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(music).now the right design for lighting will be a big part of that vision, so that is whatwe are doing today. designing perfect lighting for a collaborative workspace.i think lighting as part of the vision is really, really important because it sets theambiance for the space it really creates the feeling in the environment and so having theproper lighting to do the work is important. but first things first, it all starts withthe ceiling grid because that's where the light fixtures are hung and the sound issuesare addressed. so in designing this ceiling my thought was noise reduction first and thenhow do i light this space? i definitely want to use led linear lightfixtures for uniform brightness and energy
savings as well as fun elements of designlike decorative cloud formations and drop ceilings to address sound and ascetics. theemployees who will be working here are coming from a space that was poorly lit with florescentlighting, so i think bringing in a lot of daylight and mixing that with led and moreefficient lighting systems will make for more productive employees.i met with sean brown from armstrong today, their principal scientist. he put me at easefor the design decisions i've already made. it's really a kind of situation where formmeets function in such a beautiful way because i really wanted to utilize these armstrongdecorative products. at armstrong we work closely with architecturalleaders, designers, facility managers, building
owners, occupants, all people that touch thebuilt environment so we're constantly hearing about design challenges. so if an architectsays that they have a need for a certain type of lighting integration than we will turnthat into product development for our ceiling tile products, our suspension systems. wehave suspension systems that allow for easy lighting integration, we have cloud constructionthat comes in a kit. you can't see the hanger wires it literally looks like a suspendedabsorptive ceiling cloud. after talking with sean, we are going to gowith the armstrong's tech zone ceiling. it will allow us to integrate the lighting aswell as all the other service elements we are going to need for the building. with armstrongceilings underway, i'm now ready to turn to
the specific challenge that awaits us in lighting.the people i've found to help me bring state of the art products that definitely shed lighton the challenge. for now we are turning our attention to the interior building lights.my challenge is to create lighting within the building that will improve both the qualityof the workspace and be energy efficient. one of the biggest challenges presented tome by my client was that he needs to fit 54 employees into one bullpen area. to properlylight that space is a challenge! so, you know, i really need to find the right product tolight the space properly. there's a lot to consider, and i wanted to bring in the rightpeople with the expertise to make sure i was creating an environment that will not onlybe well lit but will promote productivity.
so i've brought in lighting designer alejandrovargas from miami lighting design associates and tom shumaker from acuity lighting, sothat i can outline the design concept and the lighting challenges.i have a couple areas that i want to talk to you guys about. we have the bullpen area,which is going to seat 54 employees in cubicles. i also have private offices. each office hasa window, so there is a lot of natural daylight that comes in. the offices have glass frontsto allow that natural daylight to come into the bullpen, but these bullpen areas are goingto be a little bit darker. so, we need to address and be careful abouthow we light these spaces so employees can have a more efficient and productive workspace.the other area of concern for me are these
meetings areas and boardrooms. in these spaces,you know, they're a little bit more formal. we'll have clients from other companies comingto see us, and so these spaces we need to light and make sure that they don't interferewith our technology. we have a lot of projection screens and things that could interfere, thelight could interfere with the technology. when i saw kalyn's design, it was a completelyopen ceiling and she had the idea of putting this drop square ceiling in different areasof the open office areas. so we have to work around the lighting around those drop areas.when you have challenges like this it brings you unique designs.so the product that we're going to recommend, that i recommend, is going to be from markarchitectural. it's a slot fixture. it's designed
to go into many armstrong ceilings, includingthe tech zone ceiling that you have on this project.i needed a light fixture that worked with the ceiling grid, it needed to be linear,led, and of course energy efficient. so seeing how the grid application worked with the lightfixture from acuity brands, i could see it was a match made for a designer. so this isan led linear fixture that sits inside of our grid system?yes, it's all led. i mean we have a couple different areas, likein our flex space here, which is going to be our social digital room. we have sort ofa different flexible, modular moveable seating arrangement for these employees. so what doyou suggest for these areas?
well in these open areas there is a recessround product called the magellan and it's also from mark lighting. it's available inled as well. the advantage that we have is it's a round fixture so it kind of gives theimpression that you have a sky light in there and you're letting the outside light in andwe can control the intensity depending on what type of functions that you're tryingto hold in that room. ok very cool. and what about, what kind ofoptions do you have for the coves? because alejandro is talking about changing the lightingmechanism in the corridor. the cove would be something similar to theother products. in fact going led you don't have maintenance; you don't have to changelight bulbs in the cove it would very difficult.
so we want to put a high efficiency, highperformance led cove fixture that's going to give you ambient light and indirect lightin there, again addressing non-glare and a path of walk way for people to navigate theirenvironment. three different lighting requirements forthree different areas. i'm really happy with the plan we've come up with. now if we canget everything installed without any hitches, i will be completely satisfied.(music). (music).it's always very satisfying when multiple pieces of this puzzle come together like thecontractors with wiring.com are now working with acuity light fixtures and the armstronggrid ceiling is coming together. and it's
fun to see all of the different disciplinesworking together and making everything a reality. what we have going in here in the executiveoffices is the armstrong system, the ceiling grid system which is made specifically forthe acuity lights that are going in here. you have these eight foot long t's and thetwenty two inch t's that create a four inch by eight foot slot for the lights to comedown into. it's a great system i guess devised by acuity and armstrong to accommodate thelights. it's an awesome system. it's got a custom finish to it and it's the first i'veseen of it, it's really nice. this system will be throughout the buildingand in your larger bullpen areas. you have your 12 foot high ceiling grid and then theclouds will drop below to help with the acoustics
and sound deadening and again the acuity lightsare throughout and so it's a great system to have going in here.i think the acuity products; especially the mark lighting fixtures, actually enhancedmy vision for the space. it made it so much more beautiful and clean and the way thatthese fixtures attach to the ceiling it's just beautiful and seamless. now the wausauwindows that we've installed have helped a lot in keeping our outer office spaces cooland filled with natural daylight…. but these high tech gadgets in the acuity brands ledlighting fixtures include cutting edge technology known as daylight harvesting, which basicallymeans a sensor measures the amount of daylight coming into the space and automatically adjustsitself. so it's an energy-efficient way to
keep the proper amount of light in a spaceso that workers can be productive. these products here will dim down to zero,dim to dark is what we call it, and allow a lot of flexibility and also incorporateday light harvesting which is something else that you talked about with a lot of windowson these office areas here. so the daylight harvesting is kind of a set-it-and-forget-itand it provides you with another layer of saving energy for your customers.so because energy efficiency is so important tell me a little bit about these daylightharvesting sensors. so basically what we want to do is we wantto bring in the natural light and we want the natural light to be able to control theamount of light so we don't have too much
glare. i don't need my led light fixturesto be on full power and full brightness when i have a lot of daylight coming through thewindows. we've matched all of our chips and all ofthe different products so from fixture to fixture, from family to family they're allgoing to be identical in the color temp and that's going to be really important as youstart walking through the space and you want the productivity from your employees and youwant to make sure that we're capitalizing on saving energy without having to do anything.it's going to be all automatic. nobody has to touch anything for that.when we went to acuity and looked at all of the options they had for lighting i was blownaway by the fact that they do things that
you would never even think about. so fromthe daylight harvesting, as an example, where as the light gets brighter during the daythe lights automatically adjust to account for that light and when it gets darker ifyou happen to have a rainy day, then all of the sudden the lights come up to try and createthat uniform environment. which is really neat i never thought that something like thatexisted. audey cash from acuity brands lighting alsopaid us a visit and gave a lot of good insight into how this whole lighting system reallyworks. when you first walk into a space like thisyou'll realize that it's very clean and attractive and it's a beautiful work environment, butwhat's going on sort of behind the scenes
in the light fixtures and in the controlsis really a digital network working to make sure everything works in harmony. throughoutthe space there are a myriad of controls used. we have occupancy sensors to detect peopleand motion. we have daylight sensors to detect available sunlight. as the sunlight increasesthe lights will dim. and manual controls on the walls to allow occupants to dim and controlthe lights as they see fit. we said that this was going to be a high techbuilding and it starts from the top down. we've only started to install the technologythat i've designed for the building. (music).(music). we are at that stage of construction wheneverything we do is very visible and really
making a visible difference. we're startingto see how all the design is starting to come together. the armstrong ceiling suspensionsystem is installed throughout the building along with all the acuity brands lighting.we turned the lights on and they look fantastic. the acuity brands lighting led linears inthe bullpen area and the office spaces are really going to make a difference for theemployees. being a production company lighting playsa critical role in the filming of our production, but i never thought that lighting would playsuch a large role in our office environment and with acuity lighting, the unbelievabletechnology, the cutting edge technology that they have in their lights and the look andfeel of the lights in the new office environment
was something i never expected to achieve.we expect to achieve it on the set, but not in the office and they really went well beyondour expectations. i have to admit it was a complicated process.it took a lot of coordination…. a lot of communication and a lot of site meetings betweenme, armstrong, acuity brands lighting, and wiring.com.but i think the end result looks really clean, really modern, and the aesthetic lines areperfect! you know when people walk into a space andit just feels good? and they don't know why? that's because of great design! and i thinkthis ceiling just feels good and it does so many other things than just look good. itcreates symmetry, it provides intelligent
lighting, and it saves energy!(music).