Waldmann Lighting News
Distributed Energy Magazine Jan/Feb 2010
Slashing Lighting Costs
Facility managers and building owners are starting to pay more attention to their lighting needs.
By Dan Rafter
Vincent Rieselman faced a challenge. The senior designer needed to provide adequate lighting for a combination lecture hall/computer lab at Estrella Mountain Community College in Avondale, AZ. The problem? The space he needed to light was cavernous, measuring 60-feet-by-60-feet.
Rieselman decided that a creative solution was his best option. He went with a two-pronged approach, first calling for canopy lights to hang above 70 computer workstations in the lecture hall. He also called for the installation of seven rows of strip pendant lighting fixtures that would dangle from the space’s ceiling. Rieselman, satisfied with this solution, submitted his plans to the college in late August.
For Rieselman, senior designer at Phoenix, AZ-based Orcutt/Winslow, an architecture, planning and interior design firm, this approach was the only way to cost effectively provide the best lighting possible for the college’s students, and to make sure that the lecture hall was transformed into a more pleasant learning environment.
Read the entire article: http://www.distributedenergy.com/january-february-2010/slashing-lighting-costs.aspx
Rieselman decided that a creative solution was his best option. He went with a two-pronged approach, first calling for canopy lights to hang above 70 computer workstations in the lecture hall. He also called for the installation of seven rows of strip pendant lighting fixtures that would dangle from the space’s ceiling. Rieselman, satisfied with this solution, submitted his plans to the college in late August.
For Rieselman, senior designer at Phoenix, AZ-based Orcutt/Winslow, an architecture, planning and interior design firm, this approach was the only way to cost effectively provide the best lighting possible for the college’s students, and to make sure that the lecture hall was transformed into a more pleasant learning environment.
Read the entire article: http://www.distributedenergy.com/january-february-2010/slashing-lighting-costs.aspx