EwingCole Lighting Design

Our Philosophy

We believe in the power of light, both in its natural and artificial form. Light creates an architectural story playing multiple roles in the creative process. Not only is lighting an integral component of the visual design, but it also plays the part of narrator - telling the story of the space. It transforms the static into kinetic - adding form, contrast, and color to invoke a unique and personal experience.

Our Approach

EwingCole’s Lighting Group strives to create unique and thoughtful design solutions that help communicate our client’s mission and enhance the built environment. We work with our clients to find innovative ways to integrate lighting technologies that are impactful, that maintain quality of a space, and enhance operational flexibility. We also look to captivate building occupants through the incorporation of natural light to balance artificial illumination.

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Lighting has the capacity to support the architectural integrity of a space, evoke an emotional response, and invoke unique, personal experiences.

LIGHTING DESIGN LEADERSHIP

CHRISTY ROGERS, PE, LC, LEED AP

DIRECTOR OF LIGHTING DESIGN, ASSOCIATE

Christy is a senior electrical engineer and lighting designer with a focus in Sports, Entertainment and Higher Education projects. Her specialties in lighting design, lighting control, and energy analysis have provided clients with environments that improve visitor experiences, working conditions, and overall energy expenditures. By coupling engineering and design expertise, Christy creates visually compelling, integrated, and functional design solutions. She has led the lighting design efforts on many of the firm’s most notable and large-scaled projects. Christy holds a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering and a Master of Architectural Engineering with emphasis in Lighting/Electrical Design from Penn State University. Over the past 15 years, she has been recognized with numerous awards for her design work and is a frequent speaker at both regional and national conferences. She is actively engaged in the lighting design community, currently serving as President of the Illuminating Engineering Society, Philadelphia Section.

ANGELA MATCHICA, PE, LC, LEED AP

DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL PROJECTS, PRINCIPAL

Angela Matchica is a Principal, Electrical Engineer, and Director of Cultural Projects at EwingCole. She believes strongly in the collaborative design process and consistently works to incorporate high-quality lighting and electrical systems within the built environment. She has focused her career on cultural, academic, and high-efficiency buildings- understanding the importance of designing for flexibility, ease of use, and longevity. Angela’s passion for sustainable design pushes her to develop innovative techniques to minimize energy use and reduce the carbon footprint for long-term client success. She was the lead lighting designer for the firm’s largest net-zero-energy design project, incorporating methods to reduce the lighting power use and optimize daylight. Angela is actively involved in the lighting community and presents at conferences and publishes articles on new technologies, lighting best practices for different building types, and net-zero design. Angela began her career in 2007 after completing her dual Master/Bachelor degree in Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

RICHARD G. GARMAN, PE

LIGHTING DESIGN PRINCIPAL

Rick is a senior electrical engineer who focuses on electrical power distribution and power generation for sports and entertainment venues, as well as healthcare, science & technology, corporate, education, cultural, and industrial projects. Rick also specializes in sports lighting design, energy efficiency and the design of solar power systems. He enjoys the integrated A/E design model and believes it brings value to his engineering designs. Rick has contributed to many notable projects and is also proud to have recently designed four net zero buildings that produce all their energy on-site through solar power generation. Rick has a Bachelor of Science from The Pennsylvania State University and joined EwingCole in 1996.

KYLE KAVANAUGH, PE

LIGHTING DESIGN ASSOCIATE

As an Associate at EwingCole, Kyle oversees electrical engineering and lighting design in the Irvine office. He has a passion for sustainable designs and enjoys working on highly technical projects. Kyle has orchestrated the electrical design for many projects in the science & technology, healthcare, and government industries with recent designs in Cell Therapy manufacturing. He has designed Net Zero and LEED buildings and is an award winner for his lighting designs. With over 15 years of experience in electrical and lighting design, Kyle is licensed in multiple states and holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. He joined the EwingCole family in 2013.

CARL SPEROFF IV, PE, LC

LIGHTING DESIGN ASSOCIATE

Carl combines his training in architectural engineering with his artistic vision to create engaging, unique, and energy efficient designs. He applies his philosophy of using both aesthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly lighting at various healthcare facilities, effectively blending his passion for lighting with his knowledge of controls and power distribution to create efficient, integrated designs.

LIGHTING DESIGN STRATEGIES

Daylight Integration

Integration of a daylighting strategy is a critical component to ensure a desirable work environment while minimizing electricity use from artificial lighting systems. We use daylight modeling software during the design process to inform the energy model and help make decisions about building interiors.

Simulation Modeling

We take a purpose-driven approach to lighting design to meet our clients’ aesthetic and energy saving goals. We use computer simulation modeling to optimize and assess our design solutions to produce the best possible outcome with

a focus on creating an ideal sense of place and decreasing energy consumption.

Custom Light Fixture Design

Our integrated design team works with a broad spectrum of clients in a variety of industries. Each client is unique, and each project often brings with its own vision and perspective. Our team works directly with manufacturers to develop custom lighting fixtures that are tailormade to complete any space.

Lighting Controls

Design strategies that reduce or shift peak energy demand are often very attractive from a life-cycle cost standpoint, especially when the local utility rate includes high demand

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charges. Smart building control systems pay a critical role in managing electricity demand, reducing energy costs and minimizing the built environment’s carbon footprint. Our integrated team works with clients to create lighting systems that respond to occupancy patterns and determine a demand-controlled strategy that reduces energy costs.

Complete Lighting Design Services:

Architectural lighting

Exterior lighting integration and master planning

Net Zero/high-performance lighting

Lighting controls

Daylight integration and energy conservation analysis

Computer simulation modeling and daylight analysis

Custom lighting fixture design

Lighting system integration with building management controls for smart-building operation

Construction administration services including programming coordination, fixture aiming, and tuning

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

DAVID H. KOCH HALL OF FOSSILS – NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

WASHINGTON, DC

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is home to the Institution’s collection of dinosaur fossils. Major renovations in the 1960s, 80s, and early 2000s, dramatically altered the appearance and unique character of Dinosaur Hall and museum administrators sought to bring it back in a meaningful and responsible way. Prior alterations concealed a skylight above the hall, obstructing natural light and altering the feel of the gallery. EwingCole’s renovation uncovered the skylight and surrounding exterior windows, restored decorative plasterwork, and upgraded the museum’s aging infrastructure with modern technologies. Each of the museum’s main halls are now open and inviting. Prior to the renovations you always felt like you were in an artificial setting, but so much of the museum’s story is about Earth’s broader ecosystem. The spaces have remarkably changed. They feel more expansive and alive.

PROJECT INTENT

Managing light sources in a museum is critical to the aesthetic of the exhibit design, the care of the priceless collection materials, and the integration of the museum’s character.

Since it’s 1910 opening, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s main halls were bathed in natural light, showcasing its prehistoric specimens in full view. The museum’s skylights remained prominent features of the structure throughout most of the 20th Century. Since the 1960s, however, the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils –Deep Time, formally known as Fossil Hall, had undergone several significant renovations, which drastically altered its appearance and concealed the Beaux-Arts designed hall’s enormous skylight, leaving some of the museum’s most notable specimens in the dark.

When planning and designing the 2019 renovation of the space, the design team decided to “uncover” these skylights and return a strong sense of daylight to the historic gallery.

To do this responsibly, the design team first identified what portions of the specimens were vulnerable to light damage. These specimens require care to preserve their biological and geological material for both research and the enjoyment of future generations of museum visitors. The team also looked at how to create an environment where the public can enjoy some of the Smithsonian’s most important pieces. Lighting is used to showcase the scale of the animals, the intricacy of their structure, and their context within a distant world. Finally, the team identified a strategy to reduce energy use. The project was a collaboration between lighting designers, engineers, architects, exhibit designers, conservators, collection managers, facility managers, and curators.

Since light was to be a prominent design element of the restoration, designers needed to understand the potential impact of daylight on the specimens. Using a complied list of resins, polymers and solvents typically used in museum mounting or specimen conservation efforts, we were able to analyze their sensitivity against varying light levels. That

early light modeling and material investigation set the stage for managing light levels throughout the design and construction phases.

Light levels allowable through the design were set during the feasibility study based on existing light levels within the Smithsonian’s sister halls. The design team determined that a maximum of 10 footcandles (FC), or 100 lux, was enough to both illuminate the hall to adequately display the specimens while shielding them from harmful light radiation.

The team ultimately turned to a glazing system containing an advanced aerogel nanotechnology that serves as both an insulator and light filter. We developed a custom skylight glazing unit utilizing the aerogel technology. This material contains 90% air and is one of the lightest and most effective insulating materials currently available. It both protects the biological and geological integrity of the specimens while regulating heat gain within the hall. This material mitigates both ultraviolet light and heat as it illuminates the gallery.

Prior to the renovations, the space felt artificial. Controlled daylight now floods the hall for the first time in nearly two decades, the prehistoric specimens below remain protected and the hall’s grandeur is restored. It’s soaring ceilings, ornate moldings and sheer scale are once again available for the public to enjoy.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES

CITIZENS BANK PARK PHILADELPHIA, PA

In 1999, the Philadelphia Phillies decided they no longer wanted to share a stadium with the hometown football team. The goal for their new ballpark was to incorporate the best aspects of the great pre-war ballparks while providing modern amenities and making use of the latest technological advances in sports entertainment. The 43,500-seat ballpark opened in 2004. Located in the Philadelphia Sports Complex, it creates an intimate, lasting, and entertaining baseball experience for fans. The design, inspired by Philadelphia’s rich tradition of architecture and baseball, transforms an industrial site into an inviting streetscape.

PROJECT INTENT

To heighten the visitor experience at Citizens Bank Park, EwingCole provided amenity upgrades, maintaining the Philadelphia Phillies’ home as a top tier stadium in Major League Baseball. One of the key improvements included upgraded sports and general LED lighting system.

Large facilities like CBP have multiple end-users with divergent and mutually exclusive priorities with regard to lighting. The production team may want complex programming and integration with third-party systems while the maintenance and operations departments want simplicity and clearly defined scopes of responsibility.

EwingCole managed the design and procurement of the new LED sports lighting and control system for the Phillies that met functional goals of reliability and safety, ease of maintenance and high-quality television broadcast lighting with minimal glare to the players and spectators.

System reliability was the number one concern. While reliability is always important, with sports lighting and public entertainment venues in particular, the stakes are undeniably higher. Sporting events and live shows are scheduled long in advance and may be recorded or broadcast. A lighting failure is costly and potentially dangerous. To mitigate the potential of system failure, the design team employed a series of redundancies throughout the system such as additional normal power panels on

lighting sources, processing and server distribution and additional override key-switches.

Governing sports organizations mandate specific and consistent light levels across the playing area for every game. Meeting those levels requires coordination between the lighting fixtures and the lighting controls. Although the design team was coordinating with two separate manufacturers, fixtures and controls were specified as a complete working system.

The control system needs to handle the base building lighting control as well as the Dynamic Sports Lighting. The stadium needed a sequence of operations for the base building and programming direction or criteria for the Dynamic Sports Lighting. This installation included a DMX control system allowing dynamic lighting effects such as home run, strike-out and victory celebration features, creating an immersive in-game experience for spectators.

In addition to the dynamic show capabilities, the system provided multiple scenes to align with the stadium’s ever-changing needs such as maintenance, security and numerous concert modes. The final installation provided improved lighting levels and uniformities, minimized glare, and reduced energy consumption. The game-time setting reduced overall energy expenditures by nearly 60%, saving just over 800KW.:

MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER

MSK - NASSAU NASSAU COUNTY, NY

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has devoted more than 130 years to exceptional patient care, innovative research, and outstanding educational programs. Their goal is to conveniently locate outpatient facilities so that their patients can receive MSKCC’s high quality of care closer to home. This new 127,000 sf building design is rooted in the farmers’ markets common to this area of Long Island, while the characteristics and textures of home provide the character and details within each space. Interior gardens and informal gathering spaces were created within infusion to provide visual interest to patients receiving treatment.

PROJECT INTENT

To provide patients choice and distraction, and in response to the surrounding expanses of parking and suburban retail, the design concepts for this 127,000SF cancer center were rooted in the sensibility of smaller residential scale “rooms” bringing a more comforting personal scale to the care provided. The challenge was to provide a universal but distinct design; one that implemented the client’s design standards, created a calming patient environment, and provided a themed solution unique to the facility. The design needed to be energy efficient, low maintenance, and user- friendly. In circulation areas, client standard downlight, linear, and cove luminaires create wayfinding points and provide general illumination levels required for a healthcare facility. 3,500 sources strike a balance between abundant daylight and the residential feel of the space.

Using LED sources and client standards reduced maintenance and attic stock and provided cost, space, and time savings for the regional facilities group. Each waiting

space is reminiscent of residential settings, whether it be the loft, den, veranda, or library. The themes for each room evolved from the amount of daylight entering the space and its openness to the exterior. The lighting design was tailored to each waiting area, with distinct decorative luminaires or lighting features highlighting each space. Pendants were selected to match the finishes within a space.

The veranda employs ample daylight and an illuminated ceiling; the den utilizes decorative sconces to create a cozy environment. Client standard downlights with custom painted reflectors match the ceiling or trim while addressing maintenance concerns. A networked, 0- 10V lighting control system provides zoned control throughout the facility. Each layer of light can be adjusted and tuned to the specific space requirements or time of day. Perimeter luminaires are controlled via photocell. LPD of 0.61 is 35% better than ASHRAE allowance and the project achieved LEED Silver rating.

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awards:

IES Philadelphia Section Award Illuminating Engineering Society Philadelphia Chapter

LIGHTING DESIGN CLIENTS

Alcon

American Red Cross

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia City of Hope Columbia University

Cornell University

Department of Defense Education Authority (DoDEA) Duke University

Franklin Institute Illumina Jefferson Laboratories Johns Hopkins University Johnson & Johnson Kite Pharma LabCorp Lenovo

Liberty Science Center Lincoln Financial Group Live Nation Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NAVFAC

New York Football Giants

New York Mets

NewYork-Presbyterian Northwell Health

Olympus America

Pfizer

Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Phillies Rosenbach Museum & Library SCA Americas

Smithsonian Institution

University of North Carolina University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Health System United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Department of Energy United States Military Academy United Therapeutics Corporation Veterans Administration (VA) Villanova University

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