Real V. Rendering

Check out the below link.  The answers are at the bottom.  I am glad to work in Revit, it is great for managing expectations!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/autodesk/9-stunning-architectural-images-rendering-or-real-b3y4

Prudential Lighting

I now represent Prudential Lighting here in Nashville.  From the Prudential website:

"For 55 years Prudential Ltg. has engineered and produced high quality fluorescent luminaires made right here in the USA. Whether it's collaborating with leading architects and lighting designers on a new treatment or refining a classic, successful design, Prudential Ltg. is always driven by innovation. Our national network of independent sales representatives is among the most knowledgeable and service oriented in the lighting industry. Their expertise assures that the specifications of your projects will be met with the best suited products.
Made in the USA Every product we sell directly impacts our economy because it’s made by American workers with our own locally sourced materials. Help keep America competitive globally by buying Prudential."
 

http://prulite.com/pru-GrenLight.php

Light Meter App

This is a great app for lighting people or if you want to show an owner what footcandles are in a space.  A Light Meter app!  I tested against a "real" light meter from Greenlee at showed 22 FC at my desk.  The whitegood light meter showed 18 so not completely accurate but I had a case on my phone, etc.  It works as a good estimate of light quantity.  Search "whitegoods" at iTunes.

That is me and my son Caleb at Stone Fort park in Manchester TN in the background. 

From the whitegoods site:

New Update Available for Whitegoods Light Meter App
Whitegoods have made further improvements to their recently launched LightMeter App;
The new updates include:
-An easy to use manual calibration tool where you can input readings taken from a real light
meter allowing for more accurate calibration.
- We have improved the decimalisation of Lux/foot-candle readings
-Default settings for low/medium or bright light levels to improve performance
-'How does it work' section on Info tab
-Settings for foot-candles or lux
Always have a light meter at hand with this intuitive and easy-to-use app. Compatible with iPhone 3GS,
4 and 4S, iPad and iPod Touch (iOS 5.0 or later). Works with front and back cameras and includes a built-in timer.

Whitegoods

Beta Calco Product of the Month

Beta Calco Xacara

There are a bunch of iterations of this fixture that can be found in the below link.  I really like this fixture in terms of quality, function, and cost.  The larger versions are good for general lighting and all in LED.  I have a sample of this fixture as well.  If interested, give me a call and I will bring it by!

Shad Asebrook
Sesco Lighting
SAsebrook@SescoLighting.com
615-830-1655

Xacara Site Link

Multiple LED Downlighting

Our New Multiple Small LED is the logical continuity and extension of what has been one of Sistemalux's winning products for the past 10 years, the Recessed Multiple Line. Our LED Recessed Multiple offers great performance and the same design flexibility you and your clients have grown accustomed to. Specifications: Source Output: 860 lumens; Correlated Color Temperature (CCT): 3198K; Source Efficacy: 87 lumens per watts; Color Rendering Index (CRI): 83+; Total Delivered Output: 570 lumens; L70 = 50,000Hrs; Total Power Consumption (including driver): 11W; Dimmable to 15% with standard incandescent dimmers; Luminaire Efficacy: 51 lumens per watts; 5 Year Warranty. Great offering from Sistemalux/Iguzzini.  Let me know if you would like to see a sample. -Shad Asebrook, Sesco Lighting in Nashville

What is a Lighting Manufacturers' Representative?

This is a good definition by our folks at Sesco Lighting:

Some manufacturers choose not to employ their own sales force. Instead they contract exclusively, in certain geographic areas, with reps who are paid a commission when they are successful in selling the manufacturer's product. A manufacturers' rep may represent many companies, usually does limited invoicing and carries little or no accounts receivable. The use of manufacturers' reps in the lighting industry is the norm rather than the exception. Shad Asebrook SAsebrook@SescoLighting.com 615-830-1655 The Delray Lighting "Cylindro" at Centric Architecture in Nashville. Link to Cylindro Cut Sheet

Wattstopper Strategies

WattStopper Intelligent Building Strategies 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwezbxJ8ZGc

Outdoor LED Cable Lighting from Sistemalux

This is a neat fixture from Sistemalux/Igguzini that architects and landscape architects may find interesting.  I would love to see this on a streetscape here in Nashville.

Sesco Nashville Represents Borden Lighting

Sesco Lighting, Nashville has agreed to represent Borden Lighting.  This is a welcome addition.

From the Borden website:

http://www.bordenlighting.com/who.html

WHO WE ARE
Introducing Borden Lighting: a company created to serve the design community with lighting fixtures that exhibit the three most important issues in lighting today: fine DESIGN, true SUSTAINABILITY and superior VALUE.

Based in the San Francisco Bay area, Borden Lighting is a new company with a long history. The company's founder and CEO, architect Randy Borden, is well known in the lighting community from his more than 20 years as president of Shaper Lighting. The new company itself is built upon the foundation of Nova Industries, maker of decorative and custom lighting, as well as Honeylite™ glare control products, for nearly half a century.

PRODUCTS

Borden Lighting offers three families of specification-grade, made-to-order products:

Architectural Lighting: A complete line of decorative surface mounted fixtures for ceiling, pendant, interior and exterior wall applications. Our architectural based designs are tasteful clean and elegant in their simplicity. Table and Floor Lamps: What is really a new product category: Specification-grade architectural table and floor lamps. Honeylite™ Louvers: Our popular family of glare control products engineered for seamless integration with a wide variety of lamp sources and fixtures.

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Fox Theatre, Featured Installation

Color Kinetics sent the following to me as a featured installation.  This is the Fox Theatre in St. Louis. 

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The Fox Theatre was a movie palace built in 1929 by movie pioneer William Fox as a showcase for the films of the Fox Film Corporation. The theatre, also known as "The Fabulous Fox," was one of five Fox theatres whose other locations included Brooklyn, Atlanta, Detroit and San Francisco. Today the theatre has a full calendar of live entertainment from rock concerts to comedy shows to Broadway musicals.

The theatre was originally designed by architect C. Howard Crane, who used a unique blend of Asian decorative motifs to create a magnificently ornate interior which featured a 5,280-pound chandelier and gilded velvet throne chairs. Fox's wife, Eve Leo, also added to the eclectic decor by displaying furnishings, paintings, and sculptures that she found on her travels overseas. The Fox Theatre enjoyed a few prosperous years but then fell into decline and closed its doors in 1978. However, the theatre was bought in 1981, underwent a $3 million restoration, and opened for business again in 1982.

During the summer of 2011, the theatre was renovated again. The $2 million restoration's sustainability initiatives included installing an updated HVAC system and replacing the theatre's incandescent cove lighting with an LED lighting system. Fox Theatre worked with Lighting Representatives, Inc. to find an LED replacement which would allow them to retain existing light levels and quality of light and which would work seamlessly with their current dimming system. Lighting Representatives recommended Philips Color Kinetics eW Cove QLX Powercore in 2700 K. The LED lighting solution was easily installed into the steel coves, replacing 2,200 incandescent lamps. The LED lighting solution is expected to reduce the theatre's energy consumption by 85 percent, and also significantly reduce lighting maintenance costs.

http://www.colorkinetics.com/

Mirko Pasta in Nashville

Mirko Pasta was designed by MP&E Engineering and the general lighting was accomplished by a Liton Lighting LED track system. Check it out if you are in the area.


1520 Demonbreun Avenue 
Nashville, TN 37203




http://www.liton.com/webcatalog/Brochures/EcoTrack_web.pdf

Shad Asebrook
615-830-1655

New LED downlight and cylinder for high ceilings

This is a great fixture to light from high ceilings where access is difficult.  So this will work for church lighting, atrium lighting, and large area entry or foyer lighting.  The color rendering index (CRI) is +90 and the LEDs will have long life compared to other sources.

http://www.peachtreelighting.com/feature.cfm