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First up
Editor’s Note 4

How They Did It 13

In This issue
Willard Warren 14
Making the Numbers Add Up

Charles Knuffke 16
Code Pivot

Naomi J. Miller and

Photo: Rafael Correa

Michael Grather 20
Outdoor Tilt and Sky Glow

Brienne Musselman 24
32
Microlearning 101

in Every issue
Features
Insights 9
28
A NEW EXPEDITION
Students at Lewis & Clark College see their surrounding environment in a different
Events 11
light thanks to an environmentally conscious design for a campus bridge
IES Insider 47

Products 50
32
MARKET RALLY
Ad Index/Classifieds 55 Nearly two centuries later, this heritage site in Toronto has a lighting
design worthy of its stature
Last Look 56

38
CARVING OUT A PLACE FOR HISTORY
Concealed, indirect sources transform a centuries-old campus building into a
gathering space with museum-quality lighting

42
PROJECT IN PICTURES: HOWARD PARK
Reviving a dilapidated park in South Bend, IN, called for lighting that creates
Instagram-worthy moments

44
PLAIN-SPOKEN APPROACH
Ditch the footcandles, CCT and CRI when talking to clients. The why is
more important than the what in this new language of light

On The Cover
Today’s techniques help lighting professionals turn historic structures into works of art.

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Editor’s Note
The Art of the Cover
like magazine covers. Every so
often, I will copy a cover from The
Week, TIME, Sports Illustrated, even
the AAA magazine and forward it
to the LD+A team for inspiration. The
one thing magazines offer over
digital media is the opportunity
to make a statement with a
cover—whether you are publish- So how is
ing that magazine in print or an LD+A
online. That’s a benefit to the cover born? concept. On the pages within,
reader. And the cover-selection To explain
process is fun for the editorial
that, I like
team as well.
to start at
So how is an LD+A cover
the end
born? To explain that, I like
to start at the end. Think of
it this way: as a monthly periodical,
we get 12 turns at bat. The question
becomes, how to use those 12 oppor-
tunities. Some months the choice is
obvious: The IES Illumination Awards,
for example, appear on the cover in
August to coincide with the announce-
ment of each year’s IA recipients. In
other months, a project’s architectural
lighting is so spectacular that there is
no debate. But as a magazine covering Editor and Publisher
the lighting profession—not just light-
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ing projects—there are months when
a pretty picture won’t do. For instance,
theme issues on “light and health” and
“connected lighting” are often better
served through a concept illustra-
tion than a photo. (October’s
COVID-themed cover attempt-
ed to do just that.)
Likewise, this issue on “light-
ing history” also cried out for a
we bring you stories on how
lighting design helped revive
a city hall building turned mar-
ketplace, a dilapidated urban
park, a pedestrian bridge that
would make its trailblazing
namesakes proud and a 19th cen-
tury campus building restyled into an
events/exhibit space. Each project is a
work of art. But rather than choose one
for the cover, we opted to salute them
all through an illustration depicting a
designer “Remaking History” using the
light sources on his palette. We hope it
does them justice.
Paul Tarricone
ptarricone@ies.org
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Editor and Publisher
Paul Tarricone
Managing Editor
Samantha Schwirck
Assistant Editor/
Digital Content Coordinator
Katie Nale
Senior Art Director
Samuel Fontanez
Art Director
Charyliz Rodriguez
Advertising Coordinator
Leslie Prestia
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Contributors 2020-2021
Board of Directors

PRESIDENT
Antonio Garza, LC
Iluminacion Total, SA de CV
president@ies.org

PAST PRESIDENT
Jennifer Jaques, LC
Lighting Application Sciences, LLC

Willard L. Warren, PE,
LC, Fellow IES, DSA, is
principal of Willard L. Warren
Associates and a long-time
columnist for LD+A on energy
and lighting quality. p.14
Wattstopper product line. p.16
VICE PRESIDENT
Charles Knuffke is chair
(President-Elect)
of the Lighting Controls
Susanne Seitinger, Ph.D.
Association (www. Verizon
lightingcontrolsassociation.
org) and systems vice TREASURER
president for Legrand’s James Potts
Cooper Lighting

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Timothy Licitra, MBA

DIRECTORS
Frank Agraz, LC
Eco Engineering

Carl Bloomfield
Intertek Testing Services

Naomi J. Miller, Fellow IES, Fellow IALD, is a designer and Wilson Dau, LC
scientist working at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to Dau Design and Consulting, Inc.
improve lighting quality using LED light sources.
Mindy Iannello
Performance Lighting Systems
Michael Grather is the CTO of LightLab International and the
current chair of the IES Science Advisory Panel. p.20 Jorge H. Lujan
CDm2 Lightworks

Rick Paradis
Synergy Investment

Michelle (Shelly) Prew

Cooper Lighting

Ira Rothman
Apex Lighting Solutions

Brienne Musselman is David Warfel is founding Kelly Seeger

education manager for the
IES. p.24
designer of Light Can Help Signify
You, and an author and
educator at the crossroads Billy Tubb
of architecture, light and Theatre Consultant
integration. p.44

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 SIGHTS
Colorful Upgrade • Circadian Study • Warehouse Retrofit

The "ribs" inside the Oculus

lit in red, white and blue.
Photo: Sam Updike

Manhattan's Oculus Honors Veterans

Three years after Fisher Marantz Stone earned an IES Illumination Award of
Distinction for the interior lighting at the Oculus in Lower Manhattan, the Port Authority
of New York/New Jersey has upgraded the fixtures to achieve color-changing effects
inside the iconic building.
Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the Oculus serves as a memo-
rial to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a retail center and a transit hub. Defined
by 166 rib-shaped columns that arch over 300 ft into the air before meeting at the
apex, the structure resembles a bird taking flight when seen from the outside. The
new lighting system—a collaboration among ETC, FSG and Clarté Lighting—was
unveiled on Veterans Day, with a red, white and blue scheme honoring men and
women who have served.
The ribs were originally lit with recessed ceramic metal halide fixtures that fit into
small housings. When the Port Authority and Constellation Energy decided to redesign
the lighting for Veteran’s Day based on a plan by FSG’s Bernie Erickson and Mathle
Leyes, the concept called for color-changing LED fixtures, but they didn’t know of any
that were up to the task. “The atrium is actually very high in the air and taller than you
ww
think,” says Erickson. “You can look into the atrium from street level and it doesn’t give

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PNNL Uncovers Energy

Impact of Circadian Design
Findings from a study conducted by Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and pub-
lished in the journal Energy & Buildings show
significant increases in indoor light levels and
corresponding lighting energy use as the result of
Photo: Sam Updike

meeting current circadian lighting design recom-

New interior illumination is mendations.
visible from the outside. The DOE-funded study evaluated the potential

$6
you an appreciation for what is beneath there.
You need a fixture with a lot of power to put light
where you need it.”
The challenge of finding an RGBW LED fixture
that was powerful enough to light the ribs all
energy impacts of circadian lighting design rec-
ommendations detailed in WELL v2 Q2 2019, UL
Design Guideline 24480, and Collaborative for
High Performance Schools Core Criteria 3.0. An
open office and a classroom were modeled, with
the luminaire lumen output, spectral power distribu-

Billion
the way to their apex, while fitting into the exist- tion, surface reflectance distribution and desk ori-
ing housing, was met by Mike Aubrey at Clarté entation varying between the simulations.
Lighting who developed the PAR38 scale RGBW Projected The authors found that meeting current IES illu-
optical array in a matching retrofit kit and new global minance recommendations did not satisfy existing
fixture configuration. “We’re grazing the outside of horticulture equivalent melanopic lux and circadian stimulus
the columns, and lighting them inside and outside lighting values for any of the office and classroom circa-
through the skylight, with a fixture that is smaller market dian lighting recommendations. In some cases,
and has a lower profile than the previous metal by 2025, meeting the circadian metric recommendations
halide fixtures,” says Erickson. ETC and Paradigm up from required an average illuminance that was more
controls allow the lights to dim or brighten accord- $2.3 billion than double the IES recommendations, which may
ing to a schedule or sensors, and enable custom in 2020, negatively affect lighting quality and increase light-
looks for holidays. according ing energy use by 10% to 100%.
to Research However, the authors noted that until circadian
and Markets lighting design metrics and effective delivery of
light stimulus are better understood in realistic
settings with recognizable health and well-being
benefits, the trade-offs cannot be fully expressed.

Nestlé Sweet
On LED

100
Photo: Courtesy of National Grid

Nestlé Purina’s manufacturing

th
facility in Dunkirk, NY, recently
received an LED lighting upgrade
Upgrades to the Purina
funded by a $125,000 National
facility support its Grid energy efficiency incen-
sustainability goals.
tive. The upgrade is expected to
increase productivity, create a sustainable work environment and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1,100 tons, which the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency says is equivalent to the annual Anniversary to be celebrated this month
energy consumption of 114 U.S. homes.   by H.E. Williams. The company is now run
For the upgrade, Purina replaced nearly 1,000 fluorescent lights, by the third generation of the Williams family,
which were nearing the end of their lives, with LED lighting equipped and continues to manufacture products in
with motion-sensor controls that will provide higher-quality light, safer Carthage, MO, where it was founded by
work spaces and reduced maintenance costs for the facility. Harold E. Williams one century ago

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MERGERS & MORE
• Landscape Forms has acquired
Duluth, MN-based Loll Designs.
• Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs,
LLC, doing business
as The Lighting Quotient, has
acquired the operating assets
and products of Electrix, LLC’s
architectural lighting business.
• Honeywell and Signify are
teaming up to deploy integrated,
smart lighting solutions for
commercial buildings, airports,
hospitality, healthcare, education,
retail and stadia sectors. The
solutions include UV-C disinfection
lighting, human-centric lighting and
smart LED lighting.
• Acuity Brands, Inc. has
entered into a private label supply
agreement with UV Angel to
enable Acuity Brands to purchase
and resell the UV Angel Clean Air
pathogen control system, as well
as pursue joint developments of UV
light disinfection products.
LSI Industries has become the
official lighting partner of USA
Pickleball, the national governing
body for the sport of pickleball in
America. Several factors, including
population trends and an increasing
focus on personal health and well-
ness, are contributing to the sport’s
widespread growth and popularity—
creating long-term demand for new
pickleball facilities. The collaboration
will help LSI promote its solution capa-
bilities, including LED lighting fixtures
with customized optics, poles, sensors
and wireless control systems.
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Events
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1. August 5-7:
The IES Annual Conference will take
place at the Hilton New Orleans
Riverside in New Orleans. The event
provides a range of educational pro-
gramming on the art, design, science
and research of lighting relevant to
lighting professionals, educators and
related design disciplines.
www.ies.org/ac
2. August 17-18:
LEDucation 2021 will take place at
the New York Hilton Midtown in New
York City. Organized by the Designers
Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY),
LEDucation provides a marketplace for
solid-state lighting innovations, as well
as a range of accredited seminars.
www.leducation.org
3. September 21-22:
The first ArchLIGHT Summit will take
place in the Dallas Trade Mart. The
trade event and educational platform
for architectural, specification and
design communities will include ac-
credited seminars, hands-on lab learn-
ing and panel discussions.
www.archlightsummit.com
Insights
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4. October 11-13:
The IES Street & Area Lighting Confer-
ence (SALC) will take place at the Mar-
riott Marquis in Atlanta. With a primary
focus of improving outdoor lighting, the
conference program provides outdoor
lighting training classes, seminars, net-
working sessions and an exhibit hall.
www.ies.org/salc
5. October 21-23:
IALD Enlighten Americas 2021 will
take place in Banff, AB Canada. The
annual conference brings together
hundreds of lighting professionals for
three days of seminars, panels, innova-
tive workshops and networking.
www.iald.org
6. October 25-29:
LightFair 2021 will take place at the
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
The event is the world’s largest annual
architectural and commercial lighting
trade show and conference, with over
500 exhibitors, hundreds of industry-
related courses and networking oppor-
tunities with industry leaders.
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JLLP Inc. used 1. Layered lighting in the bar
theatrical lighting area mimics the look of a
to transport repurposed fishing terminal.

They
guests from
the adjacent 2. Varying color, textures, flicker
casino floor into and slowly changing scenes
an immersive create unexpected glows and
Cantonese shadows in “back alleys”
restaurant leading to hidden spaces,
experience and including a secret dining
earn an IES room with lighting curated
Illumination to the imperialistic Chinese
Award of Merit. architecture.

3. The control system provides

a realistic and automatic
Mott 32 Las Vegas at the Palazzo transition from early evening to
late night atmospheres.
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It’s a Math Problem Data used to compute light levels must account for real-world conditions
he IES is considered “the
source” for technical data
in the art and science of
illumination—necessary
to design lighting systems for
optimal visual performance and
choose the appropriate lumi-
naires that are functionally avail-
able, plus the prevailing data on
energy codes. However, these
data have often been insufficient
either due to unknowns, such as
glare, or outdated information.
Therefore, the IES is changing
its Lighting Library to make it
more current and practical.
At the same time, as many
as 90% of us are working from
home, and the real estate indus-
try is reeling because when
this pandemic ends many of
us will not be returning to our
former offices. We will certainly
benefit from a reduction in the
rental cost of corporate office
space as well as the cost and
inconvenience of commuting. In
addition, if we set up our home
offices to include daylight, we
can reset our circadian rhythms,
refresh the hormone melatonin
and the chemical serotonin, and
get 15 minutes of sunlight each
day for our needed vitamin D.
Furthermore, several com-
panies are developing more
sophisticated remote and virtual
communication systems to com-
pete with Zoom, allowing us to
conference audibly and visually
with anyone, anywhere in the
world. We also expect that many
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Energy
Willard Warren
homes and offices will be served
with electricity from renewable
sources of energy, while visual
contact with the outside world
will provide us with the broad
spectrum of daylight. As you
may recall, “dressgate”—where
57% of viewers said a dress was
blue and black, 30% saw it as
white and gold, and 11% as blue
and brown—proved that color
discrimination lies in the eye of
the beholder, and daylight helps
in color discrimination.
As our home and work lives
evolve, so too does the nature
of our energy consumption.
Regarding the portion of electri-
cal energy that is consumed
by lighting, we reported in the
September 2020 “Energy” col-
umn that a recent advertisement
aimed at reducing lighting load
claimed that 40% of the electri-
cal energy in office buildings is
consumed by lighting, which is
highly exaggerated. More recent-
ly, a technical magazine article
entitled “Lighting and Control”
opened with the sentence:
“According to the U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA),
lighting uses 17% of the electric-
ity consumed in today’s typical
commercial building.” However,
that study was done by the EIA
in 2012, before LEDs became
our lighting standard.
In 2020, the EIA updated that
figure to 10%, and it’s been
declining every year. In the
2030s, when the DOE will have
accomplished its goal of a major-
ity of buildings reaching Zero Net
Energy (ZNE), we’ll be able to
eliminate the lighting energy load
from the energy code.
Did it ever occur to the code
writers that there is no validity
Did it ever to the need for decimal points
in a lighting calculation since
occur to the
all the components in the cal-
code writers
culation of illumination have a
that there is variance of plus or minus—and
no validity it’s mostly minus—at least 5%?
to the need That is to account for the actual
for decimal lamp lumen output, not the
points in manufacturers’ posted value;
the coefficient of utilization (CU)
a lighting
of how much source light falls
calculation? on the workplane; the true net
area of the space; the reflection
factor of the room finishes; and
the maintenance factor for the
accumulation of dirt and dust in
the luminaires.
These factors can add up.
Putting a decimal point in a light-
ing calculation may be good
math, but it doesn’t reflect the
“softness” in the values for the
computation of the illumination
level—and that’s without consid-
ering the usual voltage drop of
up to 10% due to “regulation” as
a building’s total electrical load
increases as the day goes by.
Willard L. Warren, PE, LC,
Fellow IES, DSA, is principal of
Willard L. Warren Associates.
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Adjusting the Formula Weaving non-energy benefits into our codes
am writing this column before
the end of 2020, and like
most of you, I am hopeful that
in 2021 we’ll bring back the
normalcy we enjoyed before this
year came along. But while the
way we used to work can seem
comfortable, change in our life
and in our business is the only
constant we can depend on,
and so it helps to think through
what changes lie ahead in the
world of lighting controls. The
biggest pivot I see for our indus-
try may surprise you.
For technology companies, a
“pivot” means a change in their
product or their business model.
It is the realization that what they
are doing may not be wrong,
but long-term success for the
company depends on changing
its present trajectory. For our
industry, the problem we were
focused on was how to save
lighting energy. The LED revolu-
tion, however, changed our prob-
lem. So what needs to change?
Our energy codes.
As I mentioned in previous
columns, I have been based in
California most of my career, and
for many of those years I’ve pre-
sented to anyone willing to listen
the lighting and lighting control
requirements in the state’s Title
24, Part 6 energy code. Often,
these sessions would include the
back story of how the California
Energy Commission was imple-
mented via the 1974 Warren-
Alquist Act. In simple terms,
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controls Charles Knuffke
the Act created the Energy
Commission and with it our ener-
gy code. The act also stated that
all requirements in the code had
to meet three main principles:
1. Must be based on readily
available technology.
2. Must “move the needle,” with
rules covering a broad range
of building and spaces, and
without effort being wasted
focusing on rarely encoun-
tered or unique situations.
3. Must have a return on invest-
ment, demonstrating that they
will pay for themselves over
a specified time frame from
energy cost savings.
Anyone comfortable in basic
math can follow the calculations
used to prove the third require-
ment is met when individuals
or groups provide Codes and
Standards Enhancement (CASE)
or Code Change Proposals to
the CEC for consideration: If a
proposed change costs X dol-
lars to implement, but reduces Y
amount of energy over a period
of time which (based on CEC
tables) translates to Z dollars in
energy savings, does Z/X meet
the CEC’s payback requirement?
Since the above simplified
equation is based on the energy
saved, and with LED lights now
the de facto standard for most all
applications, there is less lighting
energy that can be saved. If your
loads are smaller than before,
your total savings will be smaller,
your payback results will be
longer and, at least as far as the
CEC’s metric is concerned, pos-
sibly no longer worthy of consid-
eration. Energy codes with ROI
requirements could be a victim
of their own success in driving
down the energy needed for new
buildings.
The reason for mentioning
Energy pivoting at the beginning of this
codes article is because if we can rec-
with ROI ognize our situation, there is a
conditions chance to change it by looking
beyond the simple equation.
could be a
What we have done in the
victim of past is to recognize the energy
their own benefits of controls. What is
success needed now is to identify how
the non-energy benefits (NEBs)
of controls can also be included
in the calculations. What non-
energy benefits are we talking
about? Some we’ve been talking
about since the earliest days
of lighting controls, but others
squarely address today’s con-
cerns of power and demand. A
couple items to get your creative
juices flowing and add to the list:
Power measurement and
grid stability. If you are already
designing a networked lighting
control system for a building,
power metering for both light-
ing and plug loads can often be
easily added. While lighting is
a smaller load now than it was
previously, few loads in buildings
can be adjusted automatically
in response to need across a
wide range in real time the way
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provide grid operators the abil-
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quickly may allow them the lati-
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point since that could lead to
productivity gains, not to men-
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light levels for safety when
people were in exterior park-
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benefits of controls even extend
to people who never enter the
building, ensuring that interior
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or Off so that neighbors don’t
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Another Sky-Glow Culprit The trouble with tilted outdoor lighting
ith parking-lot light-
ing, it’s so tempting
to skip the calculation
step in the design and
simply specify the pole-top lumi-
naire with a knuckle mount, so
that it can be tilted if the throw
of light doesn’t reach all the
way across the parking lot. It’s
a U0 fixture, and tilting it won’t
change the amount of glare or
uplight…or will it?
You bet your socks it will.
Tilting increases glare for many
drivers and pedestrians, and
alters the luminaire’s backlight-
uplight-glare (BUG) ratings.
Many of us are weary of seeing
tilted luminaires installed not just
in parking lots, but also in ware-
houses, on buildings and along
roadways. Figure 1 shows a
few all-too-familiar examples.
Luminaires, when shipped to
a laboratory for photometry, are
carefully mounted and leveled
according to the manufacturers’
intended installation orienta-
tion, and that’s generally with
the aperture facing downward
(Figure 2). It’s in this orienta-
tion that the intensity distribution
is measured, reported in an
.ies file, and the data evaluated
for the BUG classification. The
BUG system assigns a value of
U0 through U5, depending on
how many lumens are emitted
upward, and IES guidelines and
recommended practices use
these classifications for different
lighting zones. For example, in
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Naomi J. Miller and Michael Grather
Zones 0 and 1 (the most envi-
ronmentally sensitive zones),
most utilitarian lights should be
fully shielded, emitting light only
downward and earning a U0
classification. Luminaires with a
U0 classification minimize the
scattering of light that is com-
pounded into sky glow or that
affects birds, insects and other
wildlife looking for a tasty snack
or a new date. Glare impact for
drivers and vehicles is built into
the BUG system, too. When you
tilt a luminaire near a roadway,
the luminous intensity could
be increased in the direction
of the driver’s view. This can
increase discomfort and veiling
luminance that interfere with the
driver’s ability to see details on
the roadway (such as that critter
chasing a snack).
Sky glow, the glowing haze
above most cities at night, is
most affected by uplight, which
is why tilting is such a concern.
Calculating sky glow is com-
plex, but the U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE) Lighting R&D
Program has developed a sim-
ple spreadsheet calculator (at
https://www.energy.gov/eere/ssl/
potential-impacts-led-street-light-
ing-sky-glow) to help estimate
sky glow from different atmo-
spheric conditions as well as
from different luminaire optical
choices, light output and spec-
tral power distributions (SPDs).
(The IES has a committee work-
ing on a Technical Memorandum
on the calculation and prediction
of sky glow caused by human-
made lighting, so stay tuned.)
The calculations you see
in Tables 1 through 3 used
that DOE tool to estimate the
relative sky-glow contributions
Tilting from different angles of tilting (a
luminaires special shoutout to our Pacific
drastically Northwest National Laboratory
affects their colleague Jessica Collier for
light- running the AGi32 simulations;
distribution calculations of tilted luminaire
values were performed using
traits, and
Lighting Analysts’ Photometric
not for the Toolbox). It’s important to note
better here that all outdoor luminaires
contribute to sky glow unless
they’re switched off. Even lumi-
naires that direct all light down-
ward will contribute to sky glow
indirectly, since some percent-
age of the light is reflected from
the ground and surrounding
structures. But direct uplight is
not mitigated through reflection
and can be compounded by
multiple bounces (“scattering”)
among the particulates and
aerosols in the atmosphere.
Consequently, a 10% increase
in uplight can cause much
more than a 10% increase in
sky glow. In these tables, the
baseline sky-glow contribution
from the non-tilted luminaire is
assigned a value of 100%, so
that you can see the relative sky
glow produced by the tilting.
Tilting the luminaire improves
the pavement illuminances and
Photos: Courtesy of Michael Grather

Figure 1. Two examples showing

tilted luminaires in action.
Photo: Courtesy of LightLab International

Figure 2. Luminaire mounted for

photometry in a laboratory; note the
orientation.

the uniformity farther from the

pole, so it’s a natural assumption
that this is a “harmless enough”
practice. Figure 3 shows a
simple warehouse parking-lot
calculation example, with two
luminaires mounted 25-ft high
and spaced 100 ft on center.
The luminaire, when mounted
horizontally or tilted, is oriented
to the left. In the lower left of
the calculation grid, at 100-ft
horizontal distance you’ll see the
plan-view of a car driving toward
the top of the grid. That driver is
there so that we can calculate
the intensity of the luminaire
toward his or her eye, since
intensity is proportional to veil- Table 1. Values that result from aiming the cosine luminaire straight downward, at a 20-deg upward
ing luminance, which can impair angle and a 45-deg upward angle. Note how tilting increases the illuminance at the 75-ft line from the
luminaires, but also increases the percent uplight, the relative sky glow, the uplight and glare BUG
visibility and visual performance. ratings, and the luminous intensity toward the driver. Note that it also reduces the downward lumens.
(For the nerds in the audience,
the candela value from the

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cosine luminaire aimed at 0 deg
from nadir (i.e., straight down).
The fourth columns of Tables 1
through 3 show the horizontal
illuminance at a line 75 ft from
the line of the luminaires, due
to tilting, and you can see that
tilting increases the illuminance
for the cosine luminaire from a
range of 0.0-0.1 lux to 0.3 lux,
and increases the illuminance
for the Type II luminaires from
a range of 0.0-0.1 lux up to 0.4
lux at that 75-ft line. Compare
that to the Type IV luminaire
listed at the bottom of the table.
That luminaire is designed to
move lumens asymmetrically
even when not tilted, and per-
forms almost as well as the
luminaires tilted at 45 deg.
Figure 3. Calculation grid of a parking lot with two So far, so good—it looks like
luminaires (shown by the red squares), each on a 25-ft tilting is doing the job of increas-
pole, with the poles spaced 100 ft apart. The ground
illuminances are in lux, for a cosine distribution luminaire ing the pavement illuminance.
at 0-deg tilt. “But how much does tilting
affect the luminaire’s perfor-
mance in terms of uplight, sky-
glow, BUG values and glare?”
non-tilted luminaire toward the you might ask. “Depends on
driver is from a 45-deg azimuth, which optical package you’re
82-deg elevation angle.) specifying, and the angle of the
tilt,” we reply. Table 1 shows
We have selected three simple a graphic and numeric com-
shoebox-type, U0 fixtures of parison of what happens when
20,000 lumens, roughly equiva- that simple cosine luminaire is
lent to a 150-W LED luminaire, tilted upward at 0, 20 or 45 deg.
all with the same SPD and all Although tilting the luminaire
drawing equal watts. The first does increase the uniformity of
luminaire has a simple cosine the light on the pavement, note
(or “blob”) distribution, which is how the tilting increases the %
common for parking-lot lights. uplight and the relative sky glow,
The second is an IES Type II and increases both the U-value
Short distribution, and the third and G-value of the BUG ratings.
is an IES Type IV Medium opti- Table 2 shows the same
cal system that produces a shoebox luminaire as in Table 1,
distinctly asymmetrical pattern but with the Type II distribution
of light. We will call these lumi- instead. It is fully shielded when
naires “cosine,” “Type II” and aimed downward (U0), but tilting
“Type IV.” Figure 3 shows the to 45 deg increases the amount
horizontal-illuminance grid from of uplight from 0 to 21%, multi-
the lighting layout, using the plies the amount of sky glow by
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2.7, and doubles the intensity in
candelas toward the eye of the
observer.
So how do we get the light to
the edge of the parking lot with-
out tilting? We use a luminaire
with optics designed for this
type of area lighting application.
In this case, an asymmetrical-
distribution luminaire will give
us the candela distribution we
need, without sacrificing uplight,
sky glow or glare (see Table 3).
In conclusion, spread the
word that tilting luminaires dras-
tically affects their light-distribu-
tion characteristics, and not for
the better:
• Tilting increases the potential
for causing uplight, sky glow
and glare.
• Specifying “U0” products
is not sufficient to eliminate
uplight, if luminaires can be
tilted on-site. Avoid specifying
knuckle-mounts, to reduce
the chances of the luminaire
being installed inappropri-
ately.
• Use a luminaire in the ori-
entation for which it was
designed and in which it was
photometered.
• If you need to move light
asymmetrically, specify asym-
metrical optical systems in
lieu of tilting.
Tilting might be cheap and
easy, and it lets you skip on
some calculations—but it’s irre-
sponsible from an environmental
and safety standpoint. In the
interest of responsible design,
this information needs to get
to designers, specifiers, facil-
ity managers, and installers to
ensure that outdoor lighting is
delivered as effectively as pos-
sible, with the minimum of sky
glow, disability glare and dis-
comfort.
 Type II Short Pavement
Lumens % Relative BUG Intensity Toward
Luminaire Tilt Illuminance at 75'
Downward Uplight Skyglow Ratings Driver's Eye (cd)
Polar plot from Pole (lx)

0° 20,000 0.0 - 0.1 0.0% 100% B3-U0-G3 4000

20° 19,782 0.3 - 0.4 1.1% ~112% B2-U3-G5 5000

45° 15,704 0.4 21.5% ~270% B1-U5-G5 7600

Table 2. Values that result from aiming the Type II luminaire straight downward, at a 20-deg
upward angle and a 45-deg upward angle.

Type IV Medium Pavement

Lumens % Relative BUG Intensity Toward
Luminaire Tilt Illuminance at 75'
Downward Uplight Skyglow Ratings Driver's Eye (cd)
Polar plot from Pole (lx)

0° 20,000 0.1 - 0.4 0% 100% B3-U0-G3 132

Table 3. Values that result from aiming the Type IV luminaire straight downward. These illus-
trate how to get the light to the edge of the parking area without causing more uplight, sky
glow and glare: Use a non-tilted, asymmetrical, fully shielded luminaire.

Naomi J. Miller is a designer and scientist working at Pacific Northwest National

Laboratory to improve lighting quality using LED light sources. Her pet peeves include
flicker and glare.

Michael Grather is the CTO of LightLab International and the current chair of the IES
Science Advisory Panel. His goal is to increase the quality of lighting through scientific
practices.

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The Joy of Micro-bites Learning in small chunks can also satisfy the hunger for knowledge
emember when you were
a kid and you ventured out
trick-or-treating and there
was always a house or
two that gave out full-size candy
bars? It was a discussion among
siblings or friends, everyone
knew those houses, a coveted
delight you’d go out of your way
for. Never mind that three small
size candy bars—readily available
at other houses—are essentially
the same thing. There was some-
thing about chomping into some-
thing that felt like a victory.
I used to think about learning
this way. Stay with me.
We, myself included, are
accustomed to a CEU-sized
learning experience. I want my
hour, or two. Passing by other
bite-sized learning opportuni-
ties to get to what I really want:
an hour immersed in someone
else’s expertise, and a CEU
to prove I did it. I was there,
I ate the whole thing. It’s not
unlike college, where learning is
described by contact hour—and
so is your bill.
I recently read The Death
of Expertise: The Campaign
Against Established Knowledge
and Why it Matters by Tom
Nichols. With everyone seem-
ingly an “instant expert” via
Google, I was motivated to learn
what specifically sets good infor-
mation apart to the untrained
eye. If you’ve Googled UV
lighting lately, you know what I
mean. The online abyss does
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EducationBrienne Musselman
promote a sense of all infor-
mation being equal. I click on
one article with a sophisticated
white background and a serif
font, and it feels quite official.
So does the next one, and the
next. It’s an easy trap to fall into.
I recommend the book, if you’re
interested in how and why we
develop expertise, and the
importance of giving deserving
individuals more of our time.
I thought about how we share
expertise with one another in the
context of a CEU-sized chunk,
and how that relates to how we
actually learn. Consider the learn-
ing objectives. Yes, you know the
slide with four bullet points that
speakers pass by when they’re
presenting with a casual “I have
to put this slide up here”…
When we learn something new,
we start simply by recognizing
or recalling information, and we
move into more complex pro-
cesses like analysis, comparison
and evaluation. Learning objec-
tives in a CEU-worthy course
generally fit in this latter part
of learning. Those key words
that most well-written learning
objectives begin with: identify,
We are demonstrate, compare, evalu-
accustomed ate—you probably have your own
go-to phrases—all relate back
to a CEU-
to Bloom’s Taxonomy, a clas-
sized sification of learning objectives
learning and outcomes. In the 1950s,
experience. Benjamin Bloom published a
I want my sequence of cognitive skills, in
hour, or two order of complexity: Knowledge,
Comprehension, Application,
Analysis, Synthesis and
Evaluation. An update in 2001,
by Lorin Anderson and David
Krathwohl, removed Synthesis
and added “Creation” as the
highest level of cognitive skill.
Developing observable knowl-
edge, behaviors and abilities
within these categories indicates
that learning (cognitive activity)
has occurred. Objectives help to
avoid ambiguity that contributes
to a lack of structure in educa-
tional content.
In formal learning opportuni-
ties, establishing objectives
within these specific steps helps
to set the pace of the course
and measure the outcomes. So
if that’s the “full-size” aspect
of learning, but doing a quick
Google glance for an “answer”
is far from satiating our need to
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How a Luminaire Sales Team Microlearning isn’t a

for classroom
Can Microlearn
substitute
instruction, elearning, or spend-
ing an hour learning from your
• Pensive microlearning is typically a short, targeted question that helps a learner formulate
favorite presenters at an IES
their own conclusion about something. How is my competitor’s light fixture not as effective
Conference. It isn’t meant to
as ours?
make you an expert either—or
• Performance-based microlearning is typically a just-in-time prompt without requiring addi-
tional learning intervention or support mechanism (like a call to customer support). A prompt
cram expertise into small bites.
on a light fixture specification form reminding someone to select a trim finish and how to It is an underutilized opportunity
get more information if they need it. to be intentional about learning
• Persuasive microlearning is generally used to modify a behavior and is goal oriented. A quiz in smaller doses and requires
prompted after a sales meeting to identify common mistakes of describing a light fixture’s engagement and participation to
key features to reinforce the importance of getting it right. be effective. I am relieved to find
• Post-instruction microlearning augments a larger learning initiative. After a day-long product supportive information between
launch meeting, one-minute videos (highlighting just one important take-away each) are a passive information search
sent for the next week and require a one-question quiz afterward. online, and a one-or-several
• Practice-based microlearning breaks a skill or behavior down into small steps. A company-
hour(s) commitment to a particu-
wide app that sends a notification for a game that requires quick identification of a light
lar subject.
fixture’s physical characteristics, so the sales team can practice identifying them (and
We learn all the time. By
compete with each other in the process).
• Preparatory microlearning can bring a number of individuals up to speed on a specific subject,
being intentional about the
in advance of a larger learning event like a conference or training. In preparation for LightFair, objectives we set for the people
the team that occupies the booth are sent commonly asked product questions, perhaps with we teach, for ourselves as we
supplemental infographics, in advance at specific intervals before they arrive. learn, and the time we have to
accomplish either, I believe we
Brienne Musselman can learn better. Don’t skip past
the slide with all the learning
objectives on them. It can be
really learn something…how do response. Participation in micro- tempting to assume expertise
we effectively access or provide learning is key for information gives you a pass, but give them
something in the middle? Can retention; it is not functional the time they deserve for the
a true learning opportunity be, as a passive effort on the part sake of learning science. Take
well…short? of the learner. Microlearning the time to explain them—and
As we expand the eLearn- —which refers to the piece of get to know the verbs that illus-
ing portal, this topic has been content (video, podcast, info- trate that learning has taken
on my mind. Is there a way to graphic)—would accomplish place because they should rep-
provide general consumers objectives within Knowledge or resent a measurable outcome. If
bite-sized education that fulfills Comprehension, to go back to you’re developing microlearning,
a need, has lasting value and Bloom’s Taxonomy. Expecting keep in mind a specific mea-
doesn’t require the time commit- more out of a participant surable outcome too (noticing
ment of expertise? For example, (Analysis, Synthesis) isn’t realis- a theme?), and keep it simple.
how to buy a light bulb at your tic for the time spent on an idea. Oh, and by the way, if I could
favorite big-box store. There are six use-cases for go back to myself as a trick-
I sought out another book, microlearning according to Kapp or-treater, I’d say: both of the
Microlearning: Short and Sweet and Defelice: pensive, perfor- candy bars have value: one is
by Karl M. Kapp and Robyn A. mance-based, persuasive, post- quicker to eat, the other you
Defelice. Microlearning can gen- instruction, practice-based and could share with a friend.
erally be defined as a piece of preparatory. The sidebar (above)
learning content, or instructional shows what this might look like
unit, requiring less than five for a sales team learning about Brienne Musselman is education
minutes of active engagement a new light fixture. manager for the IES.
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LED spots at the base of angled column

supports add vertical illumination and visual
interest while containing light spill.

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 Lewis & Clark Bridge

A New
Expedition Students at Lewis & Clark College
see their surrounding environment in a
different light thanks to an environmentally
conscious design for a campus bridge

By Katie Nale

asked with exploring the lands west of the

Mississippi, William Clark and Meriwether
Lewis’s expedition team ran into a number
of obstacles including harsh weather, dis-
ease and starvation—but then again, they didn’t
have to get to English class on time. The students
of Portland’s Lewis & Clark College had their own
difficulties when a structural review in 2017 identi-
fied potential deficiencies with one of the cam-
pus bridge’s structural supports. As a result, the
bridge was closed and students were re-routed
around the densely wooded ravine separating the
residence halls from the undergraduate campus.
To restore circulation as quickly as possible, Ella
Mills of Biella Lighting Design (Portland) was
comissioned to serve as the lead lighting design-
er of a new 188-ft long bridge.

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 “Our goals for the lighting design were to cre-
ate a special experience for the users, and subtly
emphasize the structure and the materials used
for the construction of the bridge, with minimal
impact to the surrounding environment,” says Mills,
who worked on the project between the spring of
2018 and the winter of 2019. Using a deft touch
when choosing and placing fixtures, Mills was able
to provide the uniform, unobtrusive illumination
requested by the college, while also crafting a path
that invites travelers to pause, gather and appreci-
ate the campus’s verdant natural setting.
C onstructed of locally-sourced glulam and
cross-laminated timber panels selected for
their ability to create a thin profile with minimal
secondary structural support, the new bridge
offers an unencumbered appearance that blends
nicely into its wooded surroundings. “The use of
engineered wood as a primary structural material
was important to satisfying the client’s goals of
using regional materials and honoring sustainable
building practices,” recalls Mills. “We used only
two types of fixtures to emphasize the structural
elements of the bridge, employing the more unex-
pected approach of highlighting the roof and the
wall trusses, rather than continuously uplighting the
bridge’s span.” Wide-beam linear LEDs concealed
by metal channels atop of horizontal braces high-
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Fixtures are
placed in
the overhead
truss (left) and
between the
handrail and
vertical structure
(right).
light the trusses and serve as the bridge’s primary
illumination. Extra narrow 5-deg LED spotlights
are located at the base of angled column sup-
ports, adding to the vertical illumination. The care-
ful fixture placement minimizes light spill while still
providing ample vertical and horizontal illumina-
tion on the bridge.
D ue to the ravine’s official classification as an
environmental zone, the design had to take
the surrounding wildlife into account and avoid
light spill outside of the bridge’s footprint. The
challenge arose when Mills had to combine the
environmental restrictions on the design with the
higher illumination levels wished for by the client.
The IES guidelines for recommended light levels
along the bridge pathway were far below the mini-
mum of 2 footcandles requested by the client. In
addition, the campus standard color temperature
for exterior lighting is 5000K, and the design also
had to meet Oregon Energy Code requirements
and strict dark-sky guidelines.
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of the roof to simplify access and future mainte-

nance. The design also achieved light levels of 3.5
fc on the horizontal surface with a 3.5 max-to-min
uniformity ratio and approximately 1 fc of vertical
illumination.

At A Glance
Above: Linear
LED fixtures are
B y lighting the vertical trusses connecting the
deck and roof, Mills created more visual inter-
est and higher levels of perceived safety. Reflected
concealed by
• The design is entirely LED. off the beams and ceiling, the light floods the
metal channels
• Oregon Energy Code requirements, dark-sky bridge deck with a warm, even glow that empha-
atop of horizontal
guidelines and minimum of 2 fc of illumination on the
braces, while sizes the bridge’s geometry and creates a rhythm
bridge surface had to be met.
conduit and of light and shadow that is consistent in both direc-
• The project received a 2020 IES Illumination Award
drivers are placed tions of travel. The lights are controlled by a dusk to
of Merit.
carefully above
dawn photocell system that knits into the campus’s
the structure on
the right. existing lighting controls. “Although the new bridge
Mills, however, was able to convince the college had to be designed to accommodate the construc-
to lower the color temperature to 3000K along the Right: An even tion logistics and technical requirements caused by
bridge. This approach allowed the team to use a glow of warm the ravine’s environmental zone, it also created an
light flooding the
third of the materials and power supplies, helping opportunity to heighten the experience of crossing
deck emphasizes
to lower the overall lighting budget and installation the bridge’s
the ravine, celebrating one of Lewis & Clark’s defin-
cost, minimize energy consumption and reduce geometry and ing natural resources,” says Mills.
future maintenance costs. The difference in color creates a rhythm
temperature afforded Mills the opportunity to pro- of light and THE DESIGNER | Ella Mills IES, LEED AP BD+C, is a
vide a better environment for the nearby residents shadow that is principal lighting designer with Biella Lighting Design.
consistent in
and the surrounding wildlife, while enhancing the
both directions.
natural warmth and beauty of the bridge’s wooden
structure. All drivers were concealed in the eaves

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 Market Rally
Nearly two centuries later, this
heritage site in Toronto has a lighting
design worthy of its stature
Photos: Rafael Correa

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 St. Lawrence Market

By Paul Tarricone

L
ocal history is finally front and center in
Toronto where the building that once housed
City Hall—and now anchors the St. Lawrence
Left: Precisely Market—has a new façade lighting system.
placed fixtures
To say the previous lighting was lacking is an
tightly wrap
the façade and
understatement, notes Rafael Correa, a senior
signage while associate with Smith + Andersen, Toronto, which
producing earned a 2020 IES Illumination Award of Merit for
minimal light spill. the project. “There were floodlights just to provide
perimeter/safety lighting, but nothing to showcase
Right: Four
the building.”
grazers with
custom shrouds In total, the St. Lawrence Market is comprised of
illuminate the three main buildings: the South Market, the North
lighter-colored Market and St. Lawrence Hall. Smith + Andersen’s
vertical brick design focused on the South Market, a building that
details via narrow
served as the seat of government in Toronto from
beam spreads.
1845-1899, before being renovated and integrated
into the market. Today, the main and lower levels of
the South Market house more than 120 specialty
vendors, offering fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, grains,
baked goods and dairy products. The second floor
is home to the Market Gallery, an exhibition space
for the City of Toronto’s Cultural Services.
With the market itself thriving, one thing still
missing was exterior lighting that would pay hom-
age to the structure’s storied past. “The heritage
lighting maintains the historic look and feel of the
marketplace by integrating fixtures directly into the
façade,” says Correa.

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N ot surprisingly, designing lighting for the old
City Hall required plenty of input from the city.
When asked whether Toronto presented a strict
RFP and specific lighting guidelines or gave Smith
+ Andersen latitude to develop the concept, Cor-
rea says, “It was a bit of both. We were required
to follow the ‘Heritage Lighting Master Plan for
Old Town Toronto,’ which provided a good start
for the design intent. However, this document was
published in 2011, and when we began the design
process in 2017, some of the solutions in the
report were either outdated or no longer permitted
by the city. This provided us with an opportunity to
review and recommend variant effects and light-
ing solutions for the market. Given the building’s
status as a designated heritage site, we applied a
more cautious approach, providing a design with
fixture locations that enhanced rather than over-
powered the façade. In areas where the removal
of old lighting fixtures was necessary, we advised
on the coordination of the façade restoration.”
Correa adds that the lighting design team had a
seat at the table “from the very beginning. Working
collaboratively with key members and staff from
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The main the city during design meetings and presentations,
signage is backlit and hearing their feedback directly, was essential
with linear LEDs.
to the success of the project. Right away, they
Each red window
has a 180-deg provided invaluable information surrounding their
blade of light concerns and expectations.”
at the base, Smith + Andersen’s design concept called for
creating a light bringing forth the building’s brick texture to cre-
frame effect.
ate a 3D effect. Previously “the façade read as a
flattened surface at night, with glare spots caused
by former sodium/metal halide fixtures. The brick
texture was not apparent; this diminished the
impact of the building when not experienced in full
daylight,” Correa explains. “Our design included
new fixture locations that would enhance the depth
and texture of the facade, strategically determined
in order to achieve the same 3D effect at night that
visitors experience during the day.”
To keep attention on the brick, the LED lumi-
naires were either “hidden within the building’s
architectural features or encased within a metal
shroud or box, each painted with matching RAL
paint codes to camouflage the appearance of the
encased fixture amongst the building finishes,”
says Correa. Low-voltage wiring is concealed

Photo: Gary Yon Photography
within brick and mortar repairs. “These design
decisions are particularly evident during the day,
as all modern exterior fixtures are invisible to thou-
sands of daily passersby.”
A total of 16 fixtures types were used to cre-
ate a “tight” lighting effect, while preventing light
trespass into the surrounding downtown neigh-
borhood. A key design element are blade lights
(iGuzzini) that “cling” and are supported by arches
and window frames. “The majority of the uplight
from the blade light effect has such a tight beam
spread that the associated light spill is captured by
a nearby window frame or cornice, creating a light
frame effect on each window,” says Correa. “Com-
bined with the hidden grazing downlight fixtures
[Philips Color Kinetics] located at the columns, this
presents the building in a pleasant and comfort-
able way even at night.”
In addition, linear LEDs backlight the main
signage. The iconic “St. Lawrence Market” sign
was entirely rebuilt, allowing new LED fixtures
to be located inside to enable easy access for
maintenance.
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St. Lawrence Market
Making an
Entrance
People don’t just pass through
Terminal 21 anymore. Now they call
it home.
The original Try Street Terminal
in downtown Pittsburgh served as
a hub for shipping and manufactur-
Shadows cast by the open bollards
ing companies. Railway lines ran
mimic the patterns of the windows.
through the building, and trains
could pull in to unload cargo. Constructed in 1921, the historic landmark
has now been transformed into a vibrant residential community known as
Terminal 21.
Strada LLC led the renovation project with a nod to preserving its heri-
tage. The style of the warehouse itself was popular in the U.S. in the early
1900s, yet few remain today. The architect, therefore, sought to keep the
original character of the building as it created 205 loft-style apartments
and accompanying amenities.
For curb appeal, bollards and illuminated columns from Luminis were
specified to light the pathway and driveway along the First Avenue main
entrance. “We were looking for a minimalist aesthetic for the lighting so
that the focus would be on the historic building,” says Sean Beasley,
principal at Strada. “The fixtures blend very well with the utilitarian nature
of the façade.”
A total of 14 bollards line the pathway that spans in front of the main
entrance. The 6-in. by 6-in. bollard is built with an aluminum construction
and features integrated struts that act as a reinforcing cage. A black finish
is edgy and contemporary, but the effect unifies the site’s local heritage
with today’s urban living. An additional six columns, with a similar aes-
thetic, complement the bollards as they illuminate the extreme ends of the
circular driveway and the city sidewalk adjacent to the roadway. Beasley
selected a 3000K color temperature and Type V distribution for all lumi-
naires to ensure warm, even illumination across the driveway and path-
ways. To combat the Pittsburgh winters, the fixtures are IP65 rated with a
lifetime exceeding 60,000 hours.
The aesthetics of the illumination itself also provide an additional
creative element to the landscaping. Each fixture is open core, so the
exterior frame creates a distinctive pattern on the ground. Shadows cast
by the bollards, in particular, because of their proximity to each other, form
squares that mimic the patterns in the loft windows above.
“The client has told us that the ambient light has been well-received as
potential residents arrive for tours in the evening,” says Beasley. “We had
originally contemplated the installation of additional street lighting, but the
fixtures provide the right amount of illumination to ensure everyone feels
comfortable.”
Paul Tarricone
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At A Glance
• Lighting creates a 3D effect on the brick façade.
• 16 fixture types were used.
• The project earned a 2020 IES Illumination Award of
Merit.
T he design team was also cognizant of the
building’s relationship to the community at
large. One question was the use of color-changing
light, which “has a complicated relationship
with heritage buildings,” says Correa. “For St.
Lawrence Market, our approach was always on
the subtler side, using warm, welcoming light
[3000K] along the main façade and at the street
level. However, the building clerestory—always
perceived as a darker zone—provided a unique
opportunity to programmatically connect St.
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Lawrence Market with other landmarks in the city,
such as the CN Tower and the City Hall ‘Toronto’
sign.” The approach, again, was more subtle, with
white light illuminating the clerestory for the major-
ity of the year, and colored light (Philips Color
Kinetics) used only to celebrate special occa-
sions; for example, red and white on Canada Day
and rainbow during Pride Toronto. These effects
match the lighting design scheme of other histori-
cal Toronto landmarks.
Finally, from afar at higher elevations, occupants
in neighboring developments can see inside South
Market to the newly installed interior pendants—an
LED-base replica of the original carbon-arc pen-
Top: The dants from the 1890s. “We were inspired by the
clerestory original historical images of St. Lawrence Market
features LED from the Toronto Archives, which depicted these
color-changing
fixtures as aisle lighting. Once we were set on the
lights at the
impact and importance of this solution, we sourced
bottom of
the interior a manufacturer, who happened to possess the
catwalk used for original construction shop drawing patents.”
celebrations. A little more from the past brought into the
future.
Bottom:
360-deg blade
lights accent the
main entrance
and red doors. THE DESIGNERS | Rafael Correa, B.Arch, Associate
IALD, Member IES, is senior associate with Smith +
Andersen, Toronto.
Jeremy Ng, senior project manager at Smith +
Andersen, was responsible for the design of the light-
ing controls.
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Carving Out W
hen Bicentennial Hall was built in 1855,
it wasn’t meant to be internally illumi-
nated. Over the years, the oldest aca-
demic building at Virginia Theological

a PLACE FOR
Seminary (VTS) in Alexandria, VA, has served as
a library, dining hall and, most recently, a class-
room space. Then, in 2018, three stone panel
carvings from the palace of the Assyrian king
(circa 850 BCE) changed its course again—and

History
Concealed, indirect sources transform a
centuries-old campus building into a gathering
space with museum-quality lighting
By Samantha Schwirck
this time, the building’s lighting followed suit.
After re-assessing the value of the carvings,
which had been in the Seminary’s library for 150
years, VTS decided to sell one of the three and
pour the funds into an adaptive re-use and renova-
tion of the 1,400-sq ft building. A centerpiece of
the project was the fabrication of a display case
for the remaining two panels, and the commis-
sioning of a replica casting of the auctioned panel.
Thus, the Bicentennial Hall project team—including
Bowie Gridley Architects, RAM Design Studio and

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 Bicentennial Hall

Stroik Lighting Design—got to work transforming
the historic interior into a flexible space that could
accommodate gatherings and meetings, while also
exhibiting the Assyrian artifacts under museum-
quality lighting.
The lighting concept required a non-invasive ap-
proach from Christopher Stroik, principal of Stroik
Lighting Design (Washington D.C.). “The lighting is
predicated on serving the architectural, exhibition
and functional uses of this ‘jewel box,’ paying hom-
age to each distinct element in a fully integrated
manner that attempts not to draw any attention
away from the visual expressions and experiences
of the space,” Stroik explains. “The biggest chal-
lenge was developing a strategy to reveal the qual-
ity and intimacy of the architectural volume and its
ornament, as well as provide display and multipur-
pose illumination, all while not allowing the lighting
hardware to distract, so that the room would be
visually accessible.”
T
Left: Linear o that end, almost all of the luminaires are
fixtures concealed in architectural profiles and details,
tucked behind
including the indirect sources that simultaneously
wooden railings
contribute to task provide volumetric accent lighting of the vertical sur-
lighting, while faces and ceiling, as well as horizontal task lighting.
two motorized For example, linear LED adjustable double
spotlights strip lights with asymmetric indirect distribution
provide accent
are mounted to a custom bracket behind existing
lighting for
speakers.
historic wooden railings, as well as within a custom
housing that has the same profile as the railing
Right: A and includes a remote driver for the strips. “We
concealed worked with the manufacturer [Elliptipar] to modify
grazing strip their standard fixture that typically integrates the
illuminates the
driver,” Stroik explains. “There are two conditions—
back surface
of the stone one where we have mounted the linear adjustable
carvings. asymmetric fitting to a metal shelf tucked behind
the balcony balustrade and the other where we
had a metal fabricator replicate the solid wood bal-
ustrade into a ‘flying’ metal balustrade that carries
the same adjustable fittings and remote drivers

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within. This was a really successful way to offer the
same ambient and functional illumination through-
out the room rather than suspending a pendant
version of this fitting.”
Additional indirect sources include linear LED
strip lights with custom curved metal angle baffles
(Luminii), which wash the walls below the balco-
nies, and linear adjustable luminaires (EcoSense
Trov) mounted behind purlin arches, which illumi-
nate bearing walls. Finally, linear narrow-optic tape
light (Luminii), mounted to each of the purlins with
metal valances, further emphasizes the character
of the ceiling. “We envisioned the entire room as a
luminaire, where the articulated ceiling surfaces act
as reflectors,” Stroik explains. “The indirect lighting
delivers over 20 horizontal footcandles at the work
plane, thus providing adequate task and ambient
illumination for meetings, lectures and workshops.”
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The lighting
had to be
non-invasive
T he two-sided glass case housing the original
stone panel carvings also contains integrated
linear LED strip lights (Luminii) for fill light at the top
and not draw
of the display volume, as well as a concealed very-
attention away
from activities narrow grazing strip (Electrix) illuminating the back
in the space. surface of the panels. In addition, surface-mounted
adjustable accent luminaires with very-narrow optics
graze the replica panel from a high point above the
arch wall. Finally, two motorized spotlights (Martin
Lighting) offer flexible accent lighting for speakers.
A building-wide dimming control system (Lu-
tron Quantum) interfaced with the A/V controls
enables multiple lighting scenarios for various
room functions and helps minimize energy use via
occupancy sensors. “[It’s a] simple-to-use system
that offers flexible lighting for different needs and
times of day,” Stroik says. “Preset scenes allow for
normal day or evening settings and display, as well

At A Glance
• Integrated 3000K, 90-CRI sources illuminate the
renovated interior and new display cases.
• A building-wide control system enables flexibility.
• The project took 1.5 years to complete and received a
2020 IES Illumination Award of Merit.
as for specific activities—lectures from up to three
locations, meetings around a central table, A/V
presentations, and dining/lounge events.”
F rom behind the scenes, the lighting strategy
helps transform two separate entities—the
renovated interior and the artistic expression of the
tablets—into one coherent concept. More important-
ly, the lighting enhances the space without intruding
on the original, and unlit, design concept.
“The most cutting-edge lighting strategy for the
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Bicentennial Hall
Linear tape project was to almost completely conceal every
light mounted luminaire used with the exception of the motorized
to purlins spotlights and the accent lights that illuminate the
with metal
artifacts and graphic panels,” Stroik says. “The use
valances further
of the indirect sources to generate ambient, archi-
emphasizes the
character of the tectural and functional illumination from one source
ceiling. type that is fully concealed from view is our greatest
claim to the value of this project—where the engage-
ment with this lovely little period piece is unfettered
by imposing lighting hardware and elements that
would detract from its integrity of expression as a
unique 19th-century academic jewel box.”
THE DESIGNERS | Christopher V. Stroik, AIA, IALD,
Member IES, is principal of Stroik Lighting Design in
Washington D.C.
Harry Raab is a designer with Stroik Lighting Design.
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project
in pictures
Making New Memories

By the late 1990s, Howard Park in South Bend,

Photos: Landscape Forms

IN, had come full circle—but not in a good way.
The site had gone from public landfill in the mid-
1800s to a world-class public park in this city of
100,000 after opening in 1899. As the decades
wore on, however, it had fallen into disrepair, as
the ice rink shut down, and the park grounds
and community center aged. That all changed The park runs along the St. Joseph River, inspiring a design
>>

in late 2019 when the community celebrated concept that builds from the idea of a flowing river.
Howard Park’s transformation. South Bend-
based Alliance Architects followed four guiding
principles identified by the city for the 13-acre
park restoration. One of the four was that the park
had to “surprise and delight.”
“We wanted to ensure that people would keep
returning to Howard Park, that the design and
park elements would create a sense of wonder
and discovery and Instagram moments,” says
Aaron Perri, executive director of South Bend
Venues, Parks, and Arts. Fellow project team
members Stantec, The Lakota Group and lighting
manufacturer Landscape Forms helped make
those moments.

>>
The catenary system prominently lights the
bridge and tunnel entrance to the playground.
“Lights are an important element to any site, even
in the daytime,” says Kevin Clark of the Lakota
Group. “They link things together. They create
a visual experience at night, but they also unify
shapes and define pathways.”

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 >>
Staggered and back-to-back
fixtures on single poles allowed
the designers to use fewer
poles, decluttering the rolling
landscape.

>>
The centerpiece of Howard
Park is the playground,
ice pond and ice trail,
which takes the place
of a traditional rink.
Area lights are located
along the perimeter of
the park, pathways and
ice trail. These combine
with wall-mounted and
catenary lights to create a
“contemporary aesthetic.”
The blue bollards incorporate the color scheme used throughout the park and
>>

help create the memorable moments required by the city.

>>
South Bend standards mandate
warm 3000K color for all
lighting. The project is on track
to become the area’s first LEED
v4-certified public park.

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 shared my knowledge of CRI and CCT and CFL
and HID and…the list goes on.
Today, looking back, I think I was wrong to do so.
I needed a new way to speak to clients. As Mark
Lien wrote in September’s LD+A, I needed “people
who can simplify the confusing complexities of our
do better
industry.” I needed a new language of light.
I was using our secret professional language
that facilitates our work, a language full of short-
know more
cuts that simplify communication between co-
workers and colleagues. We can speak to each
other in code that, to an outsider, may seem as
impenetrable as Fort Knox: “I just explained to the
client why we use TM-30 instead of CRI or SPD
to evaluate LEDs and why we use CBCP as a key
component to evaluate the photometrics of a COB
source versus a TIR source.” Share that sentence
feel better
with someone who does not read LD+A and be
prepared for blank stares.
Our professional language is excellent at
light describing what light is, what light does. Yet we
can need an entirely different language that focuses
help

i
on why light is a critical part of human existence if
you… we are to realize the potential in the IES Mission:
Improving life through the quality of light. We need
to know the difference between lighting and light,
between industry and gift.

C
focus clearly
onsider the difference between what I do and
change easier
why I do it. What: I am a lighting designer.

Plain-Spoken
Why: I was made to help others and the incred-
ible gift of light helps us live happier and healthier
lives. Which of these statements gets me out of
bed in the morning, excited for another day of
“work?” Addressing the why allows me to re-write

Approach
Ditch the footcandles, CCT and CRI when talking to
clients. The why is more important than the what in
this new language of light
the what. My business card does not say lighting
designer, but simply says “I help with light.”
It is here in the why that I found a new language
of light, a new way of communicating with clients,
a new way to “simplify the confusing complexities
of our industry.” I share it with you now not to ring
my own bell but to encourage you to find your own
language of light.
Light, in my opinion, is the first gift of the uni-
verse and a universal right of all humankind. It is a
fundamental element of our existence, so critical

T
wenty plus years ago, when I started my
professional career in lighting, I was thrilled
to share the ideas of task, ambient and
accent light with clients (and, truthfully,
anyone polite enough to listen). I enthusiastically
to life that our ancestors quite literally worshipped
By light itself. The ancient Egyptians worshiped the
David sun god Ra, the ancient Greeks their titan Helios.
Warfel Prometheus was punished for bringing fire to hu-
mans; Zeus overthrew Helios with lightning bolts.
We organized our temples, our festivals, our Stone-

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 Essay

henges around light. The Quran states that “Allah
is light.” The first spoken words of the Hebrew god
are “Let there be light.” And it was good.
This ancient light is still here today, still fascinat-
ing, still magical in its power over us. Yet science
has also revealed more of the nature of light than
ever before. Attempts to codify the magic resulted
in recommendations for task, ambient and accent
lighting layers in good design.
We speak to each other
in code that, to an outsider,
component of light that helps us know more.
I used to hear statements like “I don’t need
any accent light, let’s cut the sconces.” When I
transformed my language of light, I transformed my
conversations with clients. I actually heard a client
say, “I don’t like wall sconces, but is there another
way I can get light that helps me feel better in my
home?” I have not yet heard a client say, “I’d like
to cut the lights that help me feel better.” This hap-
pens because the client knows why the sconces
are in the design.
It is time to learn a new language. Stop talking to
clients about what task, ambient and accent light

may seem as impenetrable

layers they need. Start inspiring clients by sharing
how light can help them live better lives.
as Fort Knox
THE AUTHOR | David Warfel, Member IES, is found-
ing designer of Light Can Help You, and an author
Task, ambient and accent are better at describ- and educator at the crossroads of architecture, light
ing the what than the why. After several decades of and integration. He serves as lighting advisor to the
using these terms with clients, I realized that they ProSource buying group, is leading the development of
meant nothing to the average public and were not the first integrator-specific lighting certification program
particularly inspiring. I stopped telling clients what and is former head of the graduate lighting design pro-
boring stuff they needed and started sharing the gram at the University of Illinois.
gift of light with clients. I talk about layers of light,
but now I call them the Five Promises of Light:
1. Do Better. Light can help you see what you are
doing so you can do it faster, more safely, even
better.
2. Know More. Light can help you know where
you are, where you are going, who is with you
and what emotions are on their faces.
3. Feel Better: Light can help you wake ready for
the day, lift your mood, relax easier and even
heal faster.
4. Focus Clearly: Light can help you focus on
what is important to you, whether it be a task at
hand, a beautiful architectural detail, the natural
beauty outside a window or a crayon drawing
from a child.
5. Change Easier: Light can help you adapt to
changes in mood, task, weather, season and
even age.

O r, simply put, light can help you live a hap-

pier and healthier life. If you look closely,

Atlanta, GA
you can find that task, ambient and accent layers
can easily be embedded into this new language.
Task, a what idea, is found in the first promise: do
better. Accent, a type of light, is better shared as
a gift that helps our clients feel better. Ambient, a
October 11-13
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Moonlighting
Enters a New
Phase
Now in its sixth year,
Moonlighting—produced
by members of the
IESNYC, DLFNY and
IALDNY—transitioned
to the web for its 2020
event, with an online exhibition of the after-hours artis-
tic pursuits of over 30 members of the New York City
lighting community.
In November, event organizers Amanda Arikol,
Francesca Bastianini, Ketryna Fares and Nathalie
Faubert introduced Moonlighting 6 and debuted the
A sampling of the “after-hours” artwork on display for Moonlighting 6, which is now part of a permanent online collection.
MEMBER MENTIONS
Howard Lewis has been
elected chair of the National
Lighting Bureau (NLB); Mary
Beth Gotti has received
the NLB’s John Bachner
President’s Award.
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new website via Instagram. “Since we decided to hold
a virtual exhibition this year, it made sense to create an
online home for Moonlighting that would contain all of
the works of fine and performance works of art since
our first event held in 2015,” says Randy Sabedra,
one of the event’s producers. “What used to line the
walls and fill the rooms of an exhibition space, can now
be experienced online and it’s still the best way we
know for the community to not only celebrate itself, but
the talents of our individual members.”
Many of the Moonlighting 2020 items were auctioned
at the combined IESNYC, DLFNY and IALDNY holiday
party held in December, giving Moonlighting artists more
exposure for a worthy cause. See and hear the entire
Moonlighting collection at www.moonlightingnyc.org.
Nastassia Ortiz has been promoted to
associate for Available Light.
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Lauren A Bergeron CA Wade Koehler WI Alicia Peterman CA Callie Walton D.C.
Stephen Berta NV Nina Le MA Brandon Ponce Canada Tatiana White FL
Amine Y. Bouimadaghane Abigail Lund MI Richard Ritter TN Kris Wilde UT
Canada Shane Maguire Canada Ramuel Segal Israel Robert Ian Woodward
Sandro Carella MA Kwong Man Canada Matt Settle Canada Australia
Richard Circe Canada Michael McUne WA Josiah Snyder MN Arik Zidon Israel
Ryan Curtis NY Ernesto Mendoza IL Yasir Tahir Fiji
William Fleischer PA Matt Miller CA Andrew Trapanese TN *As of November 31, 2020
Cheryl Hoffman Peper OH Yamileth Orduna PA Tyler Tremaine CT
Isher Kaur Canada Danny Osburn CA M Reza Vaghar FL

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Members
membership and pursue new endeavors, including education projects, lighting
research and recommended practices.*

CHAMPION AMBASSADOR ETC, Inc. naturalLED

Crawford Solutions EYE Lighting International of NA Neotek
Cree Lighting First Light Technologies, Ltd. OCL Architectural Lighting
Focal Point, LLC Optic Arts
BENEFACTOR Form Lighting and Controls P2S, Inc.
Crestron Electronics, Inc. FortisAlberta, Inc. Pace Industries
Finelite, Inc. Hapco Pathway the Lighting Source
GE Current, a Daintree Company Harman Professional Prudential Lighting Corp.
Hubbell Lighting Healthe by Lighting Science PureEdge Lighting
Kurtzon Lighting Hera Lighting Q-Tran, Inc.
Lutron Electronics iGuzzini RAB Lighting, Inc.
Musco Lighting Illuminart Reggiani Lighting USA, Inc.
Intense Lighting RDG Planning & Design
SUPPORTER Kenall Mfg. Co. Senso Lighting
Acclaim Lighting
The Kirlin Company Smart Engine|WTEC
A.L.P. Lighting Components Co.
Latin Technology SFM
Apogee Translite
LEDil, Inc. SGM Light A/S
Ascent Battery Supply, LLC
LEDRA Brands Spectrum Lighting Inc. San Antonio
Barn Light
Lee Filters USA Sternberg Lighting
B-K Lighting
Legion Lighting Co., Inc. Stresscrete Group/King Luminaire
BR+A Consulting Engineers
Legrand/Wattstopper Tempo Industries
Associated Lighting
Lighting Analysts, Inc. Tivoli, LLC
Representatives, Inc. – Oakland
Lighting Design Lab Touche Lighting Controls
BIOS Lighting
Lighting Services, Inc. Trinity Manufacturing
Black & McDonald, Ltd.
The Lighting Quotient Truly Green Solutions
Boca Flasher
Litelab Corporation Ubicquia
Capital Electric – A Sonepar
Los Angeles Lighting Mfg. Co. Urban Solar
Company
Louis Poulsen Lighting, Inc. USAI Lighting
Con Edison Company of New York
Louvers International Velux America, Inc.
ConTech Lighting
LUMA Lighting Design/PAE Vermont Energy Investment
Crenshaw Lighting
Engineers Corporation
Douglas Lighting Controls
LSI Industries, Inc. Visa Lighting
Duke Energy Co.
Lucifer Lighting Company WAC Lighting Company
DWM Holdings
Lumenomics XtraLight Energy Efficient Lighting
e-Lumen International, Inc.
LumenPulse Solutions
Eclipse Lighting, Inc.
LumenWerx, Inc. Zumtobel Lighting
Edison Price Lighting, Inc.
The Luminaires Group
EiKO
Metalumen Manufacturing, Inc. *Contributor Sustaining Members
Elation Professional
Moxie Lighting are listed at www.ies.org.
EnduraliteLED, Ltd.
Nanometer Lighting
Energyficient Systems, Inc.
National Grid
Enterprise Lighting, Ltd.
National Park Service

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• Newcomb & Boyd • TSL Consulting + Design Group Ltd • KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• Professional Lighting Services • Walker Consultants
• Tom Dixon • Wright Engineering Corporation

Whether you are a manufacturer, utility company, distributor, sales agency, engineering firm, architectural firm, or any other professional or
technical business that engages with lighting, each organization can pick and choose levels of benefits and discounts for their company
employees directly—and in certain cases, non-employees’ partners, as well—furthering the reach to a larger group of professionals. The complete
new Sustaining Membership structure (including the tax deduction levels) is listed at: www.ies.org/membership/ies-sustaining-membership.

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qualify for the University Membership. For more information on program benefits go to: www.ies.org/membership/ies-university-membership.
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 1.
2.
1. Aculux announces enhancements
to the AX series of architectural
luminaires. The 4-in. aperture AX4 is
now offered in 11 smooth, striation-
free optical distributions. Initially
available in an adjustable format
for accent lighting, AX4 can now
be specified with a fixed downlight
housing or a wall-wash housing. It
delivers up to 3,200 lumens and
numerous trim styles and finishes.
aculux.acuitybrands.com
2. Excelitas Technologies Corp.
introduces the X-Cite NOVEM as the
latest addition to its fluorescence
illumination product line. The LED
illuminator is ideally suited for
challenging imaging applications that
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4.
require high excitation power and
individual wavelength control including
slide scanning, live cell imaging, FISH,
Fura-2 ratiometric imaging and general
fluorescence microscopy. Its high
power reduces scan time for multiplex
imaging and its pre-installed filters
simplify system setup.
www.excelitas.com
3. Tracy Glover Studio introduces
the option to suspend any of the
Tracy Glover Studio handblown
glass pendants with additional rope
detailing. Originally designed for
custom projects, the rope option for
pendants was created to bring depth
and texture to any space, as well as to
draw contrast when paired alongside
3.
other lighting pieces. The combination
of materials includes handblown glass,
rope and metal finishing.
www.tracygloverstudio.com
4. Sonneman introduces Zoom, a
surface-mounted light that features a
fluid transition from square to round.
Used singularly or in multiples, Zoom
can be arranged in linear, square or
offset arrangements across a space.
It is configured as a 6-in. square and
is available in finishes of satin white,
dove grey and satin black.
www.sonnemanawayoflight.com
5. Schonbek announces the Verdana
product line. Verdana includes four
chandeliers and one sconce defined

5.
6.
by an effortlessly elegant aesthetic. Each of Verdana’s
fixtures pairs delicate strands of crystal that meld into a
basket silhouette with handcrafted metal arms. Illumination
from the fixtures is reflected in the faceted crystal strand
surfaces. The product line includes the brand’s largest arm
chandelier as well as a three-arm chandelier tailored to fit
smaller, transitional spaces.
www.schonbek.com
6. Chroma-Q introduces the Sandi 1622 Video
Conferencing Key Light. Sandi features two adjustment
dials that allow users to control the intensity from 0 to
100%, and the color temperature from warm white to cool
white. The LED-driven light engine provides a flicker-free
source for cameras. The light can fit around a monitor
up to 24 in. and provides a physical support for phones,
laptops and tablets.
www.chroma-q.com
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Photos: ALVA Lighting
THROUGH THE CORRIDOR
he Panoramic, a micro-apartment project in San
Francisco, features 120 studios and 40 suites, a
rooftop garden, public lounges on every floor and a
ground-floor cafe/lobby. Winding between these spaces,
the building’s high-traffic corridors became an issue for
developer Panoramic Interests, which was unable to use
recessed downlight cans in the concrete ceilings due to
the modular construction.
As an alternative, ALVA Lighting’s high-output LED
Betty wall sconces were chosen for the corridor egress
lighting based on their ability to illuminate a 50-ft corridor
using less than 30 watts of electricity. The wall sconces
allowed for customization without a dimming system thanks
to a light-level dial. Vandal-resistant shades also added to
the fixtures’ appeal for the high-traffic location.
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7. Intense Lighting (a Leviton
company) announces the new SD
downlighting series for commercial
applications. The series features
clean, uniform illumination in 30-, 50-
and 70-deg beam distributions. It also
features 90 CRI standard, two-step
binning for color consistency, and a
4-in. remodel. The series is available
in 4-, 6- and 8-in. cylinders, new 7.
construction, wall wash and remodel
downlights.
www.intenselighting.com

8. Thorn Lighting introduces

NightTune technology. Created to
serve as a lighting solution that also
respects the nighttime ecosystem,
NightTune adjusts the level of light
emitted by a light fitting and its color
temperature to suit the exact time of
night, level of traffic, and the people
and creatures that inhabit the lit
environment. The solution works by
mixing light from warm and cool LEDs.
www.thornlighting.com 8.

9. Landscape Forms announces

the Slope luminaire. Featuring a
minimalist profile that subtly angles
9 deg, Slope blends into the
topography of urban landscapes.
Area and wall-mounted luminaires
are available with 18 and 36 LED
configurations, three power outputs
and several asymmetric distribution
types for multiple applications.
www.landscapeforms.com

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 10. Meyda Lighting announces the
Pine Branch Valley View chandelier.
The 52-in. chandelier features 12
beige iridescent art glass lanterns
that adorn pine branch shaped arms
accented with green hand-painted
pine needle metal accents. The fixture
is enhanced with an antique copper
finish. An adjustable chain allows the
height to range from 41.5 in. to 71.5
in. and it is UL and cUL listed for dry
and damp locations.
www.meyda.com

11. Modular Lighting Instruments

10. announces Smart 3.2 fixtures with
LED drivers from Lutron. The drivers
allow for a near-infinite mode of
lighting expressions, including high-
performance dimming. Driver options
include Hi-lume 1% 2-wire—a high-
performance LED driver that provides
continuous flicker-free dimming to
1%—as well as Hi-lume 1% EcoSystem
LED driver with digital control for
LEDs, which provides the addressing
of individual fixtures and status
11. feedback from the LED drivers.
www.supermodular.us

12. Whiteway Lighting introduces

the VSH Vanish Edge-Lit Petroleum
Gas Canopy for the convenience
store industry. Created with
convenience store operators in mind,
the luminaire features a low-profile
2.5-in. depth design, allowing it to
“disappear” into the canopy. It also
features an IP65 rating and edge-lit
technology for even illumination. It
12. can be pendant or surface mounted
with a ¾-in. conduit.
www.hubbell.com/whiteway

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 ith the reimagined
Beehive Bridge, the city
of New Britain, CT, just
got a bit sweeter. Design firm
Svigals + Partners’ concept

Photo: Land Sea Air Media/Courtesy Svigals + Partners

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theme of New Britain’s official
seal. Colorful translucent panels
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highway, and glow at night with
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