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The Light Factory

Art.-Nr. 1028676000 EN 10/2006

The potential to influence architecture through light is unlimited.

With ERCOs hardware and software, light becomes the fourth
dimension of architecture. Our
product is light which is why
we call ourselves ERCO, the Light
Factory.

Contents

ERCO the Light Factory

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Light the fourth dimension of architecture

Projects

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67

Lighting qualities
The language of light
Vertical illuminance

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Tune the Light

Scenography in the lighting network
Lighting tools
System design

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Lighting applications
Application area: museums
Application area: the retail sector
Application area: outdoor

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The Light Factory

Design, manufacture and logistics
Workshops and seminars

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ERCO the Light Factory

ERCO showrooms
Experiencing light and using services
worldwide

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Information logistics
Products Projects Guide
The Guide in the Light Scout
Virtual luminaires and simulation

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Experiencing light worldwide

ERCO addresses

ERCO specialises in producing engineering

hardware and software for architectural lighting. First and foremost, we see ourselves as
selling light, not luminaires. This approach,
which places the immaterial software of
light above the physical hardware of the luminaires, has been the trademark of our work
for many years. Thats why we call ourselves:
ERCO, the Light Factory.
Light interprets spaces and helps us to perceive and experience them. In this sense, we
consider light to be the fourth dimension
of architecture.
ERCOs indoor luminaires, outdoor luminaires and lighting control systems constitute
an extensive range of lighting equipment for
general, comprehensive, architectural lighting solutions. The luminaire is a lighting tool,
a piece of lighting equipment with a special
practical purpose.
The far-reaching change that lighting technology is currently undergoing due to new
lamps, new lens systems, digitally networkable
control gear and the corresponding software
leads to previously unimagined possibilities.
We call this new approach Tune the light.
Just as networking has allowed new perspectives in lighting technology, so too ERCOs
close-knit organisational network also allows
optimum logistics and sales advice all around
the globe. This brochure presents all the facets
of both the networked architectural lighting
and the ERCO Service network.

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Light the fourth dimension of architecture

Projects

Making good architecture even better through

the right lighting is what we see as our cultural contribution and the raison dtre of our
activities. Today, ERCO illuminates museums,
universities, shop windows, churches, airports,
monuments, hotels, chain stores, trade fair
stands, administrative buildings, parks, private
houses and much more besides. Irrespective of
whether the architectural concept emphasises
functionality or presentation: our goal is, and
has always been, to find a solution that does
justice to the specific use and architectural
features of each project.

Kunstmuseum
Stuttgart (Stuttgart
Art Museum), Stuttgart.
Architect: Hascher &
Jehle, Berlin. Lighting
design: Peter Andres,
Hamburg, ibb Burrer &
Deuring Ingenieurbro
GmbH, Ludwigsburg.

Kastrup Sbad bathing

platform, Copenhagen/
Kastrup. Architect:
White Arkitekter A/S.
Lighting design: White
Design AB, Gteborg.

Louvre, glass pyramid,

Paris. Architect: I M Pei.
Lighting design: Claude
Engle, Chevy Chase.

BMW Works, Central

Building, Leipzig.
Architect: Zaha
Hadid, London.
Lighting design:
Equation Lighting
Design, London.

D&G Shop, London.

Architect: Rodolfo
Dordoni, Milan.

Revealing the environs:

uplights illuminate the
tree-tops. The bollard
luminaires emit their
light downwards without glare and provide
safe pathway lighting
(ERCO factory grounds,
Ldenscheid).

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Lichtrouten 2004:
"Loher Wldchen"
park, Ldenscheid.
Lighting design: DIAL,
Ldenscheid.

Literaturmuseum der
Moderne (
Museum
of Modern Literature),
Marbach am Neckar.
Architect: David
Chipperfield, London/
Berlin.

Museum Ara Pacis,

Rome. Architect:
Richard Meier, New
York. Lighting design:
Fisher Marantz Stone,
New York.
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Lighting qualities
The language of light

Ambient lighting

A lighting control system such as the ERCO

Light System DALI enables the balance of the
different qualities of light to be easily opti
mised and adjusted to suit changing condi
tions while the building or space is occupied.
Such adjustment may be dependent on usage,
i.e. by modifying light scenes and recalling
them manually; or dependent on time, by
using timer programs.
The effect on the architecture can be com
pletely changed at the touch of a button by
altering the stress of the accent lighting.
The style of scenic lighting can be enhanced
by electronically controlled, coloured light
ing effects and dynamic progressions. This in
turn can only be seen to full advantage when
there is a corresponding reduction in ambient
lighting.

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The ambient lighting

component usually con
sists of an evenly dis
tributed light designed
for general visibility.
Most standards relating
to purely quantitative
lighting design usually

consider this compo

nent of light alone, e.g.
regulations for specific
illuminance levels at
the workplace.

Whether lighting a museum, a boutique or a

park, there is always a language of light. This
concept has evolved over several decades and
is now a means for analysing and structuring
lighting projects. The three basic categories
of this language ambient lighting, accent
lighting and scenic lighting go back to the
American Richard Kelly, a pioneer of lighting
design whose projects have included the light
ing of the Seagram Building in New York for
Mies van der Rohe.
Experience shows that lighting concepts
are considered to be pleasing and success
ful when all three components ambient
lighting, accent lighting and scenic lighting
are present in a well-balanced relationship.

Ambient lighting +
Accent lighting

Ambient lighting +
Accent lighting +
Scenic lighting

Accent lighting uses

brightness contrasts
to set up hierarchies
of perception. This
especially relates to
the use of directed
light to emphasise
areas or objects in the
space. This attracts the
view of the observer
and enhances spatial
awareness.

Scenic lighting incor

porates the range of
lighting effects that
are used for their own
sake either to add
atmospheric or deco
rative touches rather
than because they have
any practical function.
Examples include the
atmosphere created by
a candle on a restau
rant table, an object of

Light Art or coloured

lighting whose main
purpose is to influence
and change the colour
impression given in a
room.

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Lighting qualities
Vertical illuminance

Wallwashing:
scenic lighting
The vertical surfaces
of a space can be transformed by the use of
appropriate lighting
tools into projection
screens for dynamic
scenic effects. Projec
tions or changing
patterns of colour
can be eye-catching
and attractive.

Space can be defined and continually reinter

preted with light. Looking at walls and other
vertical surfaces, it soon becomes apparent
that these are crucial for how architecture is
perceived. Illuminated walls enable the shape
and dimensions of a room to be comprehended
and cause the entire room to appear bright. A
wall illuminated with perfect uniformity has
an almost immaterial effect. Objects such as
photos, posters or paintings can be optimally
viewed. We refer to the lighting tools for this
kind of lighting as wallwashers. ERCO has
been developing and perfecting such special
luminaires for decades. The result is a range of
instruments for illuminating vertical surfaces
that is unparalleled in terms of its scope and
variety.

Wallwashing:
ambient lighting
Successful wallwashing
can be so subtle that it
is hardly perceived as
wall lighting; instead
the observer is only

aware of a pleasant
brightness in the
room. The diffuse light
reflected from the wall
provides the ambient
lighting.

Wallwashing and
accent lighting
Illumination of vertical
surfaces as the back
ground with directed
highlighting in the
foreground. Together
these form a classic
concept using light
to add scenic effects
to objects in space.

The dual-focus wall

washer an ERCO
speciality produces
particularly good uni
formity across the wall
due to its wallwasher
reflector. Furthermore,
the lamp is completely
shielded by an antidazzle cone, resulting
in exceptional visual
comfort.

Wallwashing:
accent lighting
Selectively lighting
certain surfaces that
delineate a given space
allows hierarchies of
perception to be dis
creetly created, which
influences our percep
tion of the spatial
dimension. The surface
properties of walls,
such as their colour,
texture and physical
construction, are effec
tively emphasised by
vertical illumination.

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Scenography in the lighting network

Our new catch phrase Tune the

light is a logical development
of our Light not luminaires
approach. Digitally networked
electronic controls enable multiple lighting parameters to
be manipulated. Light can be
manipulated even more easily,
more individually and more
flexibly than ever before all
this is encapsulated in Tune the
light. The interaction of control
hardware and software and the
addressable luminaires in the
ERCO Light System DALI opens
up new dimensions for scenographic design.
The possibilities for styling rooms
with light are virtually endless.
One of the most fascinating
properties of light is its ability to
continually reinterpret architecture. Staging and controlling such
transformations with the inclusion
of the time dimension is what we
refer to as scenographic light.
Networked lighting from ERCO
provide the basis for shaping how
light interacts with space, time
and atmosphere to form a coherent scenography more easily and
economically than ever before.

The beauty of being

able to control each
individual lamp with
Light System DALI can
be seen, for instance, in
those situations where
a scenographic lighting concept requires
changing patterns on
a facade.

The appearance of a
room is influenced
as much by different
brightness levels as it
is by colour contrasts
of the surfaces. Digitally controlled lighting tools such as the
Quadra LED varychrome
wallwasher allow the
architecture to be continually re-interpreted.

The Light System DALI links

digitally controllable luminaires
together to form lighting networks networks that use individual addressing and grouping
independent of the structure of
the electrical circuits. This results
in a significant paradigm shift
in lighting design: instead of
having a specific, fixed lighting
set-up, the new lighting technology creates the conditions for
multiple lighting effects in multi
functional spaces.

ERCO track
with DALI live end
It is especially when
lighting gardens or
parks that a scenographic approach
means designing the
interaction between
artificial light and
environmental factors
such as weather and
natural light.

Light Clients
Light Clients

Light Studio

Light Server

Light Changer

Light Clients
Outdoors

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Lighting tools

The most important

groups in the indoor
luminaire product
range are the spotlight/
track systems and the
recessed luminaires. The
complete range can be
found in the ERCO Light
Scout (www.erco.com)
under Products.

The luminaire is a lighting tool,

a piece of lighting equipment
with a special practical purpose.
This approach is reflected in the
design of our products. ERCOs
product range for architectural
lighting includes the three areas
of: lighting control systems,
indoor luminaires and outdoor
luminaires. Together, they ensure
that holistic lighting concepts
can be realised.
Taking system design to its
logical conclusion is a character
istic feature of the ERCO product
range. The system concept occurs
at all levels: from the extensive
range of accessories to an individ
ual luminaire and from the modu
lar system featuring a uniform
design within each product range
to the uniform documentation
of all products. This allows them
to be combined in the best way
possible in the design process.
The DALI technology gives our
product system an additional
virtual software level on which
all ERCO Light Clients can be
conveniently networked.

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The outdoor luminaire

product range extends
from powerful spot
lights and floodlights
to bollard luminaires
and LED orientation
luminaires. It covers all
architecturally related
outdoor lighting appli
cations.

The Light System DALI

and the Light Studio
software add a new
virtual dimension to
the system concept
of the ERCO product
range.

System design
The Optec spotlight
is an example of how
ERCO product ranges
offer a wide selection
of different light intensity distributions and
lamp options in a
uniform design.

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System design

The Beamer (left),

Focalflood (centre) and
Parscoop (right) prod
uct ranges all share the
same mounting acces
sories, which cover all
practical mounting
options in outdoor
situations.

Adjustable colour
As an integral part of
the Light System DALI
lighting control instal
lation, the ERCO Light
Studio software provides
operational control that
allows light colours and
dynamic progressions to
be adjusted from vary
chrome luminaires in the
most convenient and
simplest possible way.

Taking system design to its logical

conclusion is a characteristic fea
ture of ERCO products. We never
develop products in isolation but
always design whole product
groups that are clearly positioned
within the well-defined structure
of the overall product range. This
includes using versatile system
accessories to adapt the lighting
tools to suit particular require
ments. The ability to interlink
digitally controllable Light Clients
using the Light System DALI and
the incorporation of the Light
Studio software as a user inter
face for complex luminaire func
tions is an equally important part
of this concept.

Mounting options
Accessories such as
upright supporting poles
and cantilever arms, as
well as variants with
cantilever brackets make
the asymmetric Parscoop
washlight a universally
applicable tool for the
uniform illumination of
surfaces.

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Adjustable brightness
In the Light Studio
software Light Clients
that can be dimmed
digitally via DALI are
operated intuitively,
using a slider control.

Lighting engineering
accessories
Accessories allowing
special requirements
to be fulfilled are avail
able for many ERCO
products. These range
from colour filters and
protection filters to
lenses and anti-dazzle
attachments. The latter
further improve the
already excellent visual
comfort of the stand
ard luminaires.

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Lighting applications
Application area: museums

The design and construction of museums

has developed into a showcase discipline for
architecture. Projects such as the Guggenheim
Museum in Bilbao alter the perception of
whole regions and, as a result, also their economic reality. The illumined glass pyramid of
the Louvre has replaced the Eiffel Tower as a
symbol for Paris. Such structures are highly
significant for the designers, building owners
and visitors. The quality demanded of the
lighting is correspondingly high: extensive
collections of material, in ideal conditions,
displayed in the best possible light. The lighting equipment has to successfully satisfy the
often-contradictory demands of visitors and
art conservationists regarding the protection
of the exhibits. New additions to collections,
new media and new forms of presentation all
make intensive use of scenographic strategies
and methods requiring appropriate, flexibly
controllable lighting systems. Holistic lighting
concepts which take outdoor conditions into
account will transform museum buildings into
nocturnal symbols of their particular locations. All these factors explain why museum
quality light is still seen as the ultimate
benchmark for lighting designers.

High quality spotlights

provide accent lighting
in museums. The crite
ria needed to ensure
the quality of a scenic
lighting installation
are: the availability of
different light intensity
distribution characteristics, an extensive
range of accessories
and details such as
lockable aiming.

Special lighting tools

are required for illuminating vertical surfaces absolutely evenly.
Especially in the area
of wallwashers, ERCO
offers an unparalleled
wide selection of differ
entiated lighting instruments: lens wallwashers,
dual-focus wallwashers,
washlights, and linear
wallwashers to name
a few.
Hardly anywhere else
is the need for vertical
illuminance quite so
important as for art
exhibitions. Correctly
designed washlighting

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achieves the optimum

results here to view the
artwork.

Maritime Museum,
Osaka: the holistic
lighting design takes
the museums external
appearance into consideration, transforming the museum into
a nocturnal landmark.

Illuminating art correctly is almost an art

in itself. Recommendations on lighting gal
leries and museums can
be found in the Guide
area of the ERCO Light
Scout (www.erco.com).

Architecture works:
the impact of the
Guggenheim Museum
on its host city has
become known as
the Bilbao Effect.
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Lighting applications
Application area: the retail sector

Scenographic light
in the shop: a design
medium that interprets
the themes and motifs
of a fashion or season
into a scene from
subtle to expressive.
The timed progression
of coloured light is an
effective eye-catcher.

It is the quality of the

merchandise in which
the retailer takes pride.
ERCO luminaires reveal
them in the best light.

These days designing retail areas predominantly means designing an experience: the
shopping experience or the brand experience.
This is central to the customer s perception.
Professional shop designers work scenographi
cally in order to build themes into a coherent
sequence of events. One of their tools used in
the process is light as an intangible medium
that allows space to be continuously reinterpreted.
Light performs a number of different functions in a shop. It attracts attention, allows the
goods to be seen to their best advantage and
helps both orientation and wellbeing. In addition, light serves as a medium for expressing
the contents and values of a brand so as to
promote brand recognition. In this way it
acts as a corporate light concept. Light can
also be used to accentuate the atmosphere
of seasonal themes, such as the seasonally
changing collections in the fashion industry.

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Track-mounted spotlights are the classical

solution for display
lighting with stagelike effects, as used
in shop windows.

The abundance of
light in todays retail
architecture would be
unthinkable without
high-efficiency metal
halide lamps. ERCO
offers an extensive
range of lighting tools
for these lamps tools
which are ideally suited
to the particular require
ments of shop design.

Special requirements apply to retail lighting.

On the one hand light is used professionally,
with a love of experimentation and with sceno
graphic concepts. On the other, stringent economical constraints are an ever-present reality. The intelligence and skill of the designers
combine with state-of-the-art lighting tools
to produce solutions satisfying the highest
aesthetic and functional requirements, yet
with low operating costs. Flexible, variable
and state of the art lighting systems are ideal

for the short cycles of the retail trade and yet

provide security for long-term investments.

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Lighting applications
Application area: outdoor

Dark Sky
Carefully designed
precision lighting tools
such as Panorama bollard luminaires help to
avoid glare and lighting pollution caused
















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The more discreet a

light source, the more
fascinating is the effect
on the object illumi
nated. In-ground lumi
naires are available with
various light distributions.

ERCOs outdoor program includes projectors and floodlights

with a range of power
ratings.



Architecture, in which external and internal

areas are designed as a composite whole,
requires a consistent approach to its lighting
design. The ERCO range of outdoor luminaires
has therefore been designed to complement
the full program accurately, enabling coherent and uniform lighting design concepts.
These lighting design tools set new standards
in terms of precision and visual comfort. They
have been found to be ideal in scenic lighting
installations for architecture, monuments,
urban areas and landscapes under the harshest conditions in the world from the Arctic
Circle to the deserts of Dubai and Australia.

by unnecessary spill
light emitted above the
horizontal plane.

Clean: accessories such

as filters or lenses are
internally mounted in
Beamer projectors and
are consequently protected by the housing.

Designing scenographic
light in the outdoor
area means determining how artificial light
interacts with environmental factors such as

the weather and natural light where the

timer functions of the
Light Studio software
is ideal.
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The Light Factory

Design, manufacture and logistics

ERCO has its headquarters in Ldenscheid,

an industrial town steeped in tradition, right
in the heart of Germany. The majority of
the 1000-plus workforce work here in the
Design, Production, Sales and Administration
departments. In addition to these, there are
the employees in the offices and showrooms
around the globe. The ERCO plant consists of
price-winning industrial buildings as a living
expression of the corporate culture.
Several thousand luminaires leave the
factory every day heading for buildings on
all continents and meeting the safety regula
tions of these destination countries. The pro
duction and testing processes are subject to
strict, certified standards, which ensure that
our products will provide a long functional
life.

The main feature of

the production department is flexibility. The
combination of intelligent automation and
excellently qualified,
versatile employees
enables the production
department to respond
quickly to customer
requests.

The Design, Marketing

and Sales departments
work together side by
side in the Technical
Centre. The transparent
and functional architecture, designed by
Prof. Uwe Kiessler, is an
expression of the ERCO
corporate culture.

The ERCO P3 high-bay

automated warehouse,
a design of the architects Schneider +
Schumacher, is the
heart of ERCOs networked goods logistics
system. From the
Ldenscheid site, the
company supplies
high-quality lighting
solutions to all the
important markets
in the world.

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New technologies such

as digital control electronics or LED technology are developed in
the ERCO laboratories
into marketable products ideally suited for
their intended use.

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The Light Factory

Workshops and seminars

Lighting design and the correct use of ERCO

products are demanding subjects. Scenographic lighting concepts introduce additional
creative dimensions which are often only
alluded to in design courses. For this reason,
developing user knowledge at ERCO is now
more important than ever. At the headquarters of the Light Factory in Ldenscheid, seminars and workshops are continually being held
for architects, designers, engineers and of
course also for the members of ERCOs global

Mock-up room
The mock-up room
is used both for dem
onstrating productionline products and for
testing prototypes
under variable conditions such as different
ceiling heights, which
can be produced by the
moveable ceiling.

sales force. In this way, we ensure that ERCO

employees are able to do justice to their role
as a consultant to the consultant and that
lighting users obtain the best results when
operating our powerful lighting tools.

Design seminars
Design seminars are
regularly held at ERCO
head office for groups
of architects, lighting
designers, engineers and
students. These sessions
cover the fundamental

application of light as
well as specific product
knowledge.

Trade fairs
Even in this age of
virtual simulation,
trade fairs still provide
a valuable role as a
venue for discussing
technical matters or for
more informal contacts.
Products can be directly
experienced through all
the senses. ERCO regularly presents at the
Light + Building trade
fair in Frankfurt.
Lightpark
The gardens around the
Light Factory provide
a perfect opportunity
to demonstrate ERCOs
outdoor lighting tools

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and are also used for

outdoor workshops.

Company training
scheme
Providing employees
with perfect apprenticeships and further
training is given a

high priority at ERCO.

The in-house training
department ensures
that ERCOs clientele
receive competent sales
advice.
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ERCO Showrooms
Experiencing light and using services worldwide

ERCO is a cosmopolitan, globally active

company. ERCO showrooms and offices can
be found in all major markets. Here, our welleducated, specially trained employees work
as lighting advisors. This worldwide network
ensures reliable service and competent,
on-site support especially on international
projects: from providing advice during the
planning stage, tendering, sample supply
and project planning to customer service
and training.
Consultant to the consultant this is
how ERCO lighting advisors see their role in
the building process: they provide professional support to designers in all matters
relating to lighting technology and in each
individual project phase. With case-related
specialist information and customised product
documentation they help customers to make
the correct decision when selecting lighting
equipment.
The showrooms and offices provide ideal
facilities for meetings during the project
phase. Each has a mock-up section for sample
and other product demonstrations.
However, our ERCO service does not end
with the punctual delivery of the products:
after commissioning the system, our lighting
advisors support customers in word and deed,
for instance by lending a helping hand when it
comes to positioning and focusing luminaires
correctly.

On site
Some decisions in the
design process are best
made on the building
site. ERCO employees
help to organise sample
products and provide
assistance on lighting
technology issues.

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Light in space
The effect of light in
space is difficult to
express in words it
must be experienced.
The ERCO showrooms
provide ideal, flexible
facilities for such
demonstrations.

Events and seminars

These turn ERCO showrooms into meeting
places for the local
light and architecture
scene. The showroom
is designed to make
it possible to explain
Tune the light: to
design the qualities of
light in terms of time
and space.

Project management
The offices provide
ideal facilities for pro
ject meetings. Your
ERCO contact is trained
to support clients
through all the stages
of a project.

Contact
The ERCO staff all
around the world look
forward to getting to
know you. You will find
the addresses of our

offices and showrooms

at the end of this brochure and at:
www.erco.com/contact
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Information logistics
Products Projects Guide

www.erco.com
The ERCO Light Scout on the Internet
is the leading medium in terms of
up-to-date product information. The
product area of the Light Scout and
the PDF-format product specification
sheets are both updated twice a year.
Light Scout meets the requirements
of a globalised market place with
product information in fourteen
versions for different languages and
regions and with Internet navigation
in five languages.

To provide designers with optimum support at every stage of

their work, ERCO offers a multitude of both classic and digital
media. Our extensive range of
material is divided into information on products and reference
projects and into didactic subject
matter.
All ERCO documents have
been designed to perfectly compliment the design of coherent
and uniform lighting concepts.
The layout, structure and terminology of the various areas of the
product range have been harmonised together to make orientation as easy as possible for users.

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Erschienen im September 2004

Published in September 2004

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Anlage gesteuert, erzeugt die in RGB-Technik
hinterleuchtete Glaswand flieend ineinander bergehende, unterschiedliche Farbklimas
im Shop ein Beleuchtungseffekt, der ideal
mit der unbeschwerten
Farbigkeit der angebotenen Kollektionen korrespondiert. Anstatt eine
herkmmliche Dekoration zu zeigen, gewhren
die groen Schaufenster
(Seite gegenber, unten
rechts) einen tiefen Einblick von der Strae in
die zwei Verkaufsebenen
so wird der ganze Laden zum Schaufenster,
und die farbige Lichtdramatik wirkt von innen
nach auen weiter.

Bunte, frhliche Farben, naive Symbolik in den

Mustern, kombiniert mit raffinierten Schnitten,
Formen und Materialien mit diesem unverwechselbaren Stil hat sich die spanische Designerin Agatha Ruiz de la Prada einen eigenstndigen Platz in der Modewelt erobert.
Seit neuestem vertreibt sie ihre Kollektionen
auch in eigenen Shops in europischen Metropolen wie hier in Madrid. Die Interieurs sind
geprgt von klaren Linien, frischen Farben und
einer lebendigen Lichtinszenierung.
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a perfect leisure
die fr
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experience
amidst
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bei hohem
zwischen Solebecken,
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and the Sehheat of the sauna.
und Saunahitze.
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The Frankfurt
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erweitert und sorgfltig beleuchtet
tended and carefully illuminated forfr 100W-Niedervolt-Halogenlampen,
als junger Klassiker
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bieten optimalen Blendschutz und hervorragende Farbwiedergabequalitt.

Products
Our extensive range of lighting solutions for architectural applications is
divided into the three product ranges:
lighting controls, indoor luminaires
and outdoor luminaires. This structure is repeated in both the Light
Scout and the printed catalogue.

Architektur und Lichtplanung /

Architecture and lighting design:
Jordi Castel, Jordi Veciana, Barcelona

ERCO Lichtbericht 74 09/04

Controlled via an ERCO

Controls system and
illuminated with RGB
technology, the backlit
glass wall creates different colour climates in
the shop that blend into
each other with flowing
transitions to give a lighting effect that perfectly
matches the carefree colourfulness of the offered
collections. Instead of
having a conventional
display, the large shop
windows (opposite page,
below right) allow passers-by to look right into the two sales levels
transforming the whole
shop into a shop window,
and allowing the coloured dramatics of the instore lighting to reach
beyond the interior and
affect the world outside.

Brightly varied, joyful colours and naive

symbolism in the patterns are combined with
ingenious cuts, shapes and materials with
this unmistakable style the Spanish designer
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada has carved her own
niche in the fashion world.
She has recently also started marketing her
collections through her own shops in the metropolitan cities of Europe as here in Madrid.
The interiors are characterised by clear lines,
fresh colours and lively scenic lighting.
The lighting concept for Agatha Ruiz de la
Prada in Madrid includes Lightcast downlights
and washlights for 150W QT16 low-voltage
halogen lamps, which provide pleasant ambient brightness while ensuring high visual
comfort. Scenic lighting is added to the merchandise via a number of Jilly spotlights for
100W low-voltage halogen lamps mounted
on 3-circuit tracks. The uniform luminaire
type harmonises the aesthetics of the lighting
installation while also ensuring the highest
flexibility. The lighting tools used provide
optimum anti-glare protection and excellent
colour rendition quality.

Preset
Preset

Sequenzmodul
Sequence module

Optimale Farbwiedergabe in diesem Fall

das klare Kriterium fr
Jilly Niedervolt-Halogenstrahler.

Optimum colour rendition in this case

the clear criterion for
using Jilly low-voltage
halogen spotlights.

DA-Modul
D/A module

ERCO Lichtbericht 74 09/04

Projects
Much space in ERCO communications is devoted to fascinating light in
architectural applications examples
include the Projects area of the
ERCO Light Scout and our magazine
ERCO Lichtbericht.

Contents
Introduction

7 ERCO Innovations

EDITION

Lighting controls
Lighting control systems
Index page 24

Light System
DALI
26

LON Area Net

33

Indoor
Introduction

Note:

47 Light in the indoor area

Available in varychrome
technology

Track and light structures

Index page 49

ERCO track
50

Hi-trac track
and light structure
69

T16 light structure

76

Monopoll track
and light structure
85

Minirail lowvoltage track

94

Parscan
101

Eclipse
117

TM Spotlights
126

Domotec
135

Quinta
141

Jilly
154

Pollux
164

Castor
171

Oseris
179

Gimbal
184

Optec

Stella
208

Spotlights, floodlights and

wallwashers
for track
Index page 99

Parscan Spotlight



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ERCO Program 2006/07

QT12-ax

5i6

The ERCO Program printed catalogue contains all the important

information and design data in
black and white, compact and always
accessible.

72101.000 White (RAL9002)

QT12-ax 50W 12V GY6.35 950lm
Spot reflector
Product description
Housing: two-piece cylinder, aluminium, powder-coated, removable
for lamp replacement. 0-90 tilt.
Scale for identifying the lamp
power used. Safety cord.
Bracket integrated in the cylinder:
cast aluminium, powder-coated,
rotatable on the 3-circuit adapter
through 360. Screw to set the angle of rotation and of tilt. Internal
wiring.
Electronic transformer 230/12V,
20-50W.
ERCO 3-circuit adapter: plastic.
Anti-dazzle ring: plastic, black.
Fixing for accessories.
Spot reflector: aluminium, silver,
mirror-finish anodised. Anti-dazzle
cap attached to safety glass.
Use dimmers for electronic transformers (trailing edge).
Weight 1.30kg

60

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Monopoll track
1-circuit singlet

ERCO Leuchten GmbH

Postfach 24 60
58505 Ldenscheid
Germany
Tel.:+49 2351 551-0
Fax.:+49 2351 551-300
info@erco.com

Technical Region: 230V/50Hz

Edition: 16.03.2006
Please download the current version
from
www.erco.com/72101.000

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26 ERCO Light Factory

Guide
Interactive knowledge-based modules
in the Guide area of the Light Scout
cover the fundamentals of designing
with light and provide user information on lighting tools. On the follow
ing pages we present examples of the
content of the Guide.

Thematic brochures, such as the

one on Vertical Illuminance, give
deeper insight into particular aspects
of lighting design and include many
interesting features relating to design
and technology.
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Information logistics
The Guide in the Light Scout

Providers of the highest quality lighting tools

depend on the fact that their customers are
well informed and appreciate quality. Experiencing the qualities of light first-hand in
contexts such as design seminars cannot be
replaced and has a long tradition at ERCO
as does the practice of using various media
to disseminate knowledge about light and
architectural lighting. The Handbook of Lighting design published by ERCO Edition is still
seen as the definitive reference work. Today,
the Internet offers optimum possibilities for
directly imparting current knowledge to all
interested parties.
The Guide area of the ERCO Light Scout provides extensive information on topics ranging
from the physical basics of lighting through
to possible solutions for specific lighting situa
tions in short, a veritable encyclopaedia of
architectural lighting. The Guides knowledgebased modules utilise the Internets interactive capabilities in order to clearly illustrate
various aspects such as time-related phenomenon, experiments or comparisons between
alternative solutions.

The Guide covers both

indoor and outdoor
lighting applications
comprehensively.

The basic principle of

the Guide: nothing
explains technical facts
better than the reproduction of experiments.

www.erco.com/guide

Graphic illustrations
are particularly suited
to interactively explaining qualities of light
such as how the shape
of a three-dimensional
body can be formed
by directed light.

The construction and

lighting effect is even
explained for special
luminaire designs
such as double-focus
downlights.
Design questions
such as the optimum
arrangement of certain
luminaire types are
answered by the Guide
in a clear and understandable format.

The topics handled by

the Guide also include
the fundamentals of
lighting technology,
such as the spectral
properties of certain

lamp types. The Guide

takes a unbiased,
didactic approach.

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If offline-work with the

Guide is necessary, CDROMs from ERCO are
available on request.

The subject of sceno

graphic light can be
excellently conveyed
using multimedia repre
sentations that allow

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28 ERCO Light Factory

!CCENTUATION

With its interactive contents the Guide is tailor

made for the digital medium of the Internet.
The range of knowledge-based modules in the
ERCO Light Scout is continually being updated
and expanded. CD-ROM versions derived from
the Guide contents at www.erco.com are regularly produced and can also run offline without an active Internet connection. The Guide
CDs which are also suitable as teaching aids
in higher education can be obtained via
your ERCO contact on request. Furthermore,
the contents of the Guide are also available in
printable form as PDF files from the Download
area of the ERCO Light Scout.

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Information logistics
Virtual luminaires and simulation

Creative lighting designs begin in the mind.

The journey from concept to reality takes
time and has to be convincing. In this regard,
implementing architectural design is largely
a matter of communication.
Since spatial perception in humans is primarily visual, computer-generated visualisations have gained a permanent place in the
process of architectural design. However, just
like real architecture, virtual architecture also
only comes to life with light. Thats why every
ERCO luminaire has a virtual twin in the form
of digital luminaire data, which can be downloaded from the ERCO Light Scout website.
It can then be inserted directly into lighting
simulation and visualisation software to create physically accurate studies, visualisations
and analyses all in photographic quality. It is
especially in the field of vertical illuminance
that lighting simulation proves itself to be a
valuable tool for convincingly demonstrating
the effect of wallwashers and avoiding design
errors.
And yet the virtual luminaires are just
one part of the extensive information and
documentation available online in the Light
Scout. In addition, there are also images, symbols, specification details, data sheets, photo
metric data and much more all aimed at
ensuring that up-to-date information can
be accessed anywhere and at any stage of
the design process.
The following detailed information is available for downloading from the Light Scout
for every ERCO lighting tool (sometimes compressed as a .zip file): product specification
sheets (.pdf), article texts (.txt), product images
(.jpg), photometric data in IES and Eulumdat
formats, 3D models for 3D-CAD (.dxf), i-dropcompatible data for DIALux (.uld) and lumi
naire files for Autodesk VIZ, Autodesk VIZ 4
(i-drop), Autodesk MAX (i-drop) and for
Lightscape.
www.erco.com

DIALux
Comprehensive, userfriendly functions for
calculations and graphic
representations for
everyone who designs
with light are offered by
the free of charge lighting calculation program
DIALux (available at:
www.dial.de).

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i-drop technology
Whether from CD-ROM
or directly from the
Internet as online plugins with i-drop capability, ERCO design data
seamlessly integrates
into the digital design
processes with DIALux.

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Experiencing light worldwide

ERCO addresses

Europe
Austria
ERCO Leuchten GmbH
Zweigniederlassung Wien
Modecenter Str. 14/4.OG/BC
1030 Wien
Austria
Tel.: +43 1 798 8494 0
Fax: +43 1 798 8495
e-mail: info.at@erco.com
Bulgaria
Croatia
Greece
Lithuania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Turkey
see Austria
Belgium
ERCO Lighting Belgium Bvba/sprl
Leuvensesteenweg 369 bus 7
1932 Zaventem
Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 340 7220
Fax: +32 2 347 3882
e-mail: info.be@erco.com
Cyprus
J. N. Christofides Trading Ltd.
P.O. Box 21093
1c Kennedy Avenue
1501, Nicosia
Cyprus
Tel.: +357 22 813 043
Fax: +357 22 764 643
e-mail: mail@jnc.com.cy
Czech Republic
ERCO Lighting
Organizacni slozka
Jana Masaryka 3/456
120 00 Praha 2
Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 2 225 111 16
Fax: +420 2 225 217 12
e-mail: info.cz@erco.com
Denmark
ERCO Lighting
Vesterbrogade 136 C, st.
1620 Kbenhavn V
Denmark
Tel.: +45 33 21 80 60
Fax: +45 33 21 80 64
e-mail: info.dk@erco.com
Estonia
see Finland
Finland
Oy HedTec Ab
Lauttasaarentie 50
00 200 Helsinki
Postilokero 110
00 201 Helsinki
Finland
Tel.: +358 9 682 881
Fax: +358 9 673 813
e-mail: lighting@hedtec.fi

France
ERCO Lumires Eurl
6ter, rue des Saints-Pres
75007 Paris
France
Groupe Paris-IIe-de-France
Tel.: +33 1 44 77 84 71
Fax: +33 1 47 03 96 68
Groupe Rgions
Tel.: +33 1 44 77 84 75
Fax: +33 1 47 03 96 68
Groupe Architecture Commerciale
Tel.: +33 1 44 77 84 70
Fax: +33 1 44 77 84 84
e-mail: info.fr@erco.com
Germany
ERCO Leuchten GmbH
Postfach 2460
58505 Ldenscheid
Brockhauser Weg 8082
58507 Ldenscheid
Germany
Tel.: +49 2351 551 100
Fax: +49 2351 551 603
e-mail: info.de@erco.com
Great Britain
ERCO Lighting Ltd.
38 Dover Street
London W1S 4NL
Great Britain
Tel.: +44 20 7408 0320
Fax: +44 20 7409 1530
e-mail: info.uk@erco.com
Hungary
ERCO Fnytechnika
ERCO Leuchten GmbH
Kereskedelmi Kpviselet
Budapest
Irnyi u. 1. mfsz. 2.
1056
Hungary
Tel.: +36 1 266 0006
Fax: +36 1 266 0006
e-mail: info.hu@erco.com
Iceland
see Sweden
Ireland
DesignLight Ireland Ltd.
289 Harolds Cross Road
Dublin 6W
Ireland
Tel.: +353 1 496 6177
Fax: +353 1 496 6851
e-mail: info@designlight.com
Italy
ERCO Illuminazione S.r.l.
Via Vivaldi
Residenza dell Orione 34
20080 Basiglio (Milano)
Italy
Tel.: +39 02 904 5031
Fax: +39 02 904 503 51/42
e-mail: info.it@erco.com
Latvia
Xcelsior stila grupa
Muksalas Iela 42
Riga LV 1004
Latvia
Tel.: +37 1 780 5233
Fax: +37 1 780 5231
e-mail: xcelsior@xcelsior.lv

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Luxembourg
see Germany
Netherlands
ERCO Lighting Nederland B.V.
Gooimeer 13
1411 DE Naarden
Netherlands
Tel.: +31 35 699 1710
Fax: +31 35 694 6383
e-mail: info.nl@erco.com
Norway
ERCO Lighting AS
Industriveien 8 B
1473 Lrenskog
Postboks 83 Ellingsrudsen
1006 Oslo
Norway
Tel.: +47 67 973 240
Fax: +47 67 973 244
e-mail: info.no@erco.com
Poland
ERCO Leuchten GmbH. Sp. z o. o.
Przedstawicielstwo w Polsce
ul. Bialy Kamien 7
02-593 Warszawa
Poland
Tel.: +48 22 898 7845
Fax: +48 22 898 2939
e-mail: info.pl@erco.com
Portugal
Omnicel
Tcnicas de Iluminao, S.A.
Rua Castilho, 57-5. Dto.
1250-068 Lisboa
Portugal
Tel.: +351 21 381 3080
Fax: +351 21 381 3090
e-mail:
omnicel.lx@omnicel.pt
Romania
SC. ProEnerg SRL
Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr. 60/A.
410094 Oradea
Romania
Tel.: +40 259 447 163
Fax: +40 259 413 869
e-mail: office@proenerg.ro
Spain
ERCO Iluminacin, S.A.
c/ El Pl n 47
08750 Molins de Rei, Barcelona
Spain
Tel.: +34 93 680 1110
Fax: +34 93 680 0546
e-mail: info.es@erco.com
Delegacin Catalua
c/ El Pl n 47
08750 Molins de Rei, Barcelona
Spain
Tel.: +34 93 680 1244
Fax: +34 93 680 2624
e-mail: info.barcelona@erco.com
Delegacin Centro
c/ Buen Suceso n 13
28008 Madrid
Spain
Tel.: +34 91 542 6954
Fax: +34 91 559 0965
e-mail: info.madrid@erco.com

Sweden
ERCO Lighting AB
Birger Jarlsgatan 46
11429 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel.: + 46 8 54 5 0 44 30
Fax: + 46 8 54 5 0 44 39
e-mail: info.se@erco.com
Switzerland
Neuco AG
Wrzgrabenstrasse 5
8048 Zrich
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 44 437 3737
Fax: +41 44 437 3738
e-mail: mail@neuco.ch
Neuco SA
100, route de Cossonay
1008 Prilly
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 21 637 3000
Fax: +41 21 637 3003
e-mail: mail.prilly@neuco.ch

The Middle East

Dubai
ERCO Lighting
ERCO Leuchten GmbH
Representative Office Dubai
P.O. Box 62221
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Tel.: +971 4 336 9798
Fax: +971 4 337 3746
e-mail: info.ae@erco.com

Southeast Asia

East Asia

North America

Oceania

Singapore
ERCO Lighting Pte. Ltd.
93 Havelock Road #03-532
Singapore 160093
Tel.: +65 6 227 3768
Fax: +65 6 227 8768
e-mail: info.sg@erco.com

China
ERCO Lighting
ERCO Leuchten GmbH
Representative Office Shanghai
Rm 2015, Civil Aviation Center
18, Xin Jinqiao Road Pudong
Shanghai 201206
P.R. China
Tel.: +86 21 5030 5979
Fax: +86 21 5030 5879
e-mail: info.cn@erco.com

USA
ERCO Lighting Inc.
160 Raritan Center Parkway
Suite 10
Edison, NJ 08837
USA
Tel.: +1 732 225 8856
Fax: +1 732 225 8857
e-mail: info.us@erco.com

Australia
ERCO Lighting
ERCO Leuchten GmbH
Representative Office Australia
349 Pacific Highway
North Sydney NSW 2060
Australia
Tel.: +61 2 9004 8801
Fax: +61 2 9004 8805
e-mail: info.au@erco.com

Brunei
Indonesia
Philippines
Vietnam
see Singapore
Malaysia
ERCO Lighting
ERCO Leuchten GmbH
Representative Office (K.L.)
Level 40, Tower 2
Petronas Twin Tower
Kuala Lumpur City Centre
50088 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel.: +60 3 2168 4479
Fax: +60 3 4257 5950
e-mail: info.my@erco.com
Thailand
Palicon Pro-Art Lighting Ltd.
58/3 Soi Prompak,
Sukhumvit Road
Klongton-Nua, Vadhana
Bangkok 10110
Thailand
Tel.: +662 382 1851
Fax: +662 382 1852
e-mail: uwe@palicon.corp-th.com

Architectural Lighting (HK) Ltd.

3/F. Shing Dao Industrial Building
232 Aberdeen Main Road
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
P.R. China
Tel.: +85 2 287 022 88
Fax: +85 2 255 227 87
e-mail: waal@williamartists.com
Japan
ERCO TOTO Ltd.
Shibakoen ND Bldg.
2-5-10 Shiba
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-0014
Japan
Tel.: +81 3 5418 8230
Fax: +81 3 5418 8238
e-mail: info.jp@erco.com
Korea
Altek Technologis Co. Ltd.
Jungjin B/D, 619-2
Sinsa-Dong, Gangnam-gu
Seoul
Korea
Tel.: +82 2 512 7779
Fax: +82 2 512 4117
e-mail: altek@altek.co.kr

Canada
Mexico
see USA

New Zealand
see Australia

South America
Argentina
ERCO Leuchten GmbH
Oficina de Representacin
Av. Alicia M. de Justo 2030, Of.202
1106 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel.: +54 11 431 314 00
Fax: +54 11 431 254 65
e-mail: info.ar@erco.com
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Colombia
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
see Argentina

Egypt
Jordan
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
India
Bahrain
see Dubai
Lebanon
La Giralda
Mme Curie Street
Beirut-Lebanon
P.O. Box 13-5554
Lebanon
Tel.: +961 1 864 641
Fax: +961 1 867 353
e-mail: lagirald@inco.com.lb

ERCO Head Office

ERCO Leuchten GmbH
Postfach 2460
58505 Ldenscheid
Brockhauser Weg 8082
58507 Ldenscheid
Germany

Saudi Arabia
Technolight
P.O. Box 12679
Jeddah 21483
Saudi Arabia
Tel.: +966 2 669 3241
Fax: +966 2 665 9664
e-mail: jeddahbranch@
technolight-ksa.com

For our up-to-date address list,

please visit www.erco.com

United Arab Emirates

Scientechnic
P.O. Box 325
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Tel.: +971 4 266 6000
Fax: +971 4 266 6176
e-mail: scitech@emirates.net.ae

Tel.: +49 2351 551 0

Fax: +49 2351 551 300
info@erco.com
www.erco.com

Our ERCO lighting

experts in regional
centres, offices and
partner companies are
available in all major
markets around the
world.
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The Light Factory

Art.-Nr. 1028676000 EN 10/2006

The potential to influence architecture through light is unlimited.

With ERCOs hardware and software, light becomes the fourth
dimension of architecture. Our
product is light which is why
we call ourselves ERCO, the Light
Factory.