A Lighting Designer, Electrician, Electrical Contractor, and an Integrator Walk Onto a Job Site…

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A Lighting Designer, Electrician, Electrical Contractor, and an Integrator Walk Onto a Job Site…

Moderators: Francesca Bastianini & Alex Pappas-KalberMarch 28, 2017

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The goal of the panel is to have the CA kick off meeting that we all want to have, but that is never in the budget.

The discussion focuses on a missing step in the life of many projects, when lighting designers hand over their documents to electricians and electrical contractors that they rarely get to meet until there is a problem on the job site. Instead more open communication between these key team members can help to create a smooth construction phase and successful completed project.

With experience on the installation side, electricians and electrician contractors can help lighting designers and architects understand what information should be included in a lighting package. For lighting manufacturers, the experience of these individuals can provide insight into what information should be included with the fixture to installation and compatibility easier.

CourseDescription

LearningObjectives

1. Presentation of LED technology as it relates to the coordination and testing of compatibility with dimming controls

2. Client, Specifier and Installer communication regarding factors to keep in mind when specifying LEDS

3. Differences in installing LED fixtures vs other “older” lighting source fixtures

4. Maintenance factors considered when wiring or installing for LED fixtures

5. What knowledge should specifiers, and even manufacturers, share with their LED fixtures for easier installation.

At the end of the this course, participants will be able to:

MODERATORS:

Francesca Bastianini, Principal Sighte Studio, LLC

Alex Pappas-Kalber, Principal Sighte Studio, LLC

PANEL:

Caroline Harrison , Top Shelf Electric

David Zeki, Lion Electric

Whitney Wertz, One Button

Caroline Harrison, Top Shelf Electric

Caroline holds a bachelor degree in Interior Architecture from The George Washington University. As a Lighting Designer, she spent her first years designing retail flagship clothing stores across Europe and Asia. She moved on to work on hospitality, hotel, and private residence projects before joining Top Shelf Electric Corp, an electrical contracting firm, specializing in residential high-rise, mixed-use and commercial construction. As a project manager, she works closely with the developers to procure the lighting package and coordinates installation details and delivery schedules with the field. Caroline communicates daily with her project engineers and foremen. She educates them on the fixtures and resolves installation, dimming and control issues throughout the entire construction process.

Dave Zeki, President, Lion Electric

Dave is a 4th generation licensed electrical contractor. Possessing master electrical licenses that span NJ,NYC & FL, Dave always says that this business is his “birth right” and views the trade as more than “just work” or another “job.” His family was allowed to have a private electrical contracting business in a communist country and actually competed against the government for contracts to install high tension distribution lines throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Taking great pride in his professional lineage, Dave continues his family’s proud tradition for yet another generation.

Education: BS, Political Science- Montclair State University 2002

Dave’s first love is Soccer (Glory Glory Man United!) as he was a state championship winning soccer player with Pompton Lakes HS (1996). His current infatuation is with the game of golf, and can be usually found on a golf course every Sundaymorning during golf season, playing to a 9 handicap.

Whitney Wertz, One Button

Lighting Environment Designer at OneButton

Whitney manages OneButton's lighting integration for Lutron systems including RadioRa and Homeworks. Her interest in smart home technology and her background as a lighting buyer and interior design assistant led her to pursue a more technical design role in the industry. OneButton provides AV solutions to simplify and enhance the technology experience of any environment through a deep understanding of the client's personal preference and purpose of an environment. OneButton has refined a design process to improve collaboration with industry partners.

QUESTION 1

What information do you typically receive about the lighting design before you get to a job or upon arriving at the job?

QUESTION 1

What information do you typically receive about the lighting design before you get to a job or upon arriving at the job?

Follow-up

What information do you wish you could receivebefore arriving on a job site?

QUESTION 2

What conversation do you wish you could have with a lighting designer at the point that construction starts?

QUESTION 3

What do you wish lighting designers took into consideration when designing projects with LED?

QUESTION 4

How are LED specifications processed at the EC level when there isn't enough control/driver information and there is not a direct channel to speak to the

designer?

QUESTION 5

In the last five years what has been the biggest difference in the equipment you install?

QUESTION 5

In the last five years what has been the biggest difference in the equipment you install?

Follow-up

Has the difference been due to the physical manufacturing of products or the technology that goes into them?

(assuming that most are LED)

QUESTION 6

Have you received/sought out any training for newLED fixtures and controls?

QUESTION 6

Have you received/sought out any training for newLED fixtures and controls?

QUESTION 6

Have you received/sought out any training for newLED fixtures and controls?

Follow-up

Does the current training you receive to be an electrician cover the changes in LED technology or does it provide a basis for how to understand it?

QUESTION 7

What is the biggest disconnect between what lighting designers say and what they mean?

QUESTION 8

How has the change in technology and light sources improved your work?

Last Question

Panelists, if you could look out into the audience and say one thing to lighting designers to make your life easier, what would it be?

This concludes The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems Course

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