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First up
Editor’s Note 4

President’s Perspective 8

Q+A: Jilla Farzan 18

In This issue
Willard Warren 22
A Better Videoconference

34
Alex Baker 24
Partnering on UV

in Every issue
Insights
13 Features
Events 16 26
POWER IN PARTNERSHIP
How They Did It 21 Smart cities are not just about technology. Collaboration between the public and
private sectors is the key to launching a successful initiative
IES Insider 38

Products 42
30
Classifieds
46 PUSH THE RIGHT BUTTONS
A trio of vignettes illustrate connected lighting capabilities
Ad Index 47

Last Look 48 32
HOW MANY STARS?
The in-room experience can set a hotel apart from its competitors. Enter smart lighting

34
STEP BY STEP
An update on the quest for smart-city streetlights in Los Angeles

36
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Editor’s Note
New Connections
hat in the world does the
coronavirus have to do with insight into how the space is being
the IoT and smart light-
ing? We all know the usual
suspects for connected lighting appli-
cations. They range from pole-
mounted sensors for tracking
energy use, air quality and
public safety in urban environ- We all
ments, to big-box projects know the
where retailers can analyze usual
foot-traffic flow up and down suspects
the aisles. for smart
Now, out of the pandemic, lighting
comes another potential appli-
applications.
cation. Silicon Valley tech com-
Now, out
pany Enlighted is promoting its
of the
IoT system for buildings as a
way to bring employees back
pandemic,
comes
to the office safely. “Social
distancing in the office, reduc- another
ing people in high-traffic areas
and tracking occupancy totals will be
challenging manually,” according to
the company, which emphasizes that
a data-driven approach to social dis-
tancing in the office is essential.
An IoT platform installed in LED
lighting fixtures would capture
data about a building’s environment
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multiple times per second, providing
used. Companies can then use this
data to help keep employees safe in
real time as they return to the office
during the COVID pandemic,
removing the guesswork. For
example, the connected light-
ing system could identify
bottlenecks and reroute traf-
fic; identify points of frequent
contact between employees;
assure high-level social dis-
tancing compliance; monitor
cleaning crews; and enforce
occupancy limits. The com-
pany has also launched a con-
tact tracing component with
the platform.
When LD+A started plan-
ning this theme issue earlier
this year, I couldn’t imagine an
Editor’s Note such as the one filling
this space. The world changes; light-
ing responds.
Paul Tarricone
Editor and Publisher
ptarricone@ies.org
LIGHTING DESIGN and APPLICATION
Editor and Publisher
Paul Tarricone
Managing Editor
Samantha Schwirck
Assistant Editor/
Digital Content Coordinator
Katie Nale
Senior Art Director
Samuel Fontanez
Art Director
Charyliz Rodriguez
Advertising Coordinator
Leslie Prestia
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Contributors 2020-2021
Board of Directors

PRESIDENT
Antonio Garza
Iluminacion Total, SA de CV
president@ies.org

PAST PRESIDENT
Jennifer Jaques, LC
Lighting Application Sciences, LLC

VICE PRESIDENT
Willard L. Warren, PE, Alex Baker is manager of
(President-Elect)
LC, Fellow IES, DSA, is government affairs and public
Susanne Seitinger, Ph.D.
principal of Willard L. Warren policy for the IES. p.24 Verizon
Associates and a long-time
columnist for LD+A on energy TREASURER
and lighting quality. p.22 James Potts
Cooper Lighting

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Timothy Licitra, MBA

DIRECTORS
Frank Agraz, LC
Eco Engineering

Carl Bloomfield
Intertek Testing Services

Chris Davis is founder Bill Plageman is vice Wilson Dau, LC

and principal, Technicity
Consulting, and former
vice president of Smart Cities
at CIMCON. p.26
Dau Design and Consulting, Inc.
president of marketing and
product development for
Mindy Iannello
Amerlux. p.32 Performance Lighting Systems
Jorge H. Lujan
CDm2 Lightworks

Rick Paradis
Synergy Investment

Michelle (Shelly) Prew

Cooper Lighting

Ira Rothman
Apex Lighting Solutions

Kelly Seeger
Signify
Norma Isahakian is the
executive director at the
Billy Tubb
Bureau of Street Lighting in Theatre Consultant
Los Angeles. p.34

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 ence and growing global recog-
nition, we are in a strong position
to speak on behalf of our mem-
bers and to enable our members
to speak for themselves.
There are many definitions of
advocacy. Based on our history,
experience and strategic plan-

President’s
ning work, this simple definition
is appropriate: Advocacy is
the deliberate process, based

Perspective
on demonstrated evidence, to
directly and indirectly influence
decision makers, stakeholders
and relevant audiences to sup-
Antonio Garza port and implement actions that
contribute to the fulfillment of a
cause.
s a member of the IES for more than 20 years, it is an honor Through the efforts of our
to have the opportunity to serve as our Society’s first president Strategic Planning Committee
from Mexico for the 2020-2021 term. It is with great pride that and Board of Directors, this defi-
I take on this role. Regardless of where we come from, lighting nition and subsequent strategic
acts as our universal language, creating cherished bonds and rela- Once planning work resulted in our
tionships between us and our colleagues and peers. I have the privi- the crisis approved advocacy statement:
lege of being able to stand on the shoulders of giants—our founders, began, we With a unified voice, we will
past presidents and volunteers—to look further and to build a brighter analyzed champion intentional actions
future for the IES. that influence and promote deci-
the role of
Upon being elected as your president, I began imagining what my sions, practices and policies
year would be like. Working closely with our past president Jennifer
our Society that support our cause. The
Jaques and the rest of the Board, I felt ready to take on this respon- from a importance of advocacy for IES
sibility, but no one could have imagined how much our world would vastly is affirmed in these declarations:
change because of COVID-19. Once the crisis began, the IES Board different • Our Cause: Improving life
and staff analyzed the role of our Society from a vastly different per- perspective through quality of light.
spective, focusing on the things that we could control, and how we • Our Purpose: To improve life
could proactively help our industry. through the art, science and
It did not take long to realize that the guidance provided by our practice of lighting.
2015-2020 Strategic Plan had placed us in a position to enhance • Our Mission Statement:
our support of the lighting community and facilitate our proactive The IES seeks to improve
leadership. The work done to strengthen our education materials, the lighted environment by
the effort of our technical committees to transform our Lighting bringing together those with
Library, and the increased support of grassroots activities by indi- lighting knowledge and by
vidual Sections allow us to emerge from this crisis with a stronger translating that knowledge
identity as The Lighting Authority.  into actions that benefit the
I would be remiss if I did not thank Lance Bennett, Antonio public.
Giacobbe, Naomi Miller and Jim Radi, who have finished their terms, • Our Vision Statement: The
as well as welcome Mindy Iannello, Jorge Lujan, Ira Rothman and IES will build upon more than
Kelly Seeger to our Board. There is a lot of work to be done and we a century of excellence to
can all look to our recently launched Strategic Plan for 2020-2025 create the premier lighting
to get our marching orders as true advocates of the IES. community dedicated to pro-
moting the art and science
The IES has tremendous potential to effect change in our profession of quality lighting to its mem-
and the world through our advocacy. We use advocacy as the core bers, allied professional orga-
process for improving life through quality of light. Given our experi- nizations and the public. 

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 President’s Perspective

The intent of a strategic vision of our Society.

plan is to provide a long-term,
high-level view of what our
Society strives to achieve. The
corresponding implementation
plan will be a mission-driven
model with metrics to provide a
measure of success. Creating
an implementation plan is the
responsibility of the IES staff—
with suggestions, support and
review from the Society’s Board
of Directors. This implementa-
tion plan supports six path-
ways: Standards Development,
Advancing Research, Education,
Strategic Partnerships, a Diverse
and Global Membership, and
Nurturing Leadership. Our
objective is to make significant
progress toward the new vision
for the Society, as articulated
in the strategic plan, aligning
its resources toward our future
The IES was very different
when I joined the Board of
Directors in 2015. I genuinely
believe it will be even better than
it is today in 2025, when we
reach the goals of our new advo-
cacy-based strategic plan. I invite
you to share ideas, speak up and
act to be true advocates of the
IES. As such, together we can all
make a difference to improve life
through quality of light.
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E-Learning • Touchless Design • UV Developments

NYSID Adds Distance Learning to Lighting Degree

Beginning this fall, the New York School of Interior Design will offer a distance learn-
ing option for its Master of Professional Studies in Lighting Design (MPS-L) program, a
one-year, post-professional degree that provides rigorous education in the art and sci-
ence of architectural lighting design.
The full-time program balances conceptual and practical techniques, with a combina-
tion of studio classes covering conceptual designs and hands-on projects, as well as
courses focused on the science of light, luminaires and light sources, and natural and
artificial lighting.
The program “has always been structured for the working professional to obtain an
advanced degree,” says Shaun Fillion, program director. Beginning with the fall 2020
semester, remote and on-site MPS-L students will meet in real-time using tools such
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NYSID students will merge
live and remote learning.
gather in New York City for four-day on-site intensive residencies
during the fall, spring and summer sessions. The residencies will
include hands-on work in the NYSID Lighting Laboratory, lighting
tours and focusing workshops.
“This will help emerging professionals pursue an advanced
degree without needing to relocate, which benefits the industry
nationwide,” Fillion adds.
For additional information, go to www.nysid.edu.
MERGERS & MORE
• Savant Systems, Inc., an industry leader in the professional
smart-home space, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase
GE Lighting, a division of GE.
• P2S Inc. of Long Beach, CA, a provider of professional
engineering, commissioning and construction management
services, has acquired Notkin Mechanical Engineers, a
Seattle-based mechanical design firm.
They Said It…
“Projects like entertainment venues are taking
this opportunity to do major renovations while
they cannot host events.”
Jill Klores, partner, Essential Light Design Studio,
IALD roundtable participant, on one of the unexpected business
consequences of the coronavirus pandemic
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Coronavirus Update
The industry continues to respond through
technology and education.
A UVC
System for
Sterilizing
Masks
A team of research-
ers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
has developed a machine that uses ultra-
violet (UVC) light to sterilize thousands of
masks each day.
The UVC sterilization system, developed
by a multidisciplinary team of engineers from
across Rensselaer, stands about 8-ft tall
and 8-ft long. Two UVC lamp fixtures, each
containing two UVC tubes, are attached
vertically across from one another so that
masks—hung on a series of hooks that are
part of a motorized belt system—can pass in
between the two UVC sources. The speed of
that belt determines the dose of radiation that
the masks receive.
According to Bob Karlicek, the director of
the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems &
Applications (LESA) at Rensselaer, the sys-
tem is unique because of its vertical setup,
which allows light to disinfect the masks from
both sides.
Calibrating the system to the proper UVC
dose was critical, Karlicek adds. “If the dose
is too high, the UVC radiation can damage the
elastic straps, causing them to break after a
number of disinfection cycles. We also didn’t
want the dose to be too low, because then we
wouldn’t be able to disinfect the mask.”
The system will be tested at Mount Sinai on
masks that have been infected with the virus
that causes COVID-19. That information will
help Rensselaer engineers adjust the speed
of the belt for better results. From there, the
system will need to be approved for use by
the Food and Drug Administration.
 Insights

exceed 50% power. Not only will

Can’t Touch This
With touchless environments
poised to become part of our new
normal, The Lighting Practice rec-
ommends considering the following
lighting control techniques to help
support a clean work environment.
1. Leverage Sensors: In the U.S.,
ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC codes
both support vacancy sensors
in lieu of occupancy sensors
to meet compliance. Vacancy
sensors automatically shut the
lights off but require manual
on, so one needs to touch a
device. However, newer versions
of ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC
allow for partial-on occupancy
sensor control in lieu of vacancy
sensors. Occupancy sensors
can be specified as long as the
automatic on for lighting does not
occupants reduce energy use,
they will also greatly reduce the
number of touches on the wall.
2. App for That: Networked CONNECT WITH US
lighting control systems with
mobile app options allow IES SOCIAL MEDIA
users the ability to control their The IES has come a long way
environment and minimize
in the digital world over the
interaction with community
past few years. Social media is
switches and controls. These
apps are available with advanced
a great tool to help Members
functionality geared toward stay connected and make the
high-level users such as facilities most out of their membership.
managers and AV technicians, Connect with us today!
and simplified versions geared
towards building occupants.
MY IES Online Communities
3. Speak Your Mind: Voice-
assistant technology is also
becoming more popular
and easier to use, and many
now communicate with Illuminating Engineering Society
lighting controls. While used
predominantly in the residential
market, the application in
commercial settings is likely
Illuminating Engineering Society
to grow in a post-COVID
environment. A bonus: these
voice assistants often include
a phone app which can be
integrated into the larger control @THE_IES
systems.
“And remember,” TLP adds, “if all
else fails: clap on, clap off.”
@the_iesorg

GUV Webinar Becomes Highest-

Attended Event in IES History Illuminating Engineering Society
More than 3,000 individuals from 59 countries watched
the IES’s four-hour-long live webinar on May 7, making it
the highest-attended event in the history of the Society. Entitled “Germicidal Don’t forget...
Ultraviolet Disinfection in the Days of COVID-19,” the webinar was developed For each IES event there may be
in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a wave of seemingly conflicting unique hashtags. Keep an eye out
statements and opinions about the disinfection capabilities and safety of for additional ways Members can
GUV, and in support of the IES Photobiology Committee Report, CR-2-20-V1: network with others.
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 Events Update
3
2

Easily locate the

products and services
you need to better
serve your clients with
the IES Manufacturers
Directory. The IES continues to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and all available
information, as it relates to events cancellations and rescheduling, and will
provide updates if plans change in the coming months. At this time, upcoming
Features include: in-person industry events include:

• product (with
images) and company 1. IES Street and Area Lighting
Conference (SALC):
information SALC remains on track for October
18-21, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency
• powerful search Dallas in Dallas. The conference
capabilities brings together outdoor lighting
professionals including managers,
• mobile compatibility technical and marketing specialists,
lighting consultants and engineers
from electric utilities, municipalities,
Visit the Manufacturers cooperatives, energy service compa-
nies and manufacturers. Attendees
Directory at: will benefit from opportunities to
www.iesmanufacturersdirectory.com network with industry peers, seminars
with speaker Q+As, breakout sessions
to discuss issues in-depth, an exhibit
hall and special events.
www.ies.org/salc
2. LEDucation 2021:
LEDucation is scheduled for March 16-
17, 2021, at the New York Hilton Mid-
technologies as well as continue their
education through a wide range of
accredited seminars. LEDucation is a
non-profit event, and its proceeds help
stimulate future LED advancements by
supporting a variety of grants, scholar-
ships and lighting programs.
www.leducation.org
3. LightFair 2021:
LightFair is scheduled for May 16-20,
2021 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention
Center in New York during NYCxDE-
SIGN – New York Design Week. The
event is the world’s largest annual archi-
tectural and commercial lighting trade
show and conference, with over 500
exhibitors, hundreds of industry-related
courses and networking opportuni-
ties with industry leaders. LightFair will
return to the Las Vegas Convention
Center in June 2022.

E NH A NCE YOUR town in New York City. Organized by

the Designers Lighting Forum of New
www.lightfair.com

MANUFACTURERS York (DLFNY), LEDucation provides

a marketplace for solid-state lighting
DIRECTORY innovations, giving industry profes-
sionals a chance to experience new
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QA
Jilla
Farzan
Over the past year, the EVP
of Nora Lighting celebrated the
company’s 30th anniversary and
received the Women in Lighting
Leadership Award from the
American Lighting Association.
Here, she reflects on both
achievements
Let’s start with your entry
into the lighting industry.
How did it all begin?   during your career?
My journey into lighting was There are
certainly not typical or planned. many more
In 1987 my husband Fred and women
I emigrated to the U.S. with two in our rep
daughters and a third on the agencies
way. Like most immigrants, we
and at the
faced the challenge of how to
best provide for our family. Fred distributor
quickly established a business level—and
in Los Angeles, manufacturing it’s been
women’s clothing, while I took beneficial to
care of our family. the industry
In 1989, we identified an
opportunity to enter the lighting
industry. A good friend had just
opened an electrical wholesale
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house in Los Angeles and was
looking for manufacturers to sup-
ply lighting products. Since Fred
could not leave his garment busi-
ness, we decided that I would
start a new company featuring
interior lighting fixtures.
Nora Lighting started with a
900-sq ft building, two SKUs and
two employees. Today we have
more than 300,000 sq ft of ware-
house space across the county
and more than 50,000 SKUs.
 
What do you consider the key
to your business’s longevity
and success?  women. It was extremely male-
Our company would not be
where it is today without the
wonderful team that we have,
especially our employees who
have been with us for 15, 20
years and more. As a leader,
you must be able to recognize
your shortcomings and identify
the right people who can bring
out the best in you and in your
company. Time and time again,
as Nora Lighting evolved, our
team also evolved and grew with
us. Together with our core val-
ues of honesty and integrity, the
team has propelled our success.
What are some of the major
changes you’ve experienced
I could go on for days about
major changes in the industry,
but what really stands out is the
evolution of the LED. With the
invention of LEDs, the lighting
business evolved into high-tech
companies with semiconductor
chips at the heart of the prod-
ucts. This brought changes to
the industry that none of us had
ever anticipated. How do you
deal with stock that gets out-
dated in months because the
chips are rapidly getting more
efficient? How do you manage
pricing when the price erosion
is alarmingly rapid?
Before LEDs, we could sell the
same recessed can and same
trim for decades. It never went
out of style, it never got obso-
lete, and it never saw any major
cost reductions. Then, in 2011,
everything changed. For me and
and many of my industry peers,
this was the biggest change in
our professional history.
 
Have you seen the role of
women in lighting change?
When I joined the lighting
industry, there were very few
dominated, and I certainly had
to prove myself to many people.
I have seen this evolve—there
are many more women in our
rep agencies; at the distributor
and showroom level; and in key
management positions—and
it has been beneficial for the
entire industry.
What do you expect Nora
Lighting to look like in
another 30 years? 
We talk about this all the time.
We expect Nora to look and
feel the same. Yes, we hope to
continue to grow and increase
our sales and footprint, but at
the core, we will still be the same
Nora we always were—an honest,
family-owned and operated busi-
ness that puts customers first.
What about the future of wom-
en in the lighting industry? 
We will continue to see
women join the lighting indus-
try in all roles—management,
sales, engineering, etc. At Nora,
we have always had women in
all departments, and many in
management positions through-
out the company. I don’t know
if this is true of our competitors
and customers, but in 30 years,
I think this will be the norm. 
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Award of Merit. nighttime landmark.

3. One control system enables

different scenes for events and
holidays, such as a rainbow
BBVA Tower array for LGBT Pride (pictured).
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Loud and Clear Lighting can help make up for what video communication technology lacks
s a result of the corona-
virus pandemic, compa-
nies have been forced
to “lock down,” with their
employees conducting busi-
ness while working from home.
Television studio audiences are
forbidden; shows with panel
discussions require individual
feeds at separate locations; and
reporters on location talk while
wearing face masks.
Zoom, with its remote con-
ferencing, has up to 300 mil-
lion daily meeting participants
globally, and is attracting
competitors, but the delivered
picture is not up to studio qual-
ity. According to Kate Murphy,
author of the New York Times
article “Why Zoom is Terrible,”
computer scientists and others
attribute the difference in qual-
ity to distortions and delays
inherent in video communica-
tion technology. The problem,
Murphy writes, is caused by
the way the video images are
digitally encoded and decoded,
plus the blurring, jerkiness and
out-of-sync audio that occurs.
Furthermore, psychologists
feel that these disruptions, some
of which are below our con-
scious awareness, confound our
perception and scramble subtle
social cues. One psychologist
said: “The TV picture is disturb-
ing, and while great for letting
toddlers blow kisses to their
grandparents, you might be bet-
ter off (for business purposes)
just talking on the phone.”
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Energy
Willard Warren
In Zoom conferences, part of
the problem of visual distortion
and the resulting psychological
misperception is the result of
poor lighting. Most of those par-
ticipants are only lighted from
one side, distorting their faces
with shadows, making them look
sinister and giving the wrong
visual impression to the viewer.
Soft, uniform vertical lighting from
both sides of the face is needed
for remote virtual conferencing.
By coincidence, our European
colleagues have recently
adopted more use of portable
desk lamps and floor-mounted
luminaires to improve task light-
ing on work surfaces. Similar
portable units should be used
for lighting Zoom videoconfer-
encing—a pair of rectangular
luminaires, adjustable to a verti-
cal orientation, are needed to
light faces from both sides, while
the portability is essential to
locate them properly. The light
source itself can be composed
of a string of dimmable LEDs
located inside a narrow, rect-
angular housing, mounted on a
portable stand. (The Europeans
call it “lighting to go” since they
can take the lighting with them
when they move to new digs.)
The ability to convey two-way
information clearly, both visually
and audibly, is critical, espe-
cially in our field which is heavily
involved in building design and
construction. There are also
some advantages for people
who are working from home:
videoconferencing is popular for
employees with small children
who want to stay in the work-
force and for those who wish to
stop commuting daily; for consul-
Portable tants and companies that want to
‘lighting to cut costs by reducing their rental
space and travel expenses;
go’ could be
and for university instructors
the solution
to deliver their lectures. In fact,
for remote most young couples looking
conferencing for new homes tell builders that
they need a designated area in
their new residences just for the
purpose of remote work.Another
New York Times article, “City
Dwellers Weigh Saying Goodbye
to All That,” referred to the high
rents and long commutes in the
nation’s three largest cities—New
York City, Chicago and Los
Angeles—resulting in all three
losing population in the last few
years.
Companies can adopt work-
from-home policies to reduce
their costs and enable them
to offer employees more con-
venient alternative working
arrangements. Hopefully, the
IES will consider doing a sur-
vey of people who are working
from home and publishing a
Recommended Practice for
lighting for this new medium of
remote “virtual” communication.
Willard L. Warren, PE, LC,
Fellow IES, DSA, is principal of
Willard L. Warren Associates.
THE NEW AND IMPROVED LIGHTING HANDBOOK WILL BE

THE LIGHTING LIBRARY

Technology advancing,
knowledge expanding…

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Left to Their Own Devices Two societies join forces to fight infections in healthcare settings
any regard the U.S.
healthcare system as
the best in the world,
owing to superior tech-
nology and a medical talent
pool drawn from around the
globe. Yet despite the quality
of our facilities and the tire-
less dedication of our medical
personnel and support staff,
we humans are often no match
against a multitude of invisible
pathogens. Long before the
SARS-CoV-2 virus first landed
at a U.S. international airport,
inflicting COVID-19 (or not) on
some poor unsuspecting soul
who later passed it to others,
another menacing threat has
existed in all of our healthcare
settings. Indeed, it is a serious
problem for all countries.
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PolicyAlex Baker
In 2011, there were an
estimated 720,000 cases of
healthcare-associated infec-
tions (HAIs) in the U.S. HAIs are
estimated to kill 99,000 people
per year in the U.S. alone. Put
another way, this is more than
11 people dying from HAIs
every hour. The human toll of
HAIs is accompanied by signifi-
cant economic costs. HAIs are
estimated to result in $10 billion
in direct medical costs annually,
and up to $147 billion in total
societal costs.
In healthcare settings, infec-
tions can be spread in a multi-
tude of ways. Airborne transmis-
sion can occur within a shared
space, such as a waiting room.
HVAC systems are in turn capa-
ble of circulating pathogens from
room to room, and from floor to
floor. Viruses, bacteria and micro-
organisms can be spread from
one patient to another via com-
monly touched surfaces, such as
hospital beds, overbed tables,
The IES was bathroom fixtures and nurse
approached call buttons. Air filtration and
mechanical cleaning of surfaces
by the IUVA
eliminates many of these patho-
to discuss gens, but when humans fight an
the state invisible enemy there are always
of the a few that will survive. We know
germicidal that they are there, but how do
ultraviolet we eradicate those stragglers?
One way is with germicidal ultra-
device
violet (GUV) devices utilizing
market
C-band ultraviolet radiation.
Months before the stupid
coronavirus came along (an
accurate term of art coined
by my 10-year-old son), the
IES was approached by
the International Ultraviolet
Association (IUVA) to discuss
the state of the germicidal ultra-
violet device market, and to
identify ways our organizations
could work together to improve
the use of GUV to reduce the
incidence of HAIs in health-
care settings. The membership
of the International Ultraviolet
Association is “advancing the
sciences, engineering & appli-
cations of ultraviolet technolo-
gies to enhance the quality of
human life & to protect the envi-
ronment” (iuva.org). It was clear
from the start that despite their
focus on an adjacent portion of
the electromagnetic spectrum,
IUVA’s mission closely aligns
with that of the IES.
There are a variety of guv
devices in use today, beginning
with upper-room air systems
mounted to the wall in various
spaces including waiting rooms,
emergency rooms and home-
less shelters, to name a few.
Upper-room systems irradiate
only the room air over 7 ft above
the floor. With forced and natural
convection, airborne bacteria,
microorganisms and viruses
passing through a GUV beam
are inactivated. GUV is also com-
monly employed within HVAC
duct work to reduce the circula-
tion of pathogens between the
interior spaces of a building.
More peculiar looking but also
promising is surface disinfection
with GUV irradiance devices that
often take on the appearance
of robots. Picture, for instance,
a dozen low-pressure mercury
lamps (similar to fluorescent T8s,
with specialized glass and no
phosphor) mounted vertically on
a rolling cart with onboard bal-
lasts, a cord and plug, and an
on/off timer. Such devices are
used to “flash” vacant patient
rooms with enough ultraviolet
C-band radiation to further
reduce the count of “live” patho-
gens on room surfaces. There
are also bona fide robot versions
of these devices, programmed to
autonomously move from room
to room, disinfecting as they go.
Despite the rapidly growing
number of GUV devices in the
market, however, today there are
no standards in place for mea-
suring and characterizing the
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performance of such devices
to enable procuring hospitals
and healthcare facilities to
make apples-to-apples compari-
sons. In May, the IES and IUVA
entered into a Memorandum
of Understanding “to coopera-
tively promote awareness of and
improve the application of ultra-
violet ‘disinfection’ technology in
the healthcare system, initially
through the development of
standardized methods of mea-
surement of…products including
UV lamps, luminaires and light-
ing/radiating systems, utilizing
both discharge (e.g. low-pres-
sure mercury and xenon) and
solid-state (e.g. light-emitting
diode) technologies.”
Joined by experts from IUVA,
Dr. Cameron Miller from the
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) is lead-
ing the task group within the IES
Testing Procedures Committee
developing a series of methods
of measurement (working titles):
Approved Method for Electrical
and Ultraviolet Measurement
of Discharge Sources; … of
Solid-State Sources; Approved
Method for Electrical and
Spectral Radiant Intensity
Measurements of Ultraviolet
Luminaire Disinfection Systems;
… for Electrical and Spectral
Irradiance Measurements of
Ultraviolet Luminaire Disinfection
Systems. These ANSI/IES/
IUVA standards will represent a
significant advancement in the
market for germicidal ultraviolet
devices, with the first two envi-
sioned to be published by year’s
end. The hope is for accredited
laboratories to begin measur-
ing and reporting performance
results in early 2021.
“IUVA is pleased to work with
IES on developing disciplined UV
measurement standards for the
healthcare industry,” says Troy
Cowan, IUVA’s healthcare work-
ing group coordinator. “This effort
is driven by recognition that, in
this time of epic healthcare chal-
lenges, healthcare administra-
tors need credible, comparable
UV product performance data
in making their infection con-
trol investment decisions. We
believe these UV measurement
standards will help provide a key
basis for those decisions.”
Since our initial introduc -
tion, I’ve attended the IUVA
Healthcare/UV Workshop at the
Yale School of Medicine, the
NIST Workshop on Ultraviolet
Disinfection Technologies &
Healthcare Associated Infections
(with heavy IUVA attendance)
and the 2020 IUVA Americas
conference. At each event I’ve
learned quite a bit, not least of
which is how dedicated IUVA
members are to seeing that
germicidal ultraviolet technol-
ogy is put to good use for the
benefit of humanity. I’m excited
to continue working with them
and encourage IES Members to
watch for new developments in
the coming months and years.
Alex Baker is manager of govern-
ment affairs and public policy for
the IES.
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Power in
Partnership
Smart cities are not just about technology.
Collaboration between the public and private sectors is
the key to launching a successful initiative
C
ities are home to more than half the world’s
population and, according to the United
Nations, are expected to add 2.5 billion new
residents by 2050. In anticipation of this
growth, cities are turning to smart-city approaches
to improve operations and quality of life for citi-
zens, and to generate economic development.
Let us define the term “smart cities.” According
to the Smart Cities Council, “a smart city uses in-
formation and communications technology (ICT) to
enhance its livability, workability and sustainability.”
There are three parts to that focus. First, a smart
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city collects information about itself through sensors
and devices such as controls and existing systems.
Next, it communicates that data using wired or wire-
less infrastructures. Third, it “crunches” (analyzes)
that data to understand what’s happening now and
what’s likely to happen in the future. Cloud-based
and mobile applications then present these analy-
ses to individuals who can best act on it.
“Smart cities” is a broad concept, with each
city’s realization being unique. The so-called
“smart cities movement” is real, with global initia-
tives focused on transforming cities into more
livable, workable and sustainable urban areas.
To carry out these initiatives, cities are tapping
into old urban infrastructures, legacy IT systems
and public data sources, and instrumenting their
diverse, outdoor physical assets with Internet of
Things sensors, instruments and controls.
E mbedding intelligence into a city’s physical as-
sets can collect and liberate previously unavail-
able data from assets across the urban landscape.
The data provides real-time situational awareness;
then, cities can utilize that aggregated data to drive
efficiencies and improve asset performance. And
experience has shown that smart-city partnerships
between the public and private sectors must be put
into place to deliver smart-city outcomes.
LED streetlighting provides an easy, cost-effective
way for cities to start their smart-city initiatives. By
adding intelligent controls, cities can realize signifi-
cant energy savings and better asset management
of the lighting infrastructure (Figure 1). Streetlight
poles are valuable, vertical real estate that can be
monetized by its owner (city, utility or telco). Pole
attachment and other fees can be charged for host-
ing smart-city applications: sensor platforms, video
surveillance, digital signage, LTE/5G small cells
and public Wi-Fi. Figure 2 highlights typical smart-
city applications sited on outdoor lighting.
By Monetization of these applications is achieved
Chris by machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of
Davis Things (IoT) technologies, which include metered
power, edge processing, device management,
cybersecurity and data communications provided
by smart data hubs mounted on the smart lighting
infrastructure.
Smart cities also play a part in formulating public
policy. Mayors and other city officials often look
to smart-city applications to address their “top of
mind” concerns. These can range from resident ser-
vices and quality of life, to economic growth, energy

efficiency, sustainability, operational efficiencies and
new revenue sources. But transforming cities can
be politically challenging, as cities must confront a
preference for the status quo, entrenched interests,
and risk-averse politicians and city workers.
At present, most cities are in the evaluation or
“innovator/early adopter” stage of smart-city adop-
tion and find it difficult to fully understand the many
products and technologies that can comprise an
actual deployment. As can be seen in Figure 3, the
Internet of Things is comprised of many elements.
C ities, especially those tier two and tier three in
size, unfortunately cannot afford to recruit quali-
fied personnel with the diverse range of capabilities
called for by the 7-Layer Model. In addition, any
large municipal project is by nature complicated
and requires additional manpower and resources.
Cities are just not equipped to bring smart-city solu-
tions from broad city goals to first ideation, then to
implementation and realization, and finally to long-
term operation. And finally, one of the most signifi-
cant gaps cities face is capital for project funding.
For those reasons, smart lighting and smart-city
projects increasingly rely on a network of partner-
ships for short-term and long-term success. Unfor-
tunately, there is not a one-size-fits-all approach.
Figure 1. The architecture and benefits of smart street lighting.
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Smart-City Partnerships
Remember that each city is unique, with its own
issues and challenges. The partner ecosystem that
is brought to bear is “bespoke” for each city.
Ecosystems established for smart-city projects
are likened to a large family gathering of in-laws…
or is it out-laws? Bringing the various constituen-
cies together has been also described like herding
feral cats. And there are two sides to the smart-city
ecosystem coin.
On the heads side, the city itself will assemble its
own ecosystem with the mayor, city manager, coun-
cil members, department heads, external consul-
tants and informal kitchen-table influencers, each
involved to varying degrees. Smart-city projects are
enabled by the technology stack shown in Figure
3. As a result, besides the mayor, city manager or
chief financial officer, city leaders with oversized
influence and decision making include the chief
information officer, the chief data officer, the chief
security officer and the chief innovation officer.
Most relevant for them is uptime and reliability,
cybersecurity, data privacy and data governance.
Smart-cities projects—often started with smart
and connected streetlights—run over a period of
years, so it is not uncommon for a city to undergo
elections, followed by a change of administration
during the project life cycle. This adds extra layers
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Figure 2. Smart-city applications hosted by smart street lighting.
of complexity, scope changes, often initiated by
newly elected politicians and appointed depart-
ment heads.
Flipping the coin to tails, let us categorize the
key external ecosystem partners, their role and city
relationship impact. They run the gamut from ana-
lysts, consultants, specifiers, ESCOs, IT players,
utilities and DOTs, and providers offering wireless,
cable and fiber infrastructure.
O bviously, the “table” is crowded and making
the smart-city partnership work is an intricate
dance. Indeed, the realization of smart cities will
require entirely innovative approaches to age-old
municipal issues. New technology, talent, collabora-
tion and financing models will unite stakeholders
like never before. The key stakeholders are the cities
themselves, utilities, technology companies, infra-
structure providers, funding sources and the like.
Specifiers, engineers and consultants are critical
players in this web. They can win more business
and have greater success if they are able to proac-
tively structure and manage their relationships with
multiple municipal departments, private organiza-
tions and the technology ecosystem. Here are the
key takeaways:
1. Smart-city projects are dynamic in nature.
2. For a specific project, the partnership ecosys-
tem will be unique.
3. Learn to become an expert in organizational
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forensics, both inside of the city administration
and in the external smart-city ecosystem.
4. Become fluent in the emerging IoT technolo-
gies.
5. Build support (and funding) by focusing on the
key outcomes that the city hopes to achieve.
Finally, we live in a new, riskier world today,
especially as it pertains to cities. What will be
the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on smart-city
approaches? It may be too early to know. Clearer
answers will hopefully reveal themselves in the
days and months ahead. Companies will need to
rethink their urban approaches in today’s complex
environment, where risks can emerge quickly, and
resources are often constrained. Companies must
learn to partner with city administrations to bolster
urban resilience, sustainability, and citizen health
and safety. By focusing on the goals uppermost in
the minds of mayors, firms will need to:
• Become more citizen centric. The main im-
perative of city leaders is keeping citizens safe,
healthy, productive and economically secure—
and their business partners must help them
achieve these goals.
• Provide urban solutions, not just products
and services. To be successful, companies
need to be sensitive to a city’s social, envi-
ronmental and economic objectives; and offer
innovative and proven insights on how best to
achieve them.
 Smart-City Partnerships

• Understand and demonstrate the impact

of these solutions from a city perspective.
How can they reduce crime and pollution?
Improve health and equality? Build resilience
and meet other smart-city needs? Look at the
solutions through the eyes of the citizens.
• Build relationships with other companies.
Grow your firm’s ecosystems of suppliers and
consultants, and public-private partnerships,
which are increasingly vital for providing effec-
tive long-term solutions for cities.

Courtesy of Cloud Technology Partners

THE AUTHOR | Chris Davis is founder and principal,
Technicity Consulting, and former VP Smart Cities at
CIMCON, which along with Ameresco, Inc. contributed
to this article.

Figure 3. 7 Layers of the Internet of Things (IoT).

Chicago Style
The Chicago Smart Lighting Program—a plan that calls for replacing 270,000
high-pressure sodium streetlights with connected LED fixtures across 234 sq
miles—offers insights into how cities can leverage the advantages of smart lighting.

Key Benefits
• Improved Service: Automatic work orders through a smart management sys-
tem. The city will automatically know when a new LED light needs to be fixed
or replaced. This, along with the extended useful lives of the new LED fixtures,
will reduce the need to call 311 when a streetlight is not working.

• Energy Savings: Expected to save $10 million a year in utility costs by reduc-
ing energy consumption.

• Improved Safety: Higher quality light improves visibility and reliability.

• Carbon Reduction: Avoids 11,230 metric tons of carbon emissions into the
atmosphere.

• Reduced Light Pollution: Designed to ensure the light is focused where

needed.

• Local Workforce: 50% of the installation will be performed by city residents.

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 Push the
Right
Buttons
A trio of vignettes illustrate connected
lighting capabilities By Paul Tarricone
Montville High School
T
eachers, students and facilities person-
nel each have a stake in the new con-
nected lighting system at Montville High
School in Oakdale, CT.
The project goals for the 167,000-sq ft build-
ing were to reduce energy usage from 11 to 4
kilowatts per hour in each classroom or space
in the educational facility; complete the work
with minimal disruption to the ceiling plenum;
and create a “classroom of the future” to sup-
port a connected student body and staff. Acuity
luminaires and controls were specified.
The facility manager’s goal was to create
classrooms that would not consume more than
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SensorView
Configuration and Monitoring Software Wireless Zones nLight Wireless
Networked LEDs & Controls
Ethernet
Gymnasium
Lighting
Wireless Mesh Network
nETHSW
Local IP Network Outdoor
Lighting
1 kilowatt per hour on average. This translated
to lighting one classroom for 10 cents a day or
$5 for the 50 classrooms. Energy usage was
calculated from the lighting, smart board and
basic user items from the standard plug load.
“We aimed to get the energy usage down as
much as possible per classroom, so we created
model classrooms with power meters,” says
Steven Carroll, director of facilities for Montville
High School. “The ironic thing—the lights con-
sume so little power that it is hard to monitor it.”
Wireless controls and wirelessly connected
LED luminaires enabled the work to be com-
pleted without disturbing the ceiling area.
Educators also reap the benefits. “A classroom
used to be a single-task room, but it is now like
a boardroom complete with task tuning, white
boards and different sections. The teacher can
now control the lighting by classroom area,” says
Ron Galati, energy manager at Lighting Affiliates.
Teachers reportedly like the task tuning. They
can also adjust the light, often starting the day
with the lights dimmed and turning the lights up
as the day progresses. Visitors in off-hours can
also feel secure walking through corridors.
The school selected Acuity’s Sensorview,
a suite of apps for remotely configuring and
monitoring the network. This additional capabil-
Connected ity allowed the facility manager to write profiles,
lighting change output and individually schedule lights
considers the featuring individual motion control. The new
number of lighting controls include more than 20 preset
hours per day
profiles for a day. These consider the total
the school is
occupied and hours of occupancy at the school (17 hours on
how zones average), with occupancy sensors playing a
within major role in energy savings through daylight
classrooms harvesting. “Seven hours at standard lighting
are used by
represents an enormous amount of energy
the teacher.
consumption for a school,” says Carroll. “With
the new controls, ⅔ of the hallway fixtures did
not turn on for 10 weeks because they did not
need them during the summer hours.”

The Benbow Group Ltd.
A
ttending a class ended up being a
smart move for Newton Abbot, UK
cabinetmaker The Benbow Group.
Company Director John Bailey had originally
planned a traditional lighting system for an
office block attached to new manufacturing
space, but changed course after attend-
ing a seminar hosted by the UK’s National
Association of Shop Fitters. The company
instead installed a Lutron wireless lighting
T-Mobile Park
S
tadium sports may be on hold, but when
they come back, T-Mobile Park, home of
the Seattle Mariners, will be ready. A con-
nected LED lighting system from Signify trans-
forms the ballpark’s retractable rooftop, trusses,
and eastern and western façades at night. The
system will enable the stadium to display the
Mariners’ team colors and T-Mobile’s brand
color, and design intricate patterns and incorpo-
rate movement for other events. ME Engineers
and its studio, illume, and global architectural
design firm Populous designed the lighting.
The system includes more than 1 mile of
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system that allowed for personalized control
and app-controlled settings. “It was timely that
we went there, as we were about to change
all the lighting in our offices to LED,” Bailey
recalls. The existing system was fluorescent.
The solution includes controls for the LEDs,
occupancy and vacancy sensors, timeclock
programming, remotes and daylight harvesting.
Lutron’s Vive product was selected. Sherwoods,
the electrical contractor, had some initial reser-
vations. “I was curious about using a wireless
system,” says Ben Arnold, the project manager,
but the ease of setup allayed those worries.
A change The control features include occupancy sen-
in plans led sors in the corridors, personal control in the
to wireless
smaller offices and vacancy sensors. Daylight
lighting and
app-controlled
sensors were also installed at the glass-fronted
settings in a new main entrance.
office block. In addition, with the Vive app, the Benbow
facilities team can change settings on their
own, such as reducing the length of time-outs,
without having to pay a manufacturer.
Team Color Kinetics iColor Accent Compact fixtures.
colors and These exterior, linear LED luminaires shine long
custom light
ribbons of white or colored light, and support
shows are
displayed on
intricate, color-changing effects on T-Mobile
the roof and Park’s retractable rooftop and steel trusses as
trusses. well as the architectural features on its eastern
and western façades. With remote control man-
agement of the connected lighting, T-Mobile
Park can showcase Mariners’ blue and north-
west green, T-Mobile’s signature magenta and
other vivid hues. It can also produce custom
light shows using animated image effects and
geometric patterns, suitable for other events.
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How Many
Stars?
The in-room experience can set a hotel apart from
its competitors. Enter smart lighting
T
he hospitality industry is one of the most
competitive in the world, with new players
like Airbnb only intensifying the challenges.
As hotels vie against each other for cus-
tomers and online reviews, their guests’ overall
experience is most often the make-or-break-it dif-
ferentiator. Indoor waterfalls, 24-hour fitness cen-
ters and five-star dining are great amenities, but
research shows that devising an environment for
a good night’s sleep should top the list.
That’s where a hotel’s lighting scheme comes in.
Consider the following: A study by the Hotel
School at the SC Johnson College of Business
at Cornell University—which included more than
95,000 online reviews for 99 independent, high-
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end hotels—reported that guests cited a comfort-
able room as the most important quality of a stay.
Still, many hotels fall short. One perennial com-
plaint is inadequate sleep. Research from the Inter-
Continental Hotels Group shows 80% of travelers
have trouble sleeping. In fact, the average business
traveler loses 58 minutes of sleep each night, av-
eraging just five hours and 17 minutes of shut-eye.
The leading cause: a “different environment.”
Today, hotels are under tremendous pressure
to deliver the “wow” factor they need to impress
guests, a cohort that has increasingly come of age
during a time of technological transformation and,
therefore, have developed behaviors and prefer-
ences that are much different from generations
before. At home, these hyper-connected individu-
als use smartphones, wireless controls and virtual
assistant AI devices, including Alexa and Siri,
to control everything from their home’s security
system to their TVs, coffeemakers and lighting—
customization technologies they often leave behind
when they hit the road.
A hotel design, which giftwraps visitors the same
controllability of their guestrooms—including their
lighting when they are traveling—can make the
difference between slumping customer satisfaction
and raving online reviews.
H otel lighting has long proved instrumental in
showcasing unique artwork and vernacular ar-
chitecture. It gives a beautiful, distinctive character
to restaurants and lounges, the right touch of flair
to hallways and lobbies, and an Instagram-worthy
radiance to pools and patios. Cold and dingy suites
naturally come to life under a warm, inviting glow.
With today’s high-tech controls, light color ren-
dering and tuning customization, especially with
By LEDs, is unrivaled. But those same controls now
Bill do more than just swathe guestrooms with alternat-
Plageman ing colors with the push of a button, a preset or
a voice command. They may also help improve
guests’ wellness, enhance their mood, minimize jet
lag and make foreign places feel like home.
Contemplate the emotionally and physically
uplifting power of light, as reported by Steven
W. Lockley, associate professor of medicine at
Harvard Medical School: “Light can be a stimulant,
directly alerting the brain or promoting sleep before
bedtime, depending on the spectrum and intensity
of light exposure. Having greater control of light
exposure when traveling can help promote sleep at
the right time or wake at the right time, preserving

some sense of sleep normalcy when on the road.”
Enter tunable white lighting technology, which
is light that complements our circadian rhythms
and mimics the sun. The technology adjusts to our
daily rhythms by automatically changing the in-
tensity and color temperature of a space’s interior
lights throughout the day. Brighter, cooler-toned
lighting at a high intensity stimulates alertness and
improves cognitive function by suppressing the
sleep hormone melatonin. Dimmer, warm-toned
light does the opposite. It encourages melatonin
secretion and helps people relax. Guestroom auto-
mation and controls, via a touchscreen or pre-set,
can literally put this into the guests’ hands.
H otels worldwide are taking note. Several estab-
lishments now feature hyper-connected rooms
with sensored lights that automatically turn on and
off when the room is occupied, traditionally the
moment keyless entry is initiated. This reduces
unnecessary energy expenses. More importantly,
it improves comfort. Consider how much more
welcoming it is to have your guestroom’s foyer
lighting fixtures turn on as soon as you open the
door with arms full of bags, instead of stumbling
in the dark trying to find a switch.
AI technology is also learning guests’ behaviors
and preferences during their stay, banking the data
so that it knows how to adjust the room’s various
lighting fixtures—plus the room’s temperature and
what station to have the TV tuned to, among other
conveniences—when the guest returns.
In-room voice assistance devices are also serv-
ing as a personal butler. Wynn Las Vegas, for in-
stance, reportedly integrated Amazon Echo to digi-
tize its 4,000 rooms, offering guests total control
over multiple room functionalities including lighting,
temperature, TV and draperies—all by voice. Mar-
riott International, meanwhile, is using AI assistants
at its Aloft brand in Boston to do the same.
Designers at the Marriott’s AC Hotel Atlanta
took another notable step to control its in-room
daylighting. They installed IoT-powered smart glass
windows that transition through tint states, provid-
ing the right amount of natural light depending on
the time and day.
Another way to apply daylight-quality light is to
do what InterContinental Hotels Group did in some
of the rooms at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Airport:
install mobile bedside light fixtures that double as
task lighting. This allowed guests to reinforce the
local sunrise and sundown patterns with blue-en-
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Hotel Smart Lighting
riched light in the day and amber light at night. The
lamps were adjustable, allowing guests to override
the setting if needed.
In an ideal greenfield lighting project, a hotel
would have each guestroom outfitted with a fully
tunable light system for the optimal guest experi-
ence. Built into the room’s architecture, rather than a
bedside add-on, this system would offer hassle-free
settings for guests to promote alertness and sleep.
Guestrooms typically include task lighting (at a
desk or bedside), mirror lighting, general ambi-
ent (windows and overhead fixtures), night lights,
closet lighting and accent lighting. Incorporating
tunable white lighting technologies into these lights
elevates the guest experience.
Ideally, guests would be able to input their
desired wake and sleep times and the lighting
controls would do the rest with all the lighting in
A default ‘sleep’ setting
would not be helpful to
someone who needs to work
late into the evening
the room. Starting with a dose of bright and cool
white light in the morning and warm white light in
the evening, the lights would feature automatic and
continuous color shifting. This set-it-and-forget-it
option allows guests to acclimate to local time
quickly, or to maintain their native time zone during
a short trip. Guests should also be able to over-
ride the system and choose specific settings for
their needs or preferences. For example, a default
“sleep” setting would not be helpful to someone
who needs to work late into the evening.
Whether for health or ambience purposes, the
hospitality industry is amid a guestroom automa-
tion revolution. A hotel’s lighting design, and the
controls they integrate, is now a must-consider
factor for making guestrooms look good and its
visitors feel well. This customizable approach
cultivates thumbs-up reviews and gives tech-savvy
guests what they want: comfort, control and a bet-
ter night’s sleep.
THE AUTHOR | Bill Plageman is Amerlux’s VP of
marketing and product development.
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The first LED streetlights were
installed on the Sixth Street Bridge
over the Los Angeles River.
Step by Step
An update on the quest for smart-city streetlights in
Los Angeles
O L
ver the past century, street lighting in the
City of Los Angeles has evolved from orna-
mental designs to the modern aesthetic of
today. Lighting technology has changed
along with it—moving from gas to electric and
incandescent to mercury vapor, high-pressure
sodium and now LED. This final transition to
LEDs, as well as the proliferation of remote moni-
toring devices, has led to myriad possibilities for
the implementation of smart-city streetlights.
LA currently maintains about 223,000 streetlights
with over 400 different designs dating back to the
beginning of the 1900s. Over 4,500 miles of city
streets are lit for a population of four million, il-
luminating not only the roadways, but the sidewalks
and pedestrian walkways, bridges and tunnels. LA
has installed over 200,000 LED fixtures citywide,
and as of today, 90% of the system has been con-
verted with over 30,000 remote monitoring devices
attached. This has resulted in savings of electricity
worth over $10 million each year and an annual
carbon emission reduction of over 60,000 tons.  tion system for residents, as well as for first
Due to the transition to LEDs, which resulted in
an increase in the electrical capacity on our street
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lighting circuits, and as technology is exponentially
expanding, streetlights have become coveted infra-
structure for the attachment of smart-city elements.
There are many reasons that streetlights are becom-
ing the center of the smart-city movement. Among
these reasons are that streetlights are geographi-
cally located in cities with an existing electrical infra-
structure and are a perfect height for connectivity.
This new smart-city era allows for better com-
munication, the collection of data, early warning
systems and the ability to control infrastructure
to better the lives of residents, visitors and busi-
nesses. Nevertheless, without proper planning
and preparation, streetlights will become the “hat
rack” of the city—convenient for the attachment of
a variety of elements such as cameras, air quality
meters, digital kiosks, etc. As LA works with other
departments and ventures into the attachment of
various products that are not lighting related, one
of the critical questions to answer is this: “What
is the vision for a smart city in Los Angeles?” To
formalize that vision, it is important to define what
a smart city is. According to the city’s Bureau of
Street Lighting, a “smart city is an Internet of Things
that provide better communications, collection of
data and the ability to control infrastructure that will
improve the lives of all constituents and visitors.”
By os Angeles is now on the cusp of this transition,
Norma testing products and deploying pilot projects in
Isahakian order to prepare standards to implement the vision
for the future of a smart city. These pilots include
a variety of products and services. Over the past
three years the city has deployed 432 electric
vehicle charging stations on streetlights to promote
the use of electric vehicles aligned with the city’s
Sustainability Plan. It has also added:
• Mid-block crosswalks that increase in illumina-
tion when pedestrian activity increases
• Transition zones around sport venues that
brighten up during times of events
• Air-quality meters to provide data that may help
drive policy
• 852 solar-to-grid locations generating electricity
for the electrical grid
• Cameras for safety, surveillance and video ana-
lytics to count cars, pedestrians and bicyclists
• Over 2,500 4G and 5G attachments on street-
lights that will enhance the city’s communica-
responders during an emergency situation
As other cities begin moving forward, there are
 L.A. Smart-City Streetlight Update

three steps to keep in mind:

• The testing of products through pilot proj-
ects: The testing of products has a two-way
benefit that allows the city to understand what
is involved in this new transition while helping
the industry develop products that work with
streetlight systems. This process will aid in
developing protocols and requirements as you
work with your vendors.
CITY STATS
• The identification of stakeholders: Identifi-
cation of stakeholders is key as these groups
will help define what the cities need. Typical
stakeholders include elected officials, com-
223,000 400+ 4,500+
streetlights designs miles of streets
munities, other departments, agencies and
emergency services. The goal is to decipher
what each stakeholder wants and needs. Cit-
ies should build a framework to continuously
engage with these stakeholders as the smart-
city movement evolves. Also, each city should 200,000+ 30,000+ $10 million+
LED fixtures remote monitoring in energy savings
remember the concept of “digital inclusion” and devices attached to per year
make an effort to include all communities since streetlights
smart-city products need to improve the lives of
all constituents, and not just targeted neighbor-
hoods. Education and access is vital to provide ing an insight into the community’s understanding
that bridge for disadvantaged communities. of what a smart city is. This information is important
• The development of policies and proce- so that cities can formulate a method of keep-
dures: Finally, each city should develop their ing communities engaged as cities move forward
own standards and protocols to make sure they deploying smart-city systems.
have a guide on product selection to reduce In addition, LA has a goal this fiscal year to have
costs and help coordinate systems in order to not a smart-city showcase that will include a street
end up with streetlights that look like “hat racks.” with smart streetlights. This is meant to start the
These standards and protocols will be developed conversation and education of the possibilities,
from the experience of pilot projects that will an- and define the city’s vision about what we want
swer the questions: “What type of communication in our smart-city portfolio. LA is also calling for a
systems do you want deployed?”; “How many “Streetlight Design Contest” for its basic street-
communication services do you want to pay lights. This design will ask that the basic streetlight
for?”; “What are your privacy policies?”; “Where not only define LA, but be flexible to incorporate
will all the data be collected?”; “Who will have future smart-city products. So as Los Angeles ven-
access to the data?”; “What ownership models tures into this new world of smart technology, there
would work for your city?”; and, “What security is a need to ask our streetlights to do more than
measures will you need in place?” they have traditionally. We rely on them not only
to illuminate our roadways, but also to carry the

A s we look ahead, the Bureau of Street Light-

ing/City of LA is working toward a strategic
plan that will summarize the smart-city movement,
future of this smart-city movement and to enrich
the lives of all residents and visitors.

outline the city’s efforts to deploy pilot projects and
put together a roadmap for the path forward. The
primary goal of our strategic plan is “one city, one
voice,” which is an effort to include all stakehold-
ers and efficiently mobilize smart-city elements into
the world of streetlights. The plan will focus on the
three elements that are outlined above while provid-
This article is based on the SALC 2019 presen-
tation, “Smart City Street Lighting Initiatives in the
City of LA.”
THE AUTHOR | Norma Isahakian is the execu-
tive director at the Bureau of Street Lighting in Los
Angeles.

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project
Photos: Zumtobel
in pictures
Wide Open Spaces

Named after the entrepreneur and patron of the

arts, the James Simon Gallery acts as the
visitor center to the art mecca that is Berlin’s
Museum Island. Designed by David Chipperfield
Architects Berlin, the building connects the
ensemble of museums on the island in both
the physical and metaphorical sense. Skylights,
colonnades and flights of steps create a
building “that celebrates the accessibility of the
museums and the art works that they house—
and encourages people to take their time as
they move through it,” says the project’s design All of the building services were bundled into a single channel,
>>

director Alexander Schwarz, who collaborated rendering them invisible to the eye and emphasizing the
with manufacturer Zumtobel to provide the open building’s distinct structure. Linear lighting fixtures in the foyer
architectural structure with a combination of encourage movement from the ticket counter to all that lies
daylight and electric light. beyond.

>>
Ceiling luminaires set to 3800K
ensure uniform lighting in exhibition
areas. The luminaires consist of
square textile light modules that
create a gentle progression of light
from the edge to the middle of
the luminaire, as well as acoustic
fabric to absorb sound and reduce
unwanted ambient noise.

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 >>
Indirect lighting enhances the
space’s daylight and enables the
center to be lit discreetly from
the inside when dark. Design
elements such as colonnades and
long flights of stairs carry over
from the outside of the building
to the inside, creating a fluidity
throughout the building and its
adjoining museums.

>>
LED spotlights use UV- and
IR-free light and allow
the color temperature
to be adjusted.

>>
LED spotlights also provide even
illumination in the auditorium
while enhancing the aesthetic of
the ceiling shape.

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and District Chairs. Orange text denotes newly elected members to the IES Board has been
of Directors and new District Chairs elected by the IES Section Officers in their appointed vice
Districts for 2020-2021. president and
general man-
President Wilson Dau, LC ager for Eureka Lighting.
Antonio Garza Dau Design and Consulting, Inc.
Iluminacion Total,
SA de CV Jorge H. Lujan
CDm2 Lightworks

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Lighting Application Sciences, LLC
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Carl Bloomfield Billy Tubb

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1.
2.
1. Tracy Glover Studio announces the
Constellation Chandelier. The 26-in.
fixture features four glass Rondel
diffusers in Primavera, Twist and Wrap
patterns in steel blue, light blue, sea
blue and turquoise colors with a black
oxide finish. It is UL listed and includes
four 2.5-W dimmable LED bulbs.
www.tracygloverstudio.com
2. Columbia Lighting introduces the
CRW Round Wrap luminaire. The
4-ft round wrap is offered in both
Switchable CCT and Switchable
Lumens. It features 0-10-V dimming to
10%, as well as decorative magnetic
end caps to eliminate light leaks.
www.hubbell.com
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3.
3. Douglas Lighting Controls
introduces the new Intelligent Fixture
Sensor (IFS) and Intelligent Fixture
Controller (IFC). The IFS and IFC
provide full wireless control capability
to suitably-equipped, host luminaires.
These devices are intended to work
with companion LED drivers having
auxiliary power output, 0-10-V
dimming and Dim-to-Off capability.
The IFS includes an occupancy
sensor and a daylight sensor.
www.douglaslightingcontrols.com
4.
4. Landscape Forms announces the
Slope luminaire featuring a silhouette
that angles 9 deg, allowing it to blend
into urban landscapes. Featuring
a low profile, Slope is under 1 in.
at its thinnest point and contains
advanced LED arrays for precision
lighting within city parks, streets and
buildings. The luminaire comes in
color temperatures of 3000K and
4000K and features 0-10-V dimming
with DALI available upon request.
www.landscapeforms.com

5.
6.
5. Couture Lamps introduces the Blair Glossy Orange
Lacquer and Gold Leaf Table Lamp. Featuring a clear
optic crystal base and finial, the 31.5-in. lamp includes
a square hardback shade in white linen and features an
on-off neck switch. The lamp is offered in multiple finishes.
www.couturelamps.com
6. LEDTronics announces its “ultra bright” miniature
bayonet based LED bulbs. The bulbs are intended for critical
applications in industries such as defense and aerospace,
transportation, and power plants. They feature a 30-deg
beam angle, with a choice of Ultra Red (657nm), Super
Yellow (600nm) or Aqua Green (527nm) emitted colors.
www.ledtronics.com
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Photo: Park Hyatt Beaver Creek
ICE AND OPULENCE
ocated at the base of the primary ski lift at Beaver
Creek mountain village in Colorado, the Park Hyatt
Beaver Creek Resort and Spa is a luxurious year-round
getaway. Tasked with celebrating the Park Hyatt brand,
as well as capturing the decadent feeling of the location,
Premier Project Management got to work creating a “wow”
factor via a statement chandelier above the resort bar. By
repositioning the bar to the center of the lobby, Premier
maximized guest access to the surrounding landscape,
while creating a central gathering hub for guests.
Comprised of a large 10-ft by 10-ft canopy with 12
integrated downlights and 175 hanging pendants, the
statement chandelier manufactured by iWorks speaks for
itself. Each pendant consists of 36 illuminated drops and
139 decorative glass elements, hung at different heights,
creating a feeling of falling ice crystals in a glamorous
nod to the high-end location and its view of the snowy
mountains beyond.
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7. 2nd Ave Lighting announces
the Kitzi Tapered Pendant. The
36-in. square pendant features
ambient lighting projected by eight
complementary faux candlelights. The
solid constructed hardware is featured
in a textured black finish and treated
for outdoor applications. The overall
height ranges from 52 in. to 207 in.,
as the chain length adjusts to meet
specific lighting application needs.
The fixture is UL and cUL listed for 7.
dry and damp locations.
www.2ndave.com

8. Prudential Lighting introduces

PruCove, a grazer designed for
smaller coves. As an addition to
Prudential’s MicroCove family,
PruCove offers two distributions
including a softer “focal glow” and a
tighter ceiling graze with Prudential
Lighting’s Remote optic. It is
Armstrong AXIOM compatible.
www.prulite.com

9. ALVA Lighting announces Tessie,

an architectural scale, wet-listed
wall sconce. Created for interior
and exterior use, the direct/indirect 8.
grazing luminaire can be used on
columns, building façades, flanking
doors, between windows and in
elevator lobbies. It is IP66 rated
and can be power washed at high
pressure. The LED light source comes
in standard color temperatures of
3000K and 3500K.
www.alvalight.com

9.

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 10. Nora Lighting introduces the
Iolite High Lumen LED Downlight.
Total internal reflection lenses focus
the light distribution and minimize
glare, optimizing the downlight for
high and sloped ceiling installations.
A selection of 2-in. and 4-in. trimmed
or trimless reflectors, including
round, square, adjustable, regressed,
10. bullnose, surface gimbal, pinhole,
wall wash and more, allows for
customization of each installation.
Each reflector includes the latest
Cree COB technology.
www.noralighting.com

11. Acuity Brands Lighting

announces the SLOT 1 line of linear
LED luminaires from Mark Architectural
Lighting. SLOT 1 is a collection of
small form factor luminaires (1.5 in. in
width), for indoor lighting applications.
Powered by the Modulus low-voltage
power and control system, the
luminaires are created for greater
dimming and control options. They
are available in recessed, pendant,
surface and wall forms and come in
three standard finish options, as well
11. as an assortment of lenses for desired
light distribution.
www.acuitybrands.com

12. California Accent Lighting

announces the ALS500T-DBR
luminaire. As an addition to the
recessed solutions in the alumLEDs
family, the ALS500T-DBR features a
t-bar, hard ceiling and flange trims. It
12. creates uniform ambient lighting due
to its ability to recede into the ceiling
creating an environment with no glare.
www.calilighting.com

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T 805.410.7356
IOTA Engineering, LLC www.iotaengineering.com 17 C 805.679.1935
sajeevi.henry@sagepub.com
States serviced: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI,
Landscape Forms, Inc www.landscapeforms.com 5 ID, MT, NM, NV, OR,UT, WA, WY, and
Western Canada

Lighting Analysts Inc www.agi32.com 9

SOUTH/MIDWEST/
INTERNATIONAL
Myers Emergency Power Systems www.myerseps.com 11 (OUTSIDE US & CANADA)
Bill Middleton
Middleton Media
NICOR Lighting www.nicorlighting.com Cover 4 561 Robin Lane
Marietta, GA 30067
T 770.973.9190
Pure Edge Lighting www.pureedgelighting.com 12 C 404.394.7026
F 770.565.7013
midmedia@aol.com
SPI Lighting Inc www.spilighting.com Cover 2 States serviced: AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN,
KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, ND, NE, OH,
OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, WI, WV and Eastern
StressCrete Group www.stresscretegroup.com 2 Canada, International

TCP International, Inc. www.go.tcp.com/experience 20

USAI, LLC www.usailighting.com Cover 3

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 n tribute to frontline medical workers, and in
commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Dutch
Liberation Day, the Amsterdam-based artist duo
“Drift” staged a performance titled Franchise
Freedom in the skies above a Dutch hospital in
May. The event included 300 illuminated drones
flying in the formation of a flock of starlings, before
gathering in the shape of a giant red heart that
pulsed with light as if it were beating. The display
Photo: © Mothership 2020

concluded with the colors changing to those of the

Dutch flag, uniting messages of hope and freedom
amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last Flying Together

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Project: New York Investment Firm. Lighting Designer: SBLD Studio. Architect: Studios Architecture. Photograph: @Bilyana Dimitrova © 2020 USAI Lighting. All rights reserved.

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