ARCHITECTURAL SSL • Chronicling the Advancement of LEDs in the Built Environment
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INTERIORS Human centric lighting, including color tuning and dimming, along with cleaner ceiling planes, are just a few of the trends in interior spaces.
EXTERIORS Articulation of architecture, luminous elements, and of course color, are some of the highlights marking building and site illumination.
SPECIALTY An increased understanding of controls is allowing designers not only to create more efficient spaces, but implement spectacular effects.
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Enlightenment SSL is a key element enabling the “Age of Imagination,” where digital technology, infused with artistic creativity, is becoming a primary creator of economic value. Turn inside to see examples of products and projects making this phenomenon a reality.
Interiors: Museum of the City of New York; BMW; Microsoft HQ Exteriors: Blatnik Bridge; a grand park on the Rock of Gibralter
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Lightfair is a time to fall in love again with lighting, especially cool stuff associated with LED. By Jim Crockett
Proportions of installations that LEDs have made possible range from the delicate—lacelike chandeliers in New York—to expansive—a flower-inspired 131-ft.-wide overhead pillar in Johannesburg—to bold, as seen in retail and office projects in Paris, Antwerp, Rochester, N.Y, and suburban Seattle.
Spatial effects in the hands of lighting designers and artists range from subtle integration with the interior architecture, as in the Fox Fine Jewelry store, the Phillips Auction House and Boston’s District Hall—as well as adding emphasis to the high-tech image experience at Microsoft.
56 SSL Observed Keep a sharp eye out at the show: Fixture manufacturers are getting good at sneaking LEDs into familiar forms. By Kevin Willmorth
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We are transitioning from the Information Age to the Imagination Age, where creativity and imagination are the primary creators of economic value. Following are SSL-illuminated projects that are making this phenomenon a reality.
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Lighting is a major factor in pushing the exterior visual envelope, with bold statements above, as in the Sky Mirror project in Australia—or at ground level, by integrating it with its surrounding for the Bear Canyon Arroyo Pedestrian Bridge, the Laverstoke Mill Glasshouses, and Debenham’s on Oxford Street.
Lighting designers are creating lightscapes by applying appropriate levels of drama to enhance new and existing examples of the built environment, be it a home on a private Caribbean island, or a park on the iconic landmark Gibraltar, near Spain.
Lighting expressed as sculpture, once a comparatively rare form of art primarily shown in museums, has now crossed the line for interior and exterior individual installations that are both artistic in concept and functional in performance.
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Advances in controls have paralleled advances in fixtures and lamps, providing users with options of illuminating tasks or create visual effects that transform environments. Case in point, at night, a British greenhouse becomes something out of a Pink Floyd concert.
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Lightfair—or LEDfair as its come to be called—is a showcase to see the latest/greatest; scan through the following pages to prep for the show.
Member:
for this issue, I was struck by many trends and developments that SSL is helping to bring to the fore. For one, its discreet and linear nature is allowing lighting designers to truly articulate architecture; inside, it’s also helping architects
I’ve been covering Lightfair for a long time—
and interior designers bring about the “less is
actually, I just realized it’s spanned three differ-
more” look—much cleaner, and less “visually
ent decades… Besides the fact that I’ve certainly
noisy” spaces, such as Microsoft’s office, or the
earned “veteran” (venerable?) status, I’ve seen a
Philips Auction House on p. 22 and 24, respec-
lot of products, developments and trends emerge
tively. In general, I think SSL is allowing design
in this time, be it T5HOs, DALI or LEDs. In wax-
teams to move away from lots of overhead light.
ing nostalgic on the latter technology, it made
In the pages that follow, there are also plenty
me recall the early days of the magazine—now
of examples of SSL being employed in ways that,
officially 8 years old—and our very first ArchLED,
frankly, can make its users money by attracting
where a contentious debate broke out on the
business or people to a place—check out the the
subject of just how technically adept a lighting
Jane Restaurant on p. 08; it makes me want to
designer—or luminaire manufacturer for that
eat there just to see that luminaire. LED is also
matter—had to be to specify or work with LED.
helping beautify ugly structures, in this case,
Many thought it just wasn’t worth the aggrava-
bridges and power stations, and—at least at
tion, including a number of designers who were
night—turn them into iconic statements. I’m not
at the vanguard of its early adoption. A short
sure if this last trend is making lemonade from
time later, a gentleman from LSG presented a
lemons, or putting lipstick on a pig, but it’s cer-
short video of a very cool early LED illuminated
tainly something to think about, and does invoke
façade on a department store in San Francisco.
the idea of light as art. Speaking of the latter,
This video made that very same, extremely
be sure to take a look at the Museum of the City
frustrated, lighting designer sigh, and confess he
of New York on p. 6—not only is it a fantastic
“loved LED again.”
lighting element, it’s also a great example of how
In eight years of producing this publication, there have definitely been highs and lows, and indeed, some frustration in waiting for the tech-
to almost ethereally fill a large volume without detracting from the architecture. Let me get my head out of the clouds. In
nology to take off. That said, in assembling the
between all this eye candy, there’s a lot function-
content for this special Lightfair companion issue,
ality in the issue—we’ve packed in a number of
I must declare that I too, have fallen back in love
show/industry observations from our experts to
with SSL, as the collection of projects harvested
get you up to speed on the latest trends. There’s
by our very own Vilma Barr are not only inspir-
also plenty of products, we hope, that might help
ing, but simply show LED at its best. These works
you deliver projects like you see here. Enjoy.•
have renewed my sense of wonder—and I’m not the only one. In vetting the projects with my art team, we came to a bit of a halt, for in reviewing imagery of a museum project in Aachen, Germany—where white LED was used to illuminate
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cated. For in going through projects to consider
Jim Crockett, editorial director
Medieval art in a space that certainly resembled a Medieval crypt—my art guy was just taken in by the dichotomy of this ancient art work working so well with this very modern light source.
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Designed to add key accents and elements of beauty to a space, indoor decorative lighting represents that critical “final touch.”
Museum of the City of New York, New York Architect: Cooper Joseph Studio Lighting Design: Studio 1Thousand
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Finding Inspiration at the Show
PRODUCTS
The Hunt for Products for People While efficiency will be a hot topic at the show, there is a growing need to move beyond the simplistic metrics of drawing energy as it relates to delivering lumens, and look toward improving visual performance and comfort. The shortest path to success is not via a gauntlet of lumens-per-watt gauntlets, but through delivery of optimal visual performance for each photon utilized. Glare and brightness can get you to high efficiency, but rob performance, creating on-paper efficiency that is poor performing. Use of controlled light sources, with color temperatures and
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color accuracy that suits the end users
Shaped from rough concrete, the Foscarini Aplomb sconce
With bold shapes and colors, the handblown glass globes
best, delivered where it is needed, and
provides both uplight and downlight, using a 13-watt LED.
of Nostalgia pendants from Studio Italia have a distinct
at levels that support the task at hand,
The fixture, designed by Italians Paolo Lucidi and Luca
Mid-Century vibe, but they’re illuminated by the latest
are the secrets of good design. More
Pevere, is offered in white, gray and brown finishes.
fully-dimmable LED technology. The pendants are avail-
needs to be communicated to manufac-
C Visit www.foscarini.com or Circle 306.
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turers at the show of the types of prod-
options for use in creating custom clusters.
ucts missing from portfolios standing
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in the way of achieving these results.
PROj§CTS
Museum of the City of New York, New York Architect: Cooper Joseph Studio Lighting Design: Studio 1Thousand Housed in a classic Colonial Revival structure on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, the $90 million renovation of the museum provided additional gallery spaces to display the extensive collection. It also provided for a new LED-powered chandelier hanging in the building’s rotunda that has become a symbol for the institution. Photos: ©RUSH Design / ©Edward Hueber 2013
At first glance, Studio 1Thousand’s illuminated creation has the appearance of a lacey tapestry, both contemporary and timeless. To achieve the airy, open-work fabric effect, the design appears to be a woven fabric that is in reality 219 vertical strands imbedded with 5,243 double-sided individual white LED chips. In total, the sculptural hanging uses 1,131 watts, with a lumen output of 71,304. RUSH Design was the fabricator for the final placement.
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The Jane, Antwerp, Belgium Architect: Piet Boon Lighting: PSLAB Adaptively reusing a nineteenth-century chapel into a 21st century restaurant was successfully accomplished with the installation of a massive, 1,764-lb. LED-lit chandelier. The Jane occupies a 4,350-sq.-ft., stand-alone red brick building that had been shuttered for 22 years until its potential as a dining destination was conceived by a pair of Michelin-star chefs, Sergio Herman and Nick Bril. They retained Piet Boon to handle the interior architecture with its vaulted ceiling rising in some places to 38 feet, and PSLAB to make the space, which is partially below grade, come alive with lighting. Both design teams agreed that their plan would enhance the existing qualities and materials of the original space by introducing products made of stone, leather, and oak. The main dramatic statement is made by the room-spanning, black-painted tubular LED-lit chandelier with a 39×30-ft. radius. Secured from a single suspension point, the chandelier dips to nine feet above the floor, bringing its mass to a human scale. A total of 150 of the chandelier’s tubes are fitted with 4.54/W LED pin lamps. Other lighting in the space is by halogen
Photos: Richard Powers
fixtures.
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BMW Showroom, Paris Architect: Carbondale Architects Lighting Design: Mindseye Lighting Ltd. Located on Avenue George V, home of such ultra-high fashion purveyors as Armani, Bulgari, Hermés, and Brioni, among others, it follows that the BMW showroom should have the same haute couture image. Displaying one car each in the two large front windows emphasizes their luxury status and provides views into the art-inspired showroom interior. The window settings that feature an angled mirror hung above the car is wrapped on three sides by a frosted glass media wall comprised of 232.000 LEDs. Above each BMW inside the showroom, Carbondale Architects and lighting designers Mindseye Lighting Ltd collaborated on creating a disc of Barrisol stretch membrane that is backit by programmable LEDs. Attached to the 28-ft. diameter rim of the overhead discs and connected on an angle to the quartz terrazzo floor are custom-designed aluminum extrusion rods with LED lighting elements within each side, facing inward and outward. LED lamps facing outward are controlled via interactive signals from laser sensors in the ceiling, triggered to brighten as a visitor approaches the vehicle. Concealed spotlights in the rims are
Photos: Courtesy, Mindseye Lighting Ltd.
focused on the car for additional visual drama.
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ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF USING SOLID STATE LIGHTING IS THAT ITS NATURE ALLOWS THE TECHNOLOGY TO BE INSTALLED IN PROPORTIONS THAT RANGE FROM THE DELICATE TO THE EXPANSIVE.
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If solid-state lighting was around in King Arthur’s day, perhaps the Tech Lighting Bodiam line-voltage pendant might have illuminated the Round Table. The 30.4-in.-diameter 1057:
fixture was inspired by cast-iron medieval chandeliers—but,
7" (Diameter); 10" (Length)
instead of candles, stacked rows of inward-facing LEDs and a linear spread diffuser create evenly distributed illumination with a twinkling effect. C Visit www.techlighting.com or Circle 304. LOCATE AT LIGHTFAIR
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» Optical distributions: Very Narrow Spot, Narrow Spot, Medium Flood and Wide Flood » Ground, wall or ceiling mountable; wet location outdoor rated
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RTS Transit Center, Rochester New York
Commissioned by the Rochester Genesco Re-
Architect: Bergmann Assocs.
gional Transportation Authority,
both sides of the concourse is a “motion wall”
Above the gates leading to the buses on
Lighting: Tim Wilkes
the new $50 million, 87,000-sq.-ft. building in
comprised of linear fluorescent panels in various
downtown Rochester opened in November, 2014,
lengths widths and locations. Small-scale linear
with 30 bays capable of handling 100 buses per
LEDs along the bottom of the motion walls define
hour. Its architectural theme is motion and move-
the alcoves leading to the bus entries. LED cove
ment, combining the activity of people through-
lights graze the columns between the gates to
out the city and the in-and-out action of the main
further accent these spaces.
concourse. Illumination Arts specified color-changing lighting in the vestibules to coordinate with interior lighting that washes the cloud-shape, curved perforated metal panels suspended from the twolevel-high ceiling. They are programmed with the ability to shift color patterns for holidays or
Photos: Tim Wilkes
special events.
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MORE THAN KINDA BLUE This new series of more than 20 blue-glass pendants from Nora Lighting shines in tones ranging from aquamarine and sapphire to indigo—and in styling that ranges from classic to contemporary. With available LED lamping, the fixtures also can be ordered with any of a number of track and rail mounting options. C Visit www.noralighting.com or Circle 302. LOCATE AT LIGHTFAIR
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VIVA ITALIA Molto Luce is a new line of architectural LED fixtures from Ledra Brands with designs that take inspiration from
LED Replaces Existing CFL “PL” Lamps 30% Energy Savings Energy Star Rated
Italian style. The specification-grade luminaires will be appropriate for applications including hospitality, retail, healthcare, education and other similar settings. Formal launch of the new brand is scheduled for 3rd quarter of 2015. C Visit www.ledrabrands.com or Circle 301.
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LIGHTING EMANATING FROM WITHIN A STRUCTURE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE A SPACE.
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A Greater Worth of Lighting
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Lighting can improve circadian rhythms, short- and long-term alertness, mood, perception, visual acuity, productivity, sleep and general wellbeing—thus lighting should be treated much more than just a commodity. This notion is known as human centric lighting (HCL), It factors daylight and appropriate electric light, usually tunable, which means lights can be dimmed, and its CCT changed, to address any and all of the above. In fact, light intensity and CCT can be changed at different times of the day for different tasks to optimize performance and well-being. Back to the question of lighting’s worth, it makes a big difference if lighting is considered a commodity, with the priority being low wattage, and the quality goals simply being providing sufficient light levels, good uniformity and low glare. If, however, the greater worth of lighting is included, the sky is the limit because HCL stands to be the greatest innovation in lighting since Edison invented the bulb. This begs the question, in considering the use of SSL at all, why settle for fixed CCT sources? Just think about
BRILLIANT PLUMAGE
another buzzword hitting the market:
Available in five distinctive models of large-scale pendant and floor lights, Axo Light’s Plumage collection feature overlap-
the Internet of Everything. This em-
ping, feather-like fabric diffusers available in a variety of colors reflective of tropical birds. The pendants are available in
bedded-intelligence trend may quickly
three diameter sizes: 31.5, 47.25, and 70.87 inches. Floor models are available in two sizes: 74 inches or 118 inches tall.
permeate the lighting industry, mean-
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ing lighting products not able to dim or change CCT will limit what those smart electronic chips can do, and the benefits those systems can provide. A challenge of adopting tunable light, is the possibility of dialing up high CCTs. Although there are proven benefits of using a high CCT—when used properly—various people have stated that this blue-enriched light, can be a “hazard.” However, from what
SPATIAL EFFECTS IN THE HANDS OF LIGHTING DESIGNERS RANGE FROM SUBTLE INTEGRATION WITH THE ARCHITECTURE TO THE PLACEMENT OF EMPHASIS IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
I have seen so far, these concerns are either substantially flawed or not valid for typical humans in most situations.
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Da Vinci Dental, Bellevue, Washington Architects/Lighting Design: Bayllis Architects If Bellevue, Wash. would not have had a “Pedestrian Oriented Footage” code requirement for the glass-enclosed, 1,800-sq.-ft. ground floor tenant space in the Elements Too glass tower, the lighting design for the Da Vinci Dental practice might have been different. However, the city decreed that the occupant of the space provide a high degree of visual interest to appeal to pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
After remaining vacant for five years, a lease was singed for the space. Not for an apparel store, a restaurant, nor beauty salon, but by Dr. Beau Keller, a dentist who considers the location for his practice a competitive edge in the marketplace. According to architect Bree Carey of Bayllis Architecture, “…the effect of using light to artistically activate the street level met the share goals of all parties involved…offering positive effects for the surrounding streetscape.” He reports that even before opening, people stopped to admire the light show inside the office and take photos. The floor plan provides for a showroom, sales and reception areas, two exam rooms, employee lounge, and multi-use space. Suspended from the double-height ceiling are various sizes of the Nano LED Pendent light, by MICA Lighting, a replica of the classic Raimond Puts design. Attached Photos: Sozinho Imagery
by a clear cable, each fixture is formed of two polished stainless spheres.
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The work horse of illumination, indoor functional lighting addresses the light we need to do our daily tasks.
St. Edward Catholic Church, Keizer, Oregon Architect: Di Loreto Architecture Lighting Design: Di Loreto Architecture
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Finding Retrofits at the Show
PRODUCTS
Is this the Year the Linear Fluorescent Meets its Match? There will be more retrofit products than ever in 2015. With efficacies now exceeding all other prior conventional source technologies, and the costs dropping rapidly, the end of glass bulbs is becoming just a matter of time. The difficulty in viewing such a massive offering of product, from brands new to the market, is qualification of products. This is a buyer’s market, so asking for LED data (LM-80 lumen depreciation information), TM-21 calculated lumen depreciation data, and solid photometric information is the first step. If
BRIGHT IDEA IN DIMMING
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the manufacture cannot deliver these,
The KVIC Lighting Triac Dimming Cove and Graze series
Designed as direct replacements for high-wattage quartz
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luminaires combine a high efficacy of 90-plus lumens
halogen and metal halide downlights, the LumenOptix
more than enough to get the job done.
per watt and an option for an equally high color render-
LRD3 series offers lumen packages ranging from 1,000 lm
Another qualifier might be the DOE’s
ing index of 90 with unique Triac dimming capability. The
to 8,000 lm, for use in auditoriums, airports, malls and
(1875) body of work in its CALiPER
fixtures can be specified in a number of lumen packages,
other high-ceilinged applications. Sunset-dimming capabil-
reports, showing just how well these
with color temperatures ranging from 2700K to 4000K. An
ity warms the fixtures’ color with dimming, matching the
sources are doing in filling the role of
adjustable mounting bracket are available.
performance of incandescent and halogen lamps.
efficient replacement products.
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PROj§CTS
St. Edward Catholic Church, Keizer, Oregon Architect: Di Loreto Architecture Lighting Design: Di Loreto Architecture The parishioners of St. Edward located in the Salem suburb of Keizer had outgrown its original buildings. They called upon Di Loreto Architecture to design a new church that could hold up to 750 in a contemporary light-filled environment. With its vaulted exposed wood ceiling and large clerestory windows, the design of the sanctuary of the 12,000-sq.-ft. building communicates the natural setting of the region. LEDs are used for downlights and spots along with other light sources. Lighting that glows from inside of the clear glass top section of the free-standing exterior bell-tower imparts a beacon-like silhouette. Two styles of Bega LED luminaires are positioned to beam upward, installed at the tower’s opaque base.
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Fox Fine Jewelry, Ventura, Calif. Store Design: Balaity Property Enhancement Lighting Design: Integrated Lighting Concepts When the store relocated to a 4,000-sq.-ft. building in Ventura, Calif., owner Debbie Fox wanted a design that would be both sophisticated and welcoming. Her vision was a setting that reflects the community, where the median income is approximately 20% higher than for the state. For lighting designer Bernard Bauer, the program—the store, offices and a workroom—met three main criteria: interior architecture involving dropped ceiling sections; illumination levels tailored to different groups of Fox’s product selection; and California’s Title 24 requirements for the store, workrooms and offices. LEDs were used throughout. Diamonds are illuminated with 4000K 95+CRI light sources, while warm-tone jewelry and accessories are displayed with 3500K sources rated at 90 CRI. Art work presented against a redbrick wall and other wall surfaces is accented with SORRA’s Vivid 3000K, 95 CRI lamps. Overhead are flush-mounted PAR38 multi-heads and square single lamp 3500K 90 CRI luminaires. In the workshops, illumination ranges from 40-50 FC for general lighting to 450 FC using task lights at the bench. In the offices and workroom, Solatubes introduce natural light. Daylight and zone controls, plus occupancy sensors, contribute to Photos: Mike Urbanek
reducing daily power usage. The project achieved an average power density of between 0.85W/sq. ft. and 1.05W/sq. ft., below the 1.30W/ sq. ft. design load.
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Rialta® MEASURABLE SAVINGS A retrofit project undertaken by student alumni and interns—and monitored by its environmental club—has brought new light to a number of areas within the San Miguel School in Washington, D.C. The project involved replacing many of the school’s 26-watt compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) with 13-watt Lunera Helen LED lamps. In addition to energy savings, the lamps are expected to last up to five times longer than the CFLs they replaced. C Visit www.lunera.com or Circle 296. LOCATE AT LIGHTFAIR
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THANKS TO LED, IN RETAIL SETTINGS LIGHT BECOMES MORE INTEGRATED INTO THE SPACES AND CLOSER TO THE PRODUCTS THEMSELVES.
DESIGNED FOR PERFORMANCE LED-Compatible MR16 Trac Fixtures from Juno Lighting are designed specifically to optimize performance of 12-volt LED MR16 lamps in tracklighting applications. Offering added ventilation to aid lamp cooling, the fixture line includes multiple track-head designs to address specific track applications and aesthetic requirements, including shrouds, rings and lamp shielding. C Visit www.junolightinggroup.com or Circle 295. LOCATE AT LIGHTFAIR
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Rialta, The New Stardard In Light Column Design The Monolithic cannular design of Rialta® incorporates three stylish luminous tops. Lensed models incorporate a state of the art LED optical system that provides uniform surface brightness and even illumination. Rialta® mounts to the walkway via an invisible mounting system, giving a modern seamless appearance. For more information visit sternberglighting.com
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Redmond, Wash.
ate the lighting program. Comprised primarily of LEDs,
by recessed LED 1x4 by Finelite. The wall mural that dominates
Architect: Callison
their design supports the compa-
the interconnecting stair is high-
Lighting Design: Candela
ny’s philosophy to enjoy time spent
lighted with grazing LED wash-
at work. The Garage features ambi-
lights by Se’Lux.
Building 44 on Microsoft’s Redmond
ent lighting in the form of lensed
In the lobby which features a
campus was reconfigured into an
linear LEDs scattered in a wood
plant wall, LED grow light fixtures
open workplace. A highlight, is the
slat ceiling. Overhead, lensed linear
from Illumintex on custom bracket
“Garage,” a casual-themed space
fixtures by Finelite are arranged
arms border the three-story high
for individual relaxation or for
in a random pattern within the
plant wall to provide illumination
informal group problem-solving
wood slat and metal slat ceilings.
utilized by the plants’ photovoltaic
sessions.
Open-work pendants are by David
process. LED chips were modified
Trowbridge. Tech Lighting pro-
to provide the appropriate spec-
led by Denise Fong, worked within
vided the column sconces. More
trum for growth without waste
Microsoft’s strict guidelines to cre-
typical work areas are illuminated
heat or light.
Candela’s project design team,
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Philips Auction House, London Lighting Design: Studio ZNA The London branch of Phillips, an international art gallery and auction firm, is located on four levels of a classic building on a triangular corner location on iconic Berkeley Square. A band of long rectangular windows at the ground level assumes a definitive evening glow by combining views to the general interior lighting with window display lighting. LED uplights and downlights mark the main entrance. Studio ZNA’s design brief emphasized the need for a showdowless Photos: Benjamin Benschneider Photography
uniform light distribution with built-in flexibility for hanging and displaying different art configurations. Their selection was surfacemounted continuous linear LED fittings in a 5-circuit lighting track system installed in a trough, connected to DALI controls for flexible and sustainable operations. The trough is coordinated with the mechanical systems. Spotlights for highlighting
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wall-hung or free-standing art are integrated into the general system. Housed in the lower level are VIP skyboxes for private viewings and auctions. Art works placed on display can be evaluated under a combination of linear LED fittings, while small circular LED wall washers outline the perimeter.
BRIGHT IDEA IN DIMMING Known for its high-design watches and other accessories, Fossil operates more than 260
BEYOND ENERGY SAVINGS, MANY ENTERPRISES HAVE COMMISSIONED LED PROJECTS THAT MOVE LIGHTING INTO THE REALM OF ON-GOING PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGNS.
retail outlets across North America. The company’s store designers have selected Xi24 LED fixtures from Solais Lighting—featuring VioLight color-enhancing technologyas the lighting product of record. The fixtures are designed especially for retail and other applications where high color rendering and strong center-beam candlepower are required. C Visit www.www.solais.com or Circle 294.
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How Valuable is Human-Centric
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Lighting? How valuable would it be for endcustomers to have employees waste an average of 25 fewer minutes a day, because feeling less tired, better mental focus, less eye strain, fewer headaches, and having less sick days? 25 minutes a day is 5% of an 8 hour shift. If a worker makes $50,000 a year, 5% of that is $2500 per worker per year, year after year. If you want to be very conservative with 5 minutes, which is 1%, that is still $500 per worker per year, year after year. If a company wants to keep a $100,000 a year office worker, who wants to quit, it can cost the existing company half that annual salary, which is $50,000, to formally let this worker go, find a replacement and train that new person. If you want to verify these numbers, talk with human resources. There is a good chance that HCL with tunable lighting could be
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part of the picture to keep that worker.
Acuity’s Canvis OLED pendant, literally allows a designer to literally sculpt and define the shape of a space with light. The
On the other hand if a company wants
OLEDs are encased in injection-molded ploymer cassettes. The housing combines 1/2-in. etched acryllic rods with braided
additional people, HCL with tunable
steel cables. The panels are available in 3000, 3500 and 4000K color temperatures.
lighting may help.
C Visit www.acuitybrands.com/oled or Circle 293.
How valuable would it be for students to significantly improve their
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learning and test scores? $1000 per lighting fixture per year, year after year can be considered a reasonable claim. If you want to be conservative, you could use $500 per year, year after year. There are currently more medical
SUITED FOR OPEN CEILINGS The Corelite RZL linear direct/indirect suspended luminaire is a
errors during graveyard shift than
cost-effective fixture for large open environments with continuous row
the other two shifts put together in
systems, offering up to 55% energy savings over similarly used fluorescent sources.
hospitals. Improving alertness, etc.
C Visit www.eaton.com/lighting.com or Circle 292.
should reduce those 3rd shift errors, which could save millions, maybe even
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billions of dollars
MAXIMIZING MINIMALISM A modern and minimal take on a downlight, the Wynter LED flush mount ceiling fixture features an acrylic shade that provides a smooth wash of light as it’s intentionally interrupted by negative space in the center for contrast. C Visit www.techlighting.com or Circle 291. LOCATE AT LIGHTFAIR
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LED
Graze your facade with even linear lighting,
District Hall, Boston
metal panel clad building’s interior and exterior.
Architects/Lighting Design: Hacin + Assocs.
The cantilevered roof and large glass panels and bright LED lights make it a beacon at night.
The world’s first freestanding public innovation
A lighting spine of programmable colored LEDs
center, the hall is a single-story, 12,000-sq.-ft.
visually connects the building’s entrances on
pavilion dedicated to gathering the innova-
Seaport Boulevard and Northern Avenue, rein-
tion community together. It is the first project
forcing the role of the building as a public place.
built for Seaport Square, a development within
Reconfigurable workspaces are provided
Boston’s Innovation District, a 1,000-acre parcel
for start-ups and second stage entrepreneur-
of the historically industrial South Boston water-
ial companies. Philips Color Kinetics provided
front. Adaptive reuse and new construction has
programmable LEDs for the various occupant’s
replaced the once-decrepit collection of fishing
illumination needs. Suspended from an undulat-
piers, lots and rail yards into office buildings,
ing dropped ceiling in the Gather Restaurant are
banks, hotels, upscale restaurants, the Institute
multiple staggered bare bulb luminaires. The
of Contemporary Art and new convention center.
Brew Café is illuminated by exposed strip light-
Designed by architects Hacin + Assocs., Philips
while illuminating the grounds below,
ing and suspended fixtures.
Color Kinetics provided the lighting for all’s
using Wet Cove.
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Often the means to create an iconic evening statement, decorative outdoor lighting articulates architecture or adds zing to make one’s building standout.
John A. Blatnik Bridge, Duluth, Minn. Architect/Engineer: Short, Elliott, Hendrickson Lighting Design: Short, Elliott, Hendrickson
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Finding Sustainability at the Show
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Is the Movement to Modular and Rebuild-able Product Growing? Sustainable design includes reducing total waste from operation of any product. If an entire fixture must be discarded at the end of its life, waste is significantly increased. One step in the right direction is the movement to modular replacement components led by the Zhaga Consortium (booth 4478). Their work establishes standard forms for modules, increasing the chance that replacement/upgrade components will be compatible into the future. This includes holders for LED arrays,
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as well as other forms of light engine
Acclaim Lighting FLEX Tube outdoor-rated, flexible LED
With individual red, green and blue diodes on every LED,
module. Xicato (3020), Cree (1657), and
tube lighting is available in RGB and single-color versions
the ConTech Lighting Wet Location High Output RGB
GE (1621) have also deployed modules
and is able to bend to diameters as small as 4.8 in. The
Outdoor Tapelight Kit can be programed (with the included
using standard and Zhaga-compliant
32-ft. rolls can be cut every 4 in. and can be specified in 4
RGB remote) to create a broad range of colors. Designed to
form factors. While the majority of
different color temperatures. A variety of mounting chan-
highlight coves, architectural features, steps or elevation
luminaires displayed at the show are
nels also is available.
changes, the kits include sealant and clips required for
built using integration that does not
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installation.
provide for such servicing, the trend is
Visit www.contechlighting.com or Circle 289.
growing, particularly in down-lighting,
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John A. Blatnik Bridge, Duluth, Minn. Architect/Engineer: Short Eliiott Hendrickson Lighting Design: Short Eliott Hendrickson Nearly 8000 ft. long and 120 ft. high, the Blatnik Bridge transports commuters daily from Wisconsin to Minnesota. The bridge’s original induction lighting system was well passed its prime, and MnDOT officials decided LED was worth investigating. Beyond more efficient, and better caliber illumination, MnDOT also wanted a more technologically advanced system that would allow for dimming and addressability on a fixture level. The solution presented itself in the form of Lumenpulse’s Lumentalk technology, which digitally controls fixtures over existing AC power lines. Nearly 100 Lumenbeam XLarge luminaires from were used to crisply illuminate the bridge, including individual structural members. The number of fixtures was actually reduced from 216 to 90, slashing power consumption by 60%.
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One Central Park, Sydney, Australia Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, in collaboration with PTW Lighting Concept: Yann Kersalé Cantilevered from level 29 of the mixed-use One Central Park East tower in downtown Sydney is an architectural heliostat that combines 320 reflective mirror panels, each fitted with LEDs. Starting at dusk, the heliostat, constructed by Kennovations, becomes a giant canvas hung horizontally, open on three sides. By day, natural sunlight is beamed down into the retail atrium and the landscaped terraces. The overall heliostat system is 79 ft. wide × 92 ft. long × 5 ft. high. Each heliostat panel is motorized and programmed to track the sun and reflect sunlight toward predetermined targets. Individual reflector panels that are five feet square are embedded with 9 LEDs, each with a unique URL address. Images formed by the 2,880 tri-chromatic LEDs are representative of the reflection of the sun on the water from nearby Sydney Harbor. Kersalé, who identifies himself as a “project artist,” says he chooses night as his palette. He regards his art work in cities as a form of urban renewal. Sea Mirror’s public art performances comprise five 30-second scenes, played in rotation from dusk to 10 p.m. from Thursday through Sunday nights, year-round. Vertical gardens mounted on exterior façades extending from ground level to the rooftop of the two glass towers are planted with 250 species of Australian flowers and plants.
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Debenham’s, Oxford Street, London
A trio of designers—the
Power Core Amber were installed:
Architect: Archial Norr Architects
American light artist, Ned Kahn,
to illuminate the lower and upper
Façade Lighting Artist: Light +
architect Archeal Norr, and Light +
portions of the façade. This prod-
Design Assocs.
Design—was asked to turn the four
uct also backlights the perforated
façades of building into dynamic
panels screening the ends of the
Debenham’s Oxford Street flagship
traffic-generating calling cards.
façades, mounted horizontally.
store, located on one of London’s
They agreed that obliterating
Lighting within the signage band
prime shopping destinations, was
the existing concrete with a new
is provided by Philips EW Cove MX
in serious need of an exterior face-
kinetic aluminum veil was the most
Powercore.
lift. With 149 branches, the brand
time-efficient and cost-effective
faces competition around the U.K.
of possible options. Light + Design
appear during the day across
the warm illuminated background
But the chain’s downtown London
elected to use only two types of
the expanses of the aluminum
hue as seen during the day. Façade
store’s dated concrete skin wasn’t
LED luminaires to light the 84.400
frontages. At night, amber light
lighting is automatically controlled
reaching out to draw in the city’s
sq.-ft. of façade.
covers the entire exterior surface,
to come on at dusk and switch off
presenting the same patterns on
at midnight.
fashion-hip clientele.
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Wave and water-like effects
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LIGHTING IS TAKING ITS PLACE AS A PLACE-MAKER ALONG WITH NATURAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS.
HIGH-FIVES FOR BIG FOUR BRIDGE The 1895 Big Four Bridge connecting Louisville, Ky., to Jefferson, Ind., across the Ohio River was recommissioned as a pedestrian and bicycle path in 2013. Now a new LED-based lighting system incorporating more than 1,500 fixtures from Philips has extended the bridge’s accessibility into nighttime hours. The software-controlled system can produce more than 16 million colors to produce dynamic, river-spanning light shows. Visit www.philips.com or Circle 288. LOCATE AT LIGHTFAIR
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Laverstoke Mill Bombay Sapphire Glasshouses,
49 ft. tall and 40 ft. across, is a dry moderate
Hampshire, U.K.
Mediterranean climate. “Internally, each glass
Architects: Heatherwick Studio
house has three layers of light,” explains Scott
Lighting Design: LightMedium
Ferrier of LightMedium. “An array of inground narrow beam LED uplights are placed on the
Bombay Sapphire gin’s new distillery and visi-
structural up-rights; a mixture of beam angles
tor’s center at Laverstoke Mill dates back to the
and outputs of LED spike lights are positioned
tenth century when the water-powered paper
to the specific planting in each glass house;
mill’s machinery turned out bank notes as the
and a low-level linear LED wash underlays the
era’s legal tender. Now renovated into a modern
walkway to float the structure from the planting
production facility on the historic site, a pair of
beds.” LEDs specified for the glasshouses are
connected domed botanical glasshouses contain
rated at 2800K.
environments where visitors can view speci-
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Lutron’s Quantum QS system provides pri-
mens of the 10 exotic plant species used in the
mary load control throughout the site, with an
Bombay Sapphire distillation process.
integrated staff operated AMX front end for pri-
A humid tropical environment is created in
vate events and functions. Glasshouse lighting is
the smaller glasshouse that is 36 ft. tall and 30 ft.
controlled via an astronomic timeclock based on
across. Reproduced within the larger glasshouse,
the time of the year and visitor hours.
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ADVANCEMENTS IN CONTROLS HAVE PARALLED ADVANCEMENTS IN FIXTURES AND LAMPS, PROVIDING USERS WITH OPTIONS FOR ILLUMINATING TASKS OR CREATING VISUAL EFFECTS THAT TRANSFORM ENVIRONMENTS.
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Are There Disadvantages of Tunable
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LED Lighting? There are some, but they are minor in the big picture. Several manufacturers currently offer tunable LED troffers, troffer kits, drum fixtures, recessed cans, and desk mount and undercabinet task lights that have about the same lumens, wattage, lumens per watt, rated life and warranty as equivalent typical fixed CCT LED products. Pricing is often 0% - 33% extra for tunable LED products. Some tunable task lights are actually less expensive than some fixed CCT ones. There are extra costs for manual or programmed controls for them. Control systems are being developed that people can enter information including if they are morning larks or night owls, if they typically have post lunch dips, etc. The lighting will automatically dim and change CCT throughout the day. If they come back from a trip with jet lag, they could over-ride the default settings. Without any assistance it
GOING GREEN—LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY
can take about one day for each hour
Opting for LEDs over fluorescent options was an energy-saving choice in plans for a
time zone change, which can be three
dramatic display for the exterior of the IT Building on the campus of Sydney Australia’s Uni-
days flying between New York and Los
versity of Technology. Designers with Denton Corker Marshall (architects) and Electrolight
Angeles. Properly designed lighting
(lighting design) integrated LED Linear VarioLED Flex Venus into the building’s perforated-
can usually reduce the number of days
metal façade—a plan that makes a dramatic statement without adding interior glare.
for people to adjust.
Visit www.led-linear.com or Circle 287.
But the $2500 or even $500 annual worker productivity benefits and $1000 or even $500 per fixture benefits from student performance dwarf the extra costs for tunable LED products and controls. In hospitals it should not even be a question if the cost of tunable systems is worth it for reduced medical errors
LIGHTING IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN PUSHING THE EXTERIOR VISUAL ENVELOPE. BOLD STATEMENTS CAN BE MADE FROM ABOVE, OR AT GROUND LEVEL BY INTEGRATING A BUILDING WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS.
and faster patient recovery.
POWER TO THE CORE ColorBurst Powercore from Philips Color Kinetics is a high-output, exterior-rated fixture designed for accent and site lighting. The fixtures deliver full color output up to 647 lumens to support a range of dynamic uplighting, floodlighting or decorative lighting applications. Landscape models include a 1/2 in. NPT threaded post for mounting to standard junction boxes. Optional glare shields block spill light, while honeycomb louvers deliver a more focused and intense beam. Visit www.colorkinetics.com or Circle 286. LOCATE AT LIGHTFAIR
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The Internet of Everything
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The Internet of Everything, which can also be called the Googlization of lighting, has already started to be included in lighting and should thoroughly permeate new lighting within two to five years, which is much faster than most people expect. Some systems are already or will soon be commercially available. Cell phone apps with dimming and color changing screw-in LED lamps Interior GPS with LED fixtures Lighting systems that include carbon dioxide and humidity sensors Advanced lighting controls that learn and adapt Well-being systems, which apps could be developed to control lighting Along with the Internet of Everything, Power over Ethernet, also called PoE, which electrical power and data could be in the same cabling, and LiFi, which uses light for bi-directional, high speed and fully networked wireless communication, could become very popular. The Apples, Ciscos, Googles and
Bear Canyon Arroyo Pedestrian Bridge,
Qualcomms of the world may become
Albuquerque, New Mexico
the major lighting companies. This is
Architect: Geoffrey C. Adams
because they have some of the smart-
Lighting Design: Tillet Lighting Design, Inc.
est chips, expertise in data management and transfer, and very deep
The glowing tubular-shape pedestrian bridge
pockets, so they could buy lighting
over lnterstate 25 in Albuquerque is an example
companies or develop their own. But
of how to reverse negative community dividing
some existing major lighting compa-
situations that have characterized many of the
nies could also gear up to keep their
country’s highways. Before the completion of
position.
the Bear Canyon Arroyo bicycle and pedestrian
The bottom line is within a few
bridge, the city’s northern half did not have a
years, most people will probably won-
dedicated crossing over the multilane highway
der how they survived with today’s
for non-motorized traffic. Attempting to cross
typical fixed CCT lighting systems.
existing arterial crossings by bike or on foot
Remember how it was before your first
became a hazardous undertaking.
smart phone!
With a $5.4-million grant from the city of
attached 450 low-wattage LED fixtures with
now a graceful span over the motorized traffic
dichroic lenses that are responsive to ambi-
below. The 280-ft.-long, two lane concrete-girder
ent light levels. At twilight, the dichroic lenses
structure crosses both I-25 and frontage roads. A
reflect a stream of blue sky suggestive of flowing
101.5-ft. long box beam bridge is above an arroyo
water in the arroyo. As darkness descends, the
on the highway’s west side.
lighting on the bridge’s lighting cage and metal
Tillet Lighting Design utilized the cage of
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It was treated as a sheer fabric onto which were
Albuquerque, an artistically LED-lit structure is
handrails shows traces of purple, violet and
galvanized expanded metal covering the bridge
pink that are evident in Albuquerque’s colorful
above the highway as a canvas for illumination.
sunsets.
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Commonwealth Park, Gibraltar Landscape Architect: Landform Lighting Design: David Atkinson Lighting Design
Perhaps the best method to ensure safety, outdoor functional lighting illuminates parking lots, pathways and egress points to help us get in and out of buildings at night. But done well, it can also add a touch of elegance.
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Kevin Willmorth, Editor
Finding White Light at the Show:
PRODUCTS
How Far are we on Solutions to Warm Dimming and White Balance Control? While conventional products are stuck in the dark ages of single white color emission based on the glass bulbs they deploy (fluorescent), or uncontrolled color shift when dimmed (incandescent), there has always been a desire to change white light value separate of dimming. This separation of white color from dim state means dimming to moonlight blue at night, or to candle light amber for warm mood setting, matching daylight color throughout
PHOTOCONTROL THAT WON’T FAIL
LEDs SCORE AT THE SUPERBOWL
the day, or supplementing daylight to
AreaMax area and security fixtures feature a built-in
For the first time, this year’s Super Bowl was illuminated
maintain a desired ambient coloration
photocontrol fail-safe processor that becomes calibrated
entirely by LEDs, scoring big energy savings for the Univer-
in a space. Philips (1109, 1206) offers
to dusk and dawn cycles over time and can continue
sity of Phoenix Stadium. The facility replaced more than
several products offering this versatili-
operational schedules even if the photosensor fails. The
780 metal halide fixtures with 312 Ephesus Lighting sta-
ty, while Acuity (1640) will have several
DLC-qualified fixtures can replace HID units of up to 200
dium luminaires—incorporating more than 44,000 XLamp
examples of this technology in fixtures,
watts, and can be ordered in a weather-resistant coastal
MK-R LEDS. With these high-performance LEDs, the end
while Osram (1922) will have retrofit
package and with ConnectLED software for Bluetooth-
result is a 75% reduction in lighting energy, with instant-on
lamps with the technology built in to
enabled troubleshooting and settings adjustments.
performance and better illumination.
shift warmer when dimmed for opera-
Visit www.evluma.com or Circle 285.
Visit www.cree.com or Circle 284.
tion on standard dimming controls.
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Commonwealth Park, Gibraltar Landscape Architect: Landform Lighting Design: David Atkinson Lighting Design With a population of 30,000 living on a tiny pennisula, open space in the famed British territory off of Spain is at a premium. Gibraltar’s government commissioned the transformation of a former parking lot into a park. Within the central area are perimeter plantings, benches, and monolithic water feature columns. Each column is fitted with a recessed custom IP68 LED ring with a centrally placed water flow. A link bridge Photos: David Parody & Moses Anahory
across the lake is lit by miniature recessed decking lights. Benches are underlit by softly glowing recessed LED strips. Internal paths also weave through the park, marked by bollards fitted with T5 lamps. A roadway/walkway that follows the shape of the park’s perimeter is lit by compact 3,000K LED fixtures that are mounted off of 11.5and 18 ft.-tall columns.
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Private Residence, Island in the Caribbean Architect: Studio Morsa Lighting Design: 521 Atelier Planning the lighting for a 40,000-sq.-ft. home constructed on cliffs bordering the Caribbean is based around meeting the lifestyle of the occupants, and responding to the environment. Divided into indoor and outdoor living areas (22,000 and 18,000 sq. ft., respectively), the lighting program by Claudia Librett of 521 Atelier primarily utilized LEDs. High energy cost was one of the considerations, as the power source for the residence comes from another island. Sub-tropical weather conditions—heavy rain and intense wind—the threat of earthquakes, and insect-resistant materials were detailing considerations not typically encountered in for clients in other climates. Interior teak ceilings in a grid ranging from 14 ft. to 16 ft. were fitted with recessed adjustable LED downlights. Custom bollards on the deck have a circular metal base of marine-grade stainless steel and three slender curved metal supports for the 2W LEDs enclosed at the top. Under severe wind conditions, they can be removed and taken inside. In the pool and 3,600-sq.-ft. cabana area, the glow from the luminaires and their reflection creates additional drama to the setting and the architectural forms. In the open, column-supported cabana ceiling are 1W and 2W recessed exterior LEDs. Access to the cabana adds a geometric layer of circular stepping stones outlined by LEDs wrapped with flexible underwater acrylic cords. The ceiling in the kitchen inside the home was customized to accommodate the square, recessed adjustable 2W LED accent fixtures. They are also installed in the dining area, game room,
Photos: Philippe Vermes
and pantry.
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Kevin Willmorth, Editor
Ambient Solutions at the Show:
PRODUCTS
Beyond Diffuse General Lighting For years now, flat ambient light has been promoted as desirable. However, diffuse flat panels of light—or indirect luminaires delivering “volumetric” light—deliver little cutoff and virtually no directionality. Indirect lighting presents a similar effect. The error of this approach is its failure to consider that the human visual system responds to directional lighting, as shadow effects and highlights assist in defining shape, texture and contrast. Avoid less diffuse
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gloom from featureless whitewash-
Sea turtles common to many coastal areas are among the
The optical ring design of the Evolve LED Area Light helps
ing, and do more to provide ambient
animal species that can be disoriented by standard exterior
produce impressive vertical illumination while maintaining
fill with a strong directional presence
illumination. These LED Amber Wall Packs produce amber-
glare control in site, area and general lighting applications.
to deliver visual interest and perfor-
colored illumination that isn’t visible to many of those spe-
The fixture can be specified with color temperatures of
mance. As an example, Philips (1109,
cies, and can help facilities meet local lighting ordinances
400K and 5700K, and in dark bronze or black (with custom
1206) has several very nice designs
designed to protect light-sensitive animals.
colors available).
delivering more than the typical diffuse
Visit www.accessfixtures.com or Circle 283.
Visit www.gelighting.com or Circle 282.
optic for enhanced visual comfort as
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well as enhanced visual performance.
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EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS
TE Connectivity (TE) is transforming technology and enabling workspaces to operate more efficiently through new Low Voltage Direct Current (LVDC) distributed power systems. These “plug-and-play” systems limit the number of conversions necessary to power workspace lighting and accessories, and are inspiring designers to take greater advantage of LEDs functionality, modularity and flexibility. Visit booth #3564 at LIGHTFAIR to see how TE is helping designers maximize the potential of modern lighting systems, or connect with us at te.com
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Havre, McGill University, Montreal Designer: Linda Covit Lighting Design: Blue Hour Design
Specialty lighting represents finding solutions to many outside-the-box scenarios, such as illuminating a worldclass sculpture. It also represents a category of products specially designed for specific functions, such as medical environments or stairway illumination.
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Finding Synergy at the Show:
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Connecting Technology The biggest barrier to widespread application of the hottest technologies has been the lack of synergy between disparate product makers. Too many proprietary products and too little standards for inter-connectivity, and lack of foundational dimming and electronic controls agreements has created a mixed bag of great products, that do not always play well with others. Some progress has been made through standards groups, and the efforts of NEMA (3004) and others, but
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there remains a way to go before the
The MaxLite Vapor Tight lineup of linear fixtures now
The Healthcare Lighting Archer LED bed lights offers
issue is resolved. Shows like Lightfair
includes models qualified by DesignLights Consortium for
light distribution designed for both reading and ambient
offer everyone the opportunity to pro-
use in parking garages—and available occupancy sensor
illumination, with an additional chart light operated using
vide feedback to manufacturers that
versions support compliance with California’s Title 24
an attached rocker switch. Optional sequential switching
more synergies need to exist in order
requirements. Special internal reflectors provide light dis-
along with remote and pendant pillow-switch operation is
for products to be fully considered as
tribution that illuminates driving surfaces and door-handle
available.
part of a larger lighting design schema.
elevations.
Visit www.acuitybrands.com or Circle 280.
Let them know you understand their
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desire to dominate the universe, but that’s frankly counter productive.
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Havre, McGill Univ. Health Centre, Montreal Designer: Linda Covit Lighting Design: Blue Hour Design At the university’s Glen site, an open-work painted sculpture of interlocking aluminum strips was created at the entrance to the complex by light artist Linda Covit. During the day, shadows formed by natural light reach out across flat ground surrounding the 40-ft.-high sculpture. During evening hours, three sequences, each 30 minutes long, bathe the artwork in shades of blue and blue-green, representing air, sky, and water. All fixtures and the control system were customized by LED-AM. On the ground are two different types of LED fixtures. Around the sculpPhotos: Marc Cramer
ture on the outside edge are 12 x 3-in-1 RGB, 3W each, with a wide angle lens. Inside the sculpture are 36 x 1W fixtures with separated colors—12 each of red, green—which Covit chose for the optimum color mix to reach the top.
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Nepenthes Paisleyi, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Architect: Corson Studios LLC By day, a quartet of undulating 16-ft.-high LED-lit, painted fiberglass sculptures stand serenely poised in a circle at the entrance to the residential community of Paisley near Edmonton. However, the origin of their shape is less placid. According to sculptor Dan Corson, they were inspired by the carnivorous plant Nepenthese. “Paisleyi” is the Latinized word of the last name of Brian Paisley, founder of the Edmonton Fringe Festival. An internal steel spine supports wrapped layers of translucent fiberglass containing the LEDs. During the day, the surface of the sculptures exhibit a monochromatic black-and-white color palette of swirling geometrics. With the setting sun, they are animated by dynamic programmed patterns of Nichia RGB SMT chips. Custom linear LED boards are fitted with two complete circuits on each board, primary and backup. A Light O Rama MP3/g3 “Director” system Photos: Dan Corson
utilizes two separate LOR networks to operate the continuously running program. The Director output is converted to four DMX512 universes, one for each sculpture, then converted to a proprietary protocol in the LED drivers in the base supporting the sculptures.
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Supporting Design Intent at the Show:
PRODUCTS
High CCT and High Color Accuracy Solid-state lighting has grown up considerably over the last 9 years. In the early phases of deployment, the best that one could hope for was decent efficacy, reasonably close color consistency, and a service life to support the high price of products. Today, there are solid-state sources delivering all of this, plus high color accuracy, superior consistency, and the combination of high CCT and high CRI together, many with strong R9-14 performance values as well. This means that putting
THE RIGHT BEDSIDE MANNER
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together a design with a CCT of 5000K,
Surgical suites can pose a range of lighting requirements,
Developed by Traxon/e:cue in partnership with Galaxy
does not require accepting CRI’s of 65
including situations that call for low illumination levels
Glass and Stone MediaGlas is a highly customizable line
or lower. Cree (1657), Briudgelux (2847)
while still meeting the demand for high levels of visual
of monolithic and laminated architectural glass designed
and Xicato (3020) all offer high CCT/
acuity. Kenall MedMaster M4 Series fixtures now can be
specifically for use with Traxon LED lighting and controls
high CRI light sources to work with.
ordered with green LEDs that produce deeply saturated
Visit www.traxontechnologies.com/us or Circle 278.
The time for manufacturer’s product
green light in the most efficient way.
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Visit www.kenall.com or Circle 279.
portfolios to include them is now.
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Come see our family of lighting products at
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Tesseract, Traveling exhibit Architect: 1024 Architecture Lighting Design: 1024 Architecture
Controls are the real bright spot of the future of lighting. Not only do they help save energy and work to integrated daylighting effectively in architecture, they open the door for fantastic or human centric effects.
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Finding Wireless Solutions at the Show
PRODUCTS
Is the Time Right to Pursue the Ultimate in Flexible Controls Systems? Wireless lighting controls are a rapidly growing segment of the lighting industry. Finally, reliable controls technologies and a solidification of standards is creating more opportunities to apply it in real world application. Controls that require no external power will be found under the Enocean Alliance (2427), while the Zigbee Aliance (3130) sets a uniform communication standard, while Daintree (3133), Philips (1109, 1206), Hubbell (721), and Cooper (1157) will showcase their latest approaches
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ZenNet wireless controls are a wires-free option for fixture
Integrated sensor control systems are options for the
makers also incorporating Thomas Research Products LED
Metalux Encounter and SkyRidge luminaire lines, enabling
drivers. The controls are self-powered using solar cells and
built-in occupancy and daylight sensing and control. The
small kinetic energy-harvesting swtiches – with no batter-
sensor system can work right away with established de-
ies or wires required, the devices can go anywhere. Com-
fault settings, or its target light level, preset lighting level
munications is enabled using EnOcean Alliance protocols.
and other variables can be adjusted using a remote control.
Visit www.trpssl.com or Circle 277.
Visit www.eaton.com/lighting or Circle 276.
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to this exciting field.
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Tesseract, Traveling exhibit Architect: 1024 Architecture Lighting Design: 1024 Architecture Conceived as a demountable cube-shape open scaffold, Tesseract has brought its high-powered moving light show that has been a pop-up attraction in such cities as Vancouver, Prague, and Eindhoven. Its 3-D moving light array setup reacts to sound to turn in 360° radius. Visitors are encouraged to step inside to activate the light show controlled by a DMX system programmed by MADmapper, developed by the designers at 1024 Architecture. Two light sources perform sequences that illuminate the surroundings: Martin’s 16x Atomic 3000 stroboscope and Clay Packy’s 65x Sharpy. To illuminate the multi-level Tesseract structure, the spectacle is enhanced by color changing of 12 lines of flexible RGB line, each 49 ft. long.
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C’EST CHIC The sleekly styled Lutron Electronics Palladiom QS keypad features flush buttons and faceplates fabricated from the same material—which could be plastic, glass or metal—along with backlighting that makes the device easy to find in a darkened room. Button layout and functionality can be customized to meet project needs. Visit www.lutron.com or Circle 275. LOCATE AT LIGHTFAIR
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RELIABILITY IN WIRELESS CONTROLS IS FINALLY ALLOWING IT TO BE APPLIED IN REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS.
WHERE MORE THAN COLOR MATTERS
FOR YOUR CONTROL ISSUES The ETC Unison Paradigm lineup offers integrated-system control geared to the needs of television studios. It provides presenters, technicians and camera operators tools to control lighting without leaving their stations, and allows news presenters to operate lighting from a desk-integrated touchpanel, out of the camera’s sight. Visit www.etcconnect.com or Circle 274. LOCATE AT LIGHTFAIR
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And Now for Something… Not So Totally Different Lightfair 2014 was a massive expression of
At this year’s Lightfair, linger a little longer at your stops. What might look like a familiar form might cleverly house hidden LEDs that just might suit your needs. Innovation is a strange animal. It sometimes
this convergence of familiar conventional lighting forms loaded with the latest in LED technol-
enabled by the market scale growth of more conventional approaches. I’ve been outspoken here and in public en-
ogy. There were hundreds of ubiquitous troffers,
gagements about wanting to see more design
downlights, suspended linears and retrofit lamps
innovation driven by this new technology. In
everywhere. Decorative products also hid their
this, I’ve allowed the redundancy at the trade
LEDs well, yet delivered astounding performance
shows to bother me. That does not mean I don’t
conventional sources could never match.
get what’s going on, or disagree with the implicit
The inescapable feeling was that greatest
practicality—I do. I’m just impatient to see excit-
grows in steps, progressively moving us forward
revolution in lighting since the invention of
ing new things come to market. Unfortunately,
from one state of being to the next. A perfect
electricity is hiding in forms we can accept. It’s
as a product developer, I fully recognize the
example of this is transistorized music delivery
a smart play, and simply reflects the demands
costs of new product efforts, and the need for
devices. First there was the portable radio, about
of the market. The real value in LED technology,
manufacturers to realize a reasonable return in
the size of a brick, that allowed us to take radio
today, is in the raw performance capability. Put
both market success and income from expended
with us. Then came the Walkman, delivering
that to work affordably in a form customers can
effort. Leading-edge design might win a few
specific music of choice, one album at a time—fol-
accept without thinking too much, and you have
awards, but it fails to deliver a market return.
lowed briefly by the CD player. Then came the
a winner.
MP3 revolution, delivering an even smaller por-
At Lightfair 2015, there will be more signs of
So, heading to the show, we will all see many new things that are not so different, but oh so
table delivery system with the real killer being
this process taking place. However, there will
much better than ever. That means, as attend-
its ability to deliver not just one album of choice
also be significant indications of things to come.
ees, the challenge is in avoiding the temptation
at a time, but an entire selection of music.
This will include white color tuning, dim-to-
to walk past what we see as familiar, miss-
warm CCT, automatic dimming controls, wire-
ing what’s hidden inside. Take a moment and
and dreams of radical transformations and
less integration, high CCT visual performance
see what you are looking at. What might look
global conquest, but are often accompanied by
enhancement, circadian rhythm supporting
conventional, is likely concealing something
massive condemnation of the status quo. Rather
concepts, and superior color performance. These
worth of a few moments investigation. There
than stair-stepping, we are talking wall-jumping
new values will not necessarily be obvious in
will also be plenty of innovative new product to
transformations. The emergence of LED tech-
their outward appearance. One does not need
see, as manufacturers connect with designers by
nology has been just this type of innovation.
an exciting new product form to deliver these
exploring outside conventional boxes.•
Anxious to realize massive movement, a fast and
innovations—again, a solid marketing move. Let
loud approach was taken. In this, grand promises
the drivers of style and aesthetic interior and
were made well before actual product. This
exterior design influence future forms, indepen-
meant that evolution came from two directions
dent of the technology maturation process. We’ll
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
simultaneously. The technology grew to suit
see examples of this at the show, with innova-
Kevin Willmorth, a lighting expert and fixture designer,
market desires, while the market grew to accept
tive designers putting the physical attributes of
has been instrumental in helping create a vision and
the technology.
LED and OLED technology to work in new forms,
mission statement for Architectural SSL.
Innovations often emerge as grand promises
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