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Providing professional lighting design and
visual planning services...introducing our
capabilities .

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Shows and Special Events
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Architectural Projects
Downtown Houston Texas 1999
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Residential
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Themed Retail
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Museums
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Corporate Exteriors
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Office Interiors
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House of Worship
Before
After
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Streetscapes
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Lighting and sustainable designcreating a
consciousness for the future
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Sustainable design Getting the Green Light

• Sustainable design meets the qualitative
• needs of the visual environment with the least
• impact on the physical environment
• I A L D / Sustainable Design Committee
• November 2001

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IALD SDC Goals

• ..to create an expanded awareness and
  consciousness of important global design issues
  in lighting, through educational seminars,
  articles and policy statements worldwide
• Topics include
• Energy efficiency
• Daylighting integration
• Lighting Control programs
• Light pollution and light trespass
• Visual performance and productivity factors
• Durability and Maintainability of lighting
  systems
• Eco-Friendly Products / recognition to
  manufacturers

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What is the best strategy to create an awareness
of the value of good lighting design?

• R.O.I / Return on investment
• Lighting is a technology that can actually
  provide a payback on an initial investment over
  time !

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Cost Associated with Lighting Programs

• Equipment
• Installation / labor
• Energy / Maintenance / life cycle costs
• Daylighting design
• Aesthetics / of the design and fixture
• People !
• Fees . liability and the cost of doing it right
  the 1st time
• lets take a look at a few of these issues

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Equipment

• Establish budgets early
• Have the involvement early in the design of the
• project owner / operator
• Do value engineering during the design phases
• Specify systems that reduce site labor costs
• Provide clear and concise specifications
• Manage the design and Control the specification
• Follow the IALD / LIRC Guidelines for Lighting
  Specification Integrity

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Energy and Efficiency

• Life cycle cost analysis will demonstrate an easy
  15-30 return on investment when specifying an
  energy efficient system of lamps, ballast and
  high performance luminaires

Eco-friendly lamps / little or no mercury
Induction lamps / 100,000 lamp life
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Illumination Aesthetics

• Creative lighting techniques brings award winning
  value added to any project ..

Regent Court/Dearborn Mi.
Disney 5th Ave / NY NY
WB Doner Offices/Southfield Mi
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Daylighting

• Integration of architecture, daylight and
  electric lighting systems to improve performance
  and reduce operations costs

Scale Model Study
Glare Index
Computer Model
Annual Illuminance Table
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Lighting Control System Benefits

• Save energy and..reduce peak demand
• Cut maintenance costs by increasing lamp life
• Integrate daylight and electric light with
  control systems / photocells
• Increase productivity in offices with
  personalized control in private areas
• Attract attention in retail
• Create ambience in restaurants

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Light Pollution and.quality

• Facts
• Billions of are wasted each year from light
  directed up into the sky
• White light is 2 to 20 times more efficient than
  yellow light for human nighttime visibility in
  certain applicatoins
• Visit the Dark Sky Association web site at
  www.darksky.org

A view from the space shuttle
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The Human Factor

• Visibility and customer perception in retail
  environments
• Improved speed and accuracy of workers in
  critical inspection areas
• Increased commerce in downtown districts
• Improved perception of city image
• Reduction in crime after dark
• Reduced liability risk from accidents
• Office lighting and productivity

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Office Productivity

• Research is underway to prove what we
  instinctively already know
• The quality of illumination affects mood,
  attitude, performance, health and productivity.
• Designusing lighting qualities
• Illuminance and luminance
• Color / Color Kelvin and CRI
• Brightness / measured, perceived and visual
  comfort
• Illuminance contrast
• Movement and patterns

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The Cost of Office Productivity

• Lets do the math
• Cost of an office lighting system 2.50-6.00
  sq/ft
• Cost of salaries / typical office 140-160.
  sq/ft
• Cost to improve lighting quality 1.00-3.00
  sq/ft
• Now.. what IF using proven lighting techniques
  could
• improve productivity by as little as 5
  percent ??

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Case Study / Automotive RetailAttraction.....a
discussion of the illuminance criteria for
specific visual tasks... a new paradigm for the
industry.

• Pat Moran GMC / Rochester Michigan. site lighting
  by Gary Steffy L.D., facility lighting by
  Illuminart

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Automotive showroom orshowcase?

• Auto Show lighting conditions prior to 1992

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A new way to think about lighting cars
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DCX Product EvaluationStyling Dome
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that applies to new car showrooms.
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A touch of theatrics ? not

• Glass wall illuminated with linear fiber optics
• Audi Park Ave. / NY, NY

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Improving visual comfort, reduction of visual
distractions, directing focus of attention,
creating a quiet showcase environmentwellalmos
t..

• Pat Moran GMC, Rochester Mi. / glare
  control

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Service area illumination concepts

• Goals
• Improve mechanics visibility to increase
  productivity and improve quality control.
• Create an environment that amplifies an image of
  quality, technology and customer satisfaction.
• Provide design solutions that will provide a
  minimum 7 year payback on initial investment.
• Techniques
• Provide daylight and decrease operations costs
  and create a superior environment
• Provide good uniformity and color rendering
• Specify permanent, individually controlled task
  lights for open hoods and under body inspection

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Who offers lighting design services?

• Interior Designers
• Electrical Engineers
• Equipment Distributors
• Electricians
• Architects
• Theatrical Designers
• Sales Consultants
• Most lighting specifications are provided by
  sales consultants

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Qualifications

• Experience and project diversity
• Continuing education / Attends and provides
  seminars
• Fee for service / Does not profit from equipment
• Product Knowledge / Trade shows research
• Does not use sales consultants to provide design
• Human factors / Study of human visual process and
  psychological factors
• Design Awards / Publication in trade journals
• Credentials to be aware of
• PE / Professional Engineer
• LC / Lighting Certified by technical exam
• IES / Illuminating Engineering Society
• IALD / Member of the International Association of
  Lighting Designers

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When should you consider using a professional
lighting designer ?

• When client expectations are important
• If controlling costs is a benefit
• In permanent installations where life cycle
  costing or ROI is an important consideration
• In projects where good visual dynamics and
  visibility is essential
• To limit your risk of poor design quality

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Thank you for attending !We hope you found this
informative
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Questions??