Parking Garage Lights Up For Safety

ertine limestone, recycled from mineral-spring deposits. Most other building exterior and interior walls are rectangular, some angled, also in recycled Silver Travertine. A contemporary illuminated glass sculpture, mandated by local zoning, is in a street-level entry garden, visible from street side or boardwalk.

The structure has rear windows on two floors facing directly on highly regulated, environmentally preserved Laguna Beach. The building makes prominent use of recycled/recyclable materials for the client/employee environment. The highly energy-efficient, high-skin-color-rendition indoor/outdoor lighting design appears overall as minimal and subtle. It is juxtaposed, in particular, to a custom ameba shaped downlight fixture on the second level, employing energy-saving, long-life combination direct/indirect CFL lighting.

Just as light is essential to skin-care applications, it enhances and complements the architectural environment, a fact well demonstrated at Obagi Skin Health Institute. CBP

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Listed below are sources and descriptions of the lighting fi xtures used in the project. For free information, circle the appropriate numbers on the Reader Service Card. Information about designer Rosemarie Allaire is linked in the digital magazine at cbpmagazine.com/digital/apr2015.

See Rosemarie Allaire’s other projects at her website: rald.us/commercial.html

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Lighting fi xtures/lamps

alight, Oceanside, CA, alights.com, Circle 13 • Recessed fl uorescents with 54-W T5-HO lamps in exam rooms for direct light and in

“Area 1” as a wall washer.

• Recessed 28-W T5 linear light with lens; 4-ft. length in ceiling, located at exterior parking area. • Recessed 14-W T5 vertical slot light with lens; 2-ft. length in wall, located at exterior stairs. • Suspended indirect fl uorescent with 54-W T5-

HO lamp in offi ce, for general illumination.

Bartco, Huntington Beach, CA, bartcolighting.com, Circle 14 • IST5S 28W T5 fl uorescent strip at door headers in elevator equipment, trash, AC, and storage rooms.

Edge Lighting, Chicago, edgelighting.com,

Circle 15

• Recessed in millwork under cabinet LED LCMW12V channel with lens; 2.3 W/ft. for task lighting.

Eureka Lighting, Montreal, Quebec, eurekalighting.com, Circle 16 • Recessed multiple adjustable HID accent light with (2) 20-W CMH PAR 20 NFL 25° lamps for accent and general illumination. • Recessed multiple adjustable low-voltage accent light with (2) 37-W MR16/IR/NFL 25° lamps in facial room (dimmable).

Evo-Lite, Denver, evo-lite.com, Circle 17 • Lumi-Sheet LED panel for indirect product display areas and illuminated suspendedshelf light in front entry window.

Hevi Lite, Chatsworth, CA, hevilite.com, Circle 18 • Recessed in-grade LED uplight with 8-W warm white LED for indirect illumination at exterior building façade.

Leucos, Edison, NJ, usa.leucos.com/home,

Circle 19

• Block P29 wall sconce at exam room and bathrooms with (2) 60-W G29 lamps for illumination at face and soft light.

Vibia, Edison, NJ, vibia.com, Circle 20 • Ameba suspended decorative compact fl uorescent with dimmable 18-W PL-T triples as second level general illumination.

native colors & fluid curves

The Cherokee Nation’s new Casino Ramona stands in the Oklahoma town where the fi rst commercial oil well was drilled in 1897. “The curved building form relates to the fl uidity of oil, while breaking down the general rectangular fl oor plan to create a more appealing look from the highway.”

- Selser Schaefer Architects CASE STUDY

A c h i e v e y o u r v i s i o n w i t h P A C - C L A D ® m e t a l w a l l p a n e l s . • The uniquely curved nature of the 10,000 sq. ft. building’s exterior required the clever integration of multiple PAC-CLAD metal panels: Perforated Flush Panel, Flush Panel, PAC Precision Series HWP, 7.2 Panel, 7/8” Corrugated and Flat Sheet . • Concave and convex wall and soffi t panels were installed in an overlapping pattern using multiple shades of Colonial Red, custom Bright Red, Copper Penny and Slate Gray. • Reveal detail could not be roll-formed; rather, 10-ft lengths of the reveal were fabricated and then saw cut in the fi eld to the radius required for the project.

• PAC-CLAD fi nishes on steel and aluminum meet the requirements of LEED, ENERGY STAR and CRRC standard, and are backed by a 20-year non-prorated fi nish warranty.

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Cherokee Casino Ramona in Ramona, OK Owner: Cherokee Nation Entertainment; Architect: Selser Schaefer Architects; Contractor: RMZ Builders Installer: Abbco Roofi ng; Profi les: Perforated Flush Panel, Flush Panel, PAC Precision Series HWP, 7.2 Panel, 7/8” Corrugated, Flat Sheet; Colors: Colonial Red, custom Bright Red, Copper Penny, Slate Gray

Above. Cree VG series parking structure and Edge area LED luminaires provide improved visibility in the parking garage.

Right. With a 24/7 visitation policy, the parking garage at Presence Saint Francis Hospital needs to be well lit for staff and visitor safety.

Parking Garage Lights Up For Safety Cree LEDs provide bright light and an increased sense of safety for a hospital parking garage.

As an award-winning Level 1 trauma center, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, encourages family involvement in the patient-healing process through an open-visitation policy. With 24/7 visitation, the hospital’s parking facility has a steady fl ow of vehicle and pedestrian traffi c. The garage is always open but has not always been well lit. The inadequate lighting reduced visibility in many areas and did not convey to visitors or staff members the feeling of a safe environment.

Joe Stark, regional director of support services for Presence Saint Francis and Saint Joseph Hospitals, worked with a team to find the best lighting solution for the garage. VG series parking structure and Edge area LED luminaires from Cree Inc., Durham, NC, provided optimal light quality, instilling a greater sense of security for hospital staff and visitors, and delivered reduced maintenance and operations costs.

The Presence Saint Francis parking garage originally had yellow high-pressure sodium fixtures, which did not provide adequate lighting. “When you go into a parking garage, yellow light does not give a sense of safety and security to people. I’m a huge advocate of bright, daylight-like light and the sense of safety it gives to people,” said Stark.

“The HPS fixtures also required ongoing maintenance to keep up with bulb and ballast replacements. The maintenance costs included replacement products as well as the electrician’s time and an on-the-ground staffer to monitor the garage traffic while the electrician was working above.”

After evaluating lighting options and looking initially at retrofitting the existing fixtures with an LED lamp, Stark was disappointed with the look of the fixtures and the quality of the light. “Nothing looked good until we put in the sample VG series pendant-mount LED luminaire from Cree. The light output, the fixture itself, the different coloration of the lumens–it was completely different, from yellow to white.”

“As the replacement was happening level by level, you could clearly see that Cree had the right fixture for the right application,” said Stark. “The most important thing for other healthcare institutions to know about converting to LED lighting–and this is critical–you have to find the right LED light for the right application.”

The Cree LED lighting solution provided excellent color rendering and illumination. Stark heard right away from the Saint Francis security manager that security camera footage was much clearer. The new white light made reading license-plate numbers and viewing other details around the garage easier. Staff remarked upon the improved visibility as well.

“The Presence Network News, the corporate newsletter, did a segment on the parking garage. They interviewed one of the hospital employees who indicated she felt much safer with the new lighting as she walked from her car during second and third shifts. A sense of security in the parking garage is very important to the hospital employees, and to me. I want our staff and visitors to feel safe when they come here,” Stark continued.

The Cree VG series parking structure and Edge area LED luminaires not only provide optimal light quality, instilling a greater sense of security to hospital staff and visitors, but reduce operations costs and deliver energy savings as well. Light maintenance in the garage has gone from ongoing to minimal, which has freed up the maintenance staff for other projects and improved operational efficiency.

Hospital utility costs also benefit from the energy efficiency of the multi-level sensor chosen for the VG series LED luminaires, which lowers light output from 100% to 25% after 7 min. of no-occupancy detection. This qualified the project for a large utility rebate. CBP

Want more information? The resources below are linked in our digital magazine at cbpmagazine.com/digital/apr2015.

Circle 9 on the Reader Service Card.

Download a pdf on the Edge series.

Get information on outdoor LED dimming options.

View a video about the VG series LED luminaires.

Watch a video about the Edge fi xtures.

EDITORS’ CHOICE

Wireless energy-management system

Encelium:

Wireless energy-management system Provides lighting control Uses Polaris 3D software

Encelium wireless energy-management system expands lighting control to hard-toreach locations.  e scalable system is based on the ZigBee Pro network stack and includes wireless managers, sensors, control modules for attaching to light  xtures, and wallstations. Integrating with wireless and wired Encelium devices, the line’s Polaris 3D lighting-management software is the core that facilitates the commissioning, usage, and data analysis of the lighting installation. Components have a low-pro le, sleek design that o ers a silent-ceiling look.

Osram Sylvania, Danvers, MA

Circle 50, sylvania.com

Fixture-mount sensor EvoKit fi xture-mount sensor for retrofi t applications installs into an LED fi xture cavity, leaving only the sensor face visible. The 18 AWG copper wiring between the sensor and a Philips Xitanium SR LED driver is said to simplify installation and provide plug-and-play capabilities. The device has a wireless antenna, digital motion, ambient light and temperature sensing, and distributed intelligence.

Enlighted Inc., Sunnyvale, CA

Circle 51, enlightedinc.com

Motion-sensor spotlights

Mr. Beams LED spotlights use NetBright technology with radio-frequency connectivity to link multiple spotlights on one network. When one light detects motion, it illuminates and sends a signal to other spotlights in the network, triggering them to turn on. The last unit to detect motion turns off after 30 sec. of inactivity and sends an off command to other units. Each light reportedly provides 200 lumens, with each set of three D-cell batteries providing as many as 5,000 activations.

Wireless Environment, Cleveland

Circle 52, wirelessenv.com

Low-voltage with dimming LVPC-DIM low-voltage control interface with dimming module adds dimming capability of two lighting loads using low-voltage momentary contact switches. Applications include classrooms, conference rooms, and patient rooms using bedside single-button controls. Press and release the button to turn lights on and off; press and hold the button to dim up or down. LED or fl uorescent loads can be dimmed when used with 0- to 10-V dimming LED drivers or fl uorescent ballasts.

Oldenburg Electronics, Milwaukee

Circle 53, oldenburgelectronics.com

Wall box PWB-353 wall box has an open-faced design with a white interior and white extended trim ring. It is said to facilitate quick access to cables and connectors without cover removal. The box has multiple knockouts for power and openings for as many as six single IPS connector plates. At 3-in. deep, it is designed for use in 3- or 4-in. stud walls.

FSR, Woodland Park, NJ Circle 54

Decorative LED system PrisMatrix LED system combines the benefi ts of LED lighting with a cone of traditional, transitional, and contemporary fi xtures. The system offers interchangeable bulb envelopes and reportedly provides the color quality of incandescent lighting.

Wilshire Mfg, Taunton, MA

Circle 55, wilshiremfg.com