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New neighbors in 

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Reimagining the 

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LIGHTFAIR 

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CONTENTS 

LIGHTING DESIGN & APPLICATION 

Vol.44/No.8 

UP FRONT 

4 Editorial 

6 Letters 

8 Book Review 

10 News + Notes 

28 

34 

COLUMNS 

12 Energy Advisor 

16 The Value Proposition 

20 Technology 

53 

38 

DEPARTMENTS 

26 Anatomy of an Award 

63 Products in Practice 

64 Events 

66 Classified Advertisements 

67 Ad Index & Ad Offices 

68 New and Sustaining Members 

72 IES FYI 

76 Out of the Archive 

FEATURES 

28 PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY 

Local building materials shine at Farmers Mutual’s headquarters 

in Lincoln, NE 

34 HUB-AND-SPOKE APPROACH 

A chandelier comprised of more than 100 tentacles with lighted 

tips hovers over a restaurant in Belgium 

38 WORKING IT 

A collaborative office space uses lighting to transition 

between work and play 

45 LEDs GO IVY LEAGUE 

Princeton University is home to two DOE Gateway demonstrations 

50 HOSPITALS SEE THE FUTURE, AND IT’S SMART 

Lighting designer Rachel Calemmo discusses her work on 

the prototype Patient Room 2020 

53 LIGHTFAIR REVIEW 

A look at awards received and products seen at 

LIGHTFAIR 2014 in Las Vegas 

ON THE COVER: One massive chandelier—measuring 39 ft by 30 ft—enhances the 

menu at The Jane Restaurant in Antwerp, Belgium (p.34). Photo courtesy of .PSLAB. 

8 • 2014

EDITORIAL 

In the 1960s, the writer George Plimpton was a pioneer of what’s since become 

known as “Participatory Journalism.” Rather than covering the games from the 

press box, the unimposing but courageous Plimpton suited up for the Detroit Lions 

and traded punches with boxing champion Archie Moore. 

Lighting professionals, from time to time, have waded into their versions of participatory 

journalism. Derry Berrigan, for example, has worked the drive-thru at McDonalds and the 

checkout counter at Walmart in hopes of improving the lighting for those spaces. “The built 

environment is created for people and therefore the light in a space should serve their needs 

and desires, not just be engineered to a predetermined footcandle level,” Berrigan said in 

an LD+A interview in 2013. 

The immersion experience has caught on in other design disciplines. A recent article in 

USA Today detailed architect “sleepovers” at senior homes. David Dillard of D2 Architecture 

told his staff there was a “new protocol” in place that required his team “to put on pajamas 

and spend the night as if you were a senior.” The architects were then instructed to write in 

a journal “what they saw, what were the nuisances and what were the joys and difficulties.” 

These impressions were then translated into specific recommendations about building design, 

ranging from larger windows, more indirect light to combat glare and better noise abatement 

between rooms by simply staggering the position of doors on each side of the hallway. 

The hospital room is another logical place for the participatory approach. Our Newsmaker 

Q+A article in this issue (p. 50) describes designer Rachel Calemmo’s work on Patient Room 

2020. While we’re unaware of any sleepovers involved in creating this prototype, Patient 

Room 2020’s human-centric design speaks more to the needs of the patient and caregiver 

than it does to a by-the-book LPD or footcandle calculation. The lighting scheme touches 

on everything from an above-bed color-shifting light box that patients can program, to indicator 

lights that remind staff to wash their hands for better infection control. The essential 

question that Patient Room 2020 seeks to answer: what’s it like to be the user of this space? 

It seems Plimpton’s legacy lives on in architecture and design, just without the bloody 

nose and bruises. 

PAUL TARRICONE 

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LETTERS 

The Cover Letter Is a Clue 

I want to respectfully disagree with 

Paul Pompeo’s article in the June issue 

of LD+A and his opinion that cover letters 

no longer matter to employers. Quite the 

contrary, in fact. 

Think of how much of our communication 

these days is still written. Between 

e-mails, technical reports, proposals, 

memos, meeting minutes, etc., a good 

two-thirds of the communication that I and 

my staff use to interact with our clients 

is through the written word. You would 

be hard pressed to find a consultant that 

submits a proposal for services without 

including a cover letter. Writing matters! 

The cover letter is my first clue as to 

how a candidate can present themselves. 

It is amazing how many brilliant, technically 

adept people cannot put together a 

grammatically correct sentence. A good 

cover letter shows me that a candidate 

has actual interest in my firm and our 

work, and that they aren’t just sending 

résumés to every firm they can find. It 

shows me that they care about presentation 

and editing, and that they can write 

coherently and succinctly. Frankly, it is 

their gateway to an interview. I am far 

less likely to call the candidate who sends 

me a résumé without a cover letter. 

I do agree that cover letters should be 

personalized. Mr. Pompeo notes that the 

cover letters he receives are too impersonal, 

general and broad, but perhaps he 

forgets that he is the recruiter and not the 

employer. The cover letters that I like to 

see are personalized. It’s not hard for a 

candidate to do a little research and figure 

out the key people in a company—I want 

to see that they have made that effort. I 

like to see that the candidate knows what 

my firm does and sees a place where he 

or she can fit in. Essentially, I want to see 

them sell themselves. It mirrors the way 

our consulting firm must sell our skills 

and our services, and that is a skill that is 

hard to teach. 

And finally, yes, I do read the cover letter. 

The whole thing. 

Elizabeth Gillmor, PE, LC, LEED AP 

Group14 Engineering 

Denver 

Whose Fault Is It Anyway? 

I read with a great deal of interest 

Mariana Figueiro’s article in the May 

issue of LD+A. She is absolutely right in 

saying, “The non-visual benefits of light 

on human health are real and multifaceted, 

but remain largely unrealized because 

there are few lighting products designed 

to deliver these benefits.” 

However, she is absolutely wrong in 

blaming it on the lighting fixture manufacturer. 

The blame lies almost completely 

with the IES. The IES has not shown to the 

lighting industry, to the American people 

or to those who specify lighting fixtures 

just what these benefits are and how the 

general public can obtain them. The IES 

has said that it is “The Lighting Authority.” 

I would like to see it exercise its authority 

in this matter. 

Sonny Sonnenfeld 

IES Member Emeritus 

New York City 

PRESIDENT 

Paul Mercier, LC 

Lighting Design Innovations 

PAST PRESIDENT 

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VICE PRESIDENT 

(President-Elect) 

Mark Roush 

Experience Light, LLC 

TREASURER 

Nick Bleeker 

Philips Lighting 

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 

William Hanley 

DIRECTORS 

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OSRAM SYLVANIA 

Boyd Corbett 

Maxlite 

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Cheryl English, LC 

Acuity Brands 

Jennifer Jaques 

Lighting Application Sciences, LLC 

Brian Liebel 

The Lighting Partnership 

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ON LIGHT 

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Eaton’s Cooper Lighting Business 

James Radi 

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Board of Directors 

Geoff Bryden, LC 

Emerging Professional 

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BOOKREVIEW 

by Fred Oberkircher 

The Design of Lighting – 

Second Edition 

By Peter Tregenza and 

David Loe 

Routledge Press – 2014 

www.routledge.com 

Imagine for a moment that you were given 

an assignment. Using every resource at 

your disposal and all of your collective 

wisdom concerning light and lighting, you 

are to create a “guidebook” about the design 

of lighting that would be timeless. Contained 

between the two covers would be the knowledge 

about light and lighting that doesn’t 

change, all of the basic principles of light, 

of course, but also all of the tips and useful 

knowledge relating to lighting a space that 

have made lighting design a valued profession—and 

nothing else. What would this 

guidebook contain? 

The Design of Lighting is such a guidebook. 

The use of the term “guidebook” is intentional 

in that the apparent goal of the book in concept, 

if not in the overall size of the book, is to provide 

all the knowledge one would need as we journey 

into the “unknown” intending to provide 

light; a most interesting and intriguing concept 

in this age of electronic knowledge. 

As in any good guidebook, the chapters are 

divided into several major sections to guide your 

thinking in the right direction—Foundations, 

Design and Application. The Foundations section 

begins by asking the reader to make the 

transition from recognizing and responding to 

images of light to determining the rules that 

govern the behavior (“behaviour” on their side 

of the pond) of light. In order to assist in this 

activity, The Design of Lighting does a commendable 

job of mixing beautiful images of light 

with helpful graphic images and well-placed 

charts. Thus, the information comes to the 

reader in three specific forms, increasing the 

chance that the concept will be learned and 

retained. This concept is repeated in subsequent 

chapters with titles such as, “Describing 

Light,” “Describing Colour, Light and Vision,” 

and “Sun and Sky.” Consistent with the initial 

goal of a timeless guidebook, the sections on 

lamps and luminaires (which includes lighting 

controls) comprise only 12 pages. 

The second section—Design—emphasizes 

the relationship between ambience and place 

(that the character of the space and the character 

of the light should coincide), or as we 

might also say, light is an essential part of 

architecture. It is through this lens that the 

authors introduce specific information about 

glare, room proportions and glazing area, and 

even geography. 

The third section—Applications—provides 

lighting design information on desk-based workplaces, 

residential care buildings, hotels and 

exterior lighting. Note that in this entire section 

there is not one mention of a specific light 

source, luminaire or control system. Lighting 

technologies may come and go, but this most 

intriguing book will continue to be … timeless. 

As a side note, this book does come from 

across the pond, complete with what for those 

of us from the west side of the pond might 

consider a certain amount of quirkiness. For 

example, our term for a specific type of light distribution 

from a luminaire is called “bat wing” 

distribution. In this book the term is “pant leg” 

distribution. A guidebook, after all, is intended 

to keep you on your toes. 

BUY IT…If you find the essence of lighting 

important to share. 

DON’T BUY IT…If you believe that lighting is 

all about equipment. 

Fred Oberkircher, Fellow IES, Ed. IALD, LC, pastpresident 

IES, is Book Review Editor for LD+A. 


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NEWS+NOTES 

‘Light Recipes’ Promote 

Plant Growth 

August is prime time for produce—local markets 

are overflowing with ripe fruit and vegetables. But 

come fall, these seasonal crops begin to dwindle and 

supermarkets start sourcing items from afar. In the 

spirit of bringing more fresh produce to urban areas, 

Philips and Green Sense Farms (GSF), a Chicagobased 

commercial grower, have developed the largest 

indoor farm to-date, replete with LEDs tailored to 

A new indoor farm 

uses LEDs to grow 

grow specific crops. 

crops year round. 

The 1 million cubic-ft space consists of two 

climate-controlled grow rooms and 14, 25 ft-tall growing towers. The system takes advantage 

of each plant’s unique response to light by using LED-based “light recipes” to supply 

the crops with optimal light levels based on wavelength. The plants are grown vertically, 

increasing harvesting opportunities (20-25 times per year) while reducing energy use by 85 

percent. Udo van Slooten, director of horticultural lighting at Philips, says that the combination 

of vertical hydroponic technology and Philips’s growing lights “enables GSF to do what 

no other grower can do: provide a consistent amount of high quality produce—year round.” 

An added bonus: the controlled environment contains only clean air, eliminating the need for 

pesticides, fertilizers or preservatives. 

Photos courtesy of Philips 

Numbers 

Game 

100 

Number of LEED 

certified projects designed 

by SmithGroupJJR, as 

of June 2014 

2.5 million 

Amount of homes that 

can currently be powered 

by solar-generated electricity, 

according to the 

Solar Energy Industries 

Association 

5.1 % 

Expected increase in 

commercial energy costs 

in 2015, according to the 

U.S. Energy Information 

Administration’s Short- 

Term Energy and Summer 

Fuels Outlook report 

New Partnership Paves Way for MFA 

Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles) has partnered 

with four lighting industry leaders to develop an 

ality, efficiency/sustainability, fixture/product design and 

The program will emphasize topics such as lighting function- 

Architectural Lighting Design Master’s degree program. 

landscape aesthetics. A new, state-of-the-art facility is in 

The partnership—called the Lighting Design Advisory 

the works for Otis’s campus, with an experimental lighting 

Council—includes Jack Zukerman, CEO of LF Illumination, 

lab, computer lab, teaching and learning spaces, and 

Chip Israel, CEO and founder of The Lighting Design 

a program office. “There is a huge demand for lighting 

designers today, especially on the West Coast, 

Alliance, Michael Gehring, partner at Kaplan Gehring 

McCarroll Architectural Lighting, and Sean O’Connor, 

but too few people have the training or skills,” says 

founder of Sean O’Connor Lighting. 

Zukerman. “This program can help bridge the gap.” 


NEWS + NOTES 

See New Projects. . . 

From Your Couch 

Gone are the days when seeing products in a live installation might 

involve packing a bag and physically traveling across state lines for 

a site tour. Now, you can visit project sites via the web. Universal 

Tour offices 

Lighting Technology (ULT), for 

vía the web. 

example, recently retrofitted its 

corporate office in Nashville, TN, 

and the company is offering tours 

of the space online through Google 

Maps. ULT added new fixtures and 

retrofitted old ones so that the new 

system is more energy efficient. 

The office, replete with LED downlights, LED edge-lit decorative fixtures 

and chain lighting, can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/mpj4gwc. 

Just imagine—a chance to kick the tires on new products, without 

even leaving your home office. 

Photo: Zumtobel 

Wood, Meet LEDs 

Wood is one of our oldest and most versatile building materials. It can be 

stained, painted or shaped, and it often reminds people of nature. In Spar’s 

2,000-sq meter flagship store in Budapest, shoppers feel more relaxed due to 

a wooden wave-shaped ceiling that merges with wall shelving. The structure 

is illuminated by an LED system from Zumtobel, with integrated swiveling 

spotlights and tunable recessed luminaires for product-specific lighting. 

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In Design 

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departs from standard designs by 

using single or multiple strips of 

LED chips in individually 

enclosed MicroCell louvers. 

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effectively distribute light, making 

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ENERGY ADVISOR 

Great Expectations 

by Willard L. Warren 

The eyes have it: 

A welcome consequence 

in the sprint for net 

zero energy would be a 

commitment to better 

visual performance 

LIGHTFAIR International 2014 in 

Las Vegas was a showcase of 

“What’s New” in lighting. With all 

the “unique” products shown at the 

Innovation Awards and in the booths, it’s no 

wonder the U.S. Patent Office is overloaded. 

Technology is changing lighting so rapidly 

that if you had predicted 15 years ago what 

the industry would be like today you’d have 

likely missed the explosive growth of LEDs 

with more solid-state lighting (SSL) devices 

to come, the acquisition of small lighting 

companies by some of the world’s largest 

manufacturers, the adoption of complex 

energy codes with low allowances for 

lighting power density (LPD) and the U.S. 

Department Of Energy’s (DOE) goal to reach 

net zero energy (NZE) in buildings by 2030. 

Con Edison estimated that in 2012 commercial 

lighting load in New York City averaged 

only 1.8 watts per sq ft. Lighting load 

will soon constitute as little as 10 percent of 

the use of electricity in buildings. Not that 

long ago, petroleum experts predicted that 

our fossil fuel sources would be exhausted 

by the end of this century, unless “emerging 

technology” saved us, which turned out to 

be “fracking”—the extraction of plentiful 

fossil fuel deposits deep in the earth’s crust. 

(Disclosure: We’ve been fracking apple pies 

for years just to get at the apples, leaving 

the crust intact.) 

As for what’s next in lighting, in a paper in 

the Spring 2014 edition of IEEE Transactions 

on Industrial Applications, researchers 

Christian M. Wetzel and Theeradetch 

Detchprohm of Rensselaer Polytechnic 

Institute reported that they “have developed 

green, yellow and orange direct emitting 

LEDs, that bypass the steps of external 

phosphor conversion, to achieve higher 

stability, efficiency and overall color rendering 

quality.” This could signal the beginning 

of a second generation of LEDs with 

“whiter” whites and higher efficacy (lumens 

per watt). On the horizon are economical 

OLEDs, which use a thin sandwich of exotic 

materials affixed to a film, that produce 

light when subjected to the application of 

an electric current. OLEDs are still expensive 

and difficult to make, but offer more 

potential energy savings than LEDs, plus 

flexibility and better color. 

MORE OR LESS? 

As we approach NZE, the use of daylight 

will contribute to energy savings, however, 

one of the consequences is that as LPDs 

decrease to 0.5 watts per sq ft or less, 

it’s harder to economically justify daylight 

sensing and control because of the 

law of diminishing returns. ASHRAE/IES 

90.1-2013 (9.4.1.1.e) exempts the requirement 

for daylight harvesting in side-lighted 

(windowed) rooms with low lighting loads. 

However daylight is essential for physiological 

and psychological reasons, so we 

must employ its use wherever practical. 

We also anticipate an increase in the 

efficacy of all other lighting sources and in 

the efficiency of on-site generation of power 

from wind, solar, fuel cell and other renewables. 

Recently, the New York State Public 

Service Commission (NYSPSC) announced 

oncoming hearings on how our utilities 

should change their business model. New 

York has already deregulated the generation 

of power from utilities in order to encourage 

competition for electric power by independent 

power producers. Now, the NYSPSC 

wants testimony from stakeholders on how 

our utilities can evolve becoming “monitors” 


that control the traffic between on-site and 

off-site power generation, and to develop 

new methods of providing green power. 

There’s also new technology in the field 

of electro-chemical energy storage (batteries), 

necessitated by the need to extend the 

range of electric vehicles with more easily 

recharged, higher capacity batteries. (In a 

letter to the “ethics” editor of the New York 

Times, a co-op apartment board member 

asked what to do about a tenant that was 

charging an electrical vehicle with an extension 

cord running from the apartment window 

across the sidewalk to the curb, creating 

a pedestrian hazard.) Direct current (DC) 

devices such as LEDs, tablets, laptops, smart 

phones, security sensors, IT equipment and 

other solid-state devices already constitute 

around 75 percent of the electrical load in 

buildings. As more renewable on-site DC 

power is generated, we could save electrical 

energy by going directly from DC to DC. 

OUT OF CONTROL 

At LIGHTFAIR 2014, Kevin Van Den 

Wymelenberg, University of Idaho, and 

Chris Meek, University of Washington, 

reported on how much daylight was 

blocked by window shades on a number of 

mid-rise buildings in the Pacific Northwest 

area. The blinds tend to be left partially 

down all day, the extent depending upon 

which direction the windows face. The 

authors found that in practice, landscaping 

with tall trees to shield glare maximizes 

the yield from daylight. Francis Rubinstein 

of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories 

showed the results of the upgrading of T8 

fluorescent lighting to LEDs in many of the 

federal office buildings in California. The 

combination of occupancy, daylight harvesting 

and scheduling controls reduced 

the lighting load in those buildings by an 

average of over 30 percent, to less than 

0.5 watts per sq ft. He pointed out in 

response to a question that “if systemwide 

(institutional dimming) controls have 

to be employed, the likelihood is that the 

designed lighting level was too high to 

begin with.” Robert Davis and Andrea 

Wilkerson of Pacific Northwest National 


ENERGY ADVISOR 

Laboratory spoke of the impact of computer-aided 

instruction on lighting in the 

“Classroom of the Future”—for example, 

the use in Denmark of furniture-mounted 

task lights and the plan of school administrators 

in South Korea to do away with 

conventional text books by 2016. We’ll 

have to adapt the lighting to the classroom 

changes brought about by the widespread 

adoption of computer learning. 

MISSION POSSIBLE 

Our mission is to facilitate better seeing 

conditions to improve everyone’s visual performance 

by better management of environmental 

issues such as providing inexpensive 

eye care and corrective lenses for viewers, 

especially children, mandating greater task 

contrast and larger visual tasks, using daylight 

with practical shielding like sun shades 

on the exteriors of buildings to cut glare 

and heat load, and requiring light colored 

finishes in all work and teaching spaces. This 

will optimize visual perception and comfort, 

reduce visual errors and fatigue, increase 

productivity, and conserve human, as well as, 

electrical energy. We’ve become obsessed 

lately with the delivery of light, and largely 

ignore our visual system and the spaces 

that surround us. That should be part of the 

intended consequences of NZE—a brighter 

new world. It can’t come soon enough. 

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

is principal of Willard L. Warren Associates. 

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THE VALUE PROPOSITION 

A Metric for the Aesthetic 

By Mark D. Fairchild 

‘Colorfulness’ and 

‘brilliance’ per watt 

should take their 

place among the 

other metrics used 

to define lighting 

Color scientists view the world differently 

than most. Some would say 

through “rose-colored glasses,” 

but perhaps it is more accurate 

to say through a set of ever-changing and 

adapting spectacles. For to color scientists, 

more than most, color is not defined simply 

by a physical stimulus (spectral power 

distribution), but by so much more. Color is 

a human perception and depends on the 

stimulus energy distribution, but also on the 

surrounding stimuli in space and time (contrast 

and adaptation), absolute levels of light, 

the observer’s state of being (history and 

adaptation) and the psychological biases of 

said observer. All these factors, and others, 

conspire to make colorimetry intensely difficult 

in real-world viewing situations. 

In this column, three distinct phenomena 

are examined with respect to their 

impact on the selection and design of 

lighting: 1) the impact of overall brightness 

on color appearance, 2) the impact 

of relative brightness on appearance and 

3) individual differences in color perception. 

Respectively, these all impact the 

perceptions of colorfulness, brilliance 

and observer variability (or metamerism), 

the inverse of which can be considered 

observer similarity. 

It is well established that objects appear 

more colorful when the level of illumination 

falling upon them is increased. In fact, this 

phenomenon is commonly referred to as the 

Hunt Effect. 1 In the realm of lighting, it has 

also been well established that perceived 

brightness does not correlate directly with 

luminance 2 and therefore it is possible for a 

lighted environment to appear brighter, and 

therefore more colorful, in situations where 

the measured luminance (or illuminance) is 

actually lower. Color appearance models 

such as CIECAM02 are sometimes capable 

of taking these effects into account and 

could possibly be used as the basis metrics 

of illumination quality similar to proposed 

gamut-area indices but based on dimensions 

of perceived colorfulness, which 

grows with luminance, instead of perceived 

chroma, such as CIELAB C*, which does 

not grow with luminance. Such an improvement 

would be a step toward an illumination 

metric related to colorfulness per watt that 

would be more directly related to human 

impression of the illuminated environment. 

Brilliance is a perceptual description 

of the relationship between the brightness 

of a stimulus and its environment. 3 

It is possible for normal reflecting objects 

to appear as if they were fluorescent 

because their colorfulness and brightness 

is greatly impacted by the spectral 

energy distribution of the illumination. 

Imagine an orange-appearing object. If it 

is decreased in luminance relative to its 

environment, it will become brown and 

then black with decreasing luminance. If, 

instead, the luminance is increased, it will 

look like a brighter and brighter orange 

until it reaches the point it appears to glow 

(fluorence, or apparent fluorescence) and 

then eventually appear as a self-luminous 

source. These vast changes in appearance 

are measured by brilliance 4 and, as above 

with colorfulness, a lighting metric could 

be designed to summarize the impact of 

various design choices on object brilliance. 

Likewise, a brilliance per watt metric of 

illumination quality could be developed to 

help customers understand how a light 

source makes certain colors pop out from 

their environment. And, suffice it to say, 


different spectral power distributions with 

the same luminance and correlated color 

temperature (even with identical chromaticity 

coordinates) can produce different 

experiences along the dimensions of brilliance 

and colorfulness. 

SOPHISTICATION REQUIRED 

Both of the above concepts depend 

upon using more sophisticated color models, 

color appearance models, for metrics 

of illumination quality rather than the 

fundamental models of colorimetry (CIE 

XYZ tristimulus values and chromaticity 

coordinates) and color difference metrics 

(CIELAB). Another interesting point of 

concern is in the definitions of these very 

fundamental color metrics. They are based 

on the color matching functions of an average 

observer that were derived a long time 

ago with a very small sample size. 

Despite these limitations, the CIE color 

matching functions remain as reasonably 

accurate representations of the mean 

visual response. However, they contain 

no information about the variability in that 

response amongst observers with normal 

color vision. Many researchers have 

shown over the decades that the variability 

amongst observers can result in very large 

differences in color appearance. More 

recently, the use of narrow band solid-state 

illumination and image projection systems 

with LEDs and lasers has led to a significant 

growth in the situations in which observers 

disagree about color appearance. 

Very recently, models of individual variation 

in color vision have been refined to the 

point that it is possible to predict the range 

of individual color differences in metameric 

matches or overall appearance. 5 These 

could be thought of as gamuts of observer 

dissimilarity (or similarity) for given stimulus 

combinations. With such metrics, it is 

possible to design the spectral power distributions 

of light sources for image projectors 

or general illumination to minimize the 

inter-observer differences in appearance 

of certain types of objects or of the lighting 

itself. As these metrics mature, it is very 

reasonable to expect that one could create 


THE VALUE PROPOSITION 

An illustration of the effect of increased luminance (right) on the perceived colorfulness, brilliance 

and contrast of a scene. 

a lighting quality metric that represents 

observer similarity per watt. 

To end with a personal story, my family 

recently compared two LED small floods 

for use in our kitchen. One with lower 

CRI and GAI but more lumens versus the 

second with higher CRI and GAI and fewer 

lumens. Which looked brighter? The one 

with fewer lumens because, even though 

the source itself appeared dimmer, illuminated 

objects appeared more much colorful 

(and brilliant). Therefore fewer lumens 

turned out to be the better choice and used 

less energy. Those sources also appeared 

whiter despite their shift from the nominal 

Planckian locus. Perhaps the key lesson 

here is that even a color scientist takes the 

lamps home and performs a visual experiment 

before making a purchase. Perhaps 

the labels on the lamp packaging need to 

correlate more with what we see? 

Mark D. Fairchild is associate dean of research 

and graduate education of the College of 

Science at Rochester Institute of Technology 

and professor/director of the Program of Color 

Science and Munsell Color Science Laboratory. 

He is a Fellow of the Society for Imaging 

Science and Technology and was presented 

with the society’s Raymond C. Bowman award 

for mentoring future researchers in the field. 

In 2012 he was named Fellow of the Optical 

Society of America. 

REFERENCES 

1. M.D. Fairchild, Color Appearance Models, Third Edition, 

Wiley-IS&T Series in Imaging Science and Technology, 

Chichester, UK (2013). 

2. M.S. Rea, New Benefit Metrics for More Valuable 

Lighting, J. Light & Vis. Env. 37, 41-45 (2014). 

3. R.M. Evans, The Perception of Color, John Wiley & Sons, 

New York, (1974). 

4. M.D. Fairchild and R.L. Heckaman, Deriving Appearance 

Scales, IS&T/SID 20th Color and Imaging Conference, Los 

Angeles, 281-286 (2012). 

5. M.D. Fairchild and R.L. Heckaman, Metameric 

Observers: A Monte Carlo Approach, IS&T 21st Color & 

Imaging Conference, Albuquerque, 185-190 (2013). 



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In Hospitality Retrofits, LEDs Get Closer to Incandescents 

By Eric Lind 

With a billion 

incandescent bulbs 

primed for 

replacement in the 

hospitality market 

alone, LED dimming 

must satisfy 

a demanding 

demographic 

Remember when lighting and 

lighting control was about how 

a space looked? For the last several 

years, the conversation has 

been largely about energy savings and 

efficient new light sources—aesthetics 

have been a bit of a footnote. But in the 

competitive hospitality market, the lighting 

designer’s original intent, lighting 

quality, comfort and the customer experience 

cannot afford to be marginalized. 

Several things have combined to put energy 

into the spotlight, so to speak. The Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007 set 

a new standard for light bulbs. Under this 

law, most incandescent bulbs can no longer 

be manufactured, and are being replaced by 

new, screw-in light bulbs that use less energy 

to achieve the same level of light. The law 

took a phased approach, starting in January 

2012, and was completely implemented by 

January 2014. 

Additional factors, like more stringent 

energy codes, increases in the cost of electricity 

and a renewed interest in sustainable 

building design, have also contributed to the 

development of more efficient light sources, 

especially screw-in LED bulbs that can be 

used as direct replacements for incandescent 

bulbs. Perhaps more than any other 

market, the hospitality field is dependent on 

the familiar, comfortable quality of incandescent 

light and especially interested in 

retrofit products that meet their lighting and 

control expectations. 

HOSPITALITY EXPECTATIONS 

Incandescent bulbs all have the same 

basic qualities, and this is the level of performance 

any replacement bulb is expected 

to meet: 

• They can be dimmed, smoothly and 

without flicker or shimmer, to very low 

light levels—less than 1 percent—to 

create different lighting aesthetics in 

any space. 

• The bulbs are quiet—they do not buzz 

or hum when dimmed with a highquality 

dimmer. 

• The color shifts to “warm” (orange) 

as they are dimmed—a nuance that is 

universal with incandescent and halogen 

bulbs, but not typical of compact 

fluorescent or LED bulbs that do not 

experience color shift. 

• They are generally priced under $5 

each. Although LED bulbs are coming 

down in cost, dimmable LEDs are 

still significantly more expensive than 

comparable halogen, or even CFL bulbs. 

In a perfect scenario, LED bulbs would 

meet all these expectations while using 

less energy and delivering longer life 

(incandescent bulbs typically last about 750 

hours, while LED bulbs can last up to 50,000 

hours). The opportunity is tremendous— 

in the hospitality sector alone there are 

approximately 1 billion incandescent bulbs 

that will have to be replaced, and in many 

cases these bulbs will have to be dimmed 

to deliver flexibility and proper aesthetics. 

LED options are improving rapidly, but 

many existing LED bulbs still have limitations 

that are unacceptable for the hospitality 

market. These include bulbs that 

cannot be used in totally enclosed fixtures, 

or in insulated or airtight recessed downlights. 

Moreover, many bulbs cannot be 

used with dimmers, or other third party 

devices like daylight/photo sensors, occupancy 

sensors or timers. Even if they are 

considered dimmable, the bulb may not 


e able to deliver the dimming range and 

performance required in spaces such as 

restaurants, lobbies and guest rooms. 

Read the fine print on the packaging 

to understand each bulb’s performance 

characteristics (including whether it is a 

dimmable bulb or not) and look to manufacturers’ 

websites to understand what 

bulbs are compatible with what dimmers. 

EXPECTED DIMMING PERFORMANCE 

Expectations of dimming performance 

have been established based on years of 

experience with incandescent dimming. 

They include: 

• No flicker, pop-on or dead travel. 

Dimming is smooth and continuous 

over the entire range. No dimmer can 

make a bulb perform beyond its dimming 

range or manufacturers’ specifications, 

but choosing the right dimmer 

will maximize bulb performance. 

• No load dependence. All incandescent/ 

halogen bulbs work with virtually all 

dimmers. Existing dimmers will typically 

not deliver expected performance 

with LED or even CFL loads, but new 

dimmers are available that will control 

all common bulb types. 

• No neutral wire is required for dimming. 

To assure dimming performance, LED 

dimmers typically do require a neutral 

wire, which can be a challenge in retrofit 

situations where there may be no 

neutral wire in the backbox. Relatively 

low-cost LED technology is constantly 

evolving and costs for both dimmers 

and bulbs are coming down accordingly. 

Although it is generally recognized that 

LEDs are inherently dimmable and controllable, 

it is much more difficult to get 

the same results dimming LEDs as those 

expected with incandescent bulbs. This is 

attributable to the electrical differences 

between LEDs and incandescent/halogen 

bulbs. And because different bulbs use different 

technologies, a bulb’s performance 

with one dimmer does not predict its performance 

with another. 

Incandescent bulbs all create light by 

heating tungsten wires to high temperatures 

in a low-pressure glass envelope, 

causing them to glow white-hot. Electrically 

speaking, these are very simple devices: 

the more voltage they are provided, the 

hotter they get, and the more light they 

produce. It does not matter what shape the 

voltage is: AC, DC, phase cut or nearly any 

other form will provide the same amount of 

light for the same RMS voltage. 

LEDs behave very differently. For a 

given LED device, the amount of light generated 

is proportional to the amount of 

current (not voltage) passed through the 

device. Furthermore, the current can flow 

only one direction through an LED, meaning 

they can only tolerate DC. Finally, LEDs 

are inherently low-voltage devices, typically 

requiring a large reduction in voltage 

from the mains wiring. 

Reducing the voltage, regulating it to DC 

and controlling the current are all handled 

by an LED driver (which is internal to the 

LED bulb). LED drivers are extremely varied 

in their design, construction and features. 

However, one thing they have in common 

is that they do not have the same electrical 

properties as an incandescent load. This is 

essentially the root cause of compatibility 

challenges between controls and LED bulbs 

or fixtures. You must work with a manufacturer 

who has tested multiple combinations 

of dimmers, bulbs and/or fixtures, and published 

the results, to be assured that your 

installation will perform as you expect. 

Color quality is another common concern 

in retrofit applications. Incandescent bulbs 

“dim to warm.” As they are dimmed, a color 

shift occurs, and they give off a familiar 

warm (orange) glow. Because LED bulbs 

do not change color as they are dimmed, 

Hotel guests expect the comfortable, familiar quality of incandescent light; new LED bulbs and 

controls should deliver the same lighting experience. 


TECHNOLOGY 

the perception is that the light is cold. This 

is especially problematic in guest rooms 

and restaurants where customers are most 

comfortable with the familiar quality of 

incandescent light. Some newer LED bulbs 

use two different colors of white LEDs to 

recreate the familiar warmth of incandescent 

light as the bulb is dimmed. 

COMPATIBILITY CHALLENGES 

Currently, different manufacturers may 

prioritize different requirements when 

they develop LED drivers: some may optimize 

for cost, some for size, some for 

lifetime, etc. Part of the design of the driver 

determines how well, and how low, it will 

dim and with what controls. This leads to 

two important conclusions: 

1. The design of the driver determines the 

best possible dimming performance 

that can be achieved. 

2. The compatibility of the driver with the 

control determines how well the driver 

will achieve this performance. 

In essence, even the best control cannot 

make an LED bulb dim better (more smoothly, 

deeper, etc.) than it was designed to 

dim. Both poor driver design and improper 

pairing with a control can lead to unacceptable 

aesthetic performance, including 

flicker, drop-out, dead travel or acoustic 

noise (buzzing). Poor driver design or control 

pairing can also lead to reduced lifetime 

of the control or load. A good driver should 

guarantee smooth, continuous dimming to 

very low light levels on a wide variety of 

controls with no negative impact on lifetime—these 

parameters match the dimming 

performance that people have come 

to expect from incandescent bulbs. 

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solid-state lighting standard: NEMA SSL 

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standard for forward-phase dimming 

of LED loads (both screw-in bulbs and fixtures), 

suitable for global use. The standard 

includes specifications to ensure reliability 

and basic performance of dimmers and LED 

loads, and provides basic requirements 

for bulbs and controls in regard to performance 

characteristics. The aim of the SSL 

7A-2013 standard is to reduce the chance 

of experiencing LED compatibility-related 

problems with an installation, and make 

product selection easier. 

ENSURING PERFORMANCE 

In many ways, LED dimming is a brave 

new world. The technology is changing rapidly, 

and the opportunity for excellent light 

quality, energy savings and flexibility continues 

to improve, but it can be very intimidating. 

For retrofits in the hospitality market 

consider these important design guidelines: 

• Use manufacturer test reports to understand 

bulb performance in advance. 

• Use mock-ups and demos early in the 

design process to effectively evaluate 

the proposed bulb/dimmer combination. 

• Ask for information above and beyond 

current spec sheets including compatibility, 

dimming range and color. 

• Once an approved combination is 

selected, do not allow substitutions— 

one seemingly small change can significantly 

affect performance. 

Finally, for best results, work with lighting 

designers and manufacturers who 

are devoted to understanding the vast 

assortment of LED choices and can reliably 

select appropriate control and bulb 

combinations based on performance and 

budget requirements. 

Eric Lind is the vice president-global specifications 

at Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. He 

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FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

Pillar of 

the Community 

Local building materials shine at Farmers 

Mutual’s headquarters in Lincoln, NE 

BY PAUL TARRICONE 

Photos: Ken Petersen, Petersen Photography 



Fabric wraps on the lobby's 

drum fixtures match the 

native limestone used for 

the interior walls. 

The first rule of fitting into the neighborhood: Don’t clash 

with the big kid on the block. In this case, we’re talking 

about architecture, not human interaction, and the neighborhood 

is Lincoln, NE, where the new corporate offices for 

one of the state’s most venerable insurance companies could not 

detract from the state capitol building towering in the background. 

The design of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Nebraska’s 

new 64,000-sq ft office building had to be approved by the 

Nebraska Capitol Environs Commission to ensure that it was of appropriate 

scale, composition and color palette. Equally important 

was an expected 100-year building life. “A theme throughout the 

design process was simply built to last,” says Brian J. Meyers, associate/electrical 

engineer with local full-service design firm Davis 

Design. With robustness paramount, stone was a primary building 

material. The three-story structure with full basement stands on 

Dakota Sandstone bedrock, and its exterior and interior walls and 

staircases incorporate three varieties of Kansas limestone. 

On a more emotional level, the native stone—and the building 

in total—underscores the 123-year-old company’s commitment 

to Lincoln: “The stone structure invokes the sense of stability, security 

and permanence that Farmers Mutual was seeking,” says 

Meyers. “Farmers Mutual is rooted within the Lincoln community. 

They provide the forward thinking that keeps their clients safe and 

secure. We felt that that should be reciprocated in the design of 

their new headquarters, and we used design elements such as 

symmetry, rhythm and scale to help root the building to the site 

and establish an iconic look.” 

Emphasizing the façade are flush, in-grade 30-W metal halide 

grazers that highlight the rough stone faces of the ground con- 



With the state capitol looming in the background, the new FMI building couldn’t clash with its neighbor. 

nected columns and 30-W metal halide spots that accent the 

smoother surfaces of the upper colonnades. “LED was considered 

for these accents but at the time we weren’t comfortable with the 

performance (specifically the strength of the beam throw) of what 

was out there, so metal halide was specified,” notes Meyers. 

Internally lighted bollards were the fixture of choice along the 

front of the building. These provide wayfinding along the main 

walkway and double as protection should drivers lose control of 

vehicles nearby. The bollards feature a light sandblast finish and 

natural concrete color to best match the limestone on the building. 

The surface parking lot, meanwhile, is illuminated by round 

full cutoff LED fixtures set on a spider-mount base atop the light 

poles (InVue). “We felt that a round fixture on top of the pole, as 

opposed to offset on a mast arm, made the fixture right at home in 

this application where contemporary and traditional architecture 

is being played out,” adds Meyers. The distribution patterns and 

pole locations were scrutinized during design to ensure compliance 

with the strict Lincoln lighting ordinance. 

INNER WORKINGS 

Davis Design’s lighting plan for the inside of the building emphasizes 

not only the stone surfaces, but the shape and colors of the 

rooms. Round and linear fixtures work in tandem; metallic fixtures 

with brushed aluminum finishes were specified; and earth tones 

were chosen for the fabric-covered fixtures to harmonize with the 

interior color palette. 

Variations on the same fixture also repeat throughout the building. 

“Dressing the same cylinder fixture in different accents gives 

the different spaces a unique personality while taking full advantage 

of the economies of scale,” says Meyers. For example, the cylinder 

is used as a wall sconce with a metal motif, complementing 

the modern finish of the basement corridor. Elsewhere, it’s semirecessed 

into openings framed in wood within furred out columns 

and features several different shade materials and motif accents. 

The two-story main lobby features split-faced limestone, large 

custom glass and metal panels. Decorative LED pendant drums 

(Visa Lighting) arranged in a random pattern play off the elliptical 

shape of the lobby and asymmetric, curved ceiling surfaces. The 

custom drum fixtures include linen wrapped housings with fab- 



Direct/indirect pendants light the open-office space, supplemented by recessed wall sconces to add a wrinkle. 

ric colors matching several of the room's accent colors. Drums 

are configured in a variety of diameters (between 36 and 60 in.) 

and set at varying elevations to add depth and interest beyond 

the custom glass and metal panels on the north wall. “The drums 

were specified in LED due to limited access for maintenance and 

to accomplish continuous dimming in conjunction with available 

daylight during normal working hours,” says Meyers. 

The north wall panels are accented by a pair of in-floor 6-in. diameter 

wall grazing fixtures (Erco) and continuous LED strip fixtures 

(io Lighting) concealed within the east and west doors of 

the assembly. “Color temperature was set at 3,000K to best match 

the warm tones of the room’s limestone elements.” Meyers adds. 

In addition, 28-W decorative sconces (Shaper) equipped with T5 

fluorescent lamps are located along the curved staircase leading 

to the second floor lobby. 

WHERE THE WORK GETS DONE 

Open-office areas boast runs of linear direct/indirect T8 fluorescent 

pendant fixtures. Recessed accent wall sconces with T4 lamps 

add a touch of class and help to fill in ambient lighting in the smaller 

spaces where linear fixture shapes would be less appropriate. 

The “prize space of the entire building,” adds Meyers, is the 

executive boardroom on the third floor. The boardroom overlooks 

the western skyline of downtown Lincoln, as large expansive 

windows provide plenty of natural daylight and tie nicely into the 

upper clerestory windows throughout the third floor. The boardroom’s 

signature element is a custom elevated wood table that 

mimics the shape of the conference table 10 ft below. Acting 

as a quasi-luminaire, the elevated table includes individual 3-in. 

adjustable LED spots and metal scrollwork matching that found 

elsewhere in the building. Boardroom ambient light is provided via 

4-ft tall round cylinder fixtures symmetrically spaced through the 

room and carried into the adjacent reception/waiting area. 

More meetings take place in the basement conference center. 

Its two training rooms are adorned with rich crown molding 

elements, giving the space a classic style. Fluorescent pendant 

bowls with alabaster lenses and thick outer rims pair well with the 

thick surface molding elements. 

Though the building is a metaphor for FMI’s long-time Lincoln 

roots, current lighting controls make the design contemporary. 



An overhead “table” above the boardroom table incorporates scrollwork found elsewhere in the building, and acts as both artwork and luminaire with its 

embedded LED spotlights. 

Using the Encelium system, nearly every fixture is individually addressable, 

allowing staff to home in on the best light levels for each 

space. Private office staff computers loaded with personalized 

lighting control software tailor the lighting to suit individual tastes. 

In the open-office areas, daylight harvesting and occupant motion 

sensors take advantage of ambient daylight when available, while 

maintaining an adjustable minimum level of ambient light. ■ 

METRICS THAT MATTER 

Farmers Mutual Insurance 

Watts per sq ft: 0.9 

Illuminance Levels: main lobby = 20 fc; open offi ces = 30 fc; 

private offi ces = 40 fc; meeting rooms = 40 fc; common 

corridors/stairs =15 fc (private offi ces and meeting rooms have 

local network controllers for adjustable light levels) 

Lamp Types: 4 

Fixture Types: 30 

THE DESIGNERS 

Brian Meyers, PE, LEED AP, is an associate staff 

electrical engineer with Davis Design. 

Celeste Kovar, IIDA, AAHID, LEED AP, is an 

associate staff interior designer with Davis 

Design. 

Jon Dalton, PE, LEED AP, Member IES (2003), is a principal and 

director of engineering with Davis Design. 


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Hub-and-Spoke 

Approach 

A chandelier comprised of more than 

100 tentacles with lighted tips hovers 

over a restaurant in Belgium 

BY PAUL TARRICONE 

Even chef and co-owner Sergio Herman knows the cuisine 

is not the only lure at The Jane in Antwerp, Belgium. His 

entrees are paired with a massive handmade chandelier— 

the architectural focal point of this former military hospital 

chapel—which will undoubtedly compete with the menu’s daily 

specials for the patron’s attention. And Herman is perfectly content 

to share the stage. “The first time I walked in and saw the 

chandelier there were tears in my eyes; [there’s] impact. If you 

come as a guest to eat here, it’s right in your face.” 

Indeed it is. Measuring 12 meters by 9 meters (39 ft by 30 ft) and 

weighing 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds), the sprawling colossus is 

suspended from one point in the ceiling and dips 11.7 meters (38 

ft) to just 2.75 meters (9 ft) above the floor to communicate a more 

human scale. The hub-and-spoke style chandelier was designed 

and built by .PSLAB, headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, which 

was also responsible for the restaurant’s general lighting scheme, 

in collaboration with interior design firm Piet Boon. 

The historic red brick chapel cried out for a signature feature 

that would reinforce Piet Boon’s vision of a contemporary underground 

atmosphere. “They didn’t ask for a chandelier in the beginning,” 

says .PSLAB project designer Elsie Moukarzel, “but to 

have a lot of impact in a church, we needed something huge and it 

would have to be really low—for light at the people’s level—and 

at the same time it should light the whole space.” 

The chandelier is comprised of 150 tubular black steel tentacles 

each ending with an LED bulb inside a glass globe visible from the 

ground and the upper bar level. Over one year, the .PSLAB team 

designed the chandelier, tested prototypes, built the product and 

packaged the pieces for delivery to The Jane, where it was painstakingly 

mounted. During his visit to .PSLAB to view the chandelier 

for the first time, Piet Boon lead designer Rienk Wiersma said, 

“It’s a surprise to me how it is in reality. We saw the first image and 

that was already great, and now standing here, I feel like having 

dinner. It’s very nice; it’s just not going to be easy to hang it.” (A 

video showing the manufacturing and mounting of the chandelier 

can be viewed at pslab.net/thejane.) 

HONORING THE HISTORY 

Other fixtures complement the aged materials and interior surfaces 

used inside the church (including natural stone, leather and 

oak) and the chandelier itself. Upon entering the heavy chapel 

doors, guests are greeted by a series of white corrugated cylindri- 

Photos courtesy of .PSLAB 





The yellow glow from inside halogen-lamped cylindrical luminaires adds 

color to the mostly white space. 

Halogen globe lights draw attention to the battered brickwork. 

Track lighting stands out, while white-painted halogen fixtures hide in 

cal luminaires. Lamped with a halogen source, the brass interior of 

these cylinders emits a rich deep yellow glow that contrasts with 

the white stone and black interior. Moving inward to the center of 

the ground-floor dining area, the use of brass continues in a set of 

halogen table lamps that rise above the level of the seating, adding 

definition to the spatial layout. Well-worn brick is also emphasized 

by column-mounted globes with halogen sources. 

Over the bar on the upper level, a set of halogen projector lights 

are track-mounted on steel beams installed across the width of the 

chapel. The sharp, black finish of the track and fixture heads is juxtaposed 

against the rough-hewn surfaces of the chapel interior without 

conflicting visually with the chandelier. In the same vein, discreet 

white-painted halogen fixtures were mounted to “hide” next to massive 

columns and blend with the white wall and background. 

The chandelier and lighting accents have served as a welcome 

diversion for chef/owner Nick Bril: “To work in this kitchen and look 

everyday on an image like this is great. Goosebumps is what I say.” ■ 



Guinness says “biggest.” 

the wall columns. 


The Jane 

Watts per sq meter: ground fl oor and mezzanine = 41; 

basement = 34 

Lamp Types: 2 

THE DESIGNER 

Piet Boon is an architect and leads the Amsterdam, Netherlands, 

design firm that bears his name. 

Big In Cleveland 

Chandeliers can reside outdoors too. And they can 

be even bigger when there are no annoying walls 

and ceilings to get in the way. 

In Cleveland, “the world’s largest outdoor chandelier,” 

as decreed by the Guinness Book of World Records, casts 

a glow on the downtown PlayhouseSquare theater district. 

The chandelier, the centerpiece of the transformed 

historic district, measures 20 ft high, weighs 8,500 pounds 

and features 4,200 resin crystals. Suspended from a 44-ft 

high steel structure, the chandelier graces the intersection 

of E. 14th Street and Euclid Avenue. 

GE’s Infusion LED Modules illuminate the chandelier. 

The fi xtures within the chandelier were designed by 

Targetti, and the chandelier itself was designed by Lumid 

Lighting. The chandelier’s support caissons are also 

equipped with the LED modules. 

—Paul Tarricone 


NEUEHOUSE 

offices are tailor-made for trendy New 

Yorkers. They provide a place for budding entrepreneurs, 

artists and start-up companies, among others, 

“Co-working” 

to pay a minimal fee, set up shop and work solo, or team 

up with like-minded individuals. Many of these spaces have been 

customized for specific groups of people—there are spots for visual 

artists, for example, as well as places where eco-friendliness 

is important. In NeueHouse, a new 35,000-sq ft collaborative work 

space in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, the tenants are creative 

types and the theme is upscale. Co-founder Joshua Abram notes 

that NeueHouse is different from other work collectives because 

it includes an experience, versus “just a desk space. NeueHouse 

engages in a complete rethinking of what constitutes the ideal 

environment for entrepreneurs and their teams in the creative industries. 

It uses a fusion of design, hospitality, programming and 

membership as centerpieces of the experience.” 

Lighting plays a role in achieving this vibe—a blend of private 

club and community office—by unifying the separate social 

spaces and work areas, both of which have entirely different illumination 

needs. “The biggest challenge was providing a smooth 

lighting transition between the spaces and creating a sense of 

consistency,” says Brett Andersen, principal designer for Focus 

Lighting, New York City. “The different uses—a bright office versus 

an intimate lounge—have requirements that are often at odds 

with each other, so we had to develop a system that could do both.” 

Working It 

A collaborative office space uses lighting 

to transition between work and play 

BY SAMANTHA SCHWIRCK 

Photos: Ryan Fischer 


NEUEHOUSE 

On the main level, six, 6-ft diameter custom 

pendants, each composed of 18 glass 

globes, provide general illumination. 


NEUEHOUSE 

In common areas, additional lighting comes from LED PAR30 downlights housed in porcelain sockets. 

THE SHELL 

The five-level space is located within a renovated industrial 

building that was built in 1913, replete with 20-ft ceilings and 

exposed wooden and brick finishes. Fittingly, “the building once 

housed a light manufacturing company,” Andersen says. “It was 

completely gutted, but we decided to showcase the industrial 

qualities of the shell.” To counter the raw aesthetic, the office was 

decorated to mimic a hospitality setting. Large, glass doors combine 

with warm décor—potted plants, oversized suede couches 

and large area rugs—to create a comfortable and inviting space. 

For general illumination, the designers wanted to “graze the 

rough texture of the columns and walls with warm, white light,” Andersen 

says. On the main level, six, 6-ft diameter custom pendants 

line the perimeter of the floor and provide the bulk of the lighting. 

Each pendant is composed of 18 glass globes with 60-W Edison filament 

lamps, and works as an uplight and a downlight, lighting the 

general area as well as the floor and ceiling. The pendants were 

designed by Focus Lighting in conjunction with the project’s architect, 

Rockwell Group, as well as Lucos Group. A custom-designed 

pulley system allows the pendants to be easily raised or lowered 


NEUEHOUSE 

The Canteen is lighted by LED strips that are integrated into the counter and banquet for a streamlined aesthetic. 

for specific purposes. For example, at 5 p.m. each day, the fixtures 

automatically lower to create an evening scene. 

Kelly Hannon, senior designer for Focus Lighting and lead designer 

for the project, notes that incandescent was the source selected 

here because of its color temperature, which “infuses the 

space with the warmth of a hospitality project. The exposed filament 

lamps were crucial to the conception of the pendants, which 

need to output light and create a dramatic canopy of sparkling 

points. We mocked up a number of different LED replacements, 

but at the time, we were unable to replicate the feel and vintage 

look of the lamps. Our goal is to eventually change them out when 

the technology can give us the right look without sacrificing the 

aesthetics.” The use of incandescent sources did present a challenge 

when the designers were considering energy code requirements, 

but the project still complies with ASHRAE 90.1. “We were 

able to make it work by choosing the most efficient sources for the 

rest of the space and basically ‘saving up’ our allowable wattage 

for these feature pieces,” Hannon explains. 

“To ensure that the pendants’ light quality would be perfect 

and that it was properly sized for the large space, we also created 


NEUEHOUSE 

Steps.” Here, members can host casual 

gatherings or meet ups. The Canteen, 

a café with refreshments and locallysourced 

meals, is located behind the 

steps. Though the café is open to the 

surrounding area, it is tucked away and 

intended to be a getaway for workers, so 

the lighting is more discreet—combined 

with architectural detailing for a streamlined 

aesthetic. LED strips are integrated 

into the café’s countertops as well as 

into a pocket behind the café’s banquet 

to uplight the wall. 

Halogen task lamps illuminate wooden tables and desks on the first level. 

full-scale mock-ups utilizing paper lanterns and plywood, and 

installed them on-site and in our office for review by the owner 

and design team,” Andersen adds. In between the pendants, LED 

PAR30 downlights housed in porcelain sockets provide additional 

lighting during the day. 

In the center of the space, there’s an inclined group of benches 

called the Gallery Steps, informally referred to as the “Spanish 

UPPER LEVELS 

Each subsequent floor has two, 3-ft 

diameter versions of the first-floor pendant, 

also working as the main source of 

general illumination. Throughout these 

levels, desk and studio spaces are supplemented 

by lounge areas, a gallery for 

performances/exhibitions and conference 

rooms. The work spaces vary, with 

options ranging from private, enclosed 

offices and open offices to community 

tables and “partner desks” intended for 

groups of up to four people. “Achieving 

flexibility was key,” adds Cristina Azario, 

the principal of NeueHouse’s in-house 

design team. “The studio walls are movable 

to allow for transformation of a 

studio for four into a studio for 20 in the 

briefest time.” 

Individual task lighting is available via 

halogen medium-screw base lamps situated 

on tables throughout. To supplement the task lights and eliminate 

glare, fluorescent uplights by Lamar were integrated into the 

top of partition walls, which separate semi-private work spaces. 

Membership perks include office staples such as whiteboards 

and pinning surfaces within conference rooms, and broadcast facilities 

for presentations and video-conferencing. More luxurious 

benefits include on-site catering availability and a food cart that 


NEUEHOUSE 

Fluorescent uplights within partition walls supplement task lighting and eliminate glare. 

buzzes around during the day. Members can also access a tech 

bar, a la Apple’s “Genius Bar,” which offers tech support during 

the day and transitions into a bar in the evening. 

“We were at capacity within 90 days of opening,” Abram says 

of NeueHouse’s success since its completion last year. “We now 

have a long waiting list.” The tenant list is private, but certain 

high-profile individuals have publicly referenced their membership, 

including entertainment producer Chris Blackwell, former 

Barney’s fashion director Julie Gilhart and Jolie Hunt, the former 

CMO of AOL. ■ 


NeueHouse 

Illuminance Levels: main level = 5-15 fc; desk surfaces = 25-30 fc 

Lamp Types: 9 

Fixture Types: 24 

Complies with ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1-2007 

THE DESIGNERS 

Brett Andersen, Member IES (2008), is a principal 

designer at Focus Lighting. 

Kelly Hannon, Member IES (2012), is a senior 

designer at Focus Lighting. 


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GATEWAY PROJECTS 

LEDs 

Go Ivy League 

Princeton University is home to two DOE Gateway demonstrations 

BY JAMES BRODRICK 

In addition to educating our best and brightest, institutions of higher learning 

can teach us a thing or two about lighting. A complex facility that resembles 

a mini-city in many ways, the typical college campus offers a range of 

lighting applications under one administrative roof—from classrooms and 

offices to theaters, labs, libraries, dining halls, dormitories, museums, chapels, 

walkways, parking lots, garages, lecture halls, arenas and outdoor stadiums. 

This makes the campus an ideal testing ground for lighting. 

Princeton University, located in Princeton, NJ, began working with LED 

lighting when the technology first became available for general lighting. After 

several parking lot and garage lighting installations, the university expanded 

its focus to include interior lighting and currently is engaged in a number of 

projects in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Gateway 

Demonstration Program. Two of those projects are described here. 



ZONE COVERAGE IN THE DILLON GYMNASIUM 

Completed in 2012, relighting of the 

Dillon Gymnasium was Princeton 

University’s first extensive interior 

LED project. In addition to the main gymnasium, 

the facility includes a swimming 

pool, squash courts, a dance studio, a spinning 

room, several multipurpose spaces, 

coaches’ offices and the bi-level Stephens 

Fitness Center. 

The main gym floor has four multi-use 

courts for basketball, volleyball and badminton. 

Since the gym also gets heavy dayto-day 

recreational use, with people dropping 

by to play half-court pickup basketball 

or some other sport, the new lighting solution 

had to satisfy more-demanding NCAA 

criteria as well as less stringent criteria for 

recreational use. 

The incumbent lighting system consisted 

of 111 round high-bay luminaires at a mounting 

height of between 25 and 32 ft, each luminaire 

using eight 32-W CFLs. The original intent 

was to have four lamps within a luminaire 

switched on for recreational use and all eight 

lamps for varsity events. However, switching 

was manual, and the Princeton facilities 

The LED system, switched to full 

output to meet NCAA requirements. 

staff observed that all of the switches were 

often turned on whenever the gym had any 

occupancy, and that the lighting frequently 

remained on during unoccupied hours. The 

new system would need a means for easy 

control, so that the whole gym wasn’t lighted 

just for the benefit of eight people playing a 

half-court basketball game. 

After sampling a number of different 

prospects, the facilities staff settled on 

a 2 ft x 2 ft square fixture from the Lusio 

Lighting Pro-Optics Series. The architects 

approved the decision, since the 

fixture form was a simple, primary shape. 

The fixture options included an integrated 

passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor and 

standard 0-10V dimming control. But staff 

didn’t want individual fixtures turning on 

and off based on occupancy, opting instead 

to control them by zones, so that 

groupings of fixtures over unoccupied 

spaces would automatically turn off and 

remain dark until needed. 

The final control solution included a PIR 

motion sensor mounted on one luminaire in 

each of the eight zone groupings, which were 

Photos courtesy of U.S. DOE 

aligned with the basketball half-courts. The 

sensor was connected to a digital Lutron 

Ecosystem controller that adjusted the output 

of the entire group based on the detected 

occupancy. Each group is off when there’s no 

occupancy detected on that half-court, and 

operates at 20 percent input power when 

there’s occupancy. Because of the efficiency 

of the LEDs at the lower power ranges, 

Princeton staff determined that 20 percent 

power would provide adequate lighting for 

recreational use, while full power was only 

needed for NCAA varsity sports. Thus, the 

180-W LED fixtures only consume about 36 

watts the majority of the time they’re on. 

Although Princeton wanted the individual 

addressability that the Lutron system 

provided, at the time the system was being 

designed, Lutron did not offer an interface 

to allow for dimming an LED fixture 

that was wired for 0-10V control. But by 

coordinating directly with the manufacturers, 

Princeton was able to get a solution 

from Lutron that interconnected the 

digital controls with the 0-10V dimming. 

No wireless motion sensors would work 

at that height, so eight wired Hubbell highbay 

occupancy sensors were positioned 

above the center of each half-court. 

The LED fixture had an option for 4 percent 

uplight to add some ceiling brightness, 

which initially seemed important because 

the existing system provided some uplight. 

This option required additional power for 

the LED uplight. Princeton staff questioned 

the need for the additional wattage for the 

uplight, and found that the reflected light 

within the gym cast sufficient light onto 

the ceiling behind the fixtures. 

One issue encountered with the new LED 

system was that the volleyball coaches were 

concerned that players who looked straight 



up could see the raw LEDs in the luminaire, 

which were very bright—a necessity in order 

to illuminate the floor 30 ft below. The 

Princeton staff did some experimenting 

and found that adding even just a very light 

diffusion layer—which the manufacturer 

was able to do in the factory—cut the glare 

enough to satisfy the volleyball coaches. 

The installed LED system reduced the 

overall power for the lighting in the gym and 

two related spaces by more than 35 percent, 

resulting in annual energy savings of about 

66,900 kWh at the same operating hours. 

The task-tuned recreational use dimming 

and the occupancy-based controls in the 

main gym are estimated to reduce annual 

energy use by an additional 42,200 kWh. 

Dillon Gymnasium. 

Fluorescent luminaires in the 

Icahn lab prior to retrofit. 

RETROFIT KITS AT THE CARL ICAHN LABORATORY 

A 

pioneer in biological research— 

as well as in the application of 

LEDs—Princeton’s 98,000-sq ft 

Carl Icahn Laboratory of the Lewis-Sigler 

Institute for Integrative Genomics represents 

the school’s first building-wide interior 

LED project. 

Designed to hold 125 to 150 people, the 

L-shaped Icahn facility includes 35,000 sq ft 

of labs on two stories, with a central atrium 

and curving glass curtain wall joining them. 

The atrium is a social place where researchers 

and students can meet in formal and informal 

common areas, and features a metal-clad 

wood sculpture by Frank Gehry that 

houses a conference room. The two-story 

curtain wall is shielded by 31 external 40-ft 

vertical aluminum louvers that rotate with 

the sun to maximize shade, minimize thermal 

loading and reduce cooling load. The 

computer-controlled louvers are patterned 

to project a double-helix DNA-style shadow 

onto the atrium floor as a dynamic interplay 

of light and shadow. The south-facing glass 

wall introduces natural light deep into the 

center of the building. 

The loft-like labs have 12-ft ceilings 

capped with 8 ft of plenum space to allow 

for easy reconfiguration of utilities. The open 

floor plans, modular partitions and demountable 

casework allow for flexibility and movability. 

Faculty offices are clustered rather 

than located next to each lab, to encourage 



Carl Icahn Laboratory. 

collaboration and “chance” discussions. 

The annual energy use for lighting in the 

Institute is about 564,000 kWh, for an annual 

cost of nearly $50,000. Most of the 

lighting in the lab and office spaces is provided 

by 815 recessed 2 ft by 2 ft luminaires 

that each use two 31-W T8 fluorescent 

U-lamps, have an acrylic prismatic lens, 

draw 59 watts of power and operate for an 

estimated 5,000 hours per year. These luminaires 

use 240,425 kWh annually, about 43 

percent of the facility’s annual energy use. 

They’re being retrofitted with a MaxLite 

LED retrofit kit that provides 3,315 lumens at 

45-W power input, with a CCT of 4,100K and 

minimum CRI of 82. The kit carries a safety 

certification from ETL and is on the Design- 

Lights Consortium’s Qualified Products List 

(QPL). The kit is projected to yield an annual 

energy savings of over 57,000 kWh. Additional 

savings are expected from the use of 

lighting controls, as discussed below. 

The Princeton engineering staff evaluated 

products from five different manufacturers 

for the 2 by 2 luminaire retrofit, with 

quoted prices ranging from about $75 to 

over $200 per unit. Three products were 

selected for further assessment. Multiple 

samples were installed in the building and 

evaluated for appearance, perceived impacts 

on light levels and distribution, and 

potential glare. The MaxLite kit was selected 

based on positive assessments during 

the mockup, substantial reduction in connected 

power relative to the existing system, 

favorable pricing and warranty terms, 

the ability to integrate well with the planned 

lighting control system and provision of 

0-10V dimming with the capability to turn 

the power completely off at the 0V setting 

(unlike the other products, which require 

separate wiring and the associated labor to 

enable complete power off at 0 volts). 

The Icahn Lab also has linear fluorescent 

cove lighting and some 2 ft by 4 ft recessed 

troffers—mostly using 4-ft 32-W T8 lamps 

(with a few T5 and T5HO lamps). These luminaires 

account for about 31 percent of the 

facility’s annual lighting energy and range 

from perimeter cove lighting (5,000 hours 

of annual use), to office lighting (3,500 

hours), to corridor and elevator lighting 

(8,760 hours), to closet and mailroom lighting 

(1,500-3,000 hours). For the Gateway 

project, more than 550 of these luminaires 

are being retrofitted with the Cree UR Series 

retrofit kit that replaces the lamps and 

ballasts, providing 4,500 lumens at 44-W 

power input, with a CCT of 4,000K and a CRI 

of 80. The UR Series kits are UL-classified 

as retrofit kits and are on the QPL. Princeton 

selected the UR Series product based 

on prior experience in several small-scale 

retrofit projects. For the 4-ft linear lamp fixtures, 

annual energy savings including controls 

are estimated to be about 117,000 kWh. 

The luminaires in the open lab spaces, 

both the recessed 2 by 2 and the cove luminaires, 

are controlled by relatively few 

wall switches that control large zones of 

luminaires. As a result, large areas are illuminated 

whenever the lab space is occupied, 

even if the occupancy consists 

of just a single individual in a small area. 

Individual enclosed lab and office spaces 

typically each have a single wall switch 

controlling all of the luminaires in each 

space. As part of the lighting upgrade, 

Princeton plans to implement a Lutron 

EcoSystem control system, including occupancy 

and daylight-harvesting strategies. 

Based on previous project experiences, 

the university estimates that the 

control strategies will yield an additional 

reduction in energy of about 40 percent. 

Although Princeton is not trying to improve 

lighting quality with this project, the 

current fluorescent systems show the typical 

assortment of correlated color temperatures 

(CCT) due to ongoing maintenance, 

so the LED solutions should provide more 

consistent color properties throughout operation, 

while also reducing the necessary 

maintenance of the system. ■ 

THE AUTHOR 

James Brodrick is the lighting 

program manager for the U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office. 


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NEWSMAKER 

Hospitals See 

The Future, 

And It’s Smart 

Lighting designer Rachel Calemmo 

discusses her work on the prototype 

Patient Room 2020 

The Patient Ribbon (top) loops over the bed, 

holding supplies, audio/visual controls and the 

customizable Patient Halo. The caregiver station 

(bottom) signals staff to wash their hands. 

At Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, there’s a vibrant, interactive lighting 

scheme, replete with an RGB LED installation in the lobby, wall applications that 

play animated clips and in-room media walls that can be controlled by patients. The 

scene upends the stereotypes typically associated with hospitals—that they’re 

sterile or cold. Nemours is also the only LEED Gold Certified hospital in central Florida. 

This type of innovation follows waves of research about the effect of lighting on both 

patients and hospital workers. One initiative, in particular, that influenced the Nemours 

design and may soon guide others like it is Patient Room 2020, a prototype patient room 

that unifies multiple discrete research areas—think architecture, products, technology 

and lighting processes—into one concept. 

“Non-profit NXT Health developed Patient Room 2020,” explains Rachel Calemmo, one of 

two lighting designers who donated services to help develop the model, which she spoke 

about at this year’s LEDucation 8 event in New York City. “They relied on donors such as 

myself and OSRAM to give design services and products to help develop the prototype.” 

Patient Room 2020 includes the “Patient Ribbon,” a white, minimalist structure with built-in 

controls that extends from the headwall to the footwall of the bed; the “Patient Companion,” 

which combines an overbed table and a touchscreen tablet; a caregiver station with handwashing 

indicator lights; and the “Patient Halo,” an above-bed color shifting light box that 

patients can program to a soothing hue, or doctors can use as an exam light. 

Here, Calemmo—who has a background in interior design and forms one-half of the 

lighting design firm Christian Rae Studio, LLC—answers questions about Patient Room 

2020 and the evolution of patient-room lighting. 


NEWSMAKER 

To start, what drew you to healthcare 

lighting? 

Calemmo: I am inspired by the fact that 

hospitals have so much to gain by providing 

innovative, energy-saving and healing lighting 

designs. Increasingly, healthcare providers 

are faced with a wide variety of environmental 

and societal challenges, including 

managing infection control, the introduction 

of smart technologies and adjusting to 

emerging risk factors. Lighting can have the 

most profound impact on healthcare spaces 

to improve the patient experience and optimize 

caregiver performance. 

Further, energy use is critical in facilities 

with 24/7 operating schedules. I 

believe lighting and controls should be 

applied with care to ensure energy is not 

wasted, yet tasks are properly illuminated. 

Lighting can increase accuracy in critical, 

emergency situations. 

And lighting goes far beyond visibility. 

It can affect people’s mood, circadian 

rhythms and ability to heal. 

2020 is still more than five years away. 

What are some lighting trends being 

adopted in hospitals and patient rooms 

today? 

Calemmo: Slips and falls can be 

avoided by proper night lighting, locating 

switches within reach, or touch and 

occupancy sensors. Many hospitals are 

already using amber and red night lights 

to reduce these accidents. They have also 

started integrating illuminated handrails 

with touch sensors to help patients get 

around safely at night. 

Also, evidence-based design has been 

trending, and I have seen much more integration 

of RGB color-changing lighting to 

create a positive distraction. 

Whole building lighting controls for energy 

management (DALI) are starting to 

become more popular, particularly as hospitals 

try to minimize energy and maintenance 

costs and use more sustainable practices. 

What is the biggest obstacle to adopting 

these new technologies? 

Calemmo: There is a lack of coordination 

between elements and their controls 

within the room. If there was more integration 

of the different systems that patients 

and staff control into easy-to-use 

interfaces meant for each end-user, it 

would be easier for facilities to adopt the 

technologies. There also seems to still 

be a lack of understanding about the importance 

of lighting and lighting controls 

among decision makers. And, of course, 

everything comes down to cost. 

What is the most important technological 

change that you see for hospital 

lighting? 

Calemmo: Circadian rhythm lighting and 

putting control of color, temperature and 

brightness in the hands of patients and staff 

is the most important technological change. 

Dynamic white fixtures are becoming more 

prominent. Using cool white LEDs (6,000- 

4,000K) and warm white (4,100-2,700K) in 

the same fixture subtly mixes temperature 

and intensity, which can help maintain normal 

sleep patterns and optimize therapeutic 

efficacy. Programmable LED lights can accept 

live weather updates from the local 

meteorological offices to support this process 

and mimic the outside conditions as 

closely as possible. 

What hospital lighting change should 

we watch for in the short term? 

Calemmo: Lighting to enhance infection 

control will become increasingly important. 

In Patient Room 2020, LED strips 

are integrated seamlessly into the architectural 

elements of the space—above 

the sink and flush with the ceiling—to 

‘If there was more integration of the different 

systems that patients and staff control into easy-touse 

interfaces meant for each end-user, it would be 

easier for facilities to adopt the technologies’ 

make the space easy to wipe down and 

sterilize. In some cases, lighting linked 

to sensors that remind staff to wash their 

hands improved infection control. Lighting 

also creates visual privacy when combined 

with the textured glass and allows 

patients to escape to another world while 

they are gazing into the illuminated halo. 

Have any hospitals adopted the 2020 

model? 

Calemmo: Even though Patient Room 

2020 is still a prototype, we have had a 

lot of interest from healthcare facilities 

that are ready to integrate these design 

elements and strategies. We are looking 

forward to launching pilot projects in the 

upcoming year. Stay tuned. 

—Samantha Schwirck 


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2014 Review 

• Cooper SOURCE Awards 

• GE Edison Awards 

• IALD Awards 

• LFI Innovation Awards 

• Seen at LIGHTFAIR

LIGHTFAIR REVIEW 

COOPER SOURCE AWARDS 

Eaton’s Cooper Lighting Division announced the winners 

of the 37 th Annual SOURCE Awards design competition 

during LIGHTFAIR 2014. Five professional awards 

and five student awards were announced, and winners 

were presented with crystal trophies, as well as an invitation 

to attend a complimentary class at the SOURCE, 

the Lighting Division’s education center in Peachtree 

City, GA. Professional winners Robert Singer and Associates, 

Inc. and Ross De Alessi Lighting Design each received 

a $2,000 monetary award. Student winner Hazel 

Chang received $1,500, and each other Student Honorable 

Mention Award winner received $500. 

PROFESSIONAL RESIDENTIAL 

CATEGORY 

Winner 

Morningstar Residence, Aspen, CO 

Robert Singer, Kim Quint and Jason Diaz 

Robert Singer and Associates, Inc. 

PROFESSIONAL COMMERCIAL 

CATEGORY 

Winner 

The Gallery at the Historic Museum of 

Natural History Restoration Hardware 

Store, Boston 

Ross De Alessi, Norm Spencer and 

Neil Reeder 

Ross De Alessi Lighting Design 

Honorable Mention 

Omni Convention Center and Country 

Music Hall of Fame Expansion, 

Nashville, TN 

Mark Harris, Anne Flaherty and Ryan Linton 

GWA Lighting 

Award of Recognition 

Cuyahoga County Public Library – 

Garfield Heights Branch, 

Garfield Heights, OH 

Ardra Paige Zinkon 

Tec Studio Inc. 


LAX Tom Bradley International Airport 

(curbside lighting enhancements 

project), Los Angeles 

E. Teal Brogden, HT Tina Aghassian, 

Clifton Manahan, Jae Yong Suk and 

Alexis Schlemer 

Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, Inc. 

STUDENT CATEGORY 

Winner 

Light the Carnivore Restaurant on Fire 

Hazel Chang 

Appalachian State University 


Rock Hallelujah 

Rachel Harris and Courtenay Wright 

University of Cincinnati 


The Light and Dark Institute 

Juan Acosta and Michael Hawkins 

Parsons The New School for Design 


Reaching for the Sky 

Jiyoung Bae 

Parsons The New School for Design 

Morningstar Residence, Aspen 


Ideology Corporate Office 

Kayla Johnson 

University of Florida 

The Gallery at the Historic 

Museum of Natural History 

Restoration Hardware Store, 

Boston 

Photo: Steve Mundinger Photography Photo: Doug A. Salin 



GE EDISON AWARDS 

On June 2, GE announced the winner of the 31 st Annual GE Edison Award: 

Robert Shook, Maureen Mahr, Jennifer Curtis and Kimberly Corbett-Oates 

of Schuler Shook for the lighting of City Performance Hall in Dallas. The winner 

was chosen from three Awards of Excellence finalists. Other awards 

presented at the ceremony included five Awards of Merit, six Awards for 

Environmental Design, one Award for Residential Design and three Awards 

of Special Citation. 

City Performance Hall, Dallas 

Photo: Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs 

Winner 

City Performance Hall, Dallas 

Robert Shook, Maureen Mahr, Jennifer 

Curtis and Kimberly Corbett-Oates 

Schuler Shook 

Awards of Excellence 

Global Investment Firm, 

San Francisco 

Hiram Banks, Claudio Ramos, Lisa Kramer 

and Matthew Landl 

RAMOS Architectural Lighting Design 

Herscher Hall at Skirball Cultural Center, 

Los Angeles 

Glenn Heinmiller 

Lam Partners 

Awards of Merit 

Loyola University – Damen Student 

Center, Chicago 

Jim Baney, Maureen Mahr, Jennifer 

Curtis and Kanis Glaewketgarn 

Schuler Shook 

Moscone Convention Center, 

San Francisco 

Hiram Banks, Claudio Ramos and 

Lisa Kramer 


Red Bull Music Academy, New York City 

Suzan Tillotson, Christopher Cheap and 

Erin Dreyfous 

Tillotson Design Associates 

Union Depot Intermodal Transit and 

Transportation Hub, St. Paul, MN 

Tao Ham 

HGA Architects and Engineers 

Gensler Newport Beach Office, 

Newport Beach, CA 

Moritz Hammer and 

Martin van Koolbergen 

Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural 

Lighting, Inc. 

Awards for Environmental Design 

Gensler Newport Beach Office, 

Newport Beach, CA 

Moritz Hammer and 

Martin van Koolbergen 

Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural 

Lighting, Inc. 

HSBC Exportec Toluca, 

Toluca, Edo. De Mexico, Mexico 

Javier Presas, Juan Andres Vergara and 

Luis Fernández de Ortega 

Ortega Arquitectos 

Loyola University – Institute of 

Environmental Sustainability, Chicago 

Jim Baney, Giulio Pedota and 

Miory Kanashiro 

Schuler Shook 

Newcastle Library, 

Newcastle, WA 

Jill Cody 

dark light design 

Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center, 

Denver 

Joy Yamada and David Riffel 

Illume ME Engineers 

Martin Eiss, Fentress Architects 

Carol Koplin, Koplin Interiors LLC 

Redding School for the Arts, Redding, CA 

James Benya and James Theimer 

Benya Burnett Consultancy and Trilogy 

Architecture 

Award for Residential Design 

Museum Tower Penthouse, 

San Francisco 

Hiram Banks, Claudio Ramos, Matthew 

Landl, Steve Rosenberg and Signa Weise 


Awards for Special Citation 

Memorial to the Victims of Violence, 

Mexico City 

Gustavo Aviles, Anna Sbokou and 

Juan Carlos Martinez 

Lighting Composers 

Restoration Hardware Boston, 

Boston 

Ross De Alessi, Norm Spencer and 

Neil Reeder 

Ross De Alessi Lighting Design 

RiverEdge Park, Aurora, IL 

Robert Shook, Maureen Mahr, Kanis 

Glaewketgarn, Jennifer Curtis, Christopher 

Sprague, Lisa Bernacchi and David Steele 

Schuler Shook and Muller and Muller 



IALD AWARDS 

In Lumíne Tuo, Utrecht, The Netherlands 

Sixteen award winners representing architectural 

lighting design projects from 10 

countries comprise the winners of the 31 st 

Annual International Association of Lighting 

Designers International Design Awards. The 

winners were recognized at a presentation 

held on June 4 at the Renaissance Las Vegas 

Hotel. Of the 16 projects, seven earned 

Awards of Excellence, five earned Awards of 

Merit. and four earned Special Citations. 

Photo: James Newton 

IALD Radiance Award 

In Lumine Tuo, Utrecht, The Netherlands 

Keith Bradshaw, Mark Major, Benz Roos 

and Iain Ruxton 

Speirs + Major 

Awards of Excellence 

Venture Capital Office Building, 

Menlo Park, CA 

Sean O’Connor, Becky Yam and 

Martha Lopacki 

Sean O’Connor Lighting Design Inc. 

Red Bull Music Academy, New York City 

Suzan Tillotson, Erin Dreyfous and 

Christopher Cheap 

Tillotson Design Associates 

Branz Koshien, Nishinomiya, Japan 

Hiroyasu Yoshino 

Akari+DESIGN Associates 

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, 

Baku, Azerbaijan 

Aniket Gore, Rob Honeywill and 

Maurice Brill 

Maurice Brill Lighting Design Ltd. 

Hanjie Wanda Plaza, Hubei, China 

Zheng JianWei, Liu Yang, Ben Van Berkel, 

Wilfried Kramb, Andreas Barthelmes, 

Huang Yinda, Xie Mian, Yang Yankun, 

Ye Jun and Qiu Wei 

BIAD Zheng JianWei Lighting Studio 

Memorial to the Victims of Violence, 

Mexico City, Mexico 

Gustavo Avilés, Anna Sbokou and Juan 

Carlos Martinez 

LIGHTEAM 

Awards of Merit 

St. Moritz Church, Augsburg, Germany 

Douglas James, Admir Jukanovic, 

Eszter Hanzseros and Raquel Meseguer 

Mindseye 

171 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia 

Paul Beale and Jess Perry 

Electrolight 

Starlight, New York City 

Chris Cooper 

Cooper Joseph Studio 

Centennial Anniversary Hall, Sensuicho, 

Fukuoka, Japan 

Izumi Yayoshi, Hidehiko Youfu, Kazushi 

Kawahara and Jun Yamazaki 

Izumi Yayoshi Lighting Design Co Ltd. 

AKA Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, CA 

Scott Hatton and Archit Jain 

Oculus Light Studio 

Special Citation for a Whimsical, 

Well-Crafted Multimedia Experience 

Communicating National and Religious 

Identity 

Dragon Bridge, Da Nang City, Vietnam 

Dr. Tran Van Thanh, Nquyen Van Nam 

Khoa, Ngo Thanh Phat and Van Quoc Kiet 

ASA Studios 

Special Citation 

for an Intuitive, Interactive 

Lighting Experience 

BruumRuum!, Barcelona, Spain 

Maurici Ginés 

Artec3 Studio 

Special Citation for a Highly 

Responsive Lighting Design Solution 

for the Delicate Needs of a Critical 

Care Environment 

Light for NICU at Nagoya Daini Red Cross 

Hospital, Nagoya, Japan 

Hiroyasu Shoji and Aya Saito 

LightDesign Inc 

Special Citation for the Elegant Integration 

of Indirect Dynamic Lighting 

Wall Illumination Fantasy of Piole 

Himeji, Himeji-Shi, Japan 

Satoshi Uchihara and Masaki Kawaguchi 

Uchihara Creative Lighting Design Inc 

Tetsuya Hara 

Takenaka Corporation 



LFI INNOVATION AWARDS TOP AWARD WINNERS 

The LFI Innovation Awards ceremony on June 3 set the stage for LIGHTFAIR’s 25 th year. Out of 261 entries spanning 14 categories, the 

award winners exemplify the industry’s most innovative products and designs introduced during the past year. Each submission was 

judged by an independent panel of lighting professionals. Four products won top awards and 14 products won category awards. 

Most Innovative Product of the Year 

Product Category: Commercial Indoor 

Acuity Brands Open: Open luminaires utilize constructive occlusion 

to produce soft, comfortable illumination from a lens-free 

linear form. www.acuitybrands.com 

Design Excellence Award 

Product Category: Outdoor Luminaires—Sports, Step, 

Landscape, Pool & Fountain 

Hess America Moon: Contemporary slim profile LED bollard adds 

a unique visual element to pedestrian scale spaces. 

www.hessamerica.com 

Technical Innovation Award 

Product Category: Track, Display, Undercabinet and Shelf 

Dicon Lighting Cielux T80 LED Track Light: The Cielux T80 is the 

first 80-W LED and CRI>90 track light to achieve 50 lumens per 

watt. VWFL, FL, SP w/Accessories, individual dimming. 

www.diconlighting.com 

Judges’ Citation Award 

Osram TRAXON Debut: Dynamic LED lighting with an intelligent 

media system to create personalized virtual reality spaces in 

dressing rooms. www.osram.com 



LFI INNOVATION AWARDS 

PRODUCT CATEGORY AWARD WINNERS 

Conventional, Retrofit and Replacement 

LED Lamps 

Philips SlimStyle LED: Unique flat shaped 

A-19 60-W LED lamp delivering 800 lumens 

at less than $10. www.lighting.philips.com 

LED / OLED, Chips and Modules 

Philips LUXEON CoB Crisp White: Warm 

saturated colors combined with crisp white 

colors in one LED. www.lighting.philips.com 

Ballasts, Transformers, LED Drivers, 

Systems and Kits 

Osram OPTOTRONIC Programmable 

Constant Current 2DIM Outdoor LED Power 

Supplies: Outdoor IP66, programmable, 

0-10V LED dimming power supply family 

customizable by the user within 10mA 

resolution. www.osram.com 

Non-Luminous Components, Specialty 

Hardware, Shades and Solar 

Dow Corning MS-2002 Moldable White 

Reflector Silicone: Highly moldable white 

reflective silicones will enable new design 

breakthroughs for next-generation LED 

lighting. www.dowcorning.com 

Research, Publications, Software and 

Measuring Devices 

IES Recommended Practice for Daylighting 

Buildings (RP-5-13): RP-5-13 provides the 

basic data and techniques to help those 

concerned with the design of buildings and 

lighting systems. www.ies.org 

Recessed Downlights 

Juno Lighting Group Aculux 3 ¼-in. LED 

Precision Recessed Luminaires: 3 ¼-in. 

aperture precision recessed adjustable 

LED luminaire with Black Body Dimming 

and Tunable White technology. 

www.junolightinggroup.com 

Indoor Decorative 

LBL Lighting Interlace LED Suspension: 

LEDs embedded within Interlace’s circular 

aluminum structure illuminate hundreds of 

hand-strung stainless steel cables. 

www.lbllighting.com 

Parking, Roadway and Area Luminaires 


McGraw-Edison TopTier LED Parking 

Garage and Canopy Luminaire: LED parking 

garage/canopy luminaire with WaveStream 

LED technology for unmatched glare 

control/improved visual comfort. 

www.cooperindustries.com 

Controls, Building Integration, Site 

Automation and Distribution Systems 

Schneider Electric Energy Insight: Complete 

energy usage monitoring by branch 

circuit, space and system, for benchmarking 

of lighting and plug loads. 

www.schneider-electric.com 

Dynamic Color, Theatrical, Cove, 

Strips and Tape 

ETC Source Four Mini LED: ETC’s energyefficient 

12-W, 9-in. Source Four Mini LED 

has crisp optics, a bright field and crystalclear 

image projection. 

www.etcconnect.com 

Industrial, Vandal, Emergency and Exit 

Eaton’s Cooper Lighting Business Metalux 

SkyBar High Bay Luminaire: A high bay 

luminaire with patented WaveStream LED 

technology offering a unique, stylish LED 

alternative with uplight. 

www.cooperindustries.com 



SEEN AT 

LIGHTFAIR 

Light-Diffusing Fiber 

from Corning Incorporated 

is a new 

glass optical fiber 

that is intended for colorful, decorative 

lighting applications. Due to the fiber’s 

small shape and flexibility, it is ideal for 

use in small spaces, or in settings where a 

curved light is necessary. The fiber emits 

a bright, clear color in a uniform manner, 

and it is available in lengths of 1 meter, 5 

meters and 10 meters. The fiber is nearly 

invisible when the source is switched off, 

maintaining the integrity of the original architectural 

setting if desired. 

www.corning.com/fibrance 

TCP introduces 

Connected, 

an LED home 

connectivity 

system 

that operates on a Wi-Fi network and can 

be controlled using any iOS or Androidenabled 

device. The kit includes three 

800-lumen, 11-W A-lamp LED bulbs, one 

gateway, one gateway power supply, one 

remote control with batteries and one LAN 

cable, as well as software and installation 

instructions. Up to 250 TCP light bulbs can 

be controlled using one central system, 

which can be pre-programmed for specific 

uses and dim the bulbs on command. 

www.tcpi.com 

The Lumenfacade Inground 

from Lumenpulse 

is a new LED 

luminaire designed to 

be installed in groundrecessed 

applications, 

including wall washing, 

grazing and wayfinding. The fixture is 

easy to install due to push-lock connectors 

and provides uniform light. Housed 

in aluminum with anodized-aluminum 

flush trim, the luminaire is available in 

various lengths from 1 ft to 6 ft with multiple 

options for outputs, beams, color 

temperatures (2,200K-3,000K), colors 

and controls. Lumenfacade Inground is 

also dimmable and rated to last for 80,000 

hours. www.lumenpulse.com 

The Bluetooth Smart LED 

light bulb by Samsung 

is a plug-and-play solution 

that allows users to 

control lighting via smart 

phones without a connectivity 

bridge such as an Ethernet connection. 

With its modern design, the bulb 

can be used in various settings such as 

hospitality, office and residential buildings. 

Control options include dimming, 

color tuning (2,700K warm white to 6,500K 

cool white), preset scenarios and alerts. 

In total, the network allows for control of 

up to 64 lamps within 2,000 ft. 

www.samsung.com/us/applications/ledlighting 

WAC Lighting’s new 

Line LED pendant— 

a thin, edge-lit LED 

panel for ambient 

lighting—is suitable 

for illuminating work surfaces and 

their surrounding areas. The pendant 

has a CRI of 90 and delivers up to 3,055 

lumens. The fixture also offers dimming 

down to 10 percent via an electronic low 

voltage dimmer, and it has an integral 

swivel for installation on sloped ceilings. 

The pendant can be extended up to 46 in. 

from the ceiling and is housed within a 

brushed aluminum finish. 

www.waclighting.com 

Lutron introduces GrafikT, 

a new touch dimmer with 

patented C.L. dimming 

technology. The dimmer is 

a minimalistic fixture that 

features an LED light bar instead of the 

conventional knob, button or slider that 

is often used for dimming. Users are able 

to lightly touch the bar to adjust lighting 

and the lights are activated as users simultaneously 

“follow the glow and watch 

the light level change” on the fixture. The 

control can be used in both residential 

and commercial settings—as a standalone 

dimmer or one that works within a 

system to control multiple light sources. 

GrafikT is also available in 21 different 

colors and finishes. 

www.lutron.com 



SEEN AT 

LIGHTFAIR 

Up & Accent Luminaires 

from Vista Professional 

Outdoor Lighting combine 

brass and composite materials 

in an exterior fixture 

intended for landscape settings. The 

fixture’s brass body and base are aesthetically 

pleasing, as well as corrosionresistant 

for use in humid settings. The 

luminaires also have a polyester powderpainted 

finish that isolates the metal from 

soil. The luminaire comes ready to install, 

including a thermo-composite LED MR-16 

lamp with two power levels and four optic 

patterns, as well as specified mounting 

accessories and a high-temperature silicone 

diaphragm gasket. 

www.vistapro.com 

NSpec Architectural 

Lighting, a division of 

Nora Lighting, announces 

Sapphire, a 

series of high-lumen 

LED downlights. Sapphire features Comfort 

Dim, a new lumen “level” that creates a 

warm ambiance by tuning color from 2,700K 

to 1,800K on a gradual basis, making the 

downlights ideal for dining rooms, home theaters, 

restaurants and other settings where 

atmosphere is important. Available in 4-in., 

6-in. and 8-in. apertures with 850, 2,000, 

3,000 and 4,000 lumen packages, Sapphire 

fixtures feature Cree LEDs and drivers, and 

are available in several color temperatures 

from 2,700K to 4,000K. 

www.noralighting.com 

Soraa introduces 

new Light Engines 

that use 50 percent 

less power and have higher center 

beam intensity than previous integral LED 

fixtures. The light engines have a low profile 

and small diameter—ranging from 1 in. 

to 4 in.—and are easy to install with standard 

MR/PAR/AR lightweight and compact 

front-mounting rings. The engines are also 

designed to work with an external driver; 

are compatible with a large range of dimming 

and control systems; and are compatible 

with Soraa’s SNAP System, which 

uses magnets to easily adjust the color and 

shape of the light beam. 

www.soraa.com 

LED FlatLight Luminaires 

by Pixi 

Lighting—available 

in commercial 

and residential 

options—are new fixtures intended to 

replace conventional lighting. The commercial-grade 

product comes in two sizes 

(2 ft by 2 ft or 1 ft by 4 ft), with a color temperature 

of 4,000K and a lifetime rated at 

50,000 hours. The residential-grade product 

is available in three sizes (1 ft by 1 ft, 

1 ft by 2 ft or 2 ft by 2 ft), with a color temperature 

of 2,700K. Both options have full 

dimming capabilities and beveled edges, 

and the LED sources switch on instantly 

and dissipate little heat. 

www.pixi-lighting.com 

LuciteLux announces 

the Illumination 

Series, a series of 

products that utilize 

LEDs to light acrylic materials. “Spectrum 

Block” illuminates three-dimensional 

letters, numbers or characters using 

high-gloss, lightweight material that is 

compatible with white or colored LEDs. 

“Spectrum” is similar but intended for 

back-lit applications that are slimmer, and 

is available in a range of colors and thicknesses 

that can conceal light sources 

and withstand elements such as rain and 

wind. The series also includes LuciteLux’s 

Light Guide Panel, which boosts illumination 

in retail and display settings. 

www.lucitelux.com 

Vokslyte’s latest 

downlight luminaire, 

ONDE, is comprised 

of a pair of curved 

linear aluminum forms with LED sources. 

The fixture can be suspended as a pendant, 

surface mounted within residential or 

commercial applications, or combined with 

other fixtures in a decorative application. 

ONDE includes integral phase-dimmable 

electronic drivers and tightly-binned Cree 

diodes, as well as a high light transmission 

acrylic lens. Available in several powdercoat 

finishes, the architectural luminaire is 

rated to last for 50,000 hours. 

www.vokslyte.com 



SOHO is a new singlearm, 

torch-shaped LED 

wall sconce from JESCO 

Lighting. The sconces 

provide functional and 

softly diffused ambient 

or accent illumination 

for commercial and 

residential settings. The 

fixture’s body evokes a 

traditional wooden aesthetic, 

but it is manufactured using contemporary 

polymer (high-gloss black or 

white), an aluminum back plate for heat 

sink and LEDs. SOHO’s lamp uses 8 watts, 

yields 840 lumens and is expected to last 

for 50,000 hours. 

www.jescolighting.com 

BEST BOOTH AWARDS 

LIGHTFAIR International awarded exhibitors that excelled in booth display 

and product presentations. The 2014 Best Booth Award Winners are: 

• 100 sq ft: Bright View Technologies Corporation 

• 200 to 300 sq ft: Lumium Lighting 

• 400 to 500 sq ft: Hess America 

• 600 to 800 sq ft: Pinnacle Architectural Lighting, Inc. 

• 900 sq ft and larger: Tech Lighting - Generation Brands 

• Building Integration Pavilion: Daintree Networks 

• Daylighting Pavilion: Solatube International, Inc. 

• Design Pavilion: OCL Architectural Lighting 

• Exterior & Roadway Lighting Pavilion: Neri North America, Inc. 

• Global Light + Design Pavilion: Reggiani Lighting Usa, Inc. 

• New Exhibitor Pavilion: Abilux 

85 th Annual IESALC Fall Conference 

The best opportunity to interact with the most knowledgeable people in the Aviation Lighting Industry! 

OCTOBER 19-23, 2014 DISNEY’S CORONADO SPRINGS RESORT 

IES Aviation Lighting Committee Conference 

REGISTRATION INCLUDES: Over four full days of Technical Papers, Interactive Education Seminars, 

Golf Tournament, Breakfasts, Lunches, Banquet Dinner, etc. 

Complimentary Disney Magical Express Shuttle 

The conference room rate is $155 per night which includes parking. 

Visit www.iesalc.org to register for the reduced room rate under the IESALC room block. 

Conference now offers 3.0 CEU credits.* 

Early registration: $550. Registration includes dessert party at Epcot IllumiNations. 

For conference registration & hotel reservations go to www.iesalc.org 

Questions? Contact Frank Barczak, 2014 Conference Chair, chair@iesalc.org 

For conference questions 410.825.3374 

Visit our web site at www.iesalc.org 

Previous Seminar 

subjects included: 

» LED Lighting 

» Users Group 

» Government Contacts Sub-Committee 

» Control Systems 

» Lighting Maintenance Issues 

» R&D Projects 

» Day Show - Trade Exhibits 

» Spouse/Guest Program 


Benefits of Joining an 

IES Standards Writing Commitee 

The IES is comprised of more than 100 committee and 

subcommittees that write consensus-based standards for 

the lighting industry. If you have extensive knowledge or 

experience in lighting, you have the opportunity to make a contribution 

to the lighting community, yourself, and your employer, by becoming 

actively involved in an IES document writing committee. The IES 

needs committee members who value the importance of quality 

lighting and can convey that value through IES standards. 

By participating in a committee, you: 

Expand your knowledge and share what you know with 

your peers in the lighting industry 

Access the latest scientific research in lighting 

Develop leadership and management skills 

Earn satisfaction and a sense of involvement 

Receive recognition for you and your company 

Acquire advanced knowledge of document content 

Build relationships with others in the industry 

Your Committee participation gives your employer: 

Access to potentially valuable networking opportunities 

The ability to anticipate emerging technologies and issues 

An enhanced reputation in the lighting industry 

Increased job satisfaction and self-confidence for 

participating employees 

Leadership opportunities that can be used within the company 

Greater knowledge relating to specific lighting applications 

To be considered for a committee 

assignment, please complete a 

submission form at 

www.ies.org/commitees/index.cfm

PP 

PRODUCTS 

IN PRACTICE 

Photos: Barry Brecheisen/BBPhoto.com 

A COFFEE SHOP BARES ALL 

For Intelligentsia Coffee, exposing customers—to 

the coffee’s origin, development 

and brewing process—is a top 

priority. When the company’s flagship store in 

Chicago was redesigned by architect Daniel 

Wicke (Wheeler Kearns), Tech Lighting’s exposed 

SoCo system fit right in. The sculpturelike 

system of sockets and cords is meant for 

mixing and matching, with several options 

available for cord color, length, finish material 

and lamp source. 

In the shop, one large arrangement was installed 

over two, 10-ft long community tables. 

The lights highlight the social setting and encourage 

conversation between baristas and 

customers. “We saw the lights interacting 

with each other just as people sitting at the 

tables would,” Wicke says. The system also 

injects playfulness and color into the space, 

contrasting with minimalist walls. On one 

wall, a separate SoCo arrangement was used 

to create a simple accent art piece that spells 

“Broadway,” the store’s long-time street name. 

The word, created with one cord and a single 

socket and lamp, reinforces Intelligentsia’s 

community ties. 


The Challenge: Illuminate 

Intelligentsia’s flagship 

store to reflect the company’s 

updated brand. 

The Solution: Install a 

system of interchangeable 

and exposed sockets, cords 

and bulbs. 


EEVENTS 

August 19-20: GE is offering, “Lighting 

for Manufacturing Facilities.” 

This new course features the latest 

lighting solutions for manufacturing 

facilities. Guidelines for light levels 

and lighting quality for various types 

of facilities are based upon the 

recommendations of the IES. Specific 

design considerations for hazardous 

environments, food processing, extreme 

ambient temperature ranges, 

inspection lighting and outdoor area 

lighting will also be discussed. Geared 

to facility managers, contractors and 

decision makers. Participants learn 

how to evaluate today’s LED systems 

vs non-LED systems based on lighting 

quality, economics and other performance 

metrics. Hands-on workshops 

familiarize participants with design 

features and benefits based on lighting 

layouts and cost of light/environmental 

benefit calculations. Cost: 

$400. 1.0 CEUs available. Contact: 

www.gelighting.com 

September 11-12: The IES Roadway 

Lighting Committee (RLC) will hold its 

Fall meeting at The Inn at Opryland, 

Nashville, TN, prior to the Street & 

Area Lighting Conference (SALC). 

The RLC is responsible for developing 

and writing technical documents 

related to lighting of all types of 

public roads, including tunnels and 

underpasses, parking lots and toll 

plazas to name a few. For more information 

contact: Andrew Bloomfield; 

905-283-4058, E-mail: abloomfield@ 

enersource.com. 

September 14-17: The IES 33 rd Street 

and Area Lighting Conference, held at 

the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, Nashville, 

TN, is the only conference of its kind 

dedicated to improving the outdoor 

lighting of electric utilities and energy 

service companies. It is a great opportunity 

to network with outdoor lighting 

industry peers through seminars with 

speaker Q+As, breakout sessions to 

discuss issues in-depth, an exhibit hall 

and events with speakers and peers in 

a comfortable and open atmosphere. 

Contact: Valerie Landers 212-248- 

5000 x117 or email: vlanders@ies.org 

or visit www.ies.org/salc 

October 9: The IES Philadelphia 

Section is offering “Illuminate 

Philadelphia’s” Lighting Education 

Conference and Exhibit,” to be held 

at the Hub Cira Center. This one-day 

conference will feature accredited 

seminars given by top lighting 

experts. Participants will learn about 

the latest lighting research and 

trends, energy code updates, lighting 

case studies and more. Contact: 

www.illuminatephiladelphia.org 

October 9: Hubbell Lighting is offering 

“Lighting Calculations Workshop,” 

to be held at their Lighting Solutions 

Center, Greenville, SC. Geared for 

engineers and specifiers who evaluate 

lighting designs, this workshop 

covers the basics of photometry and 

photometric reports, lighting design 

concepts for interior and exterior 

environments and lighting design 

software. Participants learn to avoid 

making poor lighting decisions by 

understanding lumen maintenance, 

lamp lumen depreciation, luminaire 

dirt depreciation, ambient temperature 

effects and the pro-ration of IES 

files, to name a few. Participants 

will be able to explain and compare 

design calculations and rendered 

results so the end user can make 

informed choices. Cost: $200. www. 

lightingsolutionscenter.com 

October 15-16: The LRC is offering 

their “Photometry Institute,” held at 

the LRC facility in Troy, NY. Geared 

to engineers, technicians and testing 

personnel from lighting and related 

companies interested in learning 

more about photometric, colorimetric, 

and related evaluation of lighting 

products and prototypes, participants 

will come away with the knowledge 

and skills needed to establish and 

conduct photometric testing and 

evaluation of a wide range of lighting 

products and systems. Contact: mullar2@rpi.edu 

or go to www.lrc.rpi.edu / 

October 28-29: The LRC is offering, 

“Outdoor Lighting Institute,” to be 

held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 

Troy, NY. Geared to engineers, 

lighting designers, municipal officials, 

and utility personnel, participants 

will gain the knowledge and skills 

needed to effectively design, specify, 

and commission outdoor lighting 

installations for a variety of sites 

and locations including streets and 

roadways, parking areas, pedestrian 

areas, and parks, with the goal of 

substantially reducing energy use and 

light pollution while improving safety 

and security. Contact: mullar2@rpi. 

edu or go to www.lrc.rpi.edu/ 

November 2-4: Please join us at the 

2014 IES Annual Conference; “A 

Confluence of Art and Science.” 

Held at the Wyndham Grand Hotel, 

Pittsburgh, PA, the IES will use the 

context and inspiration of the “City of 

Bridges” and it’s confluence of rivers 

to epitomize how excitement, energy 

and change happen at the convergence 

of art and technology. Here, 

professionals from diverse disciplines 

come together to explore, present, 

discuss, debate and exchange best 

practices in the art and science of 

lighting. A great lineup of keynote 

speakers and topical lighting issues 

are planned. Contact: Valerie Landers 

212-248-5000 ext. 117, E-mail: vlanders@ies.org 

or www.ies.org/ac 

November 11-13: LRC is offering their 

“LED Lighting Institute,” to be held 

at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 

Troy, NY. This hands-on seminar is 

geared to industry professionals 

covering the latest advances in LED 

and OLED technologies. Discover the 

best methods for incorporating these 

quickly evolving solid-state technologies 

into architectural lighting fixture 

designs. Learn to develop lighting 

systems using the unique characteristics 

of solid-state lighting. Compare 

system components from a wide 

variety of manufacturers to determine 

important specification factors. The 

program culminates with participants 

designing, building, and evaluating 

their own lighting fixtures. Contact: 

mullar2@rpi.edu or go to www.lrc. 

rpi.edu/ 


IES Street and Area 

Lighting Conference 

September 14-17, 2014 

Gaylord Opryland Hotel Nashville, TN 

T HE PREMIER FORUM FOR OUTDOOR LIGHTING 

Visit www.ies.org/salc 

IES Standards Writing Committees: Call for Members 

IES is calling for applicants to participate in revisions to the following Society standards: 

 

ANSI/IES RP-1 Office Lighting: This committee is 

directed to lighting practitioners with expertise in 

office lighting. 

 

ANSI/IES RP-7 Industrial Facilities: This committee is 

poised to begin the review process and needs input 

from practitioners specializing in the area. 

 

 

BIM – Lighting and Building Information Management: 

This committee is exploring how BIM is impacting the 

lighting profession, and how best to connect software 

capability with quality lighting practice. 

IES RP-4 Library Lighting: This committee’s next task is 

to review and approve a learning module based on the 

newly published IES RP-4-13, and then to create the 

next direction for an update to the standard. 

 

 

 

ANSI/IES RP-3 Educational Facilities: This ANSI 

standard will be published soon, and the committee 

needs new ideas for the next step/revision. 

IES RP-11 Residential Lighting: This committee has a 

rewrite and needs reviewers and new design images. 

IES Education Review Council: This committee is 

responsible for reviewing and voting on IES-produced 

education modules. Lighting education experience is 

required. 

To be considered for a committee assignment, please complete a submission form at www.ies.org/committees/index.cfm 


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American Bright Lighting, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ab-lighting.com . . . . . . . . . . 70 

Amerlux Lighting Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.amerlux.com . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

ANP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.anplighting.com . . . . . . . . . . .74 

Cooledge Ltg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.cooledgelighting.com . . . . . . . . .19 

Crestron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.crestron.com . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

Dialux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.dialux.com . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 

Eiko Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . eiko-ltd.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

Finelite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.fi nelite.com . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

FX Luminaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.fxl.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 

Global Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.glthome.com . . . . . . . . . . . .18 

IES Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.ies.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 

IES Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.ies.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 

IES Committee Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.ies.org . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 65 

IES Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.ies.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 

IES Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.ies.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 

IES Street and Area Lighting Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.ies.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 

Iota Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.iotaengineering.com . . . . . . . . .17 

Juno Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.junolighting.com . . . . . . . . . . 49 

LG Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lg.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 

Lighting Analysts, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.agi32.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Ligman Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ligmanlightingusa.com . . . . . . . 33 

LSI Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lsi-industries.com . . . . . . . . . 22 

Lumenpulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lumenpulse.com . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Lutron Electronics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lutron.com . . . . . . . . Cover 4 

Maxlite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.maxlite.com . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 

Mechosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mechoshade.com . . . . . . . . . . 44 

Philips Emergency Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bodine.com . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 

Samsung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.samsung.com/us/appliances/led-lighting . 2 

Self Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.self-electronics.com . . . . . . . . .24 

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

Times Square Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.tslight.com . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 

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Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 

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RI, ME, MD, DE, Wash DC, VA, NC, & PA 

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Middleton Media 

561 Robin Lane 

Marietta, GA 30067 

(770) 973-9190 

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midmedia@aol.com 

States serviced: GA, SC, TX, OK, AR, LA, 

MS, AL, FL, TN, NE, KS, MO, IA, MN, WI,IL, 

MI, IN, KY, OH, WV, ND, & SD—and 

Canadian Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New 

Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, 

Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 

WEST 

Amy Hakim 

Mohanna Associates 

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(214) 291-3657 

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States serviced: CA, MT, ID, OR, WY, UT, 

NV, WA, CO, AZ, NM, AK, HI—and Canadian 

Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, 

Alberta and British Columbia 

USAI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.usailighting.com . . . . . . Cover 3 

WAC Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.waclighting.com . . . . . . . . . . 23 

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NEW MEMBERS 

MEMBERS 

Membership 

Committee chair 

Fred Hasler 

announced the 

IES gained three 

Sustaining Members 

and 74 Members 

(M), Associates and 

Student members 

in June. 

Sustaining Members 

Gabriel Mackinnon, Inc., Ottawa, ON 

NuWave, LLC, Libertyville, IL 

USAI Lighting, New Windsor, NY 

Midwest Region 

Matthew Breton (M), Modus, 

Des Moines, IA 

Jennifer L. Dakovich (M), City of 

Des Moines, Des Moines, IA 

Jennifer Dell, Hussmann Corporation, 

Bridgeton, MO 

Jeff N. Fallos (M), Sears Holdings, 

Hoffman Estates, IL 

Misty L. Filows (M), AES Lighting 

Group, Fort Calhoun, NE 

John T. Golle, Heilux, LLC, 

Eden Prairie, MN 

Eng-Kie Lee (M), Milwaukee, WI 

Heather M. Rohde, NuWave, LLC, 

Libertyville, IL 

Adrienne Sander, Intermatic, Inc., 

Spring Grove, IL 

Eric M. Smith, Philips Lighting, 

Oshkosh, WI 

Phil M. Southland (M), Progressive 

AE, Grand Rapids, MI 

William Theunissen (M), Banner 

Engineering, Plymouth, MN 

Jordan J. Vos (M), Modus Engineering, 

Des Moines, IA 

Northeast Region 

Garry W. Briand, Elumanation Inc., 

Whitby, ON 

Justin T. Brown (M), Lam Partners 

Inc., Cambridge, MA 

David R. Errigo, LumenOptix, 

Montgomeryville, PA 

Paul D. Finbow, Leotek Electronics 

USA, Mahwah, NJ 

Jennifer L. Foley, Omnilite, 

Burlington, MA 

Eric R Kuegler (M), Tewksbury, MA 

Ann H. Le, Gabriel Mackinnon, 

Ottawa, ON Canada 

Mathew R. Michell, Reflex Lighting, 

Newington, CT 

Rachel Miner, Available Light, 

Salem, MA 

A.J. Mouchet, Torbram Electric 

Supply, Ottawa, ON 

Mark Rosen, Health Sciences Centre, 

Winnipeg, MB 

Gary Schmidt, Smart Energy Lighting 

Ltd., Owen Sound, ON 

John B. Schneider (M), Eaton 

Crouse-Hinds Airport Lighting, 

Windsor, CT 

Christopher P. Stark, Blue Giraffe 

Consulting, Westhampton Beach, 

NY 

Matthew Sterner, Philips Lighting, 

Oakhurst, NJ 

Caitlin Toczko, Atelier Ten, 

New Haven, CT 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Octavio L. Perez 

Suffolk University 

Liberty MacDougall 

South Region 

Caroline E. Bogue, Acuity Brands 

Lighting, Conyers, GA 

Patricia B. Contreras, RKL Sales, 

El Paso, TX 

John A. Cordray, College of Charleston, 

Charleston, SC 

Dennis Crawford (M), HD Supply 

Power Solutions, Corinth, TX 

Brett J. Donnelly (M), Hubbell Lighting, 

Greenville, SC 

Brent Hooper, Department of 

Transportation, Baltimore, MD 

Howard L. Kanour, Utility Specialists, 

Inc., Kennesaw, GA 

Alix Knauth, Alix Design Studio, 

Austin, TX 

Richard Lacy, OSRAM SYLVANIA, 

Westfield, IN 

Raymond L. Lee (M), United States 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 

Andy McMahan, Curtis Stout, 

Maumelle, AR 

Jason A. Miner (M), Thompson 

Consulting Engineers, Hampton, VA 

Audrey Poole, Staffelbach, 

Richardson, TX 

George D. Pope, Bob Barker 

Company, Fuquay Varina, NC 

Eric P. Reeves, Seahurst Energy 

Services, The Woodlands, TX 

Haley L Robson (M), TME, LLC, 

Little Rock, AR 

Darren D. Salmen, James G Murphy Co., 

Greenville, SC 

Michelle Shepherd, Mississippi 

Power Company, Gulfport, MS 

Carrie L. Stansbery, Schroeder Sales, 

Albuquerque, NM 

Jeff Wilson, Phos Electric, Tulsa, OK 

West Region 

Michael Bowden (M), Fard 

Engineers, Inc., San Diego, CA 

Harpreet K. Gurm, Candela, 

Kenmore, WA 

H.C. Harbers, Atoll Holdings, Inc., 

San Luis Obispo, CA 

Barbara J. Hickman (M), ARES 

Corporation, Richland, WA 

William Higgins (M), Bremerton, WA 

Kristin King (M), KKID, 

Los Angeles, CA 

Summer A. Larrison (M), CH2M HILL, 

Henderson, NV 

Dan Lehouillier, LIGHT, 

Manhattan Beach, CA 

Dejan Lenasi (M), PHILIPS, 

Burnaby, BC Canada 

Ryan Montgomery, OSRAM SYLVANIA, 

Littleton, CO 

Jonathan A. Moore, Syska Hennessy 

Group, San Diego, CA 

Marilyn Read (M), Oregon State 

University, Interior Design 

Program, Corvallis, OR 

Thomas H Richardson, Johnson 

Controls, Inc., Las Vegas, NV 

Larry R. Rosenwinkel, Amerlux, LLC., 

Walnut Creek, CA 

Jorge R. Suarez, ALVA, Berkeley, CA 

British Columbia Institute of 

Technology 

Jory Yeh 

Kwantlen Polytechnic University 

Judith Babcock 

U.C. Berkeley 

Indp Nelson 

International 

Yutaka Murai (M), Advance 

Technology, Inc., Tokyo, Japan 

Irene Ng (M), INA Lighting Design 

Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

Isabel M. Villar (M), Ljusarkitektur 

- Part of ÅF Lighting, Stockholm, 

Sweden 

Majeed Uz Zafer, Light Factor 

Enterprise FZE, Sharjah, 

United Arab Emirates 

UPM Universidad Politecnica de 

Madrid 

Rafael Moncayo 

The IES Career Center 

Helping employers and job-seekers 

make career connections in lighting 

www.ies.org click on “Jobs” 


SUSTAINING MEMBERS 

The following companies have elected to support the Society as Sustaining Members which allows 

the IES to fund programs that benefit all segments of the membership and pursue new endeavors, 

including education projects, lighting research and recommended practices. The level of support is 

classified by the amount of annual dues, based on a company’s annual lighting revenues: 

Diamond Elite: $25,000 annual dues 

Lighting revenues over $500 million 

Diamond: $15,000 annual dues 

Lighting revenues over $500 million 

Emerald: $10,000 annual dues 

Lighting revenues to $500 million 

Platinum: $5,000 annual dues 


Gold: $2,500 annual dues 


Silver: $1,000 annual dues 


Copper: $500 annual dues 

Lighting revenues to $4 million (Copper members 

are listed in the IES Annual Report.) 

DIAMOND Elite 

OSRAM SYLVANIA, Inc. 

Philips Lighting 

DIAMOND 

Acuity Brands 


GE Lighting 

Hubbell Lighting, Inc. 

EMERALD 

RAB Lighting, Inc. 

PLATINUM 

Atlas Lighting Products 

Cree, Inc. 

Crestron Electronics 

Finelite, Inc. 

H. E. Williams, Inc. 

Lighting Science Group Corp. 

Lutron Electronics 

Musco Lighting 

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. 

Watt Stopper/Legrand 

GOLD 

A.L.P. Lighting Components, Inc. 

Almeco, USA, Inc. 

Artemide, Inc. 

Barron Lighting Group 

Bartco Lighting, Inc. 

Birchwood Lighting, Inc. 

B-K Lighting + Teka Illumination 

Con-Tech Lighting 

Contrast Lighting ML, Inc. 

Duke Energy 

Edison Price Lighting, Inc. 

ETC 

Eureka Lighting 

Eye Lighting International of NA 

Focal Point LLC 

Hapco 

INDAK Manufacture 

Intense Lighting 

IOTA Engineering LLC 

The Kirlin Company 

Kurt Versin Co. 

Louis Poulsen Lighting, Inc. 

LSI Industries, Inc. 

Lucifer Lighting Co. 

Lumen Optix LLC 

Prudential Lighting Corp 

San Diego Gas + Electric 

Soraa 

Sternberg Lighting 

Tempo Industries 

USAI Lighting 

Visa Lighting 

Zumtobel Lighting, Inc. 

SILVER 

3G Lighting, Inc. 

a•light, Division of Amesillum Brand 

Apogee Translite 

Arani 

Ascent Battery Supply LLC 

Associated Lighting Representatives, Inc. 

Barth Electric Co., Inc. 

BJB Electric LP 

Black + McDonald 

Border States Electric Supply 

Bulbrite Industries, Inc. 

Camman Lighting 

Celestial Products 

City of San Francisco 

Con Edison Co. of New York 

Cree Canada Corp. 

Day Lite Maintenance Co. 

Delta Light USA 

Dependable LED Lighting 

Eclipse Lighting, Inc. 

Ecosave Inc. 

Edison OPTO USA, Corp 

Eiko Ltd 

e-Lumen International, Inc. 

Energy Network Service 

ENMAX 

Espen Technology 

Fortis Alberta 

Gamma Scientific, Inc. 

Gammalux Systems 

HEP Tech Co. Ltd 

Illuminating Technologies, Inc. 

Illumineer Ltd 

JP LED Lighting a div of Jeco Power developments 

LCA Holdings P/L 

LCTECH (Zhongshon) Testing Service Co. Ltd. 

The L.C. Doane Company 

Lee Filters USA 

Legion Lighting Co. 

Leviton Mfg. Co., Inc. 

Lighting Analysts, Inc. 

Lighting Design Lab. 

Lightology LLC 

Litelab Corp 

Liteline Corporation 

Los Angeles Lighting 

Martin Lighting LLC 

Metalumen Manufacturing, Inc. 

National Lighting Co. 

NuWave LLC 

Paramount Industries, Inc. 

Peter Baso Associates, Inc. 

Q-Tran 

Reflex Lighting Group, Inc. 

Richard McDonald & Associates/WOW Lighting 

Richard McDonald & Associates Ltd—Edmonton 

Senso Lighting 

Sentry Electric Corporation 

Southern California Edison 

Spectrum Lighting, Inc. San Antonio 

Standard Vision LLC 

StressCrete King Luminaire Co. 

Synopsys, Inc., Optical Solutions Group 

TerraLux, Inc. 

The Lighting Quotient 

Tivoli, LLC. 

Trinity Manufacturing LLC 

TUV Rheinland of North America 

US Energy Sciences, Inc. 

VAOPTO 

Velux America, Inc. 

Vermont Energy Investment Corp 

Vode Lighting LLC 

WAC Lighting Co. 

Westpac LED Lighting, Inc. 

Zenaro Lighting, Inc. 

As of June 2014 


It all comes together at the 

IES Annual Conference 

Join us in Pittsburgh this November! 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 

Paola Antonelli 

Design Curator, Museum of Modern Art 

INTEGRATION 

Julie Angus 

Adventurer, Author and Scientist 

INSPIRATION 

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson 

Director, Hayden Planetarium 

Host of TV Series, Cosmos 

IMAGINATION 

Kit Cuttle 

Lighting Visionary 

ILLUMINATION 

www.ies.org/ac 


LIGHTING EDUCATION 

from the IES 

50% discount on remaining print 

inventory of IES Intermediate Seminars 

Fundamentals of 

Lighting 

A seven module introductory course 

designed as a first course in lighting. 

Student Version 

Order #: FOL-09 

List Price: $115.00 

IES Member Price: $81.00 

TO ORDER: 

Student Manuals: 

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Instructor Manuals: 

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phone: 212-248-5000, ext 112 

email: ies@ies.org 

fax: 212-248-5017 

Additional IES educational resources 

also available online at 

www.ies.org/education 

The Complete Intermediate Level Seminar Series 

Designed for those who have already completed Fundamentals of Lighting or comparable 

courses. Each seminar may be taught separately or in combination with others. The discounted 

list price for each Student Seminar is $32.50 (was $65.00), IES member price is $22.50 (was 

$45.00), while supplies last. Instructor Manuals are also discounted. *Newly Revised Seminars 

(PDF format only) are priced at $45.00; IES member price $35.00. Quantity discounts do not 

apply to print or PDF formats. 

Planned Indoor 

Lighting Maintenance 

Order # SEM-1-09 

*Codes & Standards REVISED (PDF only) 


Lighting Economics 


*Lighting Controls for 

Nonresidential Buildings 

REVISED (PDF only) 


Lighting Calculation Terms 

and Methods 


Daylighting 


Light and Health 


Electricity for Lighting Practitioners 


Vision + Color 


Luminaires + Optics 


*Lamps + Ballasts REVISED (PDF only) 


The Lighting Design Process 


AN INSTRUCTOR’S VERSION IS AVAILABLE FOR EACH COURSE. IT INCLUDES 

ALL STUDENT MATERIALS PLUS POWERPOINT SLIDES AND ADDITIONAL 

INSTRUCTION MATERIALS. 

APPROVED COURSES USING IES MATERIALS QUALIFY FOR IES CEUs AND AIA 

LUs. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT PMCGILLICUDDY@IES.ORG. 

120 Wall Street, 17 th Floor New York, NY 10005-4001

ASID, IALD and IES Announce Friendship 

Agreement 

IESFYI 

AUGUST 2014 

Member Mentions 

Mark McClear has been 

appointed to vice president 

of global sales at Cree. 

After 20 years of service, McClear 

Professor Emeritus Joseph B. Murdoch has 

retired from the Board of Directors 

of The Nuckolls Fund 

for Lighting Education. Glenn 

Shrum will take his spot. 

Shrum 

Crestron has announced 

Brian Daley as the new vice 

president of sales, commercial 

lighting. 

Schonour 

Sara Schonour has been 

promoted to associate vice 

president of Cannon Design. 

Auerbach + Associates has Friedlander 

appointed Steven Friedlander 

to the position of president 

and Patricia Glasow to the 

position of executive vice Glasow 

president. 

Jered Widmer has been 

promoted to associate principal 

at The Lighting Practice. Widmer 

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), the International Association of Lighting 

Designers (IALD) and the IES have agreed to establish “Friendship Agreements” that 

allow the three organizations to conduct joint activities that further the mission of each organization. 

The agreements were announced at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., 

where officials from each organization were on hand. 

“For many years members of our two organizations—myself included—have engaged 

with each other in construction projects, but also on an individual basis via education opportunities 

where IES members were the instructors for the lighting portion of interior design 

courses, or lighting designers were enrolled in interior design 

classes,” said IES president Daniel Salinas at the event. “Our 

organizations are in sync on many issues and it only makes 

sense to take it to the next level. After all, the lighting design 

affects the look of the interior design; the interior design 

makes the space functional and gives the lighting designers 

something interesting to light. What we do in each of our disciplines 

affects the others more than we realize.” 

Randy Fiser (ASID) and 

Daniel Salinas (IES). 

Joint objectives include developing policy that supports 

each organization’s goals, cross-educating all members in their respective disciplines and 

supporting each other’s industry activities. Areas for potential collaboration include legislative 

Symposia; publishing articles in ICON magazine, an ASID publication, or LD+A magazine 

and LD+A e-report; presentations on lighting design and regulations that qualify for Continuing 

Education Units via webinars, tradeshows and conferences; development of a cooperative 

approach to codes and standards; joining and cooperating on the various coalitions 

dealing with federal legislative and regulatory issues; and investigating possible areas of 

collaboration in research. For more information about the Friendship Agreements, contact 

Bob Horner at rhorner@ies.org or at 978-652-8728. 

IES Offers LC Study Group 

The IES will be offering an online LC Study Group to provide support for individuals who 

are preparing to take the NCQLP LC exam. Experienced lighting educators will lead and 

prepare materials for the study group, which starts in late August and ends on October 30, 

just prior to the exam on November 1. The materials, instruction, practice exams, reference 

materials and any notes available are not provided or endorsed by NCQLP. The content and 

structure of the Study Group is entirely prepared and offered by the IES. To enroll: 

• NCQLP candidate registers and pays for the exam through www.ncqlp.org. 

• E-mail proof of payment for the NCQLP exam to pmcgillicuddy@ies.org along with résumé. 

• Upon acceptance into the study group, instructions will be forwarded regarding payment 

for the LC Study Group and applicable discounts on the recommended reading list. 

Photo: Sam Corum 


IESNYC Celebrates at 46 th Annual Lumen Gala 

The Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section, the Westchester, New York; and Cline Bettridge Bernstein received 

largest section in the Society, announced the recipients of the 2014 two Merit Awards, one for the Baldwin Auditorium Renovation at 

Lumen Awards at the 46 th Annual Lumen Gala held on June 19. Ten DePaul University in Durham, NC, and the second for The Theatre 

New York City-based design firms—AKF Lighting Design, Arup, School at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. 

Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, Cooley Monato Studio, Lastly, five Citation Awards were given to AKF Lighting Design for 

Focus Lighting, Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Arup for Imagining the Lowline, 

L’Observatoire International, PHT Lighting Design, Renfro Design Cooley Monato Studio for the Waldorf-Astoria Park Avenue Lobby 

Group and Tillotson Design Associates—received Lumen Awards and Entry, Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting for Pink 

for excellence, ingenuity and originality in lighting design. 

Dolphin, and PHT Lighting Design for Friends Seminary Dining Hall. 

The 12 award-winning projects were presented in three categories: 

the Lumen Award of Excellence, the Lumen Award of Merit, Peter Jacobson, lighting specialist for Con Edison and Member of 

This year, five members were also honored with Service Awards. 

and the Lumen Citation. 

the IESNYC Board of Managers and Scott Herrick of HLW International, 

received Brilliance Awards. Kacie Stigliano of Specification 

The Lumen Awards of Excellence went to Arup’s Parrish Art Museum 

in Water Mill, NY, and Renfro Design Group’s Steven L. Anderson 

Center and the Vol Walker Hall Renovation at the University of Managers, received an Emerging Professional Award. Megan Car- 

Lighting Sales, who was recently elected to the IESNYC Board of 

Arkansas in Fayetteville. 

roll, eastern region OEM sales manager for Xicato and chair of the 

Five Awards of Merit were also presented at the gala. Focus 

Lighting received a Merit for Tao Downtown in Manhattan; vice Award, and Kelly Seeger, senior applications developer at Phil- 

IESNYC Lumen Committee, was honored with a Meritorious Ser- 

L’Observatoire International won for Les Haras Strasbourg in ips Research North America and Member of the IESNYC Board of 

France; Tillotson Design Associates won for Yonkers Casino in Managers, received a Section Service Award. 

1. 2. 3. 

1. The 2014 Service Award recipients. 

2. The team at Arup earned an Award 

of Excellence. 

3. Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting 

Design received two Merit Awards. 

4. A record number of attendees 

saluted 12 projects. 

Photos: Ashok Sinha 

4. 


FYI 

Students Earn 

Thesis Prizes 

IESNYC awarded its annual 

Thesis Prize to Jiyoung Bae 

(Parsons the New School for 

Design) and Erin Ryan (Lighting 

Research Center at Rensselaer 

Polytechnic Institute). The 

Jiyoung Bae and Erin Ryan receive 

IESNYC’s theses awards. 

winners were selected by their 

respective universities based on originality of ideas, as well as contributions to and advancements 

of the lighting profession. Both theses focused on the correlation between light and 

health—Bae’s “Urban Therapy” explored a side effect of the increasing amount of time spent 

indoors and natural biological rhythms, and Ryan’s “The Impact of Weekly Lighting Condition 

on Performance, Sleepiness, and Mood” focused on the biological clock over the course of a 

week. Each student was awarded with $1,000 at a reception in their honor. 

Obituary 

Ron Naus, 47 

Ron Naus, IES Member 

(2002) and past Fresno Section Board Manager 

and Education Chair, passed away on 

May 31 at the age of 47. Mr. Naus was the 

president of B-K Lighting + TEKA Illumination, 

where he had been employed for 14 

years. A University of Illinois graduate, Mr. 

Naus created B-K Lighting’s B-K University 

program and was a member of numerous industry 

associations including IALD, IDA, US- 

GBC, LIRC, IALD Education Trust and ASLA. 

B-K Lighting + Teka Illumination has established 

a benefit fund for Mr. Naus’s children. 

For more information, contact Dionna Smith 

at dionnasmith@bklighting.com. 

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OUT OF THE ARCHIVE 

August 

1982 

» Lighted From Within: With the Chrysler Building as its muse, the August 

1982 issue of LD+A featured the classic Art Deco and national historic 

landmark on the cover. The feature “Chrysler Building Night Lighting” 

describes how the designers tested several warm white strip lights to 

be used in the hallmark triangular windows at the top of the building. The 

single-tube fluorescents offered economic advantages such as lower 

initial cost, lower energy consumption, requiring only 20 kW or a low 

electric rate of about $3 per hour of operation and a lamp replacement 

cost of less than $1,000 per year. However, these solutions also fulfilled 

the main objective of the lighting design—to achieve an artistic solution 

to complement the Chrysler Building’s iconic Art Deco design envisioned 

by the 1929 building’s original architect William Van Alen. 

Volume 12/No.8 

» Thinking Outside The Bulb: In his essay “Breaking out of The Bottle Era” 

(bottom left), the remarkable Abe Feder wrote that “Edison put light into 

a bottle and closed up the ends, and ever since, it has been related to a 

bottle. It’s been 100 years—when is light coming out of the bottle?” Feder 

accused his 1982 reader of “a lack of playfulness,” of becoming heavyhanded 

and taking the status quo and refining it. Perhaps foreseeing 

the emergence of LEDs decades later, Feder predicted that the lighting 

industry would be “pushed” by the incredible changes in other industries, 

including electronic chips. “Let’s let the genie out of the bottle!” he added. 

Feder passed away in 1997 after a long career in theater and architectural 

lighting. His favorite slogan was “Push back the darkness.” 

» The Way Way Back: As “Out of the Archive” looks back at past issues, 

the August 1982 issue reached back, as well. In a magazine section 

called “Reflections From the Past,” LD+A reprinted essays from an 

earlier era. The August issue published an essay from 1930 in which 

architect V. Vandervoot Walsh described the need for collaboration 

between architects and illuminating engineers, in pursuit of “the new 

possibilities of electric illumination….This coming together of science 

and art is an omen of great things to come in lighting.” 


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