LUMINAIRE REUSE
How to make
SUSTAINABILITY A WIN-WIN
At the Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia, up to about a third of the building has lighting just from low level furniture,
When we approach a project, we talk about the whole light experience with the client. So if we're able to model the daylight, which we may be able to influence, we look at how much of the space actually needs artificial light when in use. We try to interview everyone who is going to be using the building for how they intend to use it. So we came up with a phrase, where and when? If it means that we only need low level or accent lighting in a specific area, we emphasize the placement of light fittings accordingly. But thereafter, the focus is on flexibility.
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designing lighting global
So for instance at the Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia, up to about a third of the building has lighting just from low level furniture, so it's really the ceilings that we pulled back and that increased the height of the room and the access to daylight as well. So it's a win-win situation on many of the different areas. It works when you’ve got a lot of open plan and you've got low level furniture, so the light can get through. Currently we've got three projects on our books that are
