Integrating Interior Design, Lighting Design and Electrical Engineering

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Integrating Interior and Lighting Design

Jon Brooks, PE, LEED AP BD+C, IALD, CxA – PrincipalVannessa Pederson, LEED AP BD+C – Designer

Objectives of Today’s Discussion:

• Role of Interior Designer and Lighting Designer/Engineer

• General lighting information and typical coordination process

• What goes on behind the scenes

• Fixture placement and selection

• Other electrical coordination with Interior Designer

Scope Overlap

Layers of Lighting

Ambient Task Accent

Lighting Coordination

Ideal WorkFlow

DD

Interior picks aesthetics of fixtures with support from lighting designer as needed

Lighting engineer finds options to fit design, approves with interior designer

Lighting Engineer gets budget in check

Coordinate fixture locations and mounting options

CDs

Lighting engineer circuits and does calculations

Interior designer chooses fixture finishes

SDs

Coordination of spaces

Establish budget

Provide conceptual design options for lighting design to integrate with interior design presentation

Lighting Coordination

CA

Approved fixtures to be ordered by contractor or by Lighting Designer and Interior Designer (shop drawing review)

Aiming by Lighting Engineer(if necessary)

Quality control of installation at site

Lighting 101

Lighting 101

Speedbumps in Decorative Lighting

• Is photometric data available?

• Lamp Type options?

• Will the manufacturer provide a max wattage label if screw in replacement is necessary?

• What are the overall watts per square foot, required lighting controls and energy code compliances?

• Emergency options for decorative ambient lighting?

Non-decorative fixtures can be used in the area to accommodate the emergency function. Generally, downlights or inverters are used.

Lighting Coordination

Fixture Specification

Emergency OptionsLamp type options, No max wattage available

Likely need a max wattage label

No emergency options available, need back up or additional emergency light

Lighting Coordination

Elevations

• Sconce Elevations• ADA requirements• coordination with signage• coordination with wall elements

• Pendant Fixture Heights• coordination of stem lengths• field cuttable• appearance in room

Lighting Coordination

Modified Lighting Fixtures

• Special RLM color selection• Special Electrical Connection• Modified Suspension for Cluster Effect

• Modified Quantity of “Wings”

• Modified mounting due to the number of Wings

Lighting Coordination

Device Placement

• How do different items on look on plans vs. in real life?• How does it affect the interior design? • Avoiding wall clutter

Electrical Coordination

Faceplate Colors

• Receptacle faceplate covers vary in color, pattern and shape• can vary throughout a project based upon wall color and finish materials, requires

close coordination and labeling on plans

Electrical Coordination

Special Mounting Applications

Completely hidden

Mounted in baseboard

Horizontal mounting

Pop-out emergency lighting

Completely hidden

Electrical Coordination

Digital Dashboards andDigital Signage

Digital Dashboard

Digital Signage

Electrical Coordination

Questions?

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