Architectural SSL - February 2018

ARCHITECTURAL SSL • Chronicling the Advancement of LEDs in the Built Environment

GETTING COMFORTABLE. We crave comfort foods that make us feel good. Without realizing it, perhaps we wish the same thing in lighting. In trying to better define human-oriented lighting, let’s recognize homeopathic as well as prescriptive solutions.

AT THE FRONT In language, the right accent on right syllable makes all the difference. For buildings, it’s all about the right lighting strokes.

SSL PROJECT Tillotson Design Assocs., in the form of the glistening, angular Vagelos Center, add some “wow’ curb-appeal to Columbia’s medical campus.

SSL PROFILE Charlotte’s “Queen City Tower” gets a dynamic and luminous crown thanks to new “light paintings” brought to life by Focus Lighting.

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APPLYING LIGHT FOR

WELLBEING WHAT IS HUMAN CENTRIC LIGHTING? Can we apply light to make us healthier or more productive?

That remains to be seen, but certainly lighting can be applied to deliver “comfort” to make us feel better. [Page 16]

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12 Manufacturer’s Corner Osram is betting big on the future of LED with a 500,000sq.-ft. plant in Malaysia.

07 Exterior Lighting

05 LED Insights

DOE’s most recent “snapshot” report on outdoor lighting reveals general consistency.

Let joy and happiness motivate all your illumination plans.

By Jim Crockett

33 Project Profile Focus Lighting “Paints” a new skyline for Charlotte.

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48 SSL Observed

A new lamp source interacts with users via chirps and sounds.

Are you really open to customer feedback? If you’re not, be prepared for Karma.

By Kevin Willmorth

10 In a New Light

Can we apply light to make us healthier? Finding the answer begins with recognizing lighting as a multi-layered entity that must also consider nontraditional approaches that support comfort.

Notre Dame Cathedral’s frescos and paintings get an updated illumination scheme.

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FEATURES

DESIGN & PRODUCTS

16 Market Setting Feature: Getting Comfortable with HCL

40 White Pages A look at how the new WELL Building Standard is defining “healthy” lighting.

We crave comfort foods that make us feel good. Without realizing it, perhaps we wish the same thing in lighting. In trying to better define human-oriented lighting, let’s recognize homeopathic solutions while those of a more prescriptive nature evolve.

by Kevin Willmorth

22 At the Front: The Accent is on LED The future of SSL might be expanding the socio- and philosophical expressions of lighting with a literal light touch.

by Vilma Barr

42 Advances Module advances, controls, flood lighting, landscape lighting, area lighting, downlights, drivers, retrofit fixtures.

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28 Featured Project: Vagelos Education Center Tillotson Design Assocs.’ touch on Diller Scofidio +Renfro’s sculptural 100,000-sq.-ft. building makes it stand out as an angular glistening shaft on the surrounding Washington Heights cityscape.

by Vilma Barr

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most important here and now? Kevin Willmorth tries to sort this out in this edition’s Market Setting Feature, noting this convergence of capabilities and technology is proceeding too fast, and there’s a need to simplify things.

The rush to throw complicated technology to make lighting desirable, kind of reminds me of the industry trying to out-do the glories and achievements of its older, tried-and-true lighting

A challenge in producing a magazine over the

brother, if you will. But that might be an exercise

long haul is not only staying fresh, but remain-

in futility.

ing relevant. SSL’s mission statement, when

I have a suggestion: Something that cuts

we started in 2007, was to show illumination

through the noise, but that everyone seems

sources using LED were no flash in the pan. Now

to enjoy, is visual delight. The latter is a term I

that this has pretty much come to be, what’s

heard at a daylighting conference to describe

next? Indeed, like many teens, we’re facing a sort

the feeling of happiness people experience when

of identity crisis as we figure out what we want

unexpected changes, such as unusual shadows

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to be about in the next 10 years. Over these past

from the sun shifting throughout the day—create

months, I’ve been soul searching, and what’s

visually pleasurable moments. Too often, I

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emerged in my mind is a need to better fulfill the

believe lighting, including daylight, is not con-

human experience. What I mean by that, frankly,

ceived in this manner; rather, it’s a commodity

is how can lighting make people feel happier, at

engineered through a series of calculations

least more content, in every-day experiences.

that’s not fun, nor inspiring to anyone.

DESIGN & PRODUCTION Dave Pape Art Director dpape@cbmedia.us.com Lauren Lenkowski

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I don’t mean “entertained” as by theatrical

This was crystalized in my mind in conversa-

lighting—although that’s part of the prescrip-

tions I’ve been having with one of our key con-

tion—I mean generally “delighted,” such as the

tributors—Vilma Barr—who, for the past couple

feeling one gets when the sun shines after a

of years, has been struggling to come up with a

series of gloomy days. So how? This is the million

focus for a book she’s been working on to capture

dollar question. Color tunable lighting? Smart

the spirit of what’s happened with LED over the

lighting? LED technology, like this publication,

past decade. In the course of trying to overcome

is currently facing a challenging adolescence in

this pitfall, it came to me, that if I was going to

that it’s growing rapidly, particularly in its capa-

buy a book along these lines, it had better be

bilities that are well beyond the role of traditional

inspiring. What it really needed, I concluded, was

lighting. Whether it’s the Internet of Things,

that it needed to be able to capture the moments

Power over Ethernet or biologically tuned light-

of delight that have already been created in the

ing—they’re all fascinating concepts that are

works of many fine lighting designers. This has

certainly cool, but mostly in their nascent stages.

to be the magazine’s mission too—deliver content

The latter topic, particularly to the “human

that not only informs, but might help inspire you

experience,” is especially intriguing but nebulous.

to add a little joy to every space.•

Check out a story I wrote in the SSL Interactive section of our website, recapping some pertinent information Jim Benya delivered about lighting

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and biology from his experience in designing a LEED/WELL Building-certified project.

So the real question is where to begin? All

Jim Crockett, editorial director

the aforementioned subjects are worthy of fur-

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Outdoor Lighting Color Quality DOE SNAPSHOT ON OUTDOOR FIXTURES FINDS MOST MEET DLC REQUIREMENTS

Outdoor Area Color Quality and Power Quality Active Products Active Area/Roadway Active Parking Garage Active Canopy

Outdoor area applications offered some of the earliest low-hanging fruit for LEDs to make inroads in reducing lighting-related energy use, given the high-wattage lamps and fixtures targeted for replacement. As September 2017 DOE CALiPER Snapshot report on this segment notes, LED luminaires and retrofit kits have captured a significant share of this market and continue to show efficacy improvements, even at lower color temperatures.

ABOVE: In all three categories, the greatest percentage of products (53% to 63%) have a CRI (Ra) value in the 70s.

Depending on the specific category, between 41% and 49% of the listed outdoor area products have a nominal CCT of 5000K or greater. Between 29% and 38% have a nominal CCT of 4000K.

Like other Snapshot reports, this publication is based on analysis of the DOE’s Lighting Facts product list. Information in this list is provided voluntarily by manufacturers, based on their data for products tested in accordance with the Illuminating Engineering Society of North Amer-

Parking/Canopy Performance

ica’s Standard LM-79-08. Though it doesn’t draw from a statistical sample of the overall market, the product database is generally considered a good indicator of broad market trends.

The report covers a group of product types that includes luminaires and retrofit kits for use in area/roadway, parking garage and canopy ap-

Outdoor Area Trends Versus All other Products

plications, and updates a similar Snapshot publication released a year earlier. Combined, this

Input Power (W) Luminous Efficacy (lm/W) Output (lm)

Input Power (W) Luminous Efficacy (lm/W) Output (lm)

category comprises approximately 26% of all LED products listed in the DOE’s Lighting Facts database – area/roadway products, alone, make up 21% of those listings. In the year since the previous report, researchers found that average luminous efficacy for products in the category had increased by about 9 lm/W, even as correlated color temperatures (CCTs) had decreased.

As additional evidence of continuing improvement in outdoor/area products, researchers note that approximately 63% of those fixtures and kits meet output and efficacy specifications required for acceptance onto the DesignLights

ABOVE: For parking garage luminaires (left), higher output has been achieved by increasing input power compared to the first such products to be listed by LED Lighting Facts in 2010. For canopy luminaires (right), output has remained mostly constant over the past five years, with gains in efficacy helping to reduce input power.

Consortium’s (DLC’s) Qualified Products List, often referenced in utility rebate programs.

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: AUDIO-CONTROLLED LED

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Also, 25% of the offerings now meet

One of the latest lighting ventures to launch on

the more aggressive performance

Kickstarter has surpassed its $20,000 campaign

levels required to reach Premium

goal with a lamp that uses sound, rather than

status. Just a year earlier, only 49% of

WiFi or radio signals to communicate with its

listed outdoor/area products met DLC

companion app. Called Heelight and developed

requirements, and only 10% performed

by Chinese startup MicroNovelty, the lamp is

at Premium-status levels.

controlled by high-pitched digital chirps from a

Paralleling a pattern seen with all LED Lighting Facts-listed products,

ABOVE: In candle mode, the lamps can detect the sound of a human breath across its surface and “extinguish.”

those listed for outdoor area use are

mobile device and features a number of preprogrammed modes that also can respond to environmental sounds. It launches in March•

seeing increased input power and efficacy, which is leading to substantial gains in lumen output. An exception

RGB: DANISH LONDON EMBASSY/AARHUS CITY HALL

has been area/roadway luminaires,

Taking Remote Control to a New Level

for which input power has remained relatively steady for the past three years. Manufacturers also seem to be

The Danish city of Aarhus was named Euro-

responding to a growing interest in

pean Capital of Culture for 2017, and a recent

warmer color temperatures in outdoor

light installation in that city and London helped

lighting—while the majority of these

celebrate that designation by emphasizing the

products have a nominal CCT of 5000K

ability of art to reach across international bound-

or higher, between 29% and 38%

aries. Danish artist and lighting designer Tine

(based on category) now have a nomi-

Bech, from London’s Tine Beck Studio, called

nal CCT of 4000K. A growing, though

this project “We Believe,” and tied it to another

still small, percentage have CCTs of

Aarhus art initiative called “Hidden Places.”

3000K or less.

From a control panel placed at a hidden Aarhus

These performance improvements

rooftop terrace, visitors can play with the display

track the growing importance of LEDs

colors illuminating the façades of the city’s City

in the various outdoor and garage

Hall Tower and the Royal Embassy of Denmark

categories. DOE’s Gateway program

in London—all observable from a webcam on the

has been tracking these products

terrace. Fixtures were from SGM and were sup-

since 2007, but the earliest versions

plied and installed by Danish contractor VIGSØ.•

were clearly inferior to the fixtures they were designed to replace. Today, however, outdoor LED fixtures can outperform legacy high-pressure sodium systems, using significantly less power for equivalent lumen output and better color rendering. And, LED versions can offer better luminous intensity distributions than lamp-based luminaires, so fewer lumens are needed to produce equivalent illuminance levels on surfaces being lit. The report’s authors conclude that these trends indicate a broader range of choices for specifiers, allowing for an improved balancing of competing needs.•

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Life Just Got Brighter When others are lowering expectations to meet their performance we are raising ours.

Sternberg Lighting’s Libertyville 1914LED now comes with new optics and heat sink technology that far exceed our competition.

Sternberg’s Soft Vue™ lens technology optimizes surface brightness to reduce disability and discomfort glare.

COB Configuration FUNCTIONAL ILLUMINATION: FIRESTONE WALKER BREWERY, PASO ROBLES, CALIF.

Bringing Glory to Beer With a company slogan of “Beer Before Glory,” it’s clear that Firestone Walker Brewery would be looking for functionality over decorative appeal

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performance and design goals in the 10,000-sq.-ft. space. Both lines offer an industrial look that add to the brewery’s turn-of-the-last-century iron works style. The building’s exterior features Luminis Eclipse Mini E612 fixtures,

Sternberg Lighting,

designed to stand up to extreme weather conditions.•

ABOVE: Delivering more than 12,000 lumens per product, the Luminis Torx and Aramis pendants are ideal for areas where efficiency and reliability are important. The also allowed the aesthetic to be carried throughout the facility.

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HISTORIC STRUCTURES: NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL, PARIS

Shedding New Light on Ancient Treasures A lighting upgrade has brought architecture and

chapels. The installation was the same for every

ing and protect the paintings from the risks of

artworks into clearer view for visitors to Paris’

chapel and consisted of vertical tracks equipped

photo-damage.

Notre Dame Cathedral. The plan was created by

with black projectors that have an elegant and

lighting designer Armand Zadikian, who collabo-

discreet matte finish. The result is a highly ver-

that could blend into the architecture of the

rated with fixture-manufacturer Targetti on the

satile installation that makes it possible to vary

cathedral without compromising the histori-

illumination of 27 side chapels and their artwork.

the position of the fixtures along the vertical

cal setting”, explained Zadikian, who liked the

One hundred paintings were relit, with lumen

track and a flexible optical system that ranges

LEDO projectors for their ability to dim intensity.

outputs for each set individually by Zadikian.

from spot to very wide flood optics along with

“Thanks to the Targetti optics, I was able to ad-

As an integral part of the restoration, which

the possibility to dim individual fixtures accord-

just the emission depending on the works of art

started back in 2011, Targetti developed the proj-

ing to needs. The high quality LED lamps in the

to be lit taking into account the size, color and

ect with the collaboration of Zadikian, to help

LEDO’ projectors have excellent color render-

finishes.”•

“We needed a sober and discreet product

celebrate 850the anniversary of the landmark.

Targetti provided the lighting to illuminate the external cathedral doors by installing recessed projectors that are still working perfectly today.

“WE NEEDED A SOBER AND DISCREET PRODUCT THAT COULD BLEND INTO THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE CATHEDRAL.” The aim of the general restoration project was to enhance, yet preserve, the entire historical and artistic heritage on display inside. The restoration first focused on the heart of the cathedral and then moved onto the side chapels. The latter work needed to not only welcome the millions of visitors that cross the catherdral’s threshold, but to ensure excellent levels of lighting and luminance ratios for the television cameras that transmit mass every week from the cathedral.

Based on years of experience illuminating fine works of art and historical buildings, Targetti designed a lighting plan along with Zadikian that would meet these new criteria. “The original lighting that was installed years ago was no longer suitable for current expectations and needs.

The use of outdated and miscellaneous materials, together with a lack of light, made it difficult to see the works on display and the lighting was too low for the television cameras that transmit services regularly inside the cathedral,” explained Zadikian.

Targetti LED LEDÒ adjustable projectors were

ABOVE: The installation was the same for every chapel and consisted of vertical tracks equipped with black projectors that have an elegant and discreet matte finish.

ABOVE: The highly versatile system, that includes flexible optics, made it possible to vary the position of the fixtures along the vertical track.

chosen to illuminate the works of art inside the

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“THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW BRAND ALONG WITH THE EXPANDED PRODUCTION AT THE NEW LINE REFLECTS OUR BELIEF THAT OLED LIGHTING HAS UNLIMITED POTENTIAL AND IT DEMONSTRATES OUR COMMITMENT TO LEAD THE MARKET.” —SUNG SOO PARK, HEAD OF LG DISPLAY’S OLED LIGHT BUSINESS DIVISION

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: LUFLEX

OLED for the Masses

Architectural Lighting

LG Display has launched volume production of its new Luflex OLED light-panel brand with the inauguration of its new Gen 5 production line in Gumi, Korea. The plant’s initial production target of 15,000 units per month—a 30-fold increase over the company’s previous capacity—is expected to be ramped up even higher over time. The higher volume is intended to bring down per-unit pricing to make OLED lighting more competitive in the broader market.•

ABOVE: Luflex is a portmanteau of “lux” and “flexibility,” reflecting a core characteristic of OLED lighting being flexible, bendable and rollable.

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MANUFACTURER PROFILE: OSRAM

Betting Big on the LED Component Business Aldo Kamper CEO, Osram Opto Semiconductor

The move toward LED lighting systems continued to disrupt the bottom lines of traditional industry leaders as 2017 came to a close, with GE announcing plans to sell both its consumer lighting division and its tech-focused Current business, Philips (which now calls itself a healthcare company) selling off another 12% of its share in Philips Lighting (spun off in a 2016 IPO) and Osram Sylvania shedding its bulb operations.

Osram too has moved out of the lamps business to reimagine itself as a technology company. In August, it acquired Boston-based intelligentlighting company Digital Lumens. And in November, its Opto Semiconductor division cut the ribbon on a new LED chip factory in Kulim, Malaysia. The $436 million plant, which could triple in size over the next several years, will base its op-

SSL: In terms of general illumination, where will

erations on 6-in. wafers, which the company says

market growth continue to occur?

will allow for 125% more LED chips per wafer

Kamper: We see this still as a space that will

than with traditional 4-in. technology. Architec-

have growth rates in the high single digits over

tural SSL sat down with Osram Opto Semiconduc-

the next four to five years—there are still a lot of

tor CEO Aldo Kamper for a conversation the day

lamps and luminaires that need to be retrofitted.

of that plant’s opening:

Beyond energy savings, it’s what intelligence can

“WITH ONE WEEK’S PRODUCTION, WE COULD COMPLETELY RETROFIT THE STREET LIGHTING OF NEW YORK, RIO, HONG KONG AND BERLIN.”

I get out of the luminaire about the space, while SSL: It seems like volume-product capabilities

also addressing human-centric lighting. The nice

are a critical advantage the new plant is set to

thing about all these technologies over time is

ing to invest. The giants have gone off on three

offer—just how competitive is the component

they get more affordable, so the adoption will

different paths—we’ve chosen to double-down.

business today?

continue to increase.

SSL: How difficult is it to design a plant like this,

Kamper: In the semiconductor space, we have

SSL: GE is selling current just as Osram

given the speed LED technology is evolving?

always had 10 to 20 competitors, and most of our

announces its purchase of Digital Lumens, so

Kamper: It’s manageable. The nice thing about

competitors are Asian-based. Nowadays, Korean

two pioneers are taking different paths. What do

LED is that many of the technologies will go back

companies have become quite a competitor, and,

these moves say about a possible need to really

to the same kind of equipment. When you know

at the chip level, the Chinese have become strong

double down or get out in today’s industry?

how to use the equipment along with different

players. But not all of them have the financial

Kamper: The GE move you have to compare to

“recipes,” it’s not a one-trick pony.

means to succeed—it’s a business that’s very

what Siemens did in spinning off Osram [in 2013].

SSL: When is it time for a phase-two expansion?

R&D focused. [In 2017] we likely will spend $270

For us, it has proved positive to be on our own.

Kamper: It’ll be driven by demand. The first

million Euro on R&D, meaning the big will get

You have to make up your mind—are you in it or

challenge is to ramp this module up. When that

stronger and the small will get weaker.

not? At the component level, you have to be will-

journey goes well, we’ll decide on the next step.•

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SCULPTURE ILLUMINATION: VIRGIN OF EL PANECILLO, QUITO, ECUADOR

Re-Imagining the Focal Point of Quito’s Skyline At 3,000 meters above sea level, the Virgin of

fills us with pride and gives us strength to face

El Panecillo is located at the top of the epony-

greater challenges in 2017.”

mous volanic hill in Quito, Ecuador. The statue is

The design envisioned by Salotec Luminoplas-

Rebel Drum Series CC, high power, submersible RGB LED fixtures in a stainless steel housing, highlight floor columns. The product can be

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tia achieved the goal of illuminating the statue

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180 degree view of the city.

uct specifically met a need: DynaGraze Exterior

operate. To light the World Lookout and Olla, the

HO DMX fixtures highlight the windows. The

company installed Dyna Flood XT QW high-pow-

aluminum pieces that depict the Virgin Mary as

product features adjustable feet, a glare shield

ered quad-color LED flood units which supply

described in the biblical Book of Revelation. It

and DMX and RDM control systems, offering mul-

precisely matched colors in outdoor settings.

is one of the only depictions of Mary with wings

tiple configurations and very smooth linear dim-

It features an auto-switching, multi-voltage

like an angel. The statue stands on top of a globe

ming capabilities. It can be easily linked together

power supply and an on-board touch-sensitive

and beholds other iconographic features, includ-

in one chain, or can be installed using weather

menu and has a brightness of 1,579 lumens at a

ing a crown of stars and a snake under its foot,

proof link cables. The unit includes a 30-degree

20-degree beam angle, delivering efficacy of 26.3

representing the triumph of the church over sin.

swivel mount and a 90-degree swivel mount

lumens per watt.

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option with a beam angel of 10 degrees × 60

The 45-m.-tall statue, itself, is made from 7,400

Finally, to deliver the most effective solution

ing made from concrete and clad volcanic rock.

degrees, 30 degrees × 60 degrees or 60 degrees to

for architectural control, the company used the

Visitors can tour a small museum inside the

fit a wide range of applications. It provides 650

Art 500, a touch panel DMX controller with 1,024

building. Assembly of the statue began in 1974 in

lumens per foot and maintains 70% of its lumens

DMX channels and 500 preset scenes, to simplify

Madrid before being shipped to Ecuador.

at 150,000 hours.

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Because the statue plays such a notable role in the city’s tourist economy, Salotec Luminoplastia, a local Ecuador architectural lighting company, was challenged with replacing the current lighting scheme by designing and installing a dynamic lighting system to highlight the grand statue at night. With the complex exterior, including windows and columns, the company needed to create an all-encompassing lighting system that was calendar control-driven.

To find the lighting products versatile enough to illuminate the statue, Monica Velasco and Miguel Salmon, Salotec Luminoplastia designers, investigated several lighting companies. The team reviewed numerous products that could provide color changing capabilities, precise colors and the ability for control-driven lighting to provide intricate lighting schemes for special occasions.

Salotec Luminoplastia specified products from Los Angeles-based Acclaim Lighting. The products chosen have capabilities that effectively illuminate the different exterior layers. The assembly of lighting products took just one month beginning in October 2016.

“The result is excellent, as the great icon of the Quito city is now visible from many points in the city,” said Miguel Salomón, Salotec Lumino-

ABOVE: To illuminate the figure of the Virgin, Acclaim’s DELTA, a high power IP65 LED wash light, was installed. Due to the fixture’s robustness, it is ideal for demanding fixed installations, and was developed to replace high-power discharge luminaries with compact high-efficiency fixtures.

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APPLYING LIGHT FOR

WELLBEING

By Kevin Willmorth, editor

The desire to find states of being,

Until recently, however, the greatest

magical elixirs, pills, foods and herbs

concerns being addressed as far

to make us feel well or cure our

as health and comfort in lighting

diseases is a part of humanity. Com-

involved only vision of objects, which

fort foods make us feel good. Herbs

was addressed via recommendations

and homeopathic remedies have

of controlled illuminance levels,

provided cures for centuries for a

brightness and glare, as well as color

wide range of ailments. Meanwhile,

accuracy. Flicker emerged as an

science has brought us another level

issue with the advent of fluorescent

of prescribed creations, to address

and HID sources, but it’s impact was

specific illnesses and symptoms.

considered a secondary priority.

Differentiation between these

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Recent discoveries relating to

remedies is in the specifics of their

light’s effect on human observers,

approach. Comfort foods have no

however, has changed how light

bounds. Homeopathic remedies

and its characteristics are consid-

are often used for a wide range of

ered. We now know that light has a

curative purposes. Prescribed solu-

physiological effect beyond visual

tions are specific, both in the issue

performance. This includes circadian

they address and how they are to be

entrainment—a topic that has cap-

applied. This all applies to modern

tured the imaginations of marketers,

lighting practice.

scientists and designers alike.

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The question on everyone’s mind now is: Can we apply light to make us healthier? Finding the answer begins with recognizing lighting as a multi-layered entity in our environment. This includes the consideration of non-traditional approaches that support the feeling of comfort and well-being through application of lighting strategies that follow prescribed methodologies, but support comfort and homeopathic approaches.

‘Comfort’ Lighting We crave comfort foods that make us feel good.

Without realizing it, perhaps we wish the same thing in lighting. It’s a fact that several lighting design features are not founded on objectively enhancing human performance of health—but rather are applied to benefit an observer’s sense of space or style. The intent is to help occupants feel good in the spaces they occupy. Color effects, decorative lighting features and aesthetic lighting of space/architecture, are comfort lighting.

These features create a feeling of intrigue and ALCHEMY OF LIGHTNG Cove and color effect lighting in Miami’s upscale Alchemist2 store, by G2J Design, absolutely deliver “comfort” lighting, creating a sense of intrigue and interest to shoppers.

interest to occupants, which makes them more comfortable. Perhaps this invokes a primitive response, like light sparkling through a tree canopy, or the romance of a sunset. Regardless, light effects are a desirable component of the illuminated environment—even if that violates the

Homeopathic Lighting

to objectively prove cause and effect in real-

Coming back to the idea of homeopathic design,

world application, but not necessarily in actual

are subtle lighting effects that define three-

it applies to lighting as far as the techniques em-

applied environmental studies. Regardless, there

dimensional space and objects not necessary for

ployed to produce a desired human physiological

is enough subjective evidence and consensus

rudimentary functionality. These “comfort” ef-

response. These are loosely based on information

that these recommendations are worth consid-

fects enhance impressions of architecture—and

and studies, but often lack specific objectively de-

eration. Take a look at our Project Profile of the

those around us—as we perceive these through

rived detail. This applies to interpreting research

offices of innogy on p. 37, as an example.

plays of light and shadow.

addressing human visual response, circadian

Several “homeopathic” lighting recommenda-

rhythm and applications of theories based on

tions can be found in LEED as well as the new In-

to-warm, as well as individual dimming control,

mimicking natural light in artificial lighting. This

ternational WELL Being Institute’s WELL Build-

are desirable for their positive emotional effect.

has also been labeled “Human Centric Lighting”

ing standard. (See the White Pages on p. 40 for

Dim-to-warm follows the characteristic of incan-

by many lighting marketers. Homeopathic light-

more). These address qualitative color effects,

descent lamps, which by happenstance, follows

ing solutions are frequently presented as case

by including a minimum of CRI >80. The WELL

a preference of observers for warmer light in

studies, similar to clinical studies cited in homeo-

qualification adds a demand for a minimum R9

lower light conditions. This subjective prefer-

pathic medicine. That said, there exists scientific

of >50. These recommendations are based on

ence has been the topic of discussion since the

study of the connection of light, and the newly

solid objective data. However, by applying them

Kruithof study was completed over 75 years ago.

discovered ipRGC cells in the eye, to non-visual

as overly broad qualifications, without inclusion

Even though the color range and illuminance

physiological responses. Sleep science, which in-

of application, illuminance levels, CCT, task size,

levels in which most dim-to-warm products

cludes a wide range of contributing factors, is be-

and other factors, essentially what has been cre-

are not aligned with objective studies, there is

ing parsed to extract lighting’s effect in isolation

ated is a homeopathic remedy. As far as LEED, at

enough subjective evidence to support these

to create homeopathic recommendations. Most

least in context of addressing visual comfort, it

concepts as desirable lighting features.

of these have been verified under lab conditions

limits direct illumination from overhead sources

strict tenants of energy conservation.

Softness, shadow control, and directionality,

Dimming effects, such as dim-to-dark and dim-

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TEST CASE An example of a hand ful of HLC “case studies,” Registers of Scotland, in Glasgow, features a smart Casambi control system that provides changes in CCT and intensity based on a time curve, including scene-setting. More results data is needed.

to <25%; weights wall/ceiling/floor reflectance to

detail, including a limit of 8,000cd/m2 above 53

question. Just as it is in prescriptive medicine,

85/60/20; limits workplace surface illuminance to

degrees, and shielding recommendations with

as additional data is collected, adjustments are

a <10:1 ratio over ambient average illuminance;

cutoff and solar glare control. That said, other

made. Prescriptive lighting is focused on a nar-

and limits ceiling-to-work surface illuminance

current popular HLC strategies, such as CCT tun-

row subject, with very specific formulaic require-

to <10:1. The WELL qualification includes similar

ing and CCT cycling to imitate the appearance

ments, rather than broader remedies found in

recommendations, under its brightness manage-

of daylight—without also including prescrip-

homeopathic approaches.

ment strategies. All of these recommendations

tions for related illuminance levels, spectral

are over-simplistic, and founded more on subjec-

power characteristics and scotopic/photopic

ing to health and comfort is flicker. It is known

tive recommendation than actual study, so fall

balance—result in basically a homeopathic solu-

that flicker frequencies below 80Hz are readily

into the category of homeopathic lighting.

tion. Evidence does indicate changes in lighting

visible and carry high risk of causing migraines

throughout the day creates improved mood and

and seizures. Flicker frequencies of 100Hz–120Hz

glare, visual noise from too many sources,

general feeling of health. But until more detailed

have been proven to reduce visual accuracy and

and contrast, all reduce visual discomfort and

prescriptive recommendations are deployed, the

reading speed. Modulation depth and flicker

enhance visual performance. While there are no

generalized approach of CCT tuning and cycling

percentage factors play a role in what impact

hard-scientific formulas established to define

remains homeopathic in nature.

modulation will have on visual comfort and

Control of brightness from luminous sources,

some of these distracting features, it is accepted

A prime example of prescriptive lighting relat-

performance—the lower the frequency, the more

that glare control produces positive results to

Prescriptive Lighting

sensitive observers are. At frequencies above

occupants. LEED addresses this with a basic

OK, so how about the other side of the coin.

2000Hz, the human visual system does not

requirement that luminous sources not exceed

Strategies that are documented with specific

perceive flicker at all. Subsequent work of the

2,500cd/m2 between 45 and 90 degrees from

application formulas, founded on objective data,

IEEE1789 Committee studying risk factors, and

nadir unless directed away from occupant’s field

could be considered “prescriptive” lighting. This

IES recommendations to come, a prescription

of view. The WELL qualification includes more

does not mean that they are beyond reproach, or

can be written to limit flicker effects.

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COLLECTION BASKET BUMP? At this church in Grevenbroich, Germany, retrofit with Optec spots in warm white from ERCO, the response by parishioners has been consistently positive. In the new light, the space now appears much more friendly and festive than before.

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Another area of prescriptive lighting to bring to

of light sources to generate the highest visual

hours before “bed time.” WELL qualifications also

the fore is consideration of light source spec-

performance.

include programmed lighting to deliver dawn

tral power distribution (SPD) on photopic and

Exposure to daylight and outdoor views are

simulation from 0-250 melopic lux over a 15-min-

scotopic vision as it effects visual performance.

frequently recommended to achieve a higher

ute cycle, set to start by the user. Circadian

A relatively new discussion point, illuminance,

degree of human health and wellbeing. In this,

cycles, and related impact on sleep disorders and

to date, has been exclusively photopic, with all

WELL’s Feature 61 qualification requires 75%

disease impact, include a very large body of re-

photometry and light measurement collected

of all workstations be within 25 ft. of daylit win-

search, making it clear that there is a connection

with instruments tuned to the human photopic

dows, and 95% be within 41 ft. of windows. This

between light exposure and circadian cycle and

visual response curve. However, in addition to

is further qualified in Feature 62, which requires

sleep behaviors.

illuminance levels, visual performance increases

55% of occupied space receive at least 28fc for

as the ratio between scotopic and photopic

50% of daylight hours, and no more than 10% of

effect, evaluating sources most suitable to the

stimulation increases. This is included in two

space receive more than 93fc for 250 hours each

task of maximizing melanopsin suppression, and

prescriptive technical memos issued by the IES,

year. These qualifications are further expanded

those with minimal effect, requires evaluating

TM12-12 and TM24-13. TM-12 addresses visual

with requirements for shading controls to elimi-

the actual SPD of a light source, and its effect

performance at mesopic illuminance levels

nate undesirable solar glare on work surfaces.

on the melanopic response range. Calculating

based on S/P ratio alone, while TM-24 addresses

The concept of circadian light, specifically as it

In support of applying light for circadian

this using the Circadian Stimulus Calculator

the performance of high illuminance tasks based

applies to melanopic light levels, are addressed

provided by the Lighting Research Center, pro-

on EVE (Equivalent Visual Efficiency) which

by WELL qualifications, which outline require-

vides a usable prescriptive value, based on real

includes consideration of S/P ratio, pupil size

ments that include a minimum of 200 melanopic

luminaire data. This calculator is also necessary

and other factors to evaluated light source effect

lux for the period of between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

in determining the melanopic lux requirements

on visual performance. These recommendations

For residential occupancies, this is adjusted to

of the WELL qualifications. Interestingly, while

prescribe processes for evaluating SPD content

250 melanopic lux for “wake time,” and up to 2

scientists have found that red spectrum light is a

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IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN HOUTEN The WELL standard requires 75% of all workstations be within 25 ft. of daylit windows, and 95% be within 41 ft. of windows. The new headquarters of Dutch health insurer ONVZ in Houten, by HofmanDujardin, certain;u meet such criteria. Bathed in natural light, its electric illumination complements the aggressive daylight scheme. The bright environment was part of the company’s goal to combat absenteeism and “presenteeism”—where employees come to work regardless of their own health, often leading to ineffective work.

factor for increasing afternoon alertness, as well

invested by the designer(s) involved. Prescrip-

as morning waking state, inclusion of red light

tive lighting is specific, founded on objective

in current prescriptive formulas is missing. This

research—and by definition—less susceptible

illustrates how prescriptive lighting, by inclusion

to variability of the impact on the observers

of specific details, is subject to evolution and

exposed. Further, by being specific, opportuni-

change as more objective information is made

ties arise for objectively tracking results, which

available.

is not true for comfort or homeopathic lighting features, which are more subjective in nature.

In Balance

Every lighting system includes a mix of

mum illuminance ratios throughout the lighted

In general terms, “comfort” lighting is a matter

comfort, homeopathic and prescriptive compo-

environment. Further, inclusion of human-

of taste, style and execution to create an inter-

nents. In designs focused on inclusion of human

factors-driven lighting features in standards

esting, visually satisfying experience. Homeo-

factors, the challenge is in finding a balance be-

like WELL, demands more extensive calculation

pathic lighting strategies will either produce no

tween feel-good strategies and more objectively

work, research, and coordination than many de-

effect, in the worst case—or in the best case—an

founded approaches. Just as there exists unde-

sign teams are prepared to support effectively.

improvement for a significant number of those

sirable drug interactions, conflicts can emerge

For this reason, it is necessary to map a strategy

living or working under the resulting lighting

when attempting to create a lighting system that

that identifies priorities and goals. This includes

systems. This, likely, will be realized as an in-

includes as many desirable factors as possible.

avoiding the inclusion of superfluous strate-

crease in feeling of wellness and actual improve-

For example, meeting the WELL qualification

gies that create unnecessary conflicts, with

ments in physical wellbeing. However, without

for daylighting and access to daylight views

minimal results. Finally, as it is with any medical

scientifically derived, prescriptions and detailed

creates impossible-to-resolve conflicts with

treatment program, care must be taken to avoid

specification guiding applications, results can

current energy standards, and complications of

combinations of strategies that create human

be hit and miss, based on the expertise and care

meeting other aspects of minimum and maxi-

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ACCENTED COMMUNICATION

By Vilma Barr, contributing writer

Accent lighting has long been a staple for two commercial consumer interactions—retail and dining. At retail, selected products receiving higher-power beams than their surroundings subtly attract a shopper’s attention and initiate a process of comparison with surrounding options. In restaurants, particularly those in the mid-range and above, accent lighting on the platters presented to the diner gain another dimension under the appropriately selected lamp.

Now, with LEDs offering ever-broadening performance capabilities, accent lighting is both sustainable and enhancing. From their palette, lighting designers are applying illumination strokes that help to define time/place relationships, focus on customer experience, and branding.

Lascaux IV International Centre for Cave Art

Focus On Customer Experience Accent lighting can assist customers with wayfinding in stores of all sizes. Integrated with signage, accent lighting can set the emotional and visual stage to receive the message inherent in a display’s arrangement. Patterns formed by the arrangement of materials applied to walls and ceilings are part of the language that is directed to users to process information about the space they move through or occupy.

In the Beer Boutique (p. 29), the openwork and floating appearance of the hanging light fixture above the sturdy table beneath offers visual contrast and ramps up customer expectations. By surrounding the table/fixture setting with product displays, the vignette becomes theater-in-theround, with open space for customers to become performers or spectators, depending on the event.

Expressing Time and Place Marking the opening in 2017 in the Dordogne region of France is Lascaux IV, a museum displaying a minutelydetailed reproduction of the fabled discovery of the cave drawings painted over 17,000 years ago. Lighting for the interior pathways in the exhibit area is programmed to flicker as did the torches of the Paleolithic-era cave dwellers who drew them.

WELL-ATTUNED LIGHTING Illumination is intentionally kept low as visitors progress through a sequence of lighting conditions attuned to how the eye responds.

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Location: Montaignac, France Architect: Snøhetta Lighting Design: 8’18” Agency Sceneography: Casson Mann Stumbled upon by a teenage boy and his dog in 1940 in France’s Dordogne region, the caves at Lascaux with their colorful cave drawings, created over 17,000 years ago, were opened to the public after World War II. Although other caves from this era have been discovered, Lascaux became famous for the quality, diversity, color, and sheer size of its animal paintings.

The original was closed in 1963 because of growing concern over their condition. A limited reproduction was unsuccessful in attracting visitors, and a third version is on a world tour. This fourth meticulous representation, completed in mid-2017, combines imagination, innovation, and technology. The building, designed by Snøhetta, is partially buried in the hillside near the original caves. Recreating them requires a change in light, acoustics, and humidity.

Lighting consultants for the circulation spaces was 8’18” Agency, Paris.

A team of artists and sculptors from Perigord Facsimile Workshop in over two years reproduced 1,900 paintings including animals, signs and symbols, and one human with a bird’s head. The resin walls of the 9,700-sq.-ft. replicas are sprayed with a mineralfilled coating to reproduce the Paleolithic rock surface.

Glass, in the façade and the roof of the orientation area, produces a series of contrasting effects of natural light and shade. Illumination is kept at a low level in the spaces housing the reconstruction of the caves.

ANCIENT MEETS MODERN The Lascaux IV structure (above and opposite) is partially earthcovered, preparing visitors for the replications of art works drawn by the region’s cave-dwelling occupants 17,000 years ago.

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D In 21st century New York—nearly two millennia apart from

Described in this survey are other contrasting examples of

Lascaux’s caves, but with the same artistry in lighting—illu-

branding: a soaring office building lobby, and a wall fixture

mination is kept softly moderate to translate with con-

that measures less than 30 in. long. Both demonstrate how

temporary fixtures and lampsto set the mood of the c.1923

lighting contributed to establishing the brand’s “voice.”

Campbell Apartment. Situated in a once-limited access

Popup Lighting in Tel Aviv has carved a niche for itself with

corner of Grand Central Terminal, new owners commis-

its clever initial line of metal wall fixtures. Two styles, fash-

sioned a refurbishing of the exotic space, now identified as

ioned of painted aluminum, Deer Head and Peacock, are

The Campbell. The classic custom wall sconces are a major

illuminated from behind with LEDs that create flaring lights

feature of the newly restored and refurbished setting, once

and shadows. For 888 Boylston Street in Boston (p. 29), the

occupied by one of the city’s Jazz Age power brokers.

developers wanted the architectural grandeur of the lobby

LUXURIOUS LIGHTING Now completely refurbished to emulate a salon in an English manor house, The Churchill at Grand Central Terminal in New York City utilizes wall sconces as a prime design feature that balances the space between the ornate ceiling and the dining and lounge area.

space to establish the building’s brand. Integrated with the

Branding with Lighting

large-scale minimalist theme is a ceiling ribbon of closely-

Accent lighting has joined the promotional toolbox that

spaced fixtures aimed at the extended length of the white

marketers rate among the tenets of effective branding of

reception station below. The effect, along with artwork and

both places and products. In its broadest sense, a feature,

an expansive living wall, resembles the entry to a modern

such as accent lighting, contributes to creating the per-

art museum rather than a speculative office building lobby.

ceived image that distinguishes an organization or product from its rivals.

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The Campbell Location: New York City Interior and lighting design: Ingrao Inc.

Popup Lighting

SUBTLE USE OF LIGHTING IMPARTS A DISTINCTINCTIVE AESTHETIC TO THE DECORATIVE DECOR.

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Website: www.popuplighting.com Pop-up books have long been a children’s favorite, entrancing them with story characters that literally come off the page to reach out to them. Designer Chen Bikovski was no different. “Every time I flipped a page, I discovered a new fantasy world…the surprise made the magic all the more real.” Carrying this fascination into the real-life grown-up

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world, Chen and fellow designer Sarig Shinar decided to carry the magic out of the children’s books and start a company that designs and markets light fixtures that are both fun and functional.

Chen says that she always felt that there was “…something magical about light, and the relation of light and space.”

The Deer Head fixture is crafted from aluminum and steel, folded into a wallmounted accent/art work that measures 15.7-in. × 14-in. when not illuminated, and 29.5-in. × 27.6-in. when turned on.

When interior designers Anthony Ingrao and Randy Kempner of Ingrao Inc. got their first look in early 2016 at the interior of what was known as The Campbell Apartment, it was barely dim. Their job was to give new life to the onceglamorous, 95-year-old space, carved out of a corner within New York’s landmark Grand Central Terminal.

It is now under the management of the Gerber Group, operators of high-end bars and restaurants. Their plan was to replace the visual design cobwebs, divest its “JoeSent-Me” reputation, and take advantage of the traffic generated by the nearly halfmillion people who pass through Grand Central daily to attract more business to its bar and restaurant.

With 25-ft.-high hand-painted Florentine-style ceilings, a wall expanse of leaded glass, and a massive manor house-size stone fireplace, the 1,500-sq.ft. space is an architectural pastiche.

It was leased in 1923 to financier and investor John William Campbell who used it for many years as a business office and reception center for colleagues and friends. Operation of the existing Beaux Arts Grand Central Terminal, opened in 1913, was taken over by the region’s Metro North system. In 1994, it initiated an encompassing upgrade and restoration throughout its neglected interiors and added stores and restaurants to become a shopping and dining destination as well as a transit hub.

Renamed The Campbell, Ingrao’s designers fashioned their interior plan to capture its environmental lure while adding new esthetic and functional elements. Their treatment of the illumination was accomplished primarily by accent lighting. Pairs of custom green quartzite and brass sconces are mounted on pilasters on both sides of the room.

Additional lighting appears at the base of and behind the bar, and along the fireplace mantle. Reflected light from fixtures at the top of the pilasters illuminates the ceiling’s artistry.

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D Light, Italian-Style Alitalia’s lounges at Milan and Rome airports are skillfully orchestrated to tell its customers they are in a special environment, created for them, that imparts a distinctive sense of place. Alitalia is betting that they will carry this impression with them to become their airline of choice when next they need travel to an Alitalia-served destination. Soft contours of the ceiling fixtures and torchier shades create a calming cadence from one area to the other. The deft treatment of rectangular shapes of the wall material creates a subtle visual energy.•

Alitalia Airport Lounges Location: Milan and Rome, Italy Architect: Studio Marco Piva International air carrier Alitalia is experimenting with a new strategy to boost the number of passengers booking flights on its routes. The airline, dealing with falling revenues and stiff competition from cut-rate carriers, is luring upscale and frequent flyers, not with added airborne perks, but with groundlevel ultra-elegant airport customer lounges.

At Rome’s Fiamicino and Milan’s Malpensa airports, Alitalia is promoting a new concept of a between or before flight stop-off destination as a personalized invitation to a handsomely appointed Italian residence. Retained to mix an Italian villa with contemporary corporate style was Italian starchitect Marco Piva, whose hospitality practice reads like a world-wide Who’s Who of hotels and dining venues.

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For the Casa Alitalia lounges, as master designer for the interior plan, furniture, and lighting, Piva translated the client’s conceptual vision and also directed the myriad technical details. Fiamicino can accommodate 115 guests in 8,600-sq.-ft.; Malpensa is 5,400-sq.-ft. for 90 guests. Both facilities offer a live cooking area, buffet, bar, meeting rooms, a library, bathrooms with showers, and specialty areas.

Piva interplayed two geometric themes—rectangles and variations of half cylinders— as the basis for a brand identity, also stated by orange and deep grey color tones. On the walls of the cloud-ceiling entrance are horizontal rectangular shapes separated by bands of light. In an informal meeting space, walls are covered by double band of similar shapes

placed vertically, while a more symmetrical composition appears in a larger area. Crystal half-cylinder fixtures suspended from a circular medallion provide controlled glitter.

Piva’s design for a hanging fixture comprised of a white globular up-and-down lighting

element and a flared transparent outer shade appears in two versions. In the buffet area, they are smoke glass; above the bar, the outer shade is clear. Opaque glass shades for the torchiers restate the half-cylinder shade theme throughtout the space.

SLEEK STYLING Architect Marco Piva selected a rich orange accent tone against a warm neutral background throughout to unify both functional and decorative elements in the Alitalia lounges.

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The Beer Boutique Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Interior and Lighting Design: II BY IV Design When the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) decided to embark on a promotional campaign to encourage traffic for their beer distribution outlets, they expanded their selection of domestic and imported brews and adapted the successful retail strategy of slick new store interior. The initial site to test the theory is The Beer Boutique, a 3,000-sq.ft. building located in Toronto’s Liberty Village, in an historic neighborhood.

The LCBO entrusted their vision to the mega-award winning Toronto firm II BY IV Design to execute a unique and urban interior. Drawing on their success as store planners and designers to Canada’s top luxury retailers, II BY IV created a product-enhancing layout the draws shoppers to and around the displays, encouraging a sense of discovery. Instead of

ordering off large signage that doubles as a price list in typical LCBO outlets, beer enthusiasts can check out the labels and bottles that are impressively presented on the shelves.

Based on their understanding that today’s customers appreciate a sense of retailtheater along with a broad merchandise selection and responsive pricing, the designers placed a large wooden square platform fashioned from reclaimed wood as the central visual focal point. It is also used for tasting and pairing events as well as to display featured brands. From the dark painted exposed ceiling is hung a light sculpture with a profile that duplicates the platform’s outline. Light tubes are connected by interlocking copper tubing, a subtle reference to the traditional copper kettles used for beer brewing.

888 Boylston Street Location: Boston, Mass Architect: FXFowle MEP and lighting design: Buro Happold

 BY DESIGN Store design specialists II BY IV Design developed a directional traffic pattern that encourages shopper exploration around the store.

 CENTER STAGE Against a high, dark-painted ceiling, hanging fixtures lower the sight line. The chandelier, emphasizes the outline of the display.

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With its strong population growth, rooted in education, technology, and life sciences, the Boston region’s diverse economic base has created one of the world’s tightest urban real estate markets. Office building owners are seeking large corporate users who identify Boston as a “must have” location. For 888 Boylston Street, which completes the Prudential Center’s development in the city’s Back Bay commercial sector, Boston Properties, Inc., commissioned architects FXFowle to design an office building that communicates a distinctive exterior image that carries into and accents the ground level lobby.

Buro Happold served as both MEP engineers and lighting designers for the resultant 17-story, 433,000-sq.-ft. building.

Sustainability in energy systems and energy use ranked high in the building program objectives that include a LEED platinum nomination. Rooftop wind turbines and a photovoltaic crown mark its presence on the

skyline. At the exterior plaza level, a cluster of illuminated poles are anemometers that change color to reflect wind speed and the power generated by the turbines above.

Through full double-height glazing, lobby windows reveal a sweeping expanse of dark flooring punctuated by an extended illuminated reception station. Behind it is a vertically detailed backdrop marked by a single large-scale circular sculpture. To accent the visual drama of the reception area, a close-placed row of fixtures are beamed to the wall and the surface of the reception unit. Top-lit structural columns carry graphic imagery. Panels of vertical greenery bring the outdoors inside and soften the otherwise elegant minimalist aesthetic. Buro Happold’s lighting team introduced small, high-efficacy LEDs to produce a maximum horizontal 10 footcandle reading for the lobby, down from 30 fc in other Boston Property holdings.

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Vagelos Education Center Columbia Univ. Medical Center New York, N.Y. Design Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Executive Architect: Gensler Lighting Design: Tillotson Design Assocs.

Façade Consultant: Buro Happold Consulting Engineers P.C. General Contractor: Sciame Construction, LLC Photos: Iwan Baan; Nic Lehoux Text: Vilma Barr The Challenge: Create a graduate education building at Columbia University Medical Center in Manhattan that would incorporate technologically advanced classrooms, collaborative spaces, and a modern simulation center to reflect how medicine is taught and practiced in the 21st century.

The brief also called for the creation of spaces that facilitate development of skills essential for modern medical practice.

The Solution: The exterior profile of the Vagelos Education Center is expressed as a series of 14 irregularly stacked glass enclosures that appear to be balanced on a plinth base. Sustainable features include fixed and operable shading that optimizes daylighting and solar gain by programmable areas. Green roof technologies reduce heat generated by the surrounding asphalt and concrete. A clean ceiling effect throughout the building was achieved by the lighting with a variety of beam options to illuminate spaces of varying heights, up to 30 ft.

Medical education buildings of

as a place of excellence for higher

on creating a “wow!” curb-appeal

learning that would also act as a

factor. These sturdy, sensible,

much needed social center,” said

geometrically conservative

Madeline Burke-Vigeland, AIA,

structures, following opening

principal at Gensler, the project’s

ceremonies, depended on signage

executive architect. “Because of

to announce their identity, rather

everyone’s deep involvement, it has

than architectural recognition.

transformed into something that

Not so with the Vagelos Education

exceeds even those high expecta-

Center, a sculptural 100,000-sq.-ft.

tions…a vibrant new hub for Co-

building that stands out as a glis-

lumbia’s Medical Center campus.”

tening angular shaft on the surrounding cityscape.

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“It started with a clear vision

past generations weren’t intent

THE TRANSPARENT SKIN OFFERS VIEWS OF THE LOBBY AND THE TERMINUS OF THE “STUDY CASCADE” STAIRCASE.

Completed in August 2016, the building recognizes the initial gift

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A New Building Prescription from alumnus P. Roy Vagelos, MD

staircase in full view that extends

and Christopher Cheap, two of

and wife, Diana, who encouraged

the entire length structure, a hu-

her firm’s designers, analyzed the

the development of a facility that

man transportation system that

school’s visionary objectives that

reflects how medicine is taught,

gives three-dimensional meaning to

were being translated by the ar-

learned and will be put into prac-

social and educational interaction.

chitects into the plans for ultimate

To create the lighting program,

construction. “We joined the design

tice by future physicians. They approved the concept put forth by

Tillotson Design Assocs. was asked

team in 2011,” says Baillie-Hino-

architect Diller Scofidio + Renfro

to provide the artificial illumina-

josa, with construction beginning

depicting a transparent skin that

tion for the network of social and

in 2013. “It was a very ambitious

introduced the element which

study “neighborhoods” distributed

project,” he notes, referring to the

resembles a 14-story-high stage set

along the staircase, looking out to

amount of time required to com-

where students become the players.

the south-facing outdoor spaces

plete the architectural design

Interconnecting at each level is the

and terraces. Suzan Tillotson,

and engineering processes.

“study cascade,” an open vertical

along with Scott Baillie-Hinojosa



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CLINICAL FOCUS

The teaching of 21st century medical skills is expressed in the design of the Vagelos Education Center at Columbia University.

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Interior/Exterior Neighborhoods

aluminum mullion curtainwall

the building would be experienced

The building is divided approxi-

integrated with a GFRC element

by the residents of the community.

mately in half to accommodate

that provides a controlled day-lit

The nearby housing stock is pri-

the two distinct types of activities

interior environment. Ceramic frit

marily apartment buildings, up to

occurring simultaneously. The

glazing in a gradient pattern tran-

five floors,” he points out. “We had

south-facing curtainwall that

sitions from transparent to opaque

to be sensitive to the urban envi-

encloses the collaborative zones

along the side elevation. Sunlight

ronment, especially in the evening.

features flexible team-based

is filtered and diffused to mitigate

The experience from the exterior

teaching and study neighborhoods,

solar gain.

by those who live nearby, as well

a ground floor lobby, café, and stu-

“The existing medical school was

as visitors and drivers, would be

dent commons. These areas utilize

located just down the street from

on-going and needed to be positive.

full-height, clear, low-iron glass,

the location of the new building, so

Another consideration,” Baillie-

glass fin supports, and a low-e

we spent time there to understand

Himojosa indicates, “was the vis-

coating. Around the side and rear

what the staff and the researchers

ibility of the ceilings and lights at

of the building, where the labs are

were doing so to become familiar

the southern façade. So recogni-

located, mock examination and

with the lighting requirements

tion of minimizing the glare and

operating rooms and other special-

when they relocated,” Baillie-Hino-

spill light factors early on figured

ized enclosed spaces, the slabs are

josa explains. “At the same time, we

into our specifications.”

repetitively spaced, with a unitized

had to take into consideration how

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Lighting designer Baillie-Hinojo-

ingrade uplight with snoots and

Students who are participating in

sa sourced from Prescolite a pair of

hexcell louvers to prevent glare

Giovanni’s recent review in Archi-

the concurrent activities taking

fixtures with a 2-in. aperture that

and interchangeable optics to pro-

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and could be installed from below.

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building require illumination for

The A2LED mode, developed for

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Targeting LEED Gold

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different heights, some extending

pattern and full circular rotation

Citing the energy savings achieved

buildings. The project is generous

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by the lighting system as well as lo-

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time, lighting fixtures would need

lite’s D2LED provides the smooth

cally sourced materials, green roof

and to the city.”•

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effect that creates spatial dimen-

technologies and the innovative

the overhead surfaces, which were

tionality throughout.

mechanical system, the Vagelos

often canted. Architect Elizabeth

architects broke out of the usually

Baillie-Hinojosa led his team to

Education Center was a prime can-

Diller of DS+R, emphasized in meet-

develop a custom ingrade fixture

didate for LEED Gold Certification.

ings with the lighting designers

as an uplight integrated at floor

It was the recipient of an Honor

her strong desire to achieve fully

level. Taking advantage of the

Award conferred by New York AIA

functional light levels with as few

space afforded above the heating

chapter, and the 2017 Visionary Ar-

luminaires as was technically pos-

elements, a 3-in. cutout was made

chitecture Award by the New York

sible, contributing to the sleek

in the aluminum cover allowing in-

Council of the Society of American

ambience of the multi-level interior.

stallation of the five 3-Watt gimbal

Registered Architects.

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‘LIGHT PAINTINGS’ GIVE CHARLOTTE’S ‘QUEEN’ TOWER A BRIGHT, NEW CROWN BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER Charlotte, North Carolina

In an invitation they couldn’t refuse, New York City-based Focus Lighting was asked to redesign the exterior illumination of the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, N.C. Built in 1992, the building remains the tallest structure in the city, rising 871 ft. For the renovation, the firm produced a precise, multilayered solution that creates a stunning display of “light paintings” on the city’s skyline.

Nicknamed the “Queen City,” Charlotte is proud of the tower, which is often referred to by locals as the “Queen’s crown.” As the building is a stellar feature of the city’s skyline, the redesign needed to respect the style of the original lighting, yet add panache. “The project was initially brought to us as a technology upgrade, explains principal lighting designer Brett Andersen.

“But after analyzing the architecture, and its prominence on the skyline, we knew there was a bigger opportunity.”

Prior to the redesign, he explains, the original lighting scheme used just a single layer of white metal halide lights at each level. The Focus team developed a guiding concept of light paintings’ for the crown. “Instead of picking seemingly random colors of light, each painting would be an artistic composition inspired by a source of Charlotte pride—like a beautiful Carolina sunrise, or their beloved Panthers NFL team,” says Andersen.

The team knew it wanted to use LED technology to highlight Cesar Pelli’s iconic architecture, but it also recognized an opportunity for Bank of America to give a gift to the citizens of Charlotte.

“This was a chance to create a memorable design

ABOVE: The upgrade from metal halide to LED technology, according to Focus Lighting Senior Designer

and really have a positive influence on how the

Joshua Spitzig, made a considerable difference in the precision of the “light paintings” they created, as well as the intensity of the colors on each spire. In addition, because the brightness of individual RGBW LEDs can be controlled, they are able to create nearly any color to enhance the building.

designer Joshua Spitzig.

city’s skyline is perceived at night,” says senior To find the perfect source to create their vision—an RGBW fixture with a tight, high-output

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BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER, Charlotte, North Carolina

THE CHALLENGE: Commissioned to redesign the exterior lighting for the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, Focus Lighting saw an opportunity to go beyond a technology upgrade, convincing the client to illuminate the building’s crown with beautiful compositions of color, or ‘Light Paintings.’ To create this vision, the team needed a low-cost LED fixture with superior color mixing and a tight, high-output beam. Also, because the building was publicly visible throughout the entire redesign, they had to change fixtures quickly to avoid areas of the building going dark at night. They also faced architectural challenges of working in tight spaces and around various obstructions on the roof.

THE SOLUTION: To make their vision of creating a series of beautiful light paintings a reality, the team began by conducting several in-studio tests with different LED fixtures, then chose a smaller selection to test on the building.

Once they decided on the best fixture, the lighting designers developed an adjustable base assembly that allowed for a seamless, undetectable transition from metal halide to LED. The base assemblies were installed around the existing fixtures, with power and data in j-boxes mounted to the bases. So, as one group of old metal halide fixtures was removed, new LED fixtures were installed in their place and powered on immediately to minimize the visual disruption. They also programmed the new LED floodlights to emulate the color of the existing metal halide lights and temporarily aimed them to look like the old lights.

ABOVE: With the help of WB Moore, the project’s electrical contractor, Focus Lighting devised a mounting system to install the fixtures on the balconies in strategic locations to project light at precise angles. This mounting strategy also added to the speed of the installation.

beam and excellent color mixing—the team vet-

brightest, most prominent appearance ever.

ted a set of fixtures at their studio, then tested

This was a challenge in that the owners required

those fixtures, aiming and programming them

that the tower be illuminated as usual every

at various stages of implementation, eventually

night during the installation. This meant that for

finding one that met their performance and bud-

every existing metal halide fixture the installa-

get requirements. “We were looking for a cost-

tion team removed, a new LED fixture had to be

efficient RGBW fixture with a tight, high-output

installed, wired and connected to a temporary

beam and excellent color-mixing,” adds Spitzig.

lighting control solution that would adjust that

They eventually chose Acclaim Lighting’s Dyna

fixture’s color and intensity to perfectly match

Drum LED fixtures, both the HO and SO models

the metal-halide fixtures around it. Another chal-

in RGBW and 4000K. The latter are controlled by

lenge was working with the existing wiring and

an ETC Mosaic Show Controller, which distrib-

gaining access to areas without disrupting the

PROJECT CREDITS:

utes data over a network via streaming ACN to

ongoing office environment inside the building.

Lighting Designers: Brett Andersen, Joshua Spitzig,

a series of gateways, converting to DMX before

Erin Ryan, David Kinkade

running out to fixtures in the field.

Photographer: Daniel Gray

installed at the building’s top floors to light the

of light produced by metal halide technology,

Text: Ellen Lampert-Gréaux

crown’s multi-layered tiers of soaring masts.

made a considerable difference in the precision

New controls enable each light painting to be re-

of our light paintings and the intensity of the

called either through an astronomical timeclock,

colors on each spire,” Spitzig points out. “Now,

programmed event dates, or manually, through a

with crisper, brighter lighting on the lower

custom web interface.

architecture, combined with light paintings on

A total of 436 high-powered RGBW LEDs were

Focus also replaced metal halide fixtures with

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“LEDs were certainly the best option for this project. The amount of control we had over where the light falls, compared to the wide flood

the building’s crown, Charlotte’s treasured Bank

140 white LED fixtures on the tower’s lower

of America Corporate Center is more vibrant and

balconies, giving the exterior architecture its

dramatic than ever before.”•

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CZECH WORKERS SAY ‘ANO’ TO LIGHTS THAT BOOST LIKE A STRONG CUP OF JOE INNOGY OFFICES Prague, Czech Republic

“Ano” in Czech means “yes”—and that’s exactly what office workers from a Prague-based energy company are saying about their approval for new, more biologically based LED lighting installed in their company headquarters.

In November 2017, innogy completed a deep renovation of nearly 33,000-sq.-ft. of office space at its Czech Republic headquarters at Limuzská, Prague. The company went from a traditional closed office environment to open-plan and seized the opportunity to create a best-in-class work environment to enhance the comfort, wellbeing and productivity of its 550 office employees. Lighting played a key part of the renovation which involved a new restaurant, furniture, healthy food, kitchens and creativity spaces.

Philips Lighting installed a networked lighting system consisting of approximately 2,000 Philips LED luminaires. These included 860 Philips PowerBalance tunable white ceiling fixtures and 96 Philips LuxSpace tunable white downlights—all programmed to provide different light settings at various times of the day. The subtle differences in the color temperature and intensity of the lighting also supports eye comfort and may be personalized by employees to suit specific tasks.

While the emphasis of the lighting system is on enhancing employee comfort, it is also helping to improve operational efficiency through remote monitoring and maintenance.

The system, according to Philips, is tuned to support the circadian rhythms of innogy’s office staff, and stimulates their energy levels at set times in the day. Employees enjoy a comfortable bright light, similar to natural daylight, to start

ABOVE: The networked, color-tunable system, according to Philips, is tuned to support the circadian rhythms of

their day, with a second “boost” after lunch. This

innogy’s office staff, and stimulates their energy levels at set times in the day. Employees enjoy a comfortable bright light, similar to natural daylight, to start their day, with a second “boost” after lunch, which many describe as similar to a cup of coffee.

while also enhancing workplace comfort and

helps to stimulate energy levels, says Philips, vision. The stimulus has been likened, by the staff, to a strong cup of coffee.

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INNOGY OFFICES, Prague, Czech Republic

THE CHALLENGE: Upgrade a traditionally illuminated office into one that not only incorporated more modern LED lighting, but also took advantage of the technology’s other, more human-centric capabilities, that particularly might benefit employee productivity.

THE SOLUTION: A state-of-the-art color-controllable LED system from Philips Lighting was installed that emits a brighter, higher temperature light in the morning, and again after lunch, to give employees an energy boost, similar to a cup of coffee. Nearly 80% of employees surveyed described the new lighting as better or much better than the previous fluorescent tube lighting, while 60% agreed that it contributed to a place in which they wanted to work.

PROJECT CREDITS:

Lighting Design: Philips Lighting

ABOVE: innogy’s Limuzská site comprises three

Consultancy/Project Management:

buildings housing 550 employees and is one of the largest human centric lighting implementations in Europe. Exposure to a light setting of 5000K at 780 lux for 1–4 hours, says Philips, can stimulate alertness and energy levels in the human body.

EDIFICE construction and consulting, s.r.o.

General contractor: BAK stavební spolecnost, a.s.

Installer: COBAP s.r.o.

Two thumbs up from employees

similar to a cup of coffee and supports wakeful-

ployees cost organizations an average of $3,400

“We wanted to create an outstanding environ-

ness,” added Jirí Tourek, Country Manager Czech

a year in USD for every $10,000 in annual salary.

ment for our employees. At the beginning of

Republic at, Philips Lighting. ‘’Similarly, other

The lighting at Limuzská, which 56% of employ-

the day the office lights mimic natural daylight,

light settings can aid relaxation or help people to

ees found to be easy on the eyes, also contribut-

providing a useful energy boost. The light levels

wind down before lunch or going home.”

ed to employees rating an improvement in their

decrease until after lunch when we give another

While the lighting is designed to complement

performance following the renovation.

boost to help staff over the post-lunch energy

people’s natural circadian rhythms, employees

dip. Nearly 80% of employees surveyed described

at innogy may, at any time, override the light

Saving energy by delivering exact light

the new lighting as better or much better than

settings, tailoring the light to their needs or

The installation includes approximately 150 sen-

the previous fluorescent tube lighting, while 60%

specific work tasks, using a wall-mounted Philips

sors that detect human presence and switch the

agreed that it contributed to a place in which

Antumbra Dynalite control. This touch-button

lights off in a room or area when it is vacated,

they wanted to work,” said Tomáš Michna, senior

control enables control of lighting and blinds,

saving electricity. This combination of energy-

manager for facility and services at innogy

allowing workers to personalize their immediate

efficient LED lighting and controls has enabled

Czech Republic.

environment to suit their preferences.

innogy to reduce electricity used for lighting by

“We’ve taken our knowledge of how light

around 50% compared to its previous fluores-

physiologically benefits people from successful

Workplace satisfaction is good for business

cent lighting. The survey of employees at Lim-

projects in hospitals and schools and applied it

High workplace satisfaction positively correlates

uzská was conducted in June 2017 and had 242

to the offices space. We know that exposure to

with high employee engagement. Independent

respondents. The installation is supported by a

a certain comfortable bright light setting for

research reveals that workplace satisfaction

five-year Philips LifeCycle Essential support and

one-hour can provide a mild energy stimulus

makes good business sense as disengaged em-

maintenance services contract.•

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A Review of the WELL Standard in Terms of Lighting The new WELL Standard is a more concrete means of quantifying human factors in lighting, but it is labor intensive.

Consideration for human factors involved lighting system design

Feature 60 – Automated Shading and Dimming:

has grown rapidly over the past few years. The shift started with

Addresses the application of automatic shading of windows, and

the “Human Centric Lighting” or HCL marketing movement, which

dimming control of lighting in daylighted spaces.

certainly increased interest in deploying emerging solid-state lighting

Feature 61 – Right to Light:

technology as a means to enhance electric lighting for the benefit

Establishes occupied spaces must have access to windows, with 75%

of human occupants. The problem with HCL is that it is more of a

being within 25 ft., and 95% being within 41 ft.

feel-good movement, lacking specific details as to how it is to be

Feature 62 – Daylight Modeling:

applied. Because of this, its interpretation has fallen to marketers,

Imposes spatial daylight autonomy and annual sunlight exposure

and has involved a wide range of means for achieving such goals,

simulation requirements. These require special calculations using

including high CCT lighting, CCT tuning, dim-to-warm dimming, and

simulation programs, such as LICASCO (AGI32 Add-on) or DAYSIM that

other strategies created under the HCL umbrella. While the science

include seasonal dynamics.

behind HCL remains strong, it does not actually include any specific

Feature 63 – Daylight Fenestration:

application qualifications. One solution that may addressing these

Addresses the transmittance and uniformity of color transmission

shortcomings are provisions within the International Well Buildings

(between 400nm and 650nm), as well as window sizes for living spaces.

Institute WELL Building standard. It includes several qualifications

This requires data to be provided by glazing providers.

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Feature P2 – Light at Night:

the principle theories brought out by interest in the HCL movement.

Establishes the requirement for blackout shading for bedroom

Following is a thumbnail summary of the WELL qualifications

windows as well as electric light emission from electronic devices and

applicable to lighting:

nighttime navigational lighting with no light >15 lumens; wavelengths <550nm, and automatic and manual control features.

Feature 53 – Visual Lighting Design:

Feature P3 – Circadian Emulation:

Addresses illumination levels, ambient light and brightness-

Establishes user selectable bed time/wake-up time for lighting of

management strategies, including visual acuity in learning, dining and

bedrooms and living rooms with windows, including melanopic lux

living spaces, as well as commercial kitchen illumination.

maximums that must be imposed within 2 hours of sleep times; also

Feature 54 – Circadian Lighting Design:

involves dawn simulation programming.

Establishes both scheduling of, and levels of melanopic lighting for

The WELL Building Standard qualifications establish the first

work areas, living areas, breakrooms and learning areas. Melanopic

quantified guideline for human factors for lighting systems design.

illuminance requires collection of luminaire SPD for calculation with

Designing within these parameters requires a significant investment

software, or spreadsheet, such as the “Circadian Stimulus Calculator.”

in time to calculate and simulate the target environments, that will

Feature 55 – Electric Light Glare Control:

need to be addressed by professionals. There are also instances

Addresses issues of luminous brightness and shielding requirements.

where qualifications leave room for interpretation. For example,

Feature 56 – Solar Glare Control:

where illumination levels and daylight conditions are prescribed, they

Addresses view window shading and daylight management to reduce

are defined at a specific target height, but do not indicate whether

potential glare and illuminance balance issues.

partitions and obstructions are to be included in calculations. This may

Feature 57 – Low-Glare Workstation Design:

create conditions in which calculated results do not reflect actual field

Primarily focuses on sunlight control and avoiding glare on computer

conditions. There may also be areas where the WELL qualifications

screens from direct luminaires.

create conflict with energy codes, that will require compromise. Using

Feature 58 – Color Quality:

these qualifications in concert with conscientious design approach,

Establishes a minimum CRI (R10R8) of <80, with an R9 of 50.

appears to provide a significant improvement in human factors

Feature 59 – Surface Design:

considerations. Overall, there does not appear to be any features in the

Addresses surface reflectance qualifications, including work surfaces,

WELL program that would be considered overly prescriptive, allowing

wall, ceiling and floor ratios. It also involves the coordination of

designers working within these qualifications the latitude to integrate

lighting and interior design entities.

them in creative design for customers.•

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Low-Profile Engine DirectAC LED Engines from Fulham Co. are integrated onto the circuit board and support power ratings from 120V to 277V. Their low-profile design is well-suited for use in wall sconces and ceiling fixtures, and they can be used in both open and enclosed luminaires, with or without glass or plastic lenses.  Visit www.fulham.com or Circle 291.

A recent DOE Snapshot report notes 63% of outdoor LED fixtures and kits meet output and efficacy specifications required for acceptance onto DLC’s Qualified Products List.

1 Brassy Personality The LQPL Path Light is one of three fixtures in Auroralight’s new Qube series. Featuring solidbrass construction, the lineup also shares a deep prismatic design enabling a uniform 120-degree distribution from a single lens.  Visit www.auroralight.com or Circle 292.

2 Next-Generation Performance The second generation of Acclaim Lighting’s Dyna Drum HO high-power floodlight can be specified with a quad-color chip that enables a broad range of color mixing, including pastels and dynamic white, all in the same fixture.  Visit www.acclaimlighting.com or Circle 293.

3 Showing Colors in Their Best Light D-series Special Color chip-on-board LED lighting packages from Samsung Electronics are tuned to deliver high color vividness, without using potentially harmful UV or near-UV chips. Options have been developed specifically for clothing-, meat- and vegetable-display applications.  Visit www.samsung.com or Circle 294.

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The Power of Touch Offering the same user-interface capabilities as its Tessera Controller, ETC’s new Mosaic Touchscreen gives users a full controller feature set, including full configurability, at a lower price point. Buttons, faders, color pickers and other controls all can be presented on the 4.3-in. screen. The unit is compatible with any Mosaic system running Mosaic software 2.4 or above.  Visit www.etcconnect.com or Circle 295.

Dimming effects, such as dimto-dark and dim-to-warm, and individual dimming control, are desirable to aid “comfort” lighting for their positive emotional effect on occupants.

4 Cut the Wires Legrand’s new Wattstopper wireless networking approach brings together a border router and wireless network bridge that allow contractors to network digital lighting management rooms together wirelessly.  Visit www.legrand.us or Circle 296.

5 Safety First Anti-slip glass treatment is available for recessed exterior fixtures from Griven. The treatment mixes ultra-fine sand particles into a special white varnish that’s mechanically silkscreened onto to the lens surface for a rough, opaque appearance.  Visit www.griven.com or Circle 297.

6 Versatile Area Option The curvilinear Skyliner area luminaire from U.S. Architectural Lighting can be specified with any of nine distribution patterns and in several mounting configurations, with optional angled, concave or domed shades. The fixture incorporates a microreflector behind each LED to improve forward throw.  Visit www.usaltg.com or Circle 298.

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Driving Greater Flexibility The Excite product series from Tridonic now features a new range of constant current, programmable LED drivers intended for use in linear, area and general-illumination luminaires. The 35W, 50W (shown here) and 75W drivers can be tuned to dimming curves specified by controls manufacturers and feature efficiency rates of up to 90%.  Visit www.tridonic.com or Circle 299.

From their palette, lighting designers are applying illumination strokes that help to define time/place relationships, focus on customer experience, and branding.

1 Big Variety, Small Package The Silo 2020 LED Track/Rail Luminaire packs the capability for a wide range of dynamic beam adjustments into a small, unobtrusive package. It’s one of three WAC Lighting products to win top honors in the 2017 Lighting for Tomorrow awards.  Visit www.waclighting.com or Circle 300.

2 Budget Friendly The Entra 3-inch adjustable downlight joins Tech Lighting’s Element line as a cost-effective option for residential and commercial applications. Specifiers can choose from a range of options, including housings for either new construction or remodeling installation and round or square apertures.  Visit www.element-lighting.com or Circle 301.

3 A Sunny—and Safe—Disposition SunLike Series LEDs from Seoul Semiconductor, which produce illumination intended to match the spectrum of natural daylight, now have an RG-1 Eye Safety certification, indicating no photobiological risk, following testing according to International Commission on Illumination Standard IEC/EN 62471.  Visit www.seoulsemicon.com or Circle 302.

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Warmer Alternative Access Fixtures has added a 3000K color-temperature option to a number of its bollard product families, for applications where warmer-toned lighting is desired. The fixtures also can be ordered with 4000K and 5000K light sources. Shown here is the Vand bollard, which showcases a lens-free design that’s still tough enough to stand up to dust and weather.  Visit www.accessfixtures.com or Circle 303.

Designing within the parameters of the WELL Building Standard requires a significant investment in time to calculate and simulate target environments.

4 It’s Got Moves Zumtobel developed its Cardan Evolution downlight with the German architecture firm Blocher Partners.

The fixture can turn and twist thanks to its gimbalbased “cardanic” design—but unlike many such luminaires, illumination is kept out of the fixture, itself, at tilt angles of up to 20 degrees.  Visit www.zumtobel.com or Circle 304.

5 High-Efficiency Leader With efficacy ratings that reach as high as 167 lumens/watt, Eco-Series retrofit troffer fixtures from Illumisoft Lighting have captured the top four spots in the DesignLights Consortium’s efficiency ratings. Using patented, high-efficiency optical films, the fixtures offer energy savings of up to 50% over standard LED replacement tubes.  Visit www.illumisoftlighting.com or Circle 305.

6 Get More Color Specifically engineered for color mixing, the Luxeon C Color LED family from Lumileds now boasts significantly higher lumen output; Red-Orange output has been boosted by 12% and Red units by 8%.  Visit www.lumileds.com or Circle 306.

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Are You Enticing Customers to Share Their Thoughts?

Integrating customer feedback into lighting system design, or product design, for that matter, must involve feedback from the customer themselves.

stars in the known universe. Every book on cus-

tives. Social media, for many industries, has

tomer service, marketing, sales, business man-

given voice to dissatisfied consumers; but the

agement and how-to home repair has something

lighting market does not employ it—at least not

to say about integrating customer feedback

yet. Other issues include the fact that this indus-

into any company’s continuous improvement

try involves a rep network that acts as an insular

program. What’s missing is how one goes about

layer for its manufacturers. Further, contractors

identifying feedback participants and extracting

are more concerned about getting off a job site

input from them. Most books assume there is

than providing useful feedback.

I remember watching a contractor drill new

feedback flowing like water… it just needs to be

mounting holes in the face plate of a wall sconce,

gathered, organized and put through a magi-

small business, I have no filtering layers running

spitting the comment, “whoever designed this

cally quantified process to show the way into the

interference. I also engage in a lot of conversa-

junk should be shot.” Later, I had a chance to

golden future of success. In the real world, such

tion with the intention of gathering input. When

review that manufacturer’s product lines, and

gushing input just does not exist.

word of mouth is your primary marketing tool,

I enjoy direct feedback from customers. As a

found none used standard mounting box screw

How many of us provide real feedback to

you can’t afford to land on black lists, so we tend

spacing. In fact, many were impossible to mount

those we do business with? Here’s my process:

to go to extremes to anticipate and resolve prob-

as delivered. No wonder the guy was mad. How-

If I buy something from a source that is unsat-

lems. We also qualify customers, avoiding those

ever, when I brought this issue to the attention

isfactory, I put them on my black list, and never

we struggle to satisfy, to make room for others

of the manufacturer’s president, he responded

use them again. I assume that Karma will take

with better chemistry.

“I’ve never heard we had any issue with that.”

care of all the communication they will get from

Now this made me scratch my head—how was

me. Example: I was burned on a Ford Tempo in

larger organizations with big monthly nuts to

this even possible?

1984. I have not purchased a Ford product since.

crack. For such entities, the trick is creating a

My grandfather was cheated by a gas station

feedback channel, including end users and con-

a wide range of issues for contractors and end-

in 1941, and blacklisted the brand for the rest

tractors, so it can be collected unfiltered for use

users alike. SSL or not, there is no such thing

of his life. Polling friends, contractors, product

in continuous improvement. This may include

as a perfect product. How do these flaws slip

manufacturers, lighting customers—and even

adding an experience rating page to websites, or

through the cracks? The answer is simple: while

the guy that maintains our building—I found

actively surveying recent project participants. I

most manufacturers have a process for manag-

such behavior is not exclusive to my family. In

can offer that from comments I hear as an out-

ing field problems, such as undesirable dimmer

other words, not hearing from customers could

sider, silence is not a good indicator of customer

interactions or less than expected light output,

mean everyone is happy—or it could mean you’re

satisfaction.•

actively seeking input from installers and end

on a blacklist waiting for Karma to take you out.

In reviewing products over the years, I’ve seen

users directly is non-existent.

These strategies don’t necessarily transfer to

In the modern age of expanded competitiveness, customers have so many choices that

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

there are roughly as many business books ad-

brand loyalty is just not as strong a factor as

Kevin Willmorth, a lighting expert and fixture designer,

dressing customer feedback as there are living

it once was. Customers can afford to write off

has been instrumental in helping create a vision and

humans on earth—give or take the number of

sources, as there are many available alterna-

mission statement for Architectural SSL.

This is strange, as the last time I counted,

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