

Innovalight, Inc., a company

specializing in advanced silicon

inks and process technologies

that increase the efficiency of

crystalline silicon solar cells.

The New Threat to Your Lamps? ChinaIncandescents may be hogging mainstream news headlines, but for many in the lighting industry a different breaking story is hitting closer to home. Last month, a host of major lighting manufacturers raised the prices of their fluorescent lamps by notable margins. GE, Philips and OSRAM Sylvania each hiked prices on their fluorescent products—including linear fluorescents and CFLs—by an overall average of 25 percent.

What’s to blame for the sudden increase? The rising cost of 17 rare-earth elements, alternately called rare-earth oxides or rare earths, which are essential to the production and operation of some of our most commonly used products, such as cell phones, magnets

and rechargeable batteries. Rare earths also comprise 85 percent of the phosphors used in fluorescent lamps.

Many of these chemical elements aren’t actually rare. In fact, some are as geologically abundant as copper or nickel. However China, which currently extracts more than

95 percent of the world’s supply, has significantly reduced its rare-earth export quotas over the past five years, causing prices to increase by up to 4,500 percent. According to the National Lighting Bureau, the world demand for the elements is set to reach 180,000 tons per year in 2012, while the world supply for next year is estimated to be less than 160,000 tons. China’s 2010 export quota, meanwhile, was only 30,000 tons.

The most staggering cost increases have occurred over the past year. For instance, lamp manufacturer Halco claims that the cost of tri-phosphor powder—a rare-earth based product used to produce T5 and T8 lamps—rose 1,000 percent from April to June. As a result, Halco and many others have raised prices for these products and will continue to re-evaluate fluo-rescent pricing on a monthly basis as material costs rise. Investment firm Sterne Agee & Leach predicts that fluorescent product prices will continue to climb for the rest of the year or longer.

In an effort to stave off cost increases, the World Trade Organization ruled in July that China broke international law by limiting the exports of raw materials like rare earths. China is expected to appeal the ruling this month, which could delay alterations to its current rare-earth quotas for several years. In the meantime, the U.S. government is hoping to stimulate its own production of the elements: last year the House of Representatives passed the “Rare Earths and Critical Materials Act,” which allows the DOE to support domestic rare-earth production through com-mercial loans.

—Elizabeth Hall

Numbers Game

9

Companies honored with

the DOE’s 2011 Lighting

Facts Special Recognition

for demonstrating their

commitment to the

Lighting Facts label

program

16.8

Percent NEMA’s CFL

index decreased in Q1

2011 compared to the first

quarter of last year

6.4Percent increase in

incandescent lamp

shipments from Q4 2010

to Q1 2011, according to

NEMA

4.4 billion Traditional screw-base

sockets in the U.S.,

according to Lighting

Science Group Corp.,

in making the case for

energy savings through

new sources

Photo courtesy of the USDA ARS

Rare earth oxides drive up fl uorescent cost.

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NEWS + NOTES

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Coal Mine over WaterAt the High Trestle Trail Bridge in Madrid, IA, pedestrians can experience the sensation of

descending into a coal mine while they are 13 stories above ground. The 41 angled steel frames

of the half-mile-long bridge suggest the support cribs used to hold up coal mine walls. RDG

Planning & Design used 976 linear ft of blue LED fixtures (iLight) to reveal the 18 frames that are

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advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) investment over the next 20 years. For a service area of 1 million households, IEE found that the total cost for a utility to invest in AMI and associated home energy

management technologies will range from $198 million to $272 million. The AMI investment will produce operational savings between

$77 million and $208 million, and customer-driven savings between $100 million and $150 million.

Education: A YouTube Sensation

YouTube is not just for stupid pet tricks anymore.

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Some things are worth waiting for. Nearly two years after sub-

mitting its 60-W LED replacement bulb to DOE’s Bright Tomorrow

Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition, Philips is finally getting its

reward—last month the manufacturer won the $10 million prize

in the 60-W LED

replacement cat-

egory. The DOE

established the L

Prize competition

to replace today’s

most widely used

and inefficient tech-

nologies: the 60-W incandescent bulb and the PAR38 halogen bulb

(the PAR38 portion of the competition is temporarily closed).

Submitted for the L Prize in September 2009, the Philips bulb

underwent 18 months of required performance testing conducted

by independent laboratories, field assessments, and long-term

lumen maintenance testing and stress testing under extreme con-

ditions before receiving the DOE’s seal of approval. The winning

bulb exceeded the competition’s rigorous requirements—it has a

luminous flux of 910 lumens (DOE required at least 900 lumens); 93.4

lumens per watt efficacy (90-plus required); 2,727K CCT (2,700-

3,000K required); a CRI of 93 (90-plus required); and uses only 9.7

watts (less than 10 watts required).

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The lightning speed with which LEDs

have dominated the buzz in light-

ing is just amazing. There are start-

up companies promoting the use of

LEDs inside glass tubes for the replace-

ment of fluorescent lamps. Some of these

LED tube lamps are not UL listed and may

not meet the claims made for their life

expectancy. They will burn out in time, and

when they do, will those same manufactur-

ers be around to replace them? There is

no industry standard for compatibility and

those LED tube lights are not interchange-

able. The lure of this new light source is

such that caution is forgotten.

On the other hand, by using LEDs to

replace fluorescents, designers are no

longer constrained to using 2-ft or 4-ft

linear fluorescents. If a site lends itself

to a building column-spacing that is not

a multiple of 2 ft, a recessed troffer with

LEDs can be any length, width, diameter or

shape. There is a 100-story building under

construction in Shanghai with a cross sec-

tion similar to the logo of the Infinity auto-

mobile that is entirely lighted with LEDs.

The long term goal of the U.S. DOE is to

achieve zero net energy (ZNE) in buildings

in stages of 10, 20 and 30 years from now.

Reaching this goal will require enormous

efficiency improvements in building con-

struction and appliances, and vigorous

energy conservation and sophisticated

controls. However, new power genera-

tion through nuclear fuel appears to be

off the table based on what’s happened

in Japan, and the U.S. EPA’s new clean

air regulations will result in the retirement

of many old, dirty, coal-generating plants.

Pretty soon we’ll have all-electric vehicles

requiring battery recharging, which adds

to the increase in energy demand for larger

appliances and air-conditioning. Where

will all this capacity come from? There’s an

Engineering 101 adage: “Before you build

a new bridge for taller ships to pass under,

consider lowering the river.” Before we

build new generating plants, let’s consider

every possible conservation measure by

employing sophisticated technology.

JUST AROUND THE CORNERThose of you who are still enjoying elec-

tricity rates of 10 cents per kilowatt hour or

less are in for sticker shock. “Time of use

billing” is how we will soon be paying for

electricity. Home owners should be encour-

aged to install local generation, probably

photovoltaics, in order to provide distrib-

uted generation to shave peak demands

and reduce costs. Once LEDs reach the

efficacy (lumens per watt) of fluorescents

they will displace linear fluorescent and

HID sources for general and outdoor appli-

cations, as in China. The recent 20 percent

price increase for linear fluorescent lamps,

with more increases promised in the near

future, will accelerate that crossover.

We think of lighting as being on a par

with HVAC loads, each consuming about

30 percent of the total usage of electricity

in buildings, but new lighting codes are

bringing us into parity with plug loads, at

only 1 watt per sq ft, or 10 percent for each.

All lighting usage will have to be controlled

by occupancy or vacancy sensing, and will

be subject to being dimmed or disconnect-

ed during peak demand surges. We used

to think of ambient lighting as the dominant

form of illumination, but every time you use

a computer, that’s self-illuminated task

lighting. As electric car battery technol-

by Willard L. Warren

ENERGY ADVISOR LEDs Are the New Black

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ogy advances, batteries will be used for

computer energy storage by recharging all

night off-peak and running all day on bat-

teries, not the grid.

There are desk-mounted task lighting

systems that can meet recommended illu-

minance levels with half the watts per sq ft

that ceiling units can provide.

THE CHERRY ON TOPAnother step toward conserving lighting

energy would be an energy code require-

ment for light room finishes. Ceiling tiles of

90 percent reflectance or higher should be

mandated along with light colored walls,

floors and even furniture. We’ll be able

to light spaces adequately with 0.5 watts

per sq ft, and all lighting will be occupant

controlled. Why waste energy warming up

dark room surfaces with light? Ultimately all

light winds up doing so, but we ought to let

it bounce around the room first. Get ready,

“white is the new beige.”

Codes should mandate that all high-rise

commercial buildings use bi-level lighting

in stairwells, where occupancy averages

around 2 percent, and in addition, all hotels,

motels and multi-story residential build-

ings should be required to use bi-level

lighting in corridors, where occupancy

averages around 30 percent.

Generating electricity with fossil fuels

(preferably natural gas) is at best about 37

percent fuel efficient. After transmission and

distribution losses you end up with a net fuel

efficiency of 30 percent. You can heat a build-

ing on site with fossil fuels with a net fuel effi-

ciency of 85 to 90 percent. Using both local

electric generation and waste heat with

combined heat and power is a mechanical

engineer’s nirvana. Finding a way to balance

an electric host, like lighting, with an equal

host for steam, like domestic hot water, will

offset peak demand and reduce cost in half.

We’ll also have to adopt a measure that

industrial facilities have been using for years,

which is to employ controls that delay the

onset of certain electric loads to times when

utility rates are off-peak, and we all will have

to participate in utility demand response

programs to avoid rolling blackouts.

The “Brave New White World” we are

facing may be an anathema to architects

and interior designers, but we have to

brighten the future for mechanical engi-

neers, who have been stuck with the same

HVAC designs for decades.

Willard L. Warren, PE, Fellow IES, LC, DSA,

is principal of Willard L. Warren Associates.

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“The life of a marionette has grown very

tiresome to me and I want to become a boy,

no matter how hard it is. You promise that,

do you not? I can become a little boy one

day and quit being a pitiful marionette?”

“Yes, I promise, and now it is up to you,”

the Fairy said.

—The Adventures of Pinocchio, by C. Collodi

Like Pinocchio, lighting education

is not yet fully formed, but it is

evolving. Today it is driven by an

ever-maturing lighting industry in

need of an infusion of qualified young pro-

fessionals, and a plethora of promising

lighting research and technologies that

are reshaping the industry. Today’s light-

ing students must absorb a considerable

body of knowledge in order to become

relevant and contributing lighting profes-

sionals. Three recent events offer hope

for surmounting these challenges and

transforming lighting education into a liv-

ing, breathing, established field of study

that is nurtured by our industry.

In my last article I mentioned two of

these events: the IES Teachers of Lighting

Workshop (TOLW) held at the Litecontrol

facilities in Plymouth, MA, and the Lighting

Educators Summit in Milan, Italy, hosted

by the Professional Lighting Designers

Association (PLDA). I was also inspired by

the industry effort to reach out to lighting

students at LIGHTFAIR in Philadelphia

through the Student Outreach Program

and Student Design Competition. In total,

these events represent a global effort by

the industry to aggressively address the

challenges that confront lighting educa-

tion and acknowledge its critical role in

the evolution of the lighting profession.

MEETING IN MILANThis spring’s PLDA Lighting Educator

and Researcher Summit in Milan was

an energizing reset for academic-based

lighting education. Lighting educators and

researchers from all over the world met to

discuss the state of lighting education and

to help develop tools to advance academic

lighting education worldwide. More than

50 key educator delegates were in atten-

dance, representing 17 countries and

associations including IES, IALD, PLDA,

APIL, CIBSE, LET/UK and others. This

effort was led by Jean Sundin, a principal

at Office for Visual Interaction, Inc. (OVI),

and director of education for PLDA.

The goals for this two-day conference

were ambitious—to draft bachelor’s

and master’s level lighting design syllabi

through working groups and to discuss

the current state of the lighting research

landscape. The syllabi would be based on

by Edward Bartholomew

EDUCATION Journey to Become Real

Three recent events from around the globe

help bring lighting education closer to

a fully developed academic discipline

More than 50 delegates attended the PLDA meeting in Milan.

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the Architectural Lighting Fundamentals

(ALF) as mentioned in my previous article

(“Taming the Beast,” March 2011).

There were some spirited discussions,

yet at the conclusion of the conference

there was a consensus around a frame-

work for developing lighting syllabi that

addressed core competences at the

undergraduate and graduate levels. In

addition, a developed presentation was

made for a universal, and independent,

lighting research database that would

unite lighting design and lighting research

communities. But more importantly, a

dialogue between lighting educators was

started that will be strengthened through

workgroups and future conferences.

One extraordinarily useful tool that was

introduced at this summit was the Lighting

Education Wiki (https://pldaeducation.wiki-

spaces.com/ ). Like any Wiki, this site will

serve as an information cooperative that is

editable, expandable and serves as a valu-

able resource for lighting educators world-

wide. Finally, there’s an Internet-based tool

that allows the lighting education commu-

nity to share its knowledge and resources.

I guess next we will have an app for that.

ON TO MASSACHUSETTSThis year’s IES Teachers of Lighting

Workshop was a big success. It had 21

participants who were taught by nine light-

ing educators and industry professionals

(mentioned in my last article) and included

two guest instructors, Keith Yancey of Lam

Partners and myself. The camaraderie and

commitment demonstrated by these par-

ticipants was evident in the superb final

projects they produced.

This year’s participants represented

an assortment of college design pro-

grams from across the U.S. and around

the world. These attendees are not the

tenured research professors nestled in

established lighting programs, but are usu-

ally practitioner/part-time instructors who

teach a class or two within an indifferent

department. They are the most passionate

advocates for lighting at many of these

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commitment to a week-long training is

a testament to their desire to improve

their lighting knowledge. I attended just

one day of the week-long workshop, yet

I was impressed by the focus and drive

that these participants, along with their

instructors, brought to this workshop.

The host for this year’s TOLW was

Litecontrol, who provided a well-equipped

learning facility, outstanding meals and

the gracious time and knowledge of Bob

Davis, a former academic and now direc-

tor of product innovation & marketing

at Litecontrol. The next IES Teachers of

Lighting Workshop will take place in two

years, so if you are a teacher who wants to

strengthen your knowledge of lighting fun-

damentals while working with like-minded

lighting educators please contact the new

committee chair Rebecca Hadley (rhad-

[email protected]).

DOWN TO PHILADELPHIAThe last event that gave me hope that

lighting education is being supported by

our industry was at this year’s LIGHTFAIR

in Philadelphia. Over the last several years

LIGHTFAIR has committed to hosting light-

ing education and student events. Elly

McCloud, LIGHTFAIR executive director,

marketing conference & attendee rela-

tions, states that LFI “understands the

importance of further educating these stu-

dents and offering them access to the best

in lighting, design and education. This is

why we have established the LFI Student

Outreach program—to groom and partner

with tomorrow’s lighting future.”

This year, LIGHTFAIR sponsored the

Student Outreach Program and a lighting

fixture design competition. By partnering

with the Philadelphia Sections of the IES

and the IALD, LFI has created a competi-

tion that was open to all undergraduate

and graduate students majoring in lighting

and illumination design, architecture, engi-

neering and interior design. In addition to

the design competition, the LFI Student

Outreach Program offered a variety of other

educational and volunteer opportunities on

the trade show floor and at the conference.

The story of Pinocchio is about his journey

to grow from a pine marionette crafted by

Geppetto into a living, breathing boy who

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meets many challenges and hardships along

the way, but overcomes them with the help

of friends. Lighting has grown up as an out-

come of the electrification of our nation into

a multi-billion dollar industry. Lighting design

started as a modernist craft to enhance

architecture, and has grown into a multi-

faceted essential building system. But it is

at the nexus of art and science, engineering

and craft that lighting education can grow

our industry into an established profession.

The Lighting Educator Summit, the Teachers

of Lighting Workshop and the LIGHTFAIR

Student Outreach program are heartening

signs that this industry is growing up, and

willing to take decisive steps to cultivate the

next generation of lighting professionals.

“Prove yourself brave, truthful, and unself-

ish, and someday you will be a real boy.”

— Pinocchio (Walt Disney Studios, 1940)

Edward Bartholomew, IALD, LC, LEED AP, is a

lighting designer and research assistant pro-

fessor, Department of Architecture, College of

Built Environments, University of Washington.

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In case you haven’t had enough of

this subject, the activity continues in

the seemingly endless debate about

the upcoming incandescent lamp

phase-out. Since my last column on this

subject earlier this year, here is what’s

happened:

• On March 1, Representative Michelle

Bachmann (R-MN) introduced HR.429,

the Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act.

This bill would repeal the incandescent

lamp standards in EISA 2007 unless

three criteria are met: proof of energy

cost savings claimed through the use of

the new lamps, proof that the phase-out

will reduce overall CO2 emissions by 20

percent by the year 2025, and proof that

the phase-out will not pose additional

health risks due to mercury in CFLs.

As of this writing, this bill is sitting in the

House Energy and Commerce Committee.

• Representative Joe Barton (R-TX) re-

introduced his Better Use of Light Bulbs

Act, now designated HR.2417. In addi-

tion to the repeal, two sections have

been added to the bill. Sec 3 prohibits

the use of mercury-containing lamps as

the only compliance option (which never

was the case anyway); Sec 4 prohibits

state and local jurisdictions from enact-

ing their own regulations for energy effi-

ciency or energy use of medium screw-

base, general service incandescents

(basically prohibiting states’ rights).

The Barton bill was brought directly to

the House floor on July 11, circumvent-

ing the normal committee process and

thereby requiring a two-thirds majority to

pass. The vote on July 12 did not get the

two-thirds majority; therefore, the bill is

dead, at least in its present form. By the

time you read this, there may have been

yet another attempt at repeal, in some

other form or procedure.

The debate on July 11 was broadcast

on C-SPAN. I think this is the first time I

have ever watched C-SPAN for more than

seven seconds. It was quite amazing to

see and hear light bulbs being discussed

by one of the most powerful legislative

bodies on the planet.

While all this was going on, the print

media, TV news and the blogosphere have

all been in “light bulb frenzy” mode. If

any of you have been wishing that light-

ing would get more attention with the

American public. . .well, be careful what

you wish for. Most of the stories contain

content and opinions along political lines,

with much misinformation. And, if you

really want to be amused, try reading the

responses listed below the articles and

blogs on the internet. Yikes!

For more timely information on this and

other legislative subjects, please refer to

the Public Policy webpage on the IES

website.

WHAT’S A CBECS?Unless you are part of the energy code

development world or involved in building

energy performance modeling, you may

not be familiar with the term “CBECS”

(pronounced “See-bex”). It stands for

Commercial Building Energy Consumption

Survey and plays an important, almost

mandatory, role in the field of building

performance evaluation.

CBECS is part of the Energy Information

Administration (EIA) which is under the

DOE. From the EIA website: The U.S. Energy

Information Administration (EIA) collects,

by Bob Horner

POLICY POINTS Light Bulb Wars, Part Deux

Legislation pertaining to the incandescent

lamp sucks up most of the media attention, but

the uncertain fate of another item on the congressional docket

also has ramifications for our industry

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analyzes, and disseminates independent

and impartial energy information to promote

sound policymaking, efficient markets, and

public understanding of energy and its inter-

action with the economy and the environ-

ment. The EIA has an amazing amount of

statistical information available and is an

interesting website in and of itself.

But what about CBECS? From the

CBECS website (www.eia.gov/emeu/

cbecs) : The Commercial Buildings Energy

Consumption Survey is a national sample

survey that collects information on the

stock of U.S. commercial buildings, their

energy-related building characteristics,

and their energy consumption and expen-

ditures. Commercial buildings include all

buildings in which at least half of the floor-

space is used for a purpose that is not

residential, industrial, or agricultural, so

they include building types that might not

traditionally be considered “commercial,”

such as schools, correctional institutions,

and buildings used for religious worship.

The CBECS was first conducted in 1979;

the eighth, and most recent survey, was

conducted in 2003. CBECS is currently

conducted on a quadrennial basis. How

is the CBECS used? Information from

CBECS is the basis for many federal and

private sector energy efficiency and sus-

tainability programs, including the Energy

Star Buildings program, Leadership in

Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

for Existing Buildings, and other building

energy labeling platforms. For example, if

one wants to benchmark a particular build-

ing’s energy consumption against similar

buildings to judge relative performance,

the CBECS data provides that benchmark.

The CBECS is also used to check computer

modeling programs against real world data.

Recently, the U.S. EIA announced that

the 2007 edition of the Commercial Building

Energy Consumption Survey would not be

released due to statistical errors and that

the 2011 edition is suspended due to lack of

funding. This is basically a disaster—while

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it is possible to use 2003 data, a lot has

changed in the last four-to-eight years as

pertains to building energy consumption

due to the continuing pace of energy-

reducing retrofits and, to a lesser extent,

the construction of new buildings with

inherently lower energy consumption.

A coalition of stakeholders (including the

IES) sent a letter to several high-ranking

Congressional members to explain the need

for continued CBECS support. The amount of

money needed to continue the program this

fiscal year is $4 million—pocket change rela-

tive to the stratospheric budget numbers to

which we have become accustomed. At the

time of this writing (mid-July), several House

members have taken up the cause and deliv-

ered a wonderful colloquy on the House floor

in strong support of funding and resuming

work on the 2011 CBECS. In the meantime,

we are developing “Plan B” just in case

Congress (specifically, the Appropriations

Committee) does not save the day. Plan B

involves a public/private partnership solu-

tion. More to come . . . stay tuned.

I am confident a solution will be found . . .

for gosh sakes, we’re not trying to raise the

debt ceiling here!

Bob Horner is director of public policy for

the IES.


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Earley, principal, earleylight. For example, “bands of

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SHEIKH ZAYED BRIDGE


Call Abu Dhabi, UAE, the land of the bold gesture. Why

simply build a hotel when you can build a hotel with a

Formula 1 racetrack encapsulated by an illuminated steel

and glass shell, as was the case at the Yas Marina? When

a mammoth new mosque rises, the lighting design, alone, requires

six years, the construction lasts 15 years and the fi nished product

becomes a national icon.

Another bold gesture follows in 2011: After eight years of con-

struction, a striking new bridge—with colored light that fl ows

across its arches—creates a new eight-lane gateway from the

Dubai mainland to the island of Abu Dhabi.

The hallmark of the 842-meter (2,762-ft) long Sheikh Zayed

Bridge are the three curved steel arches of differing heights that

spring from concrete piers. The arches’ undulating shape has

been likened to that of a desert sand dune. The main arch soars to

a height of 60 meters above water level, with the road crowning

to a height of 20 meters above mean water level. In an unusual

architectural twist, the bridge’s wave-like structural form—or

“spine”—splits and diverges under the deck to the outside of the

roadway at one end of the bridge.

The lighting strategy, developed by Hollands Licht and Arup, re-

lies on subtle color-changing light that fl ows smoothly across the

bridge’s silhouetted spine both over and under the deck. This system

is complemented by linear fl uorescent luminaires tucked into “light

cells” embedded under the bridge deck, which provide white light.

FLUID SITUATION

The design scheme is steeped heavily in symbolism: “It is a met-

aphor for energy fl owing across the water [the Maqta Channel],

visualized by colors of light cross-fading from one to another while

simultaneously moving along the bridge’s spine,” says Hollands

Licht lead designer Rogier van der Heide (now chief design offi cer

and vice president at Philips), who was contacted by world-re-

nowned architect Zaha Hadid in 2000. As the sun sets, the bridge

A stunning new bridge spanning the Maqta Channel in Abu Dhabi rides a smooth wave of color-changing light

BY PAUL TARRICONE

Channel Surfer

At deck level, the theme lighting is interspersed with roadway lighting. The masts for each were designed for architectural compatibility. Fluorescent light in compartments under the bridge deck (right) is both static and kinetic, depending on the programming.

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structure appears to dematerialize due to this fl uid movement of

light. At night, the lighting renders the spine three-dimensionally

by projecting different colors on horizontal and vertical surfaces.

For its part, the roadway lighting (Philips Lighting) consists of

asymmetric metal halide luminaires that offer precise beam con-

trol so as not to interfere with the thematic lighting. By integrating

the roadway and theme lighting, van der Heide ensured that they

didn’t disturb each other and instead strengthened the overall

concept. With that goal in mind, van der Heide, in collaboration

with Hadid, designed the masts that support both the roadway

lighting and architectural lighting positioned along the deck.

More than 300 metal halide luminaires (two different fi xtures

from Martin Professional) provide the colored illumination. Along

with the pole-mounted fi xtures at deck level are luminaires that

sit under the bridge, at water level, and uplight the steel spine as it

curves under and over the deck. Dust-proof and waterproof equip-

ment was essential, says van der Heide, and both metal halide lu-

minaires used have an IP65 rating.

TELLING THE TALE

To bare Abu Dhabi’s “soul” through light, Arup’s Simone Collon

programmed 13 artistic lighting scenarios, which celebrate Abu

Dhabi’s religious traditions, festivals and other public events. In

addition, when there is a new moon, the bridge lighting comple-

ments the lighting of the nearby Grand Mosque, whose façade il-

lumination is based on the lunar cycle and seven color shifts. Once

a month, both architectural landmarks are tinted in deep blue. The

lighting scenarios “go far beyond simple color changes,” says Col-

lon. “They tell the story of a very special culture and city.”

Also helping to tell the Abu Dhabi story are fl ashes of white light

that emerge from rectangular light cells beneath the bridge deck.

This kinetic light is generated by 956 linear fl uorescent luminaires

(Martin Professional) fi tted inside these light cell compartments.

“The cell lighting is carefully integrated into the artistic concept of

the color fl ows,” says Collon. “Sometimes the light pulsates, trav-

els fast from one shore to the other or shows random patterns.”

The vibrant bridge is not only an architectural touchstone and

physical gateway to the city but is also being trumpeted as a po-

tential catalyst for economic growth in Abu Dhabi. Fortune may

literally follow the bold. ■

METRICS THAT MATTER

Sheikh Zayed BridgeLamp Types: 2Fixture Types: 3Total Number of Fixtures: 1,200-plus

Rogier van der Heide was previously director at Hollands Licht and global leader, architectural design practice, Arup, and is now chief design offi cer and vice president for Philips Lighting.Simone Collon is associate/lighting practice leader Europe for Arup.

THE DESIGNERS

The demanding physical environment required dustproof and waterproof luminaires. The two metal-halide fi xtures used for the color-changing effects are IP 65-rated.

Fixtures positioned at water level (left) uplight the spine beneath the bridge deck.


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TUKWILA STATION


Transit in Translation

Light is the universal language at a new light rail station in Tukwila, WA

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Mandarin, Tagalog, Spanish and Samoan—these are

just a few of the languages you might hear on any

given day at Sound Transit’s new Link light rail sta-

tion in Tukwila, WA, a Seattle suburb that boasts one

of the state’s most culturally diverse populations.

“A good number of these riders don’t speak or read English. But

even if you can’t read English, you can fi nd your way,” says Susan

June Olson, principal of the Seattle fi rm Light by Radiance, which

designed the lighting for four stations along the new light rail sys-

tem’s 13.9-mile Central Link, including the 100,000-sq ft Tukwila

International Boulevard Station. That’s because the station uses

a language all cultures understand: light. In both the exterior and

interior of the station, the lighting systems serve as wayfi nding

devices that direct patrons to and from vital areas of the com-

plex—the parking lot, connecting transportation pick-up and

drop-off points, and ticket windows.

The lighting also meets the needs of Sound Transit, the region-

al agency that owns and operates the light rail system. Primary

among its concerns was creating stations that were safe, highly

energy effi cient and easy to maintain. Olson addressed these ob-

jectives by producing light fi xture standards, which outline the

lamp and fi xture types to be used in all light rail stations. Though

they were created in 1999, the standards comply with the state’s

contemporary energy code—which mandates an LPD of 1.0 watt

per sq ft or less—without using today’s technology du jour: LEDs.

Instead, Olson selected pulse-start metal halide as the primary

lamp type for both exterior and interior lighting. At Tukwila, 3,200K

pulse-start metal halide was used for all outdoor and ground-fl oor

lighting and the majority of the interior lighting due to its energy

effi ciency and color-rendering properties. “A lot of transportation

projects use high-pressure sodium for effi ciency, but the color ren-

dering isn’t great,” says Olson. Given the area’s diverse population,

Olson wanted a source that would properly render a range of skin

tones, which “is an incredibly important element in identifying indi-

viduals, as well as rendering them on the security cameras.”

Designed to the agency’s light fi xture standards in 2003, the

$35 million Tukwila station opened in 2009 and received three

IES Illumination Awards of Merit in 2010: the Waterbury Award

for Outdoor Lighting Design, the Guth Award for Interior Lighting

Design and the Energy and Environmental Design Award.

Photos: Sternstein Photography


TUKWILA STATION


WALK-N-RIDE

Even before visitors set foot on the complex, lighting guides

the way. Situated just off of a major highway, the glowing station

beckons riders from the road. Within the complex, exterior light-

ing directs riders to and from the station, as well as to connecting

transportation nodes within the complex. “It was a critical com-

ponent for safety. A ton of people use the station, and during rush

hour there is a lot of vehicular traffi c,” says Olson.

For example, in the 600-space park-n-ride lot, a hierarchy of fi x-

tures helps to distinguish the main spine that leads visitors from

the lot to the station. Here, the hierarchy consists of two differ-

ent fi xtures with varying pole heights: 250-W fi xtures mounted

on 40-ft-tall poles line the perimeter of the lot, while 100-W lu-

minaires on 12-ft-tall pedestrian-scale poles call attention to the

spine that runs through its center.

Luminaire location identifi es circulation routes in the open-air

ground level, where buses and cars drop off and pick up riders.

Wall-mounted area lights (Kim Lighting) defi ne the entrance of the

drive-through and 100-W luminaires mounted on custom, bright

yellow arms mark the location of waiting areas to the left of the

drop-off and pick-up lane.

INSIDE TRACK

Lighting serves as wayfi nding in the station’s interior as well. On

the second level, a row of 3,500K fl uorescent pendants guides rid-

ers to ticket vending machines, while 3,200K metal halide downlights

provide ambient illumination. The fl uorescents’ cooler color tempera-

ture makes them pop against the warmer colored downlights.

Fluorescent also highlights architectural details throughout the

complex. In the stairwells, 4-ft, linear T8 luminaires are vertically

mounted at each corner to graze the X-shaped structural metal

beams. Similar structural members on the third fl oor platform area

are revealed by fl uorescent accents mounted overhead.

Elsewhere, pulse-start metal halide illuminates the interior of

the station. Across from the fl uorescent accents on the third fl oor,

100-W, truss-mounted metal halide area lights illuminate the train

A hierarchy of lighting fi xtures helps riders navigate the outdoor complex. Pedestrian-scale luminaires line the central spine, while taller parking lot lights defi ne the site’s border. On the open-air ground level, fi xtures with custom yellow arms mark waiting area locations.


TUKWILA STATION


platform and tracks. The escalators that lead to the platform are

indirectly lighted by metal halide luminaires (elliptipar) that throw

light onto a 45-ft-tall white ceiling. Since all fi xtures were required

to be accessible by a 12-ft ladder for maintenance reasons, Ol-

son created a custom arm that allows “people on the third-level

platform to pull the luminaires in and relamp them.” Metal halide

likewise lights art—PAR lamps accent the sculpture that hangs

above the escalator depicting an oversized drop of milk.

The interior lighting is also notable for what it doesn’t use. Dur-

ing the day, photocells installed on each of the three levels turn the

electric sources off when there is suffi cient natural light. Designed

to consume 0.56 watts per sq ft with the lights on, the interior actu-

ally uses far less thanks to copious daylighting, an achievement that

earned it a $45,000 rebate from the local utility, Seattle City Light. ■

METRICS THAT MATTER

ST Tukwila International Boulevard StationWatts per sq ft: interior = 0.56; exterior = 0.15 Lamp Types: 6 Fixture Types: 17

Susan June Olson, LC, Associate IALD, IIDA, LEED AP, Member IES (1987), is the founder and principal lighting designer for Light by Radiance in Seattle, WA.

THE DESIGNER

Pulse-start metal halide was used throughout the station, including on the third story, where it indirectly illuminates the escalators and accents "milk drop" hanging artwork. Retractable, custom arms (right) allow for easy relamping.

Fluorescents accent architectural elements, like the X-shaped structural metal beams on the third story. Truss-mounted metal halide area lights illuminate the track.


JOHN STREET ROUNDHOUSE PARK


Roundhouse Punch The subtle lighting of an historic

locomotive facility packs a wallop

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Round and round it goes in Toronto, but this circu-

lar story has a happy ending.

The story begins with an old circle—an un-

sightly “black hole” in the form of an abandoned

building that had marred the downtown landscape since

1988. The building in question is an historic steam train

roundhouse used for repairing and housing locomotives.

Today, a new circle has taken shape, as the roundhouse

has been transformed from an urban eyesore into a vibrant

retail center/railroad museum. And for good measure,

one more circle has been added to provide the fi nishing

touch: new façade lighting on the roundhouse that cleverly

evokes the wheel of a steam train—spokes and all.

That lighting of the 82-year-old building by Deborah

Gottesman, Gottesman Associates, Toronto, packs all

the visual impact of, well, a perfectly placed roundhouse




punch. “I love heritage lighting. I fi nd it very inspiring. If you listen

to the narrative of the building and pay attention, the design be-

comes a natural extension of the story,” says Gottesman.

Gottesman’s design, which earned a 2011 IES Illumination

Award of Merit, also includes the lighting of four historic buildings,

which were moved to the site to create the museum, the walk-

ways surrounding these buildings, railway artifacts such as tracks

and steam trains, and an old coal and sanding tower. Sensitive to

how the roundhouse and the other structures would mesh with

the urban fabric, Gottesman says the project team didn’t want

lighting that was “garish or too attention getting. We didn’t want

to blow it up; it had to be elegant and subdued.”

The historic nature of the site demanded such subtlety. Built in

1929 by Canadian Pacifi c Railway, the John Street Roundhouse

was in continuous service until 1988, able to service over 60

engines and train cars a day. Its central steam plant and 120-ft

turntable allowed engines to be moved without fi ring them up.

The 100,000-sq ft roundhouse has 32 engine repair bays and was

unique for its time in its use of daylighting: continuous clerestory

windows extend along both sides of each repair bay. In 1991, the

roundhouse was designated a Federal Heritage Building.

Today, it’s not steam trains being serviced but the general pub-

lic. Three tenants occupy the refurbished roundhouse: a brewery/

bar; a furniture retailer that caters to the downtown condo mar-

ket; and the railway museum.

With the site located in the heart of downtown, next to the Rog-

ers Centre, home of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays, the

goal was “to give the site a presence at night,” says Gottesman.

However, this had to be accomplished without poles or any other

structural manifestation of lighting. “There were existing pathways

within the site so for liability reasons, there were to be no poles and

nothing people could play with, trip over or climb on,” says Gottes-

man. As a result, most of the luminaires on the project are discreetly

hidden. And with the city as part owner, cost control was essential;

the project ultimately came in 10 percent below budget.

EVERYTHING IS BLACK AND WHITE

Gottesman’s concept for the roundhouse was to use the idea of

a wheel of a steam train to create visual interest on the black build-

ing canvas. Since no luminaires could be mounted on the building, in-

ground 18-W LED luminaires (Beta Calco) were positioned between

each pair of doors, to highlight the building form, create rhythm and

suggest the wheel. Uplight is shielded by the soffi t above. The ground

here can settle and shift over time, so the luminaires had to be easily

accessible and adjustable for aiming and alignment of the light pat-

tern. Almost 800 linear ft of façade is illuminated consuming only 700

watts of light. The clerestory windows (which were replaced during

the renovation) are illuminated from interior lights only, highlighting

the roundhouse’s curvature.

With its large doors and glass curtain wall, the roundhouse

takes on one appearance when it’s open for business (i.e., when

the doors are open) and a different look when it’s closed. “When

the doors are open, white dominates over black in that there are

When the roundhouse doors are closed, the in-ground LED luminaires fi xtures built into wood poles (inset, left), which cast light away from the




black stripes [the open doors, themselves] on a white building [il-

luminated from within],” says Gottesman. “When the doors are

closed, black dominates over white in that there are white stripes

of light from the embedded LEDs on a black building.”

The façade is the wheel, but what about the spokes? To cre-

ate the spokes, a sharp-beam LED optic from an existing lumi-

naire was designed into 4-ft-high custom wood post luminaires.

Approximately 3 ft above the ground, the light source faces away

from the façade and is aimed at the ground, resulting in the soft

stripes of light that symbolize the spokes.

The choice of LEDs for the roundhouse was dictated in part by

Toronto’s participation in Cree’s LED City program, but they were

the most logical source, regardless. “Today LEDs would absolute-

ly be used. This project was designed two years ago. LEDs are

good in the cold and they worked well at the time; we did a mock

up and they did make sense,” says Gottesman.

ROLLING INTO TOWN

Gottesman was also responsible for deftly lighting the four or-

phan buildings (a ticket booth, cabin, shed and station) as well as

various “rolling stock” artifacts that were trucked over to the site

from around the city. After the four buildings were meticulously re-

(inset, right) create white stripes on a black building, calling to mind the wheel of a steam train. Meanwhile, the “spokes” of the wheel are created by LED façade and on to the ground.




stored, LED cube downlights (Beta Calco) were tucked under sof-

fi ts to highlight building features and create an illuminated walkway

around each one. Simple metal refl ector heritage-style luminaires

(TMS Electrical) were also used inside and outside the buildings,

lamped with long-life, low-watt, cold-temperature cold cathode

lamps. The screw-base cold cathode lamps can be switched out

for other sources such as screw-base LED lamps, which were not

available at the time of the design.

Another centerpiece of the site is a coal and sanding tower,

which represented the only use of fl oodlighting on the project.

A steam train is displayed under the tower—”we wanted the

tower to be a bit of an attraction,” says Gottesman—and the ce-

ramic metal halide fl oodlights (elliptipar) are discreetly positioned

where the tower’s legs and underside meet. The CMH wide-beam

and vertical optics capture the details of the train for visitors.

The meticulous nature of this project extended to rigorous

mock-ups and product testing. . .weather be damned. “The mock-

ups and aiming were done a year apart in February,” says Got-

tesman. “Picture this—we’re out there by Lake Ontario and it’s

15-20 deg F. We wanted to test everything and we had about 60

Four and 9-W LED downlights tucked under the soffi ts of the historic buildings highlight the building features and create illuminated walkways around each one.




products for nine applications.” The mock-ups were conducted

over two nights, from 6:00 p.m. to midnight, and ranged in locale

from the snow-covered ground along the façade to an 80-ft lift de-

ployed to test signage lighting above the coal and sanding tower.

The team bundled up in layers, says Gottesman, knowing there

would be “a lot of standing around and looking around.” A small

price to pay, however, for a chance to make history. ■

METRICS THAT MATTER

John Street Roundhouse ParkWatts per linear ft: .89 along the façadeLamp Types: 3 Fixture Types: 5

Deborah Gottesman, P.Eng., MBA, LC, Member IES (1988), is prin-cipal lighting consultant at Gottesman Associates in Toronto. She is a Toronto Section past president, and has been a member of IES committees at the Regional and International levels.

THE DESIGNER

Mock-ups of 60 different products took place from 6:00 p.m. to midnight in frigid February weather.

Don Station was one of four orphan buildings in Toronto trucked to the site to create a railway museum.

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Change of Heart

The façade of a new Tijuana building pumps with blue and red light—an emblem of new life in a troubled city

BY ELIZABETH HALL

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Outfi tted with a high-end restau-

rant, an elevated running track

and an attention-grabbing, color-

changing LED façade, VIA Corpo-

rativo is hardly the type of contemporary

mixed-use building you’d expect to fi nd in

Tijuana, Mexico. And that’s precisely the

point. “People think of Tijuana and they

think drug wars,” says architect Ramón

Guillot Lapiedra, EstudioARG, Tijuana.

“We wanted to transmit something else by

creating a building that would shed a dif-

ferent light on the city and help its image;

we wanted to make a statement.”

The building’s façade lighting does just

that. Designed by Guillot Lapiedra and light-

ing designer Ron Neal of Ron Neal Lighting

Design in Carlsbad, CA, it comprises static

blue LEDs that illuminate a seven-and-

a-half-story aluminum architectural skin,

static red LEDs that light the eighth-story

roof, and color-changing LEDs that switch

between blue and red in the eight-story air

chamber that punctuates the middle of the

building’s north side.

LEDs also illuminate the adjacent

150-ft-tall concrete tower that houses

the elevators and restrooms, and is con-

nected to the main building by a 5-meter-

long bridge, as well as the building’s lobby,

which sits at the base of the tower. The

lighting not only gave the building a rec-

ognizable identity, it also helped VIA Cor-

porativo become the fi rst building in the

region to earn LEED Gold certifi cation.

BLUE SHOWS THE WAY

The Spanish word “via” translates to

“the way,” a term that inspired the design.

“The concept was based on a ‘way’ to in-

crease the quality of life for the occupants

by integrating things that would make peo-

ple comfortable, and that includes lighting.

We wanted lighting not only to be function-

al, but to inspire people,” says Neal.

Lighting also served as a way to alter

the perception of Tijuana through use

of color, specifi cally blue, a color that

connotes safety and peace, says Guillot

Lapiedra, who used blue LEDs to illumi-

nate the perforated aluminum skin that

shrouds three sides of the building.

During the day, the skin acts as an in-

sulation device that lowers the building’s

radiant heat while preserving views to the

outside. (Thermally separated, double-pane

windows further cool the building; Guillot

Lapiedra estimates that it uses only natural

ventilation for three-quarters of the year.)

The curved, wavy skin protects the build-

ing by blocking winds, including the strong

Santa Ana winds which are defl ected by the

convex portion of the skin.

At night, more than 400 blue LEDs mount-

ed on the inside edge of the scrim refl ect

onto the building’s glass-and-metal façade

and back onto the exterior aluminum skin

to transform the façade into a glowing lan-

tern. Red LED luminaires mounted outside

of the eighth-story parapet wash the un-

derside of the roof for an interesting color

contrast. (All LED façade lighting used on

the project is Philips Color Kinetics with

the exception of the blue LEDs, which were

sourced by EstudioARG.)

A HEART BEATS AT THE CORE

The north-facing side of the building—

which is exposed to less sunlight—is the

only portion of the façade not covered

by aluminum skin. For colorful nighttime

lighting on this side of the building, Neal

suggested LEDs to illuminate the air

chamber, a main artery that connects the

lower-level parking garage with the main

eight stories of commercial space above

and the adjoining concrete tower. Topped

with a low-e glass-coated skylight, the

chamber brings natural light to the offi ce

Punctuating the northern façade, an air chamber is illuminated by RGB LEDs. The magenta LEDs incorporate 50 percent of the two static façade colors—the blue that lights the architectural skins on the other three façades and the red that washes the roof overhang. Inside the chamber (left), light is refl ected off of the glass.

Photos: Carlos Varela


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areas on each fl oor. What’s more, “it’s a

vein, a heart, a sculpture that helps com-

municate between all the spaces within

the building,” says Guillot Lapiedra.

Positioning the LEDs to achieve the right

effect was a challenge given the air cham-

ber’s complex shape. In the center of the

north side, the air chamber sits half out-

side, half inside the building. The outward-

facing half of the chamber is fi tted with a

perforated metal scrim inside the green-

tinted glass. On each fl oor, six LED lumi-

naires were mounted to the exterior ceiling

outside of the chamber glass “to wash the

building scrim. We knew we’d be able to

get light through that scrim onto the refl ec-

tive glass spaces within the chamber. The

light gets telegraphed into other spaces

through the refl ections,” says Neal.

Rather than adding a third color to an al-

ready bold façade, “we dialed in precisely

50 percent of the red and blue colors to

create magenta, which is an amalgam of

the roof and façade,” says Neal. Turned on

from dusk to dawn, the RGB LED luminaires

change color approximately every 15 min-

utes, shifting from red to magenta to blue.

LIGHTING THE VOID

On the opposite side of the building, the

lighting for the 150-ft-tall concrete tower

makes a different statement. “It’s a solid

structure with a void of light [to demon-

strate] the idea that ‘within a void there is

the light,’” says Guillot Lapiedra. The “void”

is represented by an eight-story recession

in one of the tower’s four sides. The nega-

tive corner was then fi lled with light, us-

ing only one high-output LED fl oodlight to

uplight the void. A warm-white color was

selected “to keep it neutral. We wanted to

distinguish that element and to identify it

as its own form, but we didn’t want to in-

troduce another color to the façade light-

ing scheme,” explains Neal.

At the base of the tower is the two-

story lobby. Here, white LEDs reveal a

colorful architectural element—translu-

cent red glass panels that line the lobby

wall. As in the air chamber, Guillot Lapie-

dra wanted the lobby panels to have an

asymmetrical shape, so randomly posi-

tioned, 10-deg LED luminaires graze the

panels from behind to create an abstract

pattern. Visible through the green-tinted

lobby doors, the interior panels are a sign

that the building’s commitment to color is

more than just skin deep. ■

Ron Neal, IALD, Member IES (2010), is the principal and founder of Ron Neal Lighting Design in Carlsbad, CA.

Ramón Guillot Lapiedra, LEED AP, is the architectural director for Estu-dioARG in Tijuana, Mexico.

THE DESIGNERS

METRICS THAT MATTER

VIA Corporativo Façade Lamp Types: 1Fixture Types: 5LEED Gold certifi ed

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STREETL IGHT SPEC


sole-source listing will lead to them paying

more than they should.

While this approach seems prudent,

quite a few municipal specifi ers that I’ve

spoken with share the frustration of not

ending up with the product(s) they want-

ed, even after some comprehensive re-

search prior to issuing their RFP. It’s clear

that the three-name approach often has

the result of nullifying this research, and

the city ending up with an inferior product.

One reason for this is that it is very diffi -

cult to identify three LED luminaires that

are truly equal, particularly when it comes

to decorative street lighting.

More so than other bid items, outdoor

street lighting is a complex landscape of

variables that is very diffi cult to navigate.

While announcing the results of last year’s

Next Generation Luminaires competition

at the Strategies in Light conference, the

judges shared that next year’s competition

might not include outdoor street lighting

products, due to the inherent diffi culty in

judging that particular family of luminaires.

This diffi culty is what leads to the prob-

lem of constructing a proper RFP. What of-

ten happens is that the specifi er (municipal

employee or contract engineer) will gather

education on various LED products and

technologies. This may come from lighting

agents, other lighting specifi ers or municipal

contacts, or straight from the websites of

lighting authorities such as the Department

of Energy and/or IES. Armed with an under-

standing of LED technology, a specifi cation

begins to take shape around a product that

the specifi er feels meets their particular

needs (both performance and budgetary)

and is built and engineered appropriately.

Then, usually just before the RFP is issued,

the city will require that two more names be

When it comes to issuing an RFP, municipalities face a common challenge: how

to get the product(s) they want, while providing for fair and healthy competi-

tion that results in getting the best price. One of the more common approaches

taken by municipalities is to mandate that three names (or products) be listed

on the specifi cation or bid document. Sometimes this is mandated as part of the state or fed-

eral monies tied to the project. In other cases, the city is concerned that a one-name spec or

This Spec Shall Remain Nameless

An RFP with a performance specifi cation—rather than the commonly used three-name spec—can help municipalities get the appropriate streetlight product for their project

BY PAUL MITCHELL

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added to the RFP in order to satisfy its (often

unwritten) rule of a three-name spec. While

the intent is to create “equal ground” or “fair

market competition,” what the city is actu-

ally doing in far too many cases is watering

down or negating the requirements that its

specifi er spent months deciding were im-

portant. This approach to selecting an LED

fi xture fl ies in the face of the LED education

that the DOE and IES strive to put forth. This

can be particularly frustrating to the speci-

fi er, who is aware that the other products

are not what their research led them to, but

they’re unable or unwilling to “fi ght city hall.”

Once a product is listed on the RFP, the

low-bid contractor can supply it as pre-

approved, even though in many cases it

is inferior to the primary product being

specifi ed. Pointing out any inequities or

issues with the fi xtures is a moot point.

Even if the city becomes aware of these

issues, it would face a legal challenge

from the low-bid contractor and/or dis-

tributor because the product was already

listed on the legal document, i.e., the RFP.

A BETTER MOUSE TRAP

A better approach to issuing a specifi -

cation for LED street lighting is to gener-

ate a performance specifi cation, listing

no manufacturer names or catalog num-

bers. By taking this approach, you keep

the focus where it belongs, on the perfor-

mance required from the fi xture. You also

avoid the aforementioned pitfalls.

Obviously the criteria should come pri-

marily from the DOE and IES, rather than

from any one manufacturer’s literature.

When the project is being privately fund-

ed, the specifi er generally has the free-

dom to lock in on any product he selects

(within the project’s budgetary guide-

lines). However, when dealing with public

monies, the specifi er takes a signifi cant

risk by inserting verbiage into the RFP

taken directly from one product’s specs,

or building a specifi cation that is clearly

designed to disguise a sole source inten-

tion. Few specifi ers are willing to take

this risk, knowing the long-term battles

that are likely to ensue and the potential

to jeopardize their credibility on future

projects. If they take the more prudent

route suggested here, then it doesn’t mat-

ter how many manufacturers or contrac-

tors bid the job. All will truly be on equal

ground, and the city will be in a much

stronger position to get a product that will

do everything that’s expected.

Here is an example of boilerplate per-

formance criteria around which an RFP

can be built, incorporated with the spe-

cifi c requirements of an individual project.

• Lumen data should be generated per

diode testing that meets IES LM-80-08.

• IES fi les should be generated per ab-

solute photometry, as described in IES

LM-79-08. Note that the current itera-

tion of the LM-79-08 standard does not

call out the CCT, nor the drive current

of the sample tested. These should be

identifi ed. In addition, the RFP should

stipulate that the LM-79 testing was

conducted with the light engine inside

the desired style of fi xture.

• Lumen depreciation should be defi ned

in terms of IES TM-21-11. Likewise, a

minimum L70 rating should be specifi ed,

using a drive current consistent with

the drive current used for the LM-79

photometry testing.

• The desired range of acceptable CCT

should be identifi ed.

• Any LED photometric layouts or iso-

lines that are provided, must call out

the LLF that was used so that they can

be equally compared and trusted to be

realistic.

• If the municipality is converting from

high-pressure sodium, low-pressure

sodium or mercury vapor to a broad

spectrum white light source (LED,

metal halide or induction), the RFP

should specify whether or not any

photopic/scotopic multiplier may be

applied, so that everyone is competing

on an equal basis of comparison.

• Minimum luminaire effi cacy should be

specifi ed, which translates to energy

savings. This must be generated by di-

odes using the acceptable range of CCT,

and should only apply to the downward

delivered lumens actually being utilized.

Typically, uplight is considered wasted

energy that contributes to sky glow,

and should not be counted. Note also

that in many cases, effi cacy will vary

depending on the IES distribution type.

Just before the RFP is issued, the city will require that two more names be added to the RFP. While the intent is to create ‘fair market competition,’ what the city is actually doing is watering down or negating the specifier’s requirements, which took months to develop


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• When relevant, as in the case of a

decorative fi xture, acceptable and/or

unacceptable lens styles should be

specifi ed. You want to avoid achieving

higher delivered lumens at the cost of

higher glare and may prefer an opaque

or diffuse lens.

• Any/all required uniformity ratios should

be clearly stated, and the municipality

should be prepared to provide prospec-

tive bidders with an AutoCAD fi le of the

streetscape so that proper layouts can

be provided for review and comparison.

• Minimum warranty terms should be

specifi ed that include both the LED ar-

ray and the driver. In addition, the RFP

should require any bidders to clarify

what triggers their warranty.

• The driver should be UL or ETL recog-

nized, and minimum driver effi ciency

should be specifi ed.

• The RFP should specify a minimum lu-

minaire surge protection level, such as

IEEE/ANSI C62.41.2.

If the RFP is structured around perfor-

mance criteria in this way, then there is no

need to require three names, or even to

list any specifi c luminaire. The document

can include a simple line drawing or pho-

tograph in order to identify the desired

style or design. In addition, the RFP can

descriptively identify the preferred de-

sign style (suspended, four-sided lantern;

post-top, six-sided lantern; cobra-head

luminaire; shoe-box style, etc).

Another measure that can be taken in

order to confi rm the quality of the low-bid

fi xture is to require three or four samples

for mockup, so that less tangible variables

can be reviewed for any red fl ags. These

might include ease of access to the LED

array and/or driver in the case of main-

tenance or an upgrade; reviewing the

sturdiness of hinges or other hardware;

reviewing the quality of castings, specifi c

aluminum alloys, and/or the paint fi nish.

Understandably, some federal and

state grants may mandate the three-

name approach. But as LED technology

and new adaptive controls permeate the

lighting market, hopefully that approach

will shift and allow all of us to approach

the bid process in a more effective way.

As a secondary benefi t, the adoption of

performance specifi cations like this will

entice manufacturers to design and engi-

neer their luminaires to a higher standard,

making more effi cient and cost-effective

options available in the marketplace. ■

Paul Mitchell, Member IES (2004), is regional manager—sales and education with Sternberg Lighting.

THE AUTHOR

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RESEARCH


The Integrated Design Labs at the

University of Washington in Seattle

and University of Idaho in Boise in

partnership with New Buildings In-

stitute have developed a free web-based

design resource for the implementation

of proven daylighting design strategies in

commercial buildings. The Daylighting Pat-

tern Guide (http://patternguide.advanced-

buildings.net/ ) provides building designers,

owners and students a platform to explore

the relationships between sky, site, build-

ing aperture and space planning. This

interactive resource uses a combination

of real-world built examples, including of-

fi ces, schools, libraries, laboratories, mu-

seums and industrial facilities (Figure 1),

and advanced simulation to set the stage

for substantial reductions in lighting power

density and overall building energy use.

Over the past decade the Integrated

Design Labs have provided daylighting de-

sign and technical assistance to architects,

engineers and lighting designers in the Pa-

cifi c Northwest and nationally. Much of this

work has been funded by the Northwest

Energy Effi ciency Alliance as part of a com-

mercial building conservation program. This

practice has revealed recurrent themes,

key variables and architectural principles,

which were demonstrated by daylit spaces

that had proven to be successful over time.

Building upon this knowledge, we have built

a series of daylighting patterns that identify

and visually represent these successes and

lessons-learned in an intuitive and visually

oriented online resource. The Guide illus-

trates successful daylighting design pat-

terns by placing an emphasis on creating

visually comfortable spaces because our

experience suggests this will help ensure

that that occupants accept energy-effi cien-

cy measures associated with daylight such

as automated electric lighting controls.

A recent study by the Heschong Mahone

Group revealed that less than 25 percent of

the predicted energy savings are realized in

spaces with daylight delivered from the side

(Heschong et al., 2005). Even more reveal-

ing is that more than 70 percent of the rea-

sons identifi ed for failure relate directly to a

lack of human satisfaction with the overall

daylight performance, with less than 30

percent explained by failures due to hard-

ware components. This follows our experi-

ence, which suggests that poor daylighting

performance stems primarily from the fact

that many spaces with daylight fail to meet

the visual satisfaction expectations of oc-

cupants either due to insuffi cient daylight,

imbalanced distribution of daylight, or chal-

lenges maintaining visual comfort with such

a highly variable light source.

As a starting point, we developed a

list of daylighting design strategies and

principles and prioritized the most critical

A study of spaces around the U.S. offers both proof of concept and valuable ammunition when making the daylighting case to architects and owners

BY CHRISTOPHER MEEK AND KEVIN VAN DEN WYMELENBERG

Figure 1. Selected building interiors used in the Daylighting Pattern Guide.

A Guide to Daylighting Success

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variables to overall daylighting success.

We then developed a matrix including

daylighting design variables and possible

design approaches or “daylighting pat-

terns.” We contacted daylighting experts

from around the country to supply candi-

date buildings for site visits and inclusion

in the Guide. Site visits consisted of col-

lecting illuminance and luminance data

of the spaces of interest. High Dynamic

Range (HDR) photography techniques

were used to document the luminous con-

ditions of the spaces and were later used

to create luminance maps of the scenes.

Next, digital models were created us-

ing site measurements, photography and

architectural drawings. These models

were processed in the Radiance simula-

tion program where detailed rendering

parameters and material properties were

input. Rendering cameras were specifi ed

to match the fi eld of view of the photo-

graphed space. Then a simplifi ed accura-

cy check was conducted on the Radiance

simulations using the HDR photographs of

the built spaces to fi ne tune material prop-

erties and simulation parameters.

After the as-built simulations were fi -

nalized, a series of test conditions were

developed in order to explore successful

and unsuccessful compositions of day-

light distribution. These test conditions

were choreographed into a series of “pat-

tern steps” (Figure 2) that combine to

make up an individual pattern sequence il-

lustrating an important daylighting design

variable. This allows us to demonstrate

the relationships between good built ex-

amples of daylit space, the information

generated by design tools and the kind of

“rule of thumb” guidelines that designers

commonly apply. We felt that beginning

with successful built spaces was critical

to support meaningful interpretation and

increase confi dence in the results. Our

highest priority was given to qualitative

data, essentially via color renderings,

with supporting quantitative data such as

luminance distribution diagrams.

In order to support navigation, an instru-

mented dashboard indicates simulation

parameters for time of day, time of year and

sky condition. A consistent key was made

for illumination plots, and the percent of

fl oor area that achieved a specifi ed illumi-

nation criterion is called out for each pat-

tern step. A “fi lmstrip” reveals the different

geometric variables explored throughout a

given pattern and is commonly illustrated

with architectural section icons and occa-

sionally other widgets.

Four of the 19 patterns in the Guide are

outlined here to provide an introduction to

the content available in the online resource.

EXHIBITS A-D

Pattern A-Work Station Partitions: This

pattern sequence (Figure 3) is based on

the Banner Bank Building in Boise, ID. It

includes a 40 percent window-to-exterior

wall ratio with a window head height at 9 ft,

6 in., a sill height at 3 ft and a ceiling height

at 10 ft. Interior refl ectances are roughly

80 percent-50 percent-20 percent for ceil-

ing, walls and fl oors, respectively. The pat-

tern reveals the signifi cant interaction be-

tween daylight penetration from perimeter

glazing and interior offi ce furniture design.

The selection and design of open offi ce fur-

niture, especially workstation partitions,

requires care to ensure the preservation

of daylight and views. Even in the most

carefully considered daylighting solutions,

effective workstation design can be the

difference between realizing daylighting

goals and unintentionally compromising

design intentions. This pattern illustrates

the challenges associated with providing

Figure 2. Layout of an example “pattern step.”


RESEARCH


Christopher Meek, Member IES (2001), is a research assistant professor of architecture at the University of Washington and registered architect in the State of Washington. He is among the core faculty of the Integrated Design Lab (IDL) at the University’s College of Built EnvironmentsKevin Van Den Wymelenberg, Member IES (2007), is an assistant professor at the University of Idaho, director of the Integrated Design Lab in Boise (IDL), and part of the leadership of the CAES Energy Effi ciency Research Institute.

THE AUTHORSdaylight from one side when interior fur-

niture partitions exceed 42 in. parallel to

daylight glazing.

Pattern B-Glass Area Ratios: This pat-

tern (Figure 4) is based upon NBBJ Ar-

chitects’ New York City offi ce space at

2 Rector Street. The pattern sequence

highlights the implications of different

degrees of glass-to-wall area ratios (20

percent, 26 percent, and 30 percent) while

also revealing the effect of glazing located

on one, two and three sides. The pattern

demonstrates how important it is to have

daylight from multiple sides and how one

can provide substantial daylight using a 30

percent glazing-to-wall area ratio as long

as windows are provided on multiple sides.

Pattern C-Blinds and Shades: Blinds

and shades provide a range of methods

to control direct sunlight and redirect

diffuse daylight (Figure 5). Assuming a

reasonable relationship between section

depth and window head height (does not

exceed 2:1), suffi cient daylight can be

provided by windows on just one side of

a space. However, blind systems and their

use (or lack of use) by occupants can be

the single largest determinate of realized

daylight performance in many building

types. This pattern examines multiple

blind types and positions given various

weather conditions to illustrate an often

overlooked, but absolutely critical aspect

of effective daylighting design. While

fi xed external shading can provide signifi -

cant benefi ts, it is rare that glare control

can be entirely solved without some form

of blinds or internal shades.

Poor design that results in blind closure

for long periods can make an otherwise

well-daylit space virtually non-daylit.

Specifi cally, this pattern illustrates that

inadvertently leaving blinds deployed

during an overcast day results in only 21

percent of the space as “daylit” whereas

on a sunny day, 89 percent of the space

is “daylit” with the blinds deployed at

the same position. To solve this problem,

some buildings incorporate automated

roller shades or louver blinds. This allows

blinds to be adjusted based on time of day

or sky condition or simply repositioned

open after a preset time.

The case study example used here is the

Genzyme Building at 500 Kendall Street in

Cambridge, MA, designed by Behnisch

Architekten. It is important to note that

the Genzyme building uses automated

motorized daylight enhancing blinds with

weather station and astronomic time

clock control and allows for user over-

rides of the system. However, to illustrate

important points about blinds use, several

other types of blinds and blind control as-

sumptions are included.

Pattern D-Toplighting (Small Building):

This pattern provides a model for effec-

tive daylighting design in small-scale, sin-

gle-story commercial construction. This

building type constitutes the vast major-

ity of new and existing buildings in North

America. These buildings represent a

tremendous daylighting opportunity—

which is applicable to retail, offi ce, light

industrial and other small-scale building

Figure 3. Excerpts from the pattern sequence showing daylight renderings with different furniture. At the left with no furniture, then desks, then 42-in. partitions, and at the far right with 60-in. partitions.

Figure 4. Excerpts from the pattern sequence showing the as-built condition (far left) and daylight renderings of the space with a 30 percent glass-to-wall area on one, two and three sides (far right).


RESEARCH


typologies—through the use of skylights

and vertical glazing. This is primarily be-

cause the entire fl oor plate, regardless

of orientation or section depth, has day-

light access from overhead. In this case

(Figure 6), we explore a range of skylight

distributions, transparent vs. diffusing

skylight glazing, the inclusion of view

windows and the role of wall-washing

skylights.

This case study example is the IDeAs

Offi ce Building in San Jose, CA, designed

by the EHDD Architecture and Integrated

Design Associates (IDeAs). The building

is a renovation of an existing single-story

retail bank building. Through the use of

daylighting, along with an innovative me-

chanical system and rooftop photovoltaic

panels, the IDeAs offi ce building achieves

net-zero energy use on an annual basis.

THE GUIDE’S GOOD INTENTIONS

Our intention with the Daylighting Pat-

tern Guide is to provide a resource that

designers can consult to generate ideas

for initial concept design and to show-

case the range of critical considerations

inherent in a broad range of daylighting

designs. By beginning with existing highly

regarded daylighting projects we provide

both a level of “proof of concept” and a

measure of real-world feasibility. We

hope that the Guide will be informative to

design teams as they work with owners

and users in making the case for daylight

illuminated buildings. The Guide can also

be useful in promoting collaboration and

discussion about possible design alterna-

tives among architects, engineers, light-

ing designers and interior designers. We

also think the Guide will be useful to stu-

dents exploring daylighting alternatives

in architectural studios.

The Guide cannot be a replacement for

the rigorous testing of specifi c design

ideas—in fact we consider the appropri-

ate use of simulation tools to be critical

to effective daylighting design. We do

however feel that by illustrating high-per-

formance daylit buildings and the design

iterations possible within their typologi-

cal context, that designers might begin

at a point closer to a successful daylight-

ing outcome and that any simulation time

and effort will be applied toward the most

meaningful lines of design inquiry. ■

REFERENCESHeschong, L., Howlett, O., McHugh, J., & Pande, A. (2005).

Sidelighting Photocontrols Field Study. NEEA and PG&E and SCE.

US-DOE. (2006). 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Con-sumption Survey.

US-EIA. (2008). Energy Information Administration - EIA - Offi cial Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government. Energy Information Administration: Offi cial Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government.

Christopher Meek, Member IES (2001), is a research assistant profes-sor of architecture at the University of Washington and registered archi-tect in the State of Washington. He

is among the core faculty of the Integrated Design Lab (IDL) at the University’s College of Built Environments.

Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, Member IES (2007), is an assistant professor at the University of Idaho, director of the Integrated Design Lab in Boise (IDL), and part of the leader-

ship of the CAES Energy Effi ciency Research Institute.

THE AUTHORS

Figure 6. Excerpts from the pattern sequence showing the as-built condition (far left) and daylight renderings of the space with several different toplighting strategies.

Figure 5. Excerpts from the pattern sequence showing the as-built condition (far left) and daylight renderings of the space with blinds retracted under a sunny sky, with light redirecting blinds deployed under a sunny sky, and with the same blind position under an overcast sky (far right).


IES CONFERENCE PREVIEW


SUSTAINABILITY & ECONOMICS

In an age when the hot topic is

decreasing our impact on the earth, how

do sustainable design solutions impact

the economics of the client, the region

and the nation? Sustainability fi rst costs

can be an overwhelming obstacle—but

can the economics work to encourage

sustainability pursuits beyond simply

achieving the feel-good label of “Friend

of the Environment”? See the discus-

sion unfold as our experts describe the

extreme considerations and present a

balanced business case for the econom-

ics of sustainability.

ARCHITECT & ENGINEER

The two disciplines work together

all the time, but how do they really feel

about the needs of one another? Is the

siting and fenestration of the building

more important than the lighting and

energy impacts the site and windows

yield? Integrated teams are standard

today, but the question actually is

whether or not there is a best-case solu-

tion to a balanced approach to daylight,

electric light and energy consumption.

The experts will provide you with facts

and opinions for consideration as you

embark on your next integrated design.

Monday, October 31

Sparring SpeakersThere are fl ashpoint topics in the

lighting industry that provoke strong

feelings on both sides. During four

separate 90-minute “sparring sessions,”

our combatants will be asked to argue

the “extreme” side of their respective

topics . . . but then come to a meeting of

the minds at the close of the session and

offer a joint solution. The four topics and

sparring partners are:

HEALTH & ENERGY

Usually the debate over which lighting

technology to use comes down to quality

and watts per sq ft, but does anyone ever

think about how the technologies affect

the health and well-being of humankind?

Is the use of energy-saving technolo-

gies more important than decreasing the

harmful effects of energy saving tech-

nologies on people? Can the two ideals be

integrated into one lighting solution?

EDUCATION & ENERGY

Educational facilities today are a

magnet for trying out sustainable design

features and practices. But what is the

impact to the educational environment

and its purpose when watts per sq ft

is the primary consideration of codes

and standards? These positions can be

worlds apart, so sit down, pull out your

pencils and fi nd out if our experts can fi nd

a common ground.

Of Sparring and Sketching

The structure of the 2011 IES Annual Conference, “Lessons in Sketching: From Mas-

ter Classes to Global Lighting Solutions,” is designed to help every attendee learn the

benefi ts of sketching—the idea of getting something on to paper that you may simply

be mulling in your head. At fi rst, attendees will watch how experts resolve technical

confl icts and fi nd solutions, but as the conference progresses, they will be challenged to

think independently and develop (and sketch) their own solutions and ideas.

Here’s a glimpse of some of what’s to come in Austin. To learn more go to www.ies.org/ac.

IES Annual Conference, October 30-November 1, Austin, TX

vs.

Joan Roberts (Health)

Michael Lane (Energy)

vs.

Willard Warren (Energy)

Mark Ryles (Education)

vs.

Denise Fong (Sustainability)

Craig Kohring (Economics)

vs.

Ronald Battagli(Architect)

Connie Samla (Engineer)

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Arrive in Austin a little bit early, or carve out

some time post-conference to see the best of both

lighting design and art at Arthouse. The lighting

design by Nelson Jenkins, Lumen Architecture,

captured a 2011 Lumen Award of Excellence from

the IES New York City Section and an IES Illumination Award of Merit.

Both a theater and department store in previous incarnations, Art-

house blurs any distinction between art and architecture. Its lighting

dazzles and embraces modernity through light and form. Despite a tight

budget and strict energy allowances, Jenkins and his team focused on cre-

ating functionality and strong visual elements. The signature architectural

components are the building walls, now artistically punctured by LED illu-

minated green glass blocks that accentuate the interior and exterior during

both the day and at night.

If You Have Time...

Sketch as You GoThe one constant throughout the

three-day event will be the sketchpad.

Every attendee will receive a sketch-

book with their registration and are

encouraged to “sketch as they go”

during the various sessions and IES

Illumination Awards presentation. Bring

crayons, colored pens, colored pencils,

watercolors—whatever helps your

brain work best—and don’t feel that

these sketches are limited to drawings

(doodles, notes and other visual expres-

sions of ideas are equally valuable).

There will be scanners in the circula-

tion areas of the conference so attend-

ees can scan their sketchbook pages to

share them with other attendees. There

will be prizes for participation, and a

PowerPoint presentation will display

this grab bag of sketches during the

Gala dinner on Tuesday evening.

Monday, October 31

Research AppliedOftentimes, when practitioners attend presentations on lighting research, they sit

there listening attentively but leave the room asking what does it mean for me and my

everyday design work?

Ask no longer: Four “Research Applied” sessions will consist of researchers (who

will discuss key fi ndings on a specifi c lighting topic) paired with an “application special-

ist” (who will discuss how these fi ndings can be translated into design solutions for

a real-world project). The structure of these sessions represents a new format for

researchers at the IES Annual Conference and is meant to help both the research and

design communities gain a better understanding of the other.

Leading off the “Research Applied“ sessions will be Prof. Ron Gibbons, Virginia Tech

University, and lighting designer Nancy Clanton, Clanton Associates, who will pres-

ent on how LED sources measure up against high-pressure sodium and low-pressure

sodium on roadways in three U.S. cities: Anchorage, AK, San Diego and San Jose, CA.

The evaluation of each lighting system considered both public acceptance and driver

visual performance.

Tuesday, November 1

FuturecastingThe educational program closes on the afternoon of November 1

with a “futurecasting” presentation by Hans-Peter Loock, a profes-

sor of chemistry at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, who will

discuss the development of a fi ber-optic guitar—and other instru-

ments such as a violin and cello—to record sound. What does this

mean to the future of lighting design? If we can really use light to create music, what

other non-visual, sensory, applications might be possible?

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NY—in just one month, a one-for-one

lighting replacement with a roughly

one-year payback made one big impact on the

city’s Brewster Street Parking Garage. Tired of

sending maintenance crews out to relamp the

three-story garage’s 100-W high-pressure so-

dium fi xtures, the city selected LED luminaires

from RAB Lighting to replace the existing 264

fi xtures, which operate 24/7.

The luminaires’ light engines have a 50,000

hour-rated lifetime and are expected to provide

fi ve to six years of maintenance-free operation.

Each luminaire features two 13-W LED light en-

gines, for a total of 26 watts, a 77 percent reduc-

tion in energy compared to the previous HPS

fi xtures. Based on energy savings alone, the city

expects to use 240,000 kWh less and save more

than $46,000 per year. What’s more, it received

a $250 energy-effi ciency rebate per fi xture from

local utility Long Island Power Authority that off-

set $68,000 of the initial project cost.

Beyond energy and maintenance savings, the

new luminaires “delivered a much brighter and

whiter light to the parking garage than the previ-

ous technology,” says Glen Cove mayor, Ralph

Suozzi. The 5,000K color temperature light

“helps improve people’s sense of security [be-

cause] they have higher visual acuity with the

cooler light,” explains Nathan Drucker, applica-

tions engineering manager for RAB Lighting.

While the 2,128-lumen LED luminaires techni-

cally deliver fewer lumens than the HPS lights,

their fully shielded, full-cutoff design “directs

light where we want it,” says Drucker. “The

mounting height was ideal for the performance

characteristics of the fi xture, as opposed to fi x-

tures with an uncontrolled uplight component

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1. The Rain Chandelier by

Bruck Lighting consists of cas-

cades of hand-blown glass pen-

dants from a square canopy up to

6 ft from the ceiling. This design

uses either (15 or 24) 3-W LEDs

or 20-W halogen lamps. Custom

designs are welcomed.

www.brucklighting.com

2. American Lighting introduced

its E Series LED Recessed

Downlight, a warm-white, highly

efficient and easy-to-install

product for both commercial and

residential use. The 6-in. and 4-in.

LED recessed lights are designed

to retrofit into most standard

cans for lighting. The dimmable

recessed lights feature: 3,000K

color temperature; 35,000 hours

of average life; and more than 45

lumens per watt (6-in. model).

www.americanlighting.com

3. Alumen8A introduces the 8-SR

Series of ultra-shallow, recessed

T5 luminaires for new installations

or retrofits in commercial and

institutional environments. 8-SR

Series has a 3-in., recessed down-

light design, adaptable vertically

or horizontally along acoustical

ceiling panels in any size space,

designed for shallow/crowded

plenums. Housings are flush-

mounted ceiling squares or rect-

angles. Each luminaire is 2 ft by 2

ft, or 2 ft by 4 ft and uses 14, 21, 28

or 54 watts of T5 linear fluorescent

lamping. www.alumen-8.com

4. Ideal introduces the Met-

Con connector that houses its

popular PowerPlug 182S two-

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pole luminaire disconnect.

Equipped with a connector

latch, this protective enclo-

sure enables electricians to

easily replace LED modules

located in the air-handling

space without the use of

tools. Users simply pull down

the module, undo the latch,

disconnect the Met-Con to cut

power from the luminaire and

make the replacement.

www.idealindustries.com/

products/oem

5. HessAmerica introduces

Teramo, large-scale, in-ground

luminaires available in 27-, 39-,

and 50-in. lengths with LED or

T5HO light sources. Teramo’s

high-performance scoop

reflector with internal shielding

provides uniform illumination

of façades up to 30 ft high,

while concealing lamp images

from normal pedestrian view-

ing angles. It accommodates

T5HO linear fluorescent sourc-

es and LEDs in warm, neutral

and cool-white color tempera-

tures. www.hessamerica.com

6. Kirlin’s new brochure

features its SmartLED MRI

Lighting System, a turnkey

lighting package of LED lumi-

naires, drivers and filters.

SmartLED downlights, adjust-

ables and wall washers feature

20-W and 38-W LED light

engines; up to 2,450 lumens

and 84 CRI; and a 50,000 hour

LED life. SmartSupply driv-

ers drive up to 12 20-W or six

38-W SmartLED luminaires

and provide 0-100 percent

dimming. SmartFilters protect

SmartSupply channels.

www.kirlinlighting.com

7. WattStopper has published

a set of best practice solu-

tions for classrooms to

help specifiers and facility

managers identify and imple-

ment energy-saving lighting

control solutions. The online

tool offers users a range of

design options to meet differ-

ent energy-savings goals and

provides detailed informa-

tion, from wiring diagrams to

equipment schedules. The

best practice solutions are

available free of charge at

www.wattstopper.com/

bestpractices/

8. Power Sources Unlimited,

Inc. announces the N2 Power

XL375 Series of single out-

put 375W ITE AC-DC power

switching supplies. The XL375

Series of AC-DC Ultra-Small

Switching Power Supplies

are capable of delivering 375

watts of continuous power in

a 3.3-in.-wide by 5-in.-long by

1.5-in.-high package with 10

CFM of forced air cooling or

200-W convection.

www.psui.com

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9. 2nd Ave Lighting introduces the

30-in. Annabella crystal chande-

lier, which features crystal beads

and jewels draped over an elabo-

rate frame with scrollwork. The

30-in.-diameter and 45-in.-high

chandelier offers eight arms and

fiber drip candle covered candle-

lights. The hardware features a

corinth finish. www.2ndAVE.com

10. Rejuvenation introduces the

Reed double-knuckle, swing-arm

fixture, which is based on task

lights that were found in factories

and offices in the early 1900s.

The design allows for a swivel

movement as well as an exten-

sion of the arm outward. The

shade and socket can also be

angled to bring a focused light to

the task at hand. Made to order,

the sold brass wall sconce is

offered in 13 finishes and has a

variety of metal shades to choose

from. It is 10.5-in. high and 8-in.

wide. www.rejuventation.com

11. The LED steplight from Troy

Landscape Lighting features a

2-W LED. Designed for outdoor

stairways, pathways or wet loca-

tions where background lighting is

required, the steplight features a

pull-out socket for easy relamping,

frosted glass light lens for multiple

mounting options and a stainless

steel luminaire fixture housing. It

is available in four finishes: natural

antique bronze, unfinished stain-

less steel, unfinished brass and

unfinished copper.

www.troylandscapelighting.com

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12. Sea Gull Lighting introduces

its new Ambiance LED task

lighting. The Ambiance LED

task lighting delivers maximum

brightness using up to 85 per-

cent less energy (it’s four times

more efficient than halogen

light sources) and a 40,000-

hour life. The light source is

dimmable and its miniature

profile is designed for under

shelves, overhead cabinets and

retail displays.

www.seagulllighting.com

13. LSI Industries has intro-

duced the new the XRT22LED

recessed troffer fixture, which

is designed to provide uniform

ambient lighting while its

high-angle distribution throws

light on the walls near the

ceiling. Features include: 48

LEDs available in neutral white

(4,600K), with a more than 70

CRI; proprietary, high-diffusion

opal lens; cool running com-

ponents for improved lumen

performance; and 300mA and

400 mA drive currents.

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EEVENTS


September 18-21: The IES 30th Annual Street and Area Lighting Conference, held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, New Orleans, LA, provides industry professionals with a forum for an open exchange of information on a wide range of outdoor lighting issues. Discover the latest cutting-edge outdoor lighting technology and applications, the newest products and services, how to apply real solutions to business challenges and network with over 500 colleagues. Educational opportunities and CEUs available. Contact: Valerie Landers 212-248-5000 ext. 117, E-mail: [email protected] or go to www.ies.org/salc

September 19-21: Acuity Brands Lighting presents “Application and Solution Basics Workshop.” Held at the Light & Space Center, Conyers, GA, the program equips partici-pants with cutting-edge technology enabling them to develop the best designs in the least time and targets lighting for offices, classrooms, ware-houses and parking lots, pointing out benefits and limitations of products typically used in these spaces. Review regulations and energy codes with a number of web-based support tools. Contact: Tricia Foster 770-860-2049; E-mail: [email protected]

September 21-22: GE is offering “Lighting Retrofits,” geared to facility managers, engineers and those involved with specification and implementation of energy-saving strategies. Retrofits offer easy and direct ways to reduce energy consumption. Learn how legislation is making a variety of lighting products obsolete and products that offer the best retrofit solutions. Cost: $400. 1.0 CEUs available. Contact: Rose Marie Davis 216-266-2039; E-mail: [email protected] or go to www.gelighting.com

September 22-23: The IES Roadway Lighting Committee (RLC) will hold its fall meeting at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA. The RLC

is responsible for developing and writing technical documents related to lighting of all types of public roads, including tunnels and underpasses, parking lots, and toll plazas to name a few. Contact: William A. Smelser, 519-856-0377; E-mail: [email protected]

September 25-27: Crestron University is offering “Commercial Lighting Con-trol Systems” training. Held at Crest-ron’s Worldwide Headquarters, Rock-leigh, NJ, this class provides intensive training in the latest innovations in lighting control systems. Discus-sions include architectural dimming systems, power switching systems, room-building-enterprise control solutions, Dali, integrated building technology solutions, and more. Cost: Free to all lighting control specifiers (meals, hotel, and transportation are included). 2 AIA CEUs and 14 hours of General Continuing Education credit available. Contact: Shayna Bramley, National Lighting Education Manager, [email protected]. September 27-28: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., is offering, “Layout & Design of Commercial Lighting Control.” Held at the Light Control Institute, Coo-persburg, PA, this course is geared to professional designers, specifiers and contractors that would benefit from a lighting control system. Emphasis is placed on hands-on training to teach attendees to recommend optimal lighting control solutions for commer-cial applications, and to modify design requirements and control strategies based upon budgetary concerns, rebate potential and labor require-ments. Contact: www.lutron.com/lci

September 27-29: GE is offering their “LC Exam Prep Course.” This course is designed to provide participants with an in-depth final review, prior to taking the Lighting Certified (LC) exam administered by the National Council on the Qualifi-cations for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP) in November 2011. Experts provide overview of subject matter identified by NCQLP in the examina-

tion content outline. Topics include: survey/audit procedures, the light-ing design process, financial analy-sis, installation and commissioning, operations and maintenance, and regulatory compliance. (This course is not associated with NCQLP. Completion of this course does not guarantee participant will pass the LC exam.) Cost: $550.1.5 CEUs avail-able. Contact: Rose Marie Davis, 216 266 2039 E-mail: [email protected] or go to www.gelighting.com

September 27-29: The LED Profes-sional Symposium + Expo 2011 held in Bregenz, Austria, offers the newest LED lighting technology trends and insights, with specialized session by prominent industry and scientific players (OSRAM Tridonic, Philips, Cree Zumtobel, etc.) to ensure maxi-mum exposure to the attendees in the lighting industry. Innovation and market workshops offer insight into LED lighting technologies (LEDs, ther-mal management, optics, electronics, measurement, testing, systems, stan-dardization and reliability). Contact: Siegfried Luger +43 5574 43443-23 E-mail: [email protected]

October 4: Venture Lighting Institute is offering “The Sound of Pulse-Start Technology.” This class covers lamp and ballast basics, controls, dimming, regulatory and sustainability trends, and product training. 8 CEUs available. Contact: Amanda I. Foust, 440-836-7523 or E-mail: [email protected] or go to www.TheVLI.com

October 4-5: GE is offering “Museum Lighting.” This conference provides practical lighting recommendations for professionals responsible for lighting museums and art galleries. Through lectures and workshops, lighting techniques and guidelines are presented for the most common museum lighting applications, with special emphasis on conservation issues. Topics include: LED solu-tions for museum applications and daylighting design and control. Cost: $400. CEUs available. Contact: Rose Marie Davis, 216 266 2039 E-mail:

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October 11-12: GE is offering “Lighting for Healthcare Fa-cilities.” A primer on economic cost analysis, this workshop is geared to facility manag-ers, maintenance supervisors and professionals involved in specification and mainte-nance of lighting systems in healthcare environments. Focus is on energy/maintenance and cost-reduction strategies. Identify quality lighting criteria for public spaces, patient rooms, and specialized medical treatment areas and lighting designs/products that help improve patient outcomes and reduce error rates. Cost: $400. CEUs available. Contact: Rose Marie Davis 216-266-2039; E-mail: [email protected] or go to www.gelighting.com

October 12-13: The LRC is of-fering their “Outdoor Lighting Institute” to be held at the Troy, NY, facility. This hands-on seminar, teaches engineers, lighting designers, municipal officials, utility personnel and others how to effectively design, specify and commis-sion energy-efficient outdoor lighting installation for a variety of sites and locations including street and roadways, parking areas, parks, pedestrian areas, etc. Work side by side with LRC experts and gain knowledge and tools needed to develop outdoor lighting installations that subse-quently reduce energy use and light pollution while improving safety and security. 2 CEUs and a certificate in outdoor lighting available. Contact: Mary Cimo 518-687-7174, E-mail: [email protected] or go to www.lrc.rpi.edu/education/outreach

October 16-20: The IES Aviation Committee announced the An-nual Aviation Lighting Seminar”

to be held at Hilton-Wilmington Riverside, Wilmington, NC. This seminar includes four full days of technical papers, interac-tive educational seminars, luncheons, banquet dinner, etc. Contact: Richard Walls, NC DOT Divisions of Aeronautics E-mail: [email protected] or www.iesalc.org

October 18-19: Venture Lighting Institute is offering “Under-standing Technology Com-parisons in a Changing Lighting Market.” Review LED, induction, HPS and pulse-start for interior and exterior environments, and learn how each system works with dimming and controls. Re-view ROI for systems, and look at lighting designs to prepare best lighting solutions. 12 CEUs available. Contact: Amanda I. Foust, 440-836-7523 or E-mail: [email protected] or go to www.TheVLI.com

October 19-20: GE lighting is offering “LED and Energy-Efficient Lighting Trends for Retail Lighting” for the profes-sional specifier and supervisor of design or maintenance in department, grocery, specialty and mass merchandise stores. Attendees learn effective retail lighting strategies that save energy, improve lighting quality, reduce maintenance costs and increase sales. Learn the latest systems for accent, display and perimeter lighting; a primer on design strategies and detailing; and an update on energy legis-lation and tips to take advantage of current tax incentives. Cost: $400. CEUs available. Contact: Rose Marie Davis, 216-266-2039 E-mail: [email protected] or www.gelighting.com

October 20-21: Lutron Electron-ics Co., Inc., is offering, “Lay-out & Design of Commercial Lighting Control.” To be held at the Light Control Institute, Coo-

persburg, PA. See (September 27-28).

October 24-26: IntertechPira is offering LEDs 2011”Bringing Lighting to Life.“ This three-day event, to be held at the Hilton San Diego, San Diego, CA, promises to bring together innovators, manufacturers, materials and component suppli-ers, community and end users to discuss the latest market and technological developments. Industry experts anticipate new disruptive technologies, changes in regulations and China to play a key factor in the LED market. This year’s program includes Switch Lighting, U.S. Department of Energy, ABILUX (Brazilian Lighting Industry Association), ASBAI (Brazil-ian Association for Architec-tural Lighting Designers), Cree, Philips and OSRAM Sylvania. Leaders in the industry will provide the latest scientific and technical innovations, learn while networking. Contact: Brian Santos +1 207 781 9618 or www.ledconference.com

October 25-26: GE is offer-ing “Hospitality Lighting.” Geared to hotel owners and operators, the course focuses on lighting design and room air-conditioning strategies with emphasis on the key needs of guest comfort including lighting solutions for guest rooms, meet-ing rooms and common areas; outdoor lighting for safety and security; industry trends; financial performance through energy reduction strategies; and national energy rebates and tax incentives. Cost: $400. CEUs available. Contact: Rose Marie Davis, 216-266-2039 E-mail: [email protected] or www.gelighting.com October 30-November 1: The 2011 IES Annual Conference “Lessons in Sketching: From


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November 2-4: Crestron University is offering “Commercial Lighting Control Systems” training to be held at Crestron’s Worldwide Headquarters, Rockleigh, NJ. See (Sep 25 – Sep 27).

November 8: Venture Lighting Insti-tute is offering “The Sound of Pulse-Start Technology, held in Vancouver, BC, Canada. See (October 4)

November 16-17: GE is offering “LED Outdoor Lighting Workshop,” designed for landscape architects, park and recreation officials, safety directors, facility managers and others involved in the specification or installation of exterior lighting: application-oriented presentations feature lighting system selection criteria for facades, walkways, park-ing areas, landscape lighting, street lighting, monuments and signage. Key themes include: sustainable design – including energy conservation—con-trol of light pollution, maintainability, and lighting for safety and security. Cost: $400. CEUs available. Contact: Rose Marie Davis, 216-266-2039 E-mail: [email protected] or go to www.gelighting.com November 17: Venture Lighting In-stitute is offering “LeafNut Wireless System.” This Webinar from 11-11:30 am will provide a brief overview of the wireless controls, how they work and their benefits. Contact: Amanda I. Foust, 440-836-7523 or E-mail: [email protected] or www.TheVLI.com

December 2-4: Crestron University is offering “Commercial Lighting Control Systems” training to be held at Crestron’s worldwide headquar-ters, Rockleigh, NJ. See (September 25-27).

December 6-7: Venture Lighting Insti-tute is offering “The Sound of Pulse-Start Technology, held in Orlando, FL. See (October 4).

December 6-7: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. is offering “Layout and Design of Commercial Lighting Control” To be held at the Light Control Institute, Coopersburg, PA. See (October 20-21).

December 7-8: The Congress Centre of Lyon presents the third edition of

“Forum LED Europe.” Held in Lyon, France, this trade fair with over 2,500 decision makers expected is one of the largest events in Europe dedicated to LED lighting technologies. Exhibi-tors from international and European countries will lead workshops and explore innovations and solutions proposed for the LED lighting industry. Discover market actors, strategies and challenges along with new OLED technology. Contact: +33 (0)4 37 40 31 63 or [email protected]

December 7-9: GE is offering “Funda-mentals of Lighting.” This fast-paced comprehensive lighting course contains lectures and full-scale light-ing demonstrations. Topics include: lighting terminology, measurements and color, an overview of major light source families and systems, and ap-plication modules for retail, office, in-dustrial and outdoor lighting. Geared to newcomers. Cost: $550. 1.5 CEUs available. Contact: Rose Marie Davis 216 266 2039; E-mail: [email protected] or go to www.gelighting.com

December 11-13: Crestron University is offering “Commercial Lighting Control Systems” training to be held at Crestron’s Worldwide Headquarters, Rockleigh, NJ. See (September 25-27).

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Acuity Brands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.acuitybrands.com . . . . . . . . .56

A.L.P. Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.alplighting.com . . . . . . . . . .65

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Color Kinetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.colorkinetics.com . . . . . . . . . .2

ERG Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.erglighting.com . . . . . . . . . . .9

Everlight Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.everlighting.com . . . . . . . . . .21

Eye Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.eyelighting.com . . . . . . . . . .49

Functional Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.functionaldevices.com . . . . . . .20

GE Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.gelighting.com . . . . . . . . . .45

Hunza Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.hunzausa.com . . . . . . . . . . .61

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Lee Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.leefi ltersusa.com/architectural . . . .72

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Lighting Analysts, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.agi32.com . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Ligman Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ligmanlighting.com . . . . . . . . .19

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MP Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.mplighting.com . . . . . . . . . .73

Nichia America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.nichia.com . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Philips Lumec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.lumec.com . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Philips Lumileds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.philipslumileds.com . . . . . . . . .5

Philips Roadway Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.philips.com/roadwaylighting.com . . .31

PLC Multipoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.plcmultipoint.com . . . . . . . . .24

RAB Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.rabweb.com . . . . . . . . . . .13

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Samsung LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.samsungled.com. . . . . . . . . .11

Sentry Electric Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.sentrylighting.com . . . . . . . . .27

Spectrum Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.speclighting.com . . . . . . . . .63

SPI Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.specadvent.com . . . . . Cover 2

Spring City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.springcity.com . . . . . . . . . . .7

Sternberg Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.sternberglighting.com . . . . . . .18

The Cooke Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.cookecorp.com . . . . . . . . . 64

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As of July 2011

ANNOUNCING A NEW EDITOR

Kevin Houser, PhD, PE, LC, LEED APAssoc. Prof. of Architectural Engineering,Pennsylvania State University

New Regional Associate Editors:Asia: Dr. Yandan Lin, Fudan University, ChinaAustralasia: Mr. Christopher Cuttle, Independent

Consultant, New ZealandEurope: Prof. Steve Fotios, University of Sheffield,

United KingdomMiddle East: Dr. Riad Saraiji, UAE University,

United Arab EmiratesNorth America: Dr. Jennifer Veitch, NRC Institute

for Research in Construction, CanadaSouth Africa: Dr. Franz Hengstberger,

Independent Consultant, South AfricaSouth America: Dr. Graciela Tonello, Universidad

Nacional de Tucumán - CONICET, Argentina

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Member MentionsFrançois-Xavier Souvay, founder, pres-

ident and CEO of Lumenpulse, has been

named one of three Quebec fi nalists in the

“Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year

2011 Award” program in the manufactur-

ing category.

Skylar Memsic has

joined Jon Memsic Re-

cruiting, where he will

specialize in recruiting

for the lighting, controls

and electrical industry sectors.

Lumen West Honors Projects, Students

Photos: Greg Keating

In addition, the Los Angeles Section recognized the four winners of the Saul Goldin Memo-

rial Student Design Competition, who were asked to design the interior lighting for an “indus-

trial and hip” retail store along the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. The winners were:

FIRST PLACE ($4,000 prize)Guppy Jeans Simon ChuiUSC School of Architecture

SECOND PLACE ($3,000 prize)Wear House Priyanks NayarUSC School of Architecture

THIRD PLACE ($2,000 prize)Show Your Show Myo Boon HurUSC School of Architecture

FOURTH PLACE ($1,000 prize)Youth Sukreet SinghUSC School of Architecture


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AILEEN PAGE CUTLER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING DESIGN

Private Residence, Beverly Hills, CA

Martin van Koolbergen and Kristy Benner

Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting

EDWIN F. GUTH MEMORIAL AWARD FOR INTERIOR LIGHTING

Battelle Grand Renovation at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH

John Dunn, Michael Lindsey and Darcie O’Connor Chinnis

Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design

Hard Rock Cafe Tampa, Tampa, FL

Lisa Passamonte Green, Steven Young, Michael Mahlum, Ryan Raica, Rose Yager and

Jen Goldstein

Visual Terrain, Inc.

PAUL WATERBURY AWARD FOR OUTDOOR LIGHTING DESIGN

Choctaw Casino and Resort, Durant, OK

Lisa Passamonte Green, Dawn Hollingsworth, Steven Young, Michael Mahlum,

Jen Goldstein, Rose Yager and David Young

Visual Terrain, Inc.

Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA

Joe Kaplan, Martin van Koolbergen, Becky Marsh and John Martin

Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting

Ocean’s 11 was the theme, but the lucky number

on this night was twice that, as 22 projects took

home honors at the IES Los Angeles Section Lumen

West banquet in June. Five of these installations

received Awards of Excellence for residential, in-

terior and exterior lighting. They were:

Memsic

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1. Attendees place their bets at the Blackjack table.

2. Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting

received a Lumen West Award of Excellence for

Residential Lighting Design.

3. Designers from Horton Lees Brogden Lighting

Design arrived in costume (a Lumen West tradition)

and received several awards, including an Award of

Excellence for Interior Lighting.

4. Simon Chui, Priyanks Nayar, Sukreet Singh and

Myo Boon Hur (left to right) were the fi rst, second,

fourth and third place winners, respectively, of the

Saul Golden Memorial Design Competition.

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IES to Present Annual AwardsThe Society will present its awards at the Annual Conference gala din-

ner on Tuesday, November 1 in Austin, TX. Two lighting professionals will

be presented with the IES Medal. Ernest Wotton from Toronto will receive

the award for his contributions to lighting energy conservation and day-

lighting. Wotton was a pioneer in these fi elds and developed Lighting for

Education, a book he wrote for the Ontario Ministry of Education. He also

wrote the lighting chapter in the CSA Standard C22.2 Electric Lighting Fit-

tings and brought daylighting education to Health and Welfare Canada.

Joel Spira, the founder, chairman and director of research for Lutron, has

made major contributions by reducing the use of electricity with his innova-

tions in lighting control technology. Spira holds 263 U.S. patents and has built Lutron into a

leading producer of lighting controls for commercial and residential applications.

Joseph M. “Jody” Good III, principal lighting designer for Spectrum Engi-

neers will receive the Louis B. Marks Award, which recognizes outstanding

Society service of a non-technical nature. Good has served as regional vice

president (1992-95), vice president of member activities (1996-97), senior

vice president (1997-98) and president (1998-99), and has served on and

chaired numerous IES committees including the Finance, TTFL, Membership and Medal

Award committees. He will be recognized for his work in fostering excellence in both the

individual and sustaining membership programs.

Kimberly Mercier and Thomas Scott will receive Dis-

tinguished Service Awards for their contributions to the

Society. Lighting Design Innovations principal Mercier

has served two Sections—Buffalo and Calgary; she has

been regional vice president, vice president of member

activities and IES president (2008-2009). Winona Light-

ing, Inc. senior architectural sales specialist Scott served as Section president, regional

vice president director and regional vice president, as well as director on the IES Board

(1996-1999). He has worked on many IES committees and held NCQLP positions, including

president (2001).

In addition, Eric E. Richman, Francesca Bettridge and

Gregory J. Subisak are now IES Fellows. Richman is a se-

nior research engineer for the Energy Division of the Pacifi c

Northwest National Laboratory and serves as chair of an

ASHRAE/IES 90.1 sub-committee. As president and princi-

pal of Cline, Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, Inc., Bettridge has demon-

strated the expression and enhancement of architectural form through illumi-

nation. Subisak is the director of lighting education for Holophane, a division

of Acuity Brands Lighting.

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Changes to the new edition: New illuminance determination procedure consisting of visual age-based illuminance ranges and mesopic adaptation

Extensive updates on light sources, including solid state lighting Holistic and complementary daylighting and electric lighting strategies

More extensive and specific qualitative lighting design criteria such as subjective impressions (psychological factors) and architectural spatial factors

Broader quantitative criteria such as illuminance uniformities, power and energy aspects, light trespass, and light pollution

In-depth coverage of sustainability practices: new chapters on daylighting, controls, sustainability, commissioning and energy management

Features: Provides a compendium of what is known that directly relates to lighting and lighting design

Concise explanation of material Content and format tailored to those involved in lighting decisions including practitioners, designers, architects, and engineers

Four color throughout; 600+ illustrations that enhance understanding

Conveniently-referenced tabular information is exemplified with numerous photographs and illustrations

Sustainable practice embedded throughout: refinement of light level criteria, definitive criteria related to brightness and user impressions, factors influencing power and energy use for lighting, and methods to minimize light trespass and light pollution

10th Edition of the IES LIGHTING HANDBOOKEditors: David DiLaura, Kevin Houser, Richard Mistrick, Gary Steffy

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September1973

» Up in the Air : The main article in this wide-ranging theme issue on “air-

ports, aeronautics and astronautics” was a comprehensive eight-page

story on the new $250 million Kansas City International Airport. “By 1980,

the airport is expected to handle 10 million passengers and 800 million

tons of cargo a year.” The article dissected the indoor and outdoor lighting

used for the parking lots, roadways and terminal, all the way down to the

aircraft parking apron. Outdoor fi xtures on the market at that time were

not viable for the project, so custom units fi tted with mercury lamps were

installed on the roads and parking lots. Mercury vapor fi xtures were also

deployed on parking lot stairways and walkways. The centerpiece of the

project, though, was the 6,000 custom rectangular luminaires enclosed in

coffers that were used to highlight the terminal’s roof structure and fl ood

the building with light. Metal halide lamps (175-W) were the solution here.

» Incandescent on the Ropes : For all of today’s nostalgic talk of “Edison’s

miracle,” lighting professionals were phasing out the incandescent

bulb as far back as 1973. The article “Relighting a Hangar”—one of the

aeronautic theme stories in this issue—described how the Minnesota

Air National Guard’s maintenance hangar transitioned from a 5-10 foot-

candle mercury and incandescent system to a 1,000-W high-pressure

sodium layout offering 100-plus fc using the same grid spacing.

LD+A’s “In Focus” section chronicled the relighting of the 570-ft-

high San Jacinto Monument (“the world’s tallest masonry column”). An

“obsolete pole-mounted incandescent layout” was jettisoned in favor

of metal halide fl oodlighting to accentuate the spire’s fossilized buff

limestone surface.

» Homespun Yarn : What’s true in 2011 was true in 1973: Home builders

often don’t give lighting enough attention. Hoping to remedy this, mem-

bers of the IES Residence Lighting Committee traveled to Atlanta, GA, to

exchange ideas with home builders and Georgia Power Co. personnel.

Each of the three builders requested “comments and criticism” from

committee members concerning the lighting used in their respective

projects. One builder remarked, “Today, I suddenly discovered there is a

whole group of people who specialize in this fi eld.”

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Volume 3/ No.9

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