Electrical Lighting Analysis: Bright & Dim Scenarios

Bright Scenario

For our electrical lighting design, we chose two primary lighting systems. The racetrack by Modern Form Dimensions. Each Room has at least two of the fixtures centrally located in each bay. This lighting system is used for task lighting and everyday use. These fixtures provide a much cooler color temperature for best visibility during work sessions, although LEDs in the system allow for color temperature adaptability.

In addition to the Racetrack, each room has a set of Silver-back wall mounted fixtures designed by Louis Paulson about 9 Feet from the floor. This fixture provides a diffuse warm light intended to act as ambient lighting. This unit has dimming features as well which would allow those who inhabit the space to control how much light is in the space. These lights are intended to be used in addition to the primarily racetrack light and as low light during the use of the projector.

Both systems will be connected to occupancy sensors and daylight harvesting sensors which can be manually overridden, along with a timer that can be adjusted by the inhabitant. The combination of these systems will make sure energy waste is minimized while giving back some control to the user to ensure the best lighting quality (make sure students are not sitting in the darkness when the sensors don’t see them move for a few hours). The Racetrack and Silverback both use LEDs to provide their lighting allowing for lower energy consumption.