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23 2013 IeSAnZ Australia new Zealand excellence Awards

By Warren Julian (words) and Peter McLean (images)

34 The retrofit equation By Claire Thompson

42 Retrofitting choices and case studies

By Matthew Martin and Jake Bugden

48 Retrofitting a 30 year old Brisbane commercial tower

By Connan Brown

54 SPARC synopsis

10 From the editor

12 letters to the editor

18 President’s Message

41 Subscription Form

53 IeS Corporate Members

56 IeS updates + Posts

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Volume 33, Issue Three

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On a global basis, HELLA employs 25,000 people with 3,800 working in research and development. The German privately owned company which was founded in 1899, operates in more than 100 countries. HELLA manufactures and markets Automotive, Mining and Industry lighting along with electronics systems and thermal management products.

HELLA Australia is one of the company’s Global Centres of Excellence for the design and manufacturing of Mining industry products. HELLA operates one Australian design and manufacturing plant in Mentone, Victoria which has been in operation for more than 50 years, making the company a veteran of Australian lighting design and manufacturing.

HELLA Australia introduces another first for mining and general industrial high output lighting with the company’s Australian designed and manufactured

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Suitable for both DC and AC applications, the HELLA HypaLUME® LED floodlight has been designed to withstand the rigours of demanding outdoor and industrial area lighting requirements.

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The colour matched HELLA HypaLUME® LEDs operate at a colour temperature of 5,700K to provide a near daylight environment wherever they are used, ensuring high colour rendering to assist with critical work tasks and providing a comfortable work area.

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MATTHEW MARTiN

Matthew is a Lighting and Energy Consultant at Sustainable Focus as well as a Director

of Sustainable Lighting. He has over 25 years’ experience in the electrical industry with

expertise in energy efficiency, lighting and lighting control systems. His comprehensive

knowledge of these fields enables him to accurately evaluate the functionality of systems.

Matthew has experience in broader energy efficiency solutions, project management,

project design and construction from designing and implementing energy efficiency

upgrade solutions in existing buildings and occupied tenancies across the country.

Matthew is an associate of the IES SA Chapter and has applied for Member grade.

[email protected]

JAkE BugdEN

Jake is the Managing Director of Sustainable Focus and a Director of Sustainable Lighting.

He has developed a unique approach to identifying and managing sustainability projects

that achieve real environmental benefits within corporate operations. Jake has many

years’ experience in project management including design, delivery, monitoring and

reporting. Jake has specific expertise in energy efficiency and energy efficient lighting.

He is also a highly skilled facilitator and understands the importance of developing a

strong business case for sustainability projects.

[email protected]

CoNNAN BRoWN

Connan is a mechanical engineer by training and has worked with Norman Disney & Young on

landmark projects in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom. Recent projects have included

targeted sustainability initiatives within a range of building sectors including: new commercial

buildings; commercial building refurbishments; healthcare; hospitality; defence accommodation;

arts; sports infrastructure and renewable energy. Connan is an accredited and practicing

NABERS assessors with extensive experience in complex NABERS rating issues in commercial

buildings. Connan is also a current Green Star Accredited Professional who has actively

managed Green Star certified Design and As-Built ratings in major commercial buildings.

Connan has developed his interest in sustainability throughout his working career and is proud

of his involvement as lead engineer on the 215 Adelaide Street project from the initial planning in

2008; through design; construction, commissioning and fine tuning which culminated in NABERS

base building energy 5 Star rating in December of 2012.

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CLAiRE THoMPSoN

Claire has been working as a writer, editor and communicator for over 10 years. She has

extensive experience in the health, education and R&D sectors and has worked as both

a corporate communicator and creative writer. A keen reader of everything from poetry

to technical manuals, Claire approaches her writing and editing work with the belief that

everybody has a story worth telling. She is currently writing extensively on research and

technology development and commercialisation for organisations that include the University

of Technology Sydney and Gemaker. She has lived and worked in Canberra and Montreal

and is now based in Sydney.



AdvanQuez’s AvL LED Lamps lights up top departmental storeAdvanLED, Tenrod’s manufacturing partner of the AdvanQuez AvL LED Lamps has just fitted out a top departmental store in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with LED Lighting. The client in their recent refurbishing process wanted to have their retail area the illumination that will bring to life the beauty of their products and give their customers the best shopping experience. As well, they also looked to be a greener organization and so went for the eco-friendlier and greater energy efficient LED lighting solution from AdvanLED.

THE BEFoRE:The Lighting System used before the refurbishment comprises a mix of:4 X 36W fluorescent square fittings6-inch 18Wx2 round recessed fittings8-inch 18Wx2 round recessed fittingsHalogen MR16’s (50W)CDM (ceramic discharge metal-halides) 35W spot lightsIn order to achieve a 4000K effect a mix of 6000K-6500K and 2700K lamps were used.

THE AFTER:The lamps installed for the refurbishment included:

LED DLMM 4000K 2000Lm 27W Philips DLMi powered Down Lights

LED SLM Track Lights 3000K 3000Lm >90CRI 35W 24° powered by Philips modules

LED AR111 Spot Light, 22W 3000K powered by Cree LEDs.

The floor Lux readings are generally at 1264 Lux levels. The product display readings are generally at 2500 to 3000 Lux.

A total of 708 DLMM Down Lights, 745 AR111 and 1000+ Track Lights were used to cover about 5400 square meter area.

The lighting effects were met with the client’s great satisfaction and along with their green objectives. The shopping experience would now be a totally enhanced one.

THE SoLuTioN:In order to achieve the best effect of lively display and natural look of the products, the desired colour temperature of 4000K was set for the down lighting system and 3000K for the spots. A combination of circular down lights, track lights and spot lights were designed by AdvanLED, built and then laid out according to the customers floor displays requirements.

The DLMi Series LED Down Lights are powered Philips’ Down Light Modules of sizes 6 inches and 8 inches. These are direct alternatives to the CFL lit 1x18W, 2x18W and 1x26W ceiling mount down lights.

To enhance the specific products displays, where CDMs (ceramic discharge metalhalides) are often expected to do, AdvanLED manufactures an excellent range of LED alternatives. These SLM Series LED Spot Track Lights are powered by high quality Philips LED modules together with a Philips driver. These track lights not only delivers >90 CRI, 3000 Lm bright 24° spot lighting but have the smoothing out at the peripheries due to the special light dissipating design in the reflector cones.

The floor Lux readings were in the region of 320 Lux whilst the table Lux readings were of the order of 410 Lux

Mix of light fittings used previous to refurbishment.

Manchester department.

RIGHT: Baby Care Products Shelves.FAR RIGHT: SLM Track Lights.

ABOVE: Homeware Department. BELOW: Elevator Court lighting.

ABOVE: AdvanQuez DLMM series – powered by Philips DLMi modules.

LEFT:AdvanQuez SLM Series LED alternative to CDM spots lights.

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f r o m t h e e d i t o r

The Linkedin group Lighting talk has recently had a long, sometimes meandering discussion on some recent research that suggests that red light “increases alertness”; isn’t it blue light that is supposed to do that? Are the “alertnesses” the same or different? Does a laboratory-based effect translate into the real world? And so on.

It’s all very interesting and so is one of the “off topic” detours into the environmental friendliness of LEDs. One of the most thoughtful contributors to the discussion has been James Benya, familiar to some readers and those who attended the last IESANZ Lighting Convention in New Zealand. I am going to quote from James.

“LEDs have an environmental impact. Every LED device requires heatsinks, with approximately 0.5 kg per 10 W of LEDs. This has about 22 kWh of embedded energy, mostly generated worldwide by coal, the number one cause of worldwide mercury pollution. Also, every LED die employs gold wiring to reduce weight and size while improving conductivity. Gold mining is the world’s second largest cause of environmental mercury pollution. So, before you claim LEDs to be free from environmental impacts, recognise that they are quite the opposite. In comparison, the environmental impact of broken fluorescent lamps does not even register as one of the primary causes of environmental mercury and with a little care we can almost totally eliminate it.”

After some heated comments on mercury and fluorescent lamps, James added, “Reputable research informs us that eating a meal of tuna causes you to ingest far more mercury than you would ingest in any way while cleaning up a lamp breakage. As for [tuna] mercury content, it came from coal plants, then into the food chain. I do not dispute that mercury is a serious problem. I dispute the claims that LEDs are free from environmental impact.”

More argument led to “Embodied energy is the energy expended to make a product. This must be considered in any environmental assessment of a system, material or product. Among common materials, the amount of embodied energy in aluminium is the most per unit weight. At over 43 kWh per kg almost every LED luminaire has enough embodied energy in it to power it for a year or more. With 48% of US electricity being

coal fired and over 80% of Chinese electricity coming from coal, it is safe to assume that a large percentage of those 43 kWh per kg used mercury-spilling coal, regardless of scrubbing”.

Then, after some discussion concerning other metals in traditional lamps and luminaires, James commented: “Because, unlike other light sources, LEDs cannot radiate energy (ie infrared), they require high thermal mass, low thermal resistivity [aluminium] heatsinks. Ignoring reflectors and other structural or aesthetic components, heatsinks and especially their weight, are uniquely high for LEDs. They cannot be ignored. Fortunately, they can be recycled. But our throwaway life style discourages it and in a large part of the world, recycling is not a practical option. On the other hand, the vast majority of fluorescent lamps can be recycled and in the more progressive states and countries, it is already mandatory. It is a lot easier to collect spent lamps than spent luminaires.”

After more discussion, the voice of reason returned: “Hey everyone … we all agree that mercury is bad. … In the US, eating ocean fish is recommended only on a limited basis and eating freshwater fish is no longer recommended at all. Mercury enters the environment from coal-fired electricity, from industrial processes and from mercury containing waste including fluorescent lamps. I raised the proper environmental perspective of embodied energy so that we understand that every light source has an environmental impact and it includes LEDs.

“Only one light source – daylight – has mostly positive benefits but if not properly designed, can create air-conditioning load that is counter productive – and mercury polluting. LEDs and OLEDs have a chance, over their forthcoming evolution, of reducing the mercury footprint of lighting and this is good.

“But at present, no light source other than daylight is free from the mercury problem or the similar problems of other heavy and toxic metals such as cadmium. I just wish that all the LED salespersons would own up to the complete environmental truth, instead of selling LEDs on the basis of no environmental footprint.”

I hope you find this issue stimulating, perhaps while enjoying a healthy tuna sandwich.

Warren JulianEditor

Food (and mercury)for thought

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LED recall does not affect Australia and New Zealand

The April/May 2013 Edition of Lighting, IeS Updates and Posts Section, pg. 72, referred to a statement released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission of America that the Lighting Science Group had issued a recall of 554 000 LED lamps that had been sold under brand names inclusive of Sylvania. The article refers to 68 reported incidents in the US of fire resulting from the overheating of a specific range of LED products.

We at Sylvania Lighting Australasia Pty Ltd wish to clarify to your readers that the recall notice does not affect any Sylvania branded product that is marketed for sale by Sylvania Lighting Australasia Pty Ltd or its registered agencies in Australia or New Zealand.

Specifically, the A19, G25 and R20 (aka PAR20) LED lamps referred to in the article are not sold here in Australia or New Zealand by Sylvania Lighting Australasia Pty Ltd and are in fact products engineered for US specific installations and applications with none of these products being suitable for any application within the local market.

For the Australian market, Sylvania sources its LED products from a range of suppliers. Products within each of the ranges offered for sale by Sylvania Lighting Australasia for the local market are stringently tested for compliance to all safety requirements prior to being offered for sale. Each product marketed by Sylvania Lighting Australasia meets or exceeds the minimum safety and performance measurements put into place by federal regulators, energy authorities and associated business and industry groups (inclusive of the IES and the Lighting Council of Australia).

Sylvania Lighting Australasia is proud to be able to deliver to consumers and lighting industry professionals alike a consistently high standard of products which are engineered to meet the specific environmental and performance characteristics of the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Should your readers, customers or interested parties have any concerns, we invite them to contact our Customer Service team on 1300 728 988 or email us at [email protected]

Duane Shore, Marketing Communications ManagerSylvania Lighting Australasia Pty Ltd

T hank you for the clarification – Warren

Where can lighting people meet face-to-face?

You asked, “Where can lighting people meet face-to-face?”, and you made me realise how long it has been since we used to get together every year, and would catch up with who had some interesting research underway and who was putting some fresh thinking into lighting. However, in your brief world survey of the decline in lighting conferences you omitted to note the emergence of a newcomer whose success has been, I suggest, quite outstanding. I refer to the Professional Lighting Design Conventions, organized by the PDLA. The first of these was in London in 2007, where (I think I have these data correct) they attracted 1100 attendees from 54 countries. Since then they have maintained biannual conventions, with Berlin in 2009 and Madrid in 2011, and for this year it will be Copenhagen where they believe they are on course to achieve 1500 attendees. Why are they growing in this way when others are falling by the wayside?

While I missed the first of these conventions, I caught the next two and I will be at the forthcoming one in Copenhagen in a few months’ time, so let me explain why this venue is a hit with me. The ‘Call for Papers’ issued by the organisers in the middle of last year followed their established pattern, making it clear that abstracts for just 70 contributed papers will be accepted, and every paper must fit into one of four broad themes. For the selected papers, the author enters into a contract committing him or her to the organiser’s requirements for both the paper and its presentation, in return for which they will receive an honorarium of EUR500, convention registration (worth EUR675), one night of accommodation at the convention hotel, and a travel allowance which, for people outside Europe, is up to EUR600. While the travel perk will leave me out of pocket, the overall package certainly makes a difference. However, the really big difference is in the quality of the papers and presentations. I understand that 220 applications were received. All were blind reviewed


and so less than one in three was selected. The convention runs for three days, comprising six 4-hour sessions, each starting with an invited keynote speaker who addresses the whole assembly, followed by four parallel theme sessions, each giving one full hour to each contributed paper. Meanwhile a trade show is operating all hours, various special interest groups have meetings, and of course there are the usual welcome event, dinner, and so forth.

I am not suggesting for one moment that we should attempt to set ourselves up in competition with this event, but I do suggest that we should look at it carefully and ask ourselves why they seem to be going from strength to strength while our conferences have become endangered, if not lifeless, species. Of course these people are designers who like to engage in what you describe as the ‘fluffy’ aspects of lighting, but just think of being able to choose between four themes of peer-reviewed papers six times each day, as well as a couple of keynotes. Perhaps we cannot afford to do anything even close to this model, but I have to tell you that over the three days of one of these conventions there really are opportunities to meet lighting people face-to-face.

Kit CuttleHavelock north, new Zealand

K it raises some very important points in his letter. What I didn’t mention in my editorial,

was that most of the conferences I cited were basically funded by the paper presenters, that is, by the “entertainers” rather than by the “audience” – the opposite of what happens with other entertainments. If these conferences attract too few presenters, the conference is usually a financial failure. That’s because the conferences fail to attract attendees.

The success of the PLDC comes from its organisers who are attuned to the industry’s needs and are very effective in promoting the conferences to sponsors and attendees. Sponsors are more likely to support an event that attracts good numbers of influential attendees, rather than an “academic” conference that could be seen as part of the publish-or-perish syndrome of universities.

The PLDC is also effective in attracting others to use the conference as the location for special interest meetings, such as, education events, CIE

meetings, etc – people can attend two or three events for a marginal increase in cost rather than huge cost of attending them separately at different times and locations.

Using your figures and the registration fees on the PLDC website, their conference would be a financial success with fewer than 1,000 registrations and if they attract the 1,500 you mention, then it’s probably an excellent business to be in. – Warren julian’

LED Category P street lighting

Just read Lighting LED Cat P letter to the editor (April/May 2013). This letter seems to miss one key point about AS1158 and that is that LED is still considered to be an emerging technology and it’s use is cautioned by the standard, (unless AS1158 has had a recent amendment that I missed).

Local authorities want LED street lights and if the standards cannot keep up with the technology then the local authorities will sideline the standards.

The LED street lighting I am currently involved with can provide white light either warm 3000K or cool up to 6500K, but a preference for 4000K seems to be emerging, and this is also OK for the dark sky guys. These fittings can provide 70+ CRI and also we now have constant flux LED luminaires that provide further energy savings and improved life. We are now offering intelligent dimmable LED street lights that can dim to lower levels in the middle of the night either with stand alone internal controls or via a central management system, here again AS1158 is lacking, with no mention of adaptive lighting requirements.

More work is definitely needed as we move into the era of smart cities and the everything network.

I also agree with your embodied energy concerns, which would be relevant for relatively new existing street lights but would not apply for say a 40 year old luminaire, which would be considered to be at the end of useful life.


Osram and Siteco are also thinking about this for the future with our LED luminaires which have replaceable LED optical modules and drivers, so upgrades can easily be fitted into the LED luminaire housing as the technology improves and becomes more efficient.

Matt Flood, Business Development Managertraxon & Siteco, Australia & nZ

M att, I agree that it is time for AS1158 to reconsider its position. LED technology has

moved so quickly that a prudent statement of a few years ago, now looks as though it’s reactionary. That is not to say that all the issues with LEDs for roadlighting have been solved but many have.

It is interesting that there seems to be a preference for 4000K since, if you are trying to see humans, the lower the CCT the better, since skin is a poor reflector of the blue LED’s radiation in fluorescent white LEDs, especially for non-Caucasian and tanned Caucasian skin.

– Warren julian

Plasmonics and ruby glass

I found Mike Ford’s paper on plasmonics (April/May 2013) most informative. The theoretical physics behind the subject matched my personal lighting design experience, collected over many years. That was was more gained by the “try and see” method, than realising there is a physical reason behind certain lighting effects I was trying to achieve on certain materials. However, sometimes they strangely just didn’t work as expected.

The word ‘plasmonics’ alone conjurers up some mystical effect like St Elmo’s Fire on galleons ploughing through stormy seas or for those more technically knowledgeable, the excitation of electrons in high pressure arc light sources.

Mike’s paper brought to mind a number of hard-learnt facts I gained through painful experience. Among those, I shall mention two.

z It is almost impossible to illuminate polished

stainless steel with white light, as the steel is too reflective and that specular reflection works like a mirror … but yes, you can to a certain extent with blue light, a classic example of plasmonics showing that silver finished materials do have a low reflectance in the areas of 350 nanometres light. This has been used to great effect by the lighting designer of the stainless steel ceiling in the Central Britomart Station in Auckland.

z Some beautifully artistic (and usually very expensive) translucent ruby red glass bowls can be lit from above or inside, with dramatic effect. At other times, for some reason, it just doesn’t seem to be successful. I now understand that with recent advances in plasmonics that it is actually the size of real gold nanoparticles that produce the rich red colour of glass.One of my early draw cards towards a career in

lighting and especially the artistic side, was my mother (Barbara Batt 1909-2007) who in 1926, at the age of 17, was apprenticed to a big stained glass company in London (Lowdnes & Dury). It was not the ‘done thing’ at those times for a young lady to take up a trade in a strictly man’s world. She was later awarded the level of Master Stained Glass artist by her colleagues.

Being brought up amongst coloured glass, I will always remember her telling me that top quality ruby red glass was made with real gold and that it was so expensive, it had to be used with great economy.

To see the great rose window in Chartres Cathedral in France is a treat and it is amazing to realise the red glass was installed in the 12th century and is still as bright and as “good as gold”. Through the ages, it will never loose its aura to the destructive forces of UV in daylight.

I look forward to the ongoing study of plasmonics that was started by the famous Faraday all those years ago and to see it is actively being carried forward into the new LED technology, now that we are able to shape nanoparticles to maximise the inherent harmonic effects.

We can all learn from papers like this … and for myself, it helps to explain some of my early less-successful escapades into the easy pitfalls when trying to achieve desired special “lighting effects”.

Geoff Waller FIeS rLPAuckland, nZ

M ike Ford, the author responded: Thanks Geoff; that is a very nice letter. Cheers and glad to hear

you enjoyed my article, Mike.

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IES award winning sports lighting designHow the lighting of a local racecourse will set the standard for the world’s richest jockey club

Photo finish line

Long shot

Lighting test

The installation of an energy efficient lighting design and control system in one of Victoria’s most popular race courses has gathered international interest and seen its providers - Sylvania Lighting Australasia and Australian Sportsvision Consultants – receive two IES Awards: Lighting Design Excellence for Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Lighting Energy Efficiency Design Award for 2013.

The Cranbourne Turf Club is a thoroughbred horse racing Club situated 40km SE of Melbourne. Nestled in the heart of Victoria’s biggest growth corridor, Cranbourne is home to a large horse population and racing community. More than 130 trainers regularly take up to 750 horses through their paces at the Cranbourne Race Track. The racecourse has long been regarded as a world-class racing facility for day meets and in 2010 was selected as an ideal venue for the expansion of Victoria’s night racing program.

As a second Victorian night racing venue, Cranbourne now complements the existing Moonee Valley night program in delivering more racing into

an increasingly popular wagering and attendance timeslot on Friday nights.

The introduction of a night racing program was also believed to be of benefit to the broader community. The Cranbourne racing precinct is regarded as a major source of employment and economic activity, directly generating around 750 ongoing jobs. At the time of the initial announcement of Cranbourne’s selection as a night racing venue, local MPs stated that the new lighting would not only provide a boost to the local and state-wide racing industry, but would provide more employment opportunities and ongoing economic benefits for Cranbourne and surrounding communities.

In 2010, under the auspices of Racing Victoria Limited, Australian Sportsvision Consultants were engaged to design the lighting and all associated electrical and control systems for the project.

The lighting design and consequent installation allows the venue to host as many as fifteen night race meetings in the normal racing year thus ensuring that track operators can control their lighting

requirements to meet the needs of race broadcasters as well as patrons and to meet energy efficiency requirements. The principle objective was the track needed to be lit to the required standard for television broadcasting with the flexibility for lights to be dimmed during non-broadcast times.

Sylvania completed the final lighting design, supplied the state-of-the-art lamps, lamp control, dimming technology and Environ control gear, aimed all the floodlights and verified the design lighting levels.

The lighting solution employed by Sylvania Lighting Australasia included the installation of a total of forty eight masts at heights ranging between 20mtrs to 25mtrs. 750 Siteco 2kW R2 Maxi metal halide projector floodlights were installed and focussed to illuminate the 2200 metre track with a total lighting load for the system of 1.5MW.

The project drew on the twin expertise of both Australian Sportsvision Consultants and Sylvania’s expertise in designing effective lighting solutions for outdoor sporting and entertainment venues

with an emphasis on ensuring that the installation also achieves optimal efficiencies in energy consumption.

iNNoVATiVE TECHNoLogiES FoR

ENERgy MANAgEMENT

Sylvania’s Environ System includes the Active Reactor, a programmable energy management device that is applicable to a wide range of commercial lighting applications. For the Cranbourne installation, the Active Reactor was used to run the lamps at constant lumens and also to dim the lamps as necessary. Using the Active Reactor system, by operating the lamps at constant lumens an energy saving of 17% is realised, however, by combining this with dimming an energy saving of 33% is realised.

During the course of a night race meeting the lights are dimmed before the first race starts, dimmed in between the races and dimmed after the last race finishes. Typically the lights are dimmed for 75% of the time during a race meeting. This not only realises a 33% energy saving overall but delivers a range of broader benefits; it increases the life of the lamps

and reduces the obtrusive effects of spill light and glare into the neighbourhood that borders the track.

The control system has been able to accommodate the varied requirements throughout the length of a meet.

For constant lumen output, the Active Reactor control gear was used to run all lamps at constant lumens to produce a constant 1200 lux on track. When not needed for broadcast, the lights are dimmed to 900 lux on track. This is in contrast to the Photofinish area where during races lighting levels are pushed up to 3000 lux for the photofinish camera. A Siemens custom developed PLC control system was used to control all the switching, sequencing and monitoring functions of the lighting installation.

LoCAL dEVELoPMENT,

iNTERNATioNAL SigNiFiCANCE

The constant lumen control and dimming of 1.5MW of metal halide lamps and the substantial energy saving achieved of 33% over standard ballast control is of international significance.

As one of the first instances of this type of lighting control in the world, the Cranbourne installation has gained interest from some of the world’s largest and most prestigious racing clubs.

At present, Sylvania is supplying the Environ Control system featuring the Active Reactor for installation at the Happy Valley and Sha Tin racetracks of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, which is widely regarded as the world’s richest racing club. As energy efficiency becomes a greater concern across the region, it is believed that more sporting bodies and local energy authorities will seek similar levels of control over their facilities to not only save on energy expenditure but to provide level of lighting appropriate to a broader variety of community and broadcasting needs.

For more information on this project or the Sylvania Environ Control System visit www.sla.net.au or email [email protected]


p r e s i d e n t ’ s m e s s a g e

I suppose it was only a question of time before I had to start these articles with an apology, and so to Susan Wall & Trevor Stork I owe you both an apology. During the post SPARC gala dinner drinks I had a conversation with both Susan and Trevor but principally Susan, regarding what the board is doing. I confess to not being in the most receptive of moods but Susan simply wanted to know what was going on and expressed concern about a lack of communication, a perfectly reasonable request. So to Susan and Trevor my apologies, you were quite right and I promise to be more forthcoming in providing information about what is occupying the board currently, but a little more on that later.

I cannot go any further without paying tribute to all those instrumental in SPARC 2013, but particularly to those on the SPARC Organising Committee. They had all worked so very hard, and it was a deeply gratifying to see these people finally enjoying the fruits of their efforts at the gala dinner which itself set a bench mark that will be very difficult to match. Without the help of dedicated people like this SPARC would never occur and certainly would not have been the triumph it was. Congratulations and thank you all very much.

BoARd NEWS

Of the issues before the board education is the most pressing. An education forum is planned for July to discuss the future of lighting education. It will consist of educators and industry representatives with members of the IES state committee’s currently lacking any institutional based education, namely South Australia and West Australia. The key issues on which the forum will focus are:

z Review of what education standard/standards should be adopted.

z Examine what qualification level is appropriate to meet the diverse needs of industry.

z How best to deliver education to meet the needs of the membership and industry.

Education is a vital area of the society’s activities and I can go into far more detail but that would take far longer than my allotted column inches. I shall report on this forum and education more fully at a later date.

The board is also engaging in a number of promotional exercises in bringing the abilities of our membership to industry sectors seen as weak in their understanding and treatment of lighting but very influential in how it is used. These industry sectors are Facilities Management or FM, and, the Ecologically Sustainable Development or ESD communities. It is the goal of the society to raise the level of awareness in lighting application and technology within these two industry sectors. Adele Locke, board member from Victoria, is engaged in providing that link with the FM community and collectively the board is engaging in trying to get meaningful communication with the ESD community. There lack of a representative body for this sector like the IES makes effective dialogue difficult to arrange. This is an ongoing exercise that builds on the growing recognition of MIES as a suitable person to assess and design lighting.

There are also the more functional elements to board activities and discussions, budgets, SPARC and SPARC design, publications, standards, website and so on. I do not dismiss these activities as being in anyway lesser in nature than those outlined above. These items are ongoing and in one form or other are ever present but need additional explanation to place them in the proper context than remain to me here.

I would like to conclude by congratulating those that received awards in the International Luminaire and Lighting Design Awards held in Sydney at Bar 100 on Friday 7th June. This edition of Lighting contains a feature article on the awards and I would urge you to take the time to look them over. Finally I would like to thank all those involved in putting on this year’s awards, without your help and diligence these events simply would not happen, so thank you all very much.

Barry gullPresidentIES: The Lighting Society

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The IeSAnZ Australia new Zealand excellence

Awards are an evolving process of recognising

excellence in lighting design in Australia and new

Zealand. For the 2013 awards I was joined by

Peter Mclean from Sydney and Geoff Waller from

Auckland, in reviewing the Chapters’ twelve 2012

Awards of excellence. There was unanimity in the

selection of the projects for this special recognition

and for the one especially honoured with the

Supreme Brilliance Award.

An overwhelming characteristic of all the successful

entries was the amount of research and/or

experimentation that took place in the development of

the successful solutions. All went far beyond producing

a minimal, sufficient solution for the lighting problem.

This indicates that the designers showed a

dedication and a commitment that, together with

their considerable design skills, led to the highly

successful results achieved.

2013 IESANZAustralia New Zealand

Excellence AwardsWARREN JuLiAN (WoRdS) ANd PETER MCLEAN (iMAgES)

All of the projects have been published in the

December 2012 issue of lighting, so what follows are

brief descriptions and the judges’ observations with

regard to what they believe led to exceptionally fine

solutions. The successful projects are listed in the

order in which they were visited.

It certainly takes courage to have projects judged by

peers; the IeSAnZ thanks the entrants and designers

for all the countless hours put in to entering projects.

Those efforts enable the awards program to attract

a high level of interest both from aspiring designers

from the industry and the wider community.

Congratulations to all awardees and the IeSAnZ

thanks all who submitted entries, who were

recognised at the IeSAnZ Australia new Zealand

excellence Awards Cocktail Reception on 7th June

2013. The IeSAnZ also acknowledges the invaluable

contribution the Chapter judging panels for their time

and expertise each year.

> Contact:

EENLIGHTENM NT: The Basics of Efficient Lighting2012 Seminar Programme

> Why Attend!The course provides fundamental lighting knowledge and basic lighting principles that all people touched by our industry should be familiar with. It is not intended as a precursor to other established lighting courses butmore as an induction program to lighting for those who require no specialist lighting training.

> Who Should AttendRetail Lighting Staff Sales Representative Lighting Staff Electrical Contractors Facility Managers Factory Staff Manufacturing Staff Wholesale Staff

> Course OutlineThe energy efficient lighting course is delivered by a combination of three full day or evening face-to-face sessions, as well as home study, assessment and revision.

IESANZ Member: A$1,100 pp Non Member: A$1,210 pp Groups: A$1,045 pp for 5 or more registrations.

In-house Courses (10 - 25 participants) are available on request at a cost of $995 pp inclusive of GST. If you wish to run a course in-house, you must be able to provide a seminar room, whiteboard, screen and catering.

Non member registrants receive a one year associate membership of IES: The Lighting Society included in their registration. See www.iesanz.org for membership benefits

More information is available at http://wired.ivvy.com/event/IESENL/ or email or call Anne Stewart [email protected] Tel: 61 2 8091 4008

THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY HELD OR ATTENDED ENLIGHTENMENT COURSES

Advanced Lighting Technologies AECOM Aurukun Austube BCA Consultants Beacon Lighting Best Consultants Brisbane City Council City Crompton Lighting Delta Agencies Dynamark Lighting Eagle Lighting Engineering Technology Consultants Euroluce Lighting Eye Lighting Australia Gardens at Night Gascoigne Consultants Gentec Lighting GHD Hella Australia HPM Legrand HS Reflections Inlite IPD Industrial Products JSB Lighting KLIK Systems LA Lounge Lanark Trading Limelight Integration LCL Manufacturing LSI Hamilton Lighting System Lucid Consulting Engineers Lumascape Marksloyd Lighting Australia MLIGHT Moonlight Lighting NECO Norman Disney & Young NSW Dept of Services, Technology & Administration Pierlite Rudds Consulting Engineers Spectra Lighting Sylvannia Lighting Thorn Lighting Pty Ltd TMK Consulting Engineers Total Energy Solutions Tower Heath Warragul Lighting Webb Australia

Seminar Programme


This is an array of light and movement named Luminous, spread

across a 2400 m2 building façade, across two buildings, home

to the Commonwealth Bank at Darling Quarter. The animated

façade is claimed to be the world’s largest permanent interactive

light display that allows artists and the community to meld

technology and light.

Mike Sparrow developed a design utilising RGBW LEDs

located between the timber internal blinds and the glazing of the

557 windows. Bruce Ramus designed the display and interactive

content. The positioning of the LED’s was critical: glare had to

be avoided for the building occupants as well as being visually

pleasing for the external viewer. As a result, the luminaires were

placed on the window-sill, facing up. When in operation, the

blinds are set at a reversed angle, best suited for the display.

The animated display is linked to two interactive consoles

located within the public domain, available to the public to

interact with the light display. The display is programmed to

provide a simple, slow, colour wash during Tuesday to Thursday.

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday the display gets lively and is

available for interaction during designated periods.

In keeping with the buildings’ six star Greenstar rating,

Luminous is powered by 100% renewable energy via solar

panels. It is also compliant with AS4282 – Control of the

obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting.

Judges’ Comments: This is an outstanding example of huge

permanent public light show that has a low environmental

impact but which provides pleasure to those using the parklands

adjacent to the buildings. Luminous is subtle: each window is a

pixel that can be white or coloured and can be dimmed. It is low

power compared with video façades and the images/patterns

are low resolution. It can be ignored or watched. It adds to the

amenity of the area.

This project is not only very good in its completed form

but it also shows what can be achieved with a good idea

and experimentation. The building’s architecture hasn’t been

compromised by the illumination system. By day, there is no

hint of what can be seen at night because the lighting system

is mounted, internally on the window-sills and the blinds that are

used to control daylight and sun penetration by day, become the

“screen” (reflective surface) at night. The blinds are timber but

their brown colour is not apparent at night. This solution came

as a result of testing. The control system, the content generation

and its interactivity also show the same experimentation and

imagination.

Suppliers: Klik Systems, Cyberpower, ELC Lighting,

ShowMedia, Coolux

ABOVE: The illuminated façades are across the two buildings of the Commonwealth Bank, Darling Quarter.

RIGHT: A close-up showing that the illuminated façade is also effective when the blinds are open.

The Supreme Brilliance Award To MikE SPARRoW, LENd LEASE dESigN, ANd

BRuCE RAMuS, RAMuS iLLuMiNATioN, FoR THE

iLLuMiNATEd FAçAdE, CoMMoNWEALTH BANk,

dARLiNg QuARTER, dARLiNg HARBouR


This is a new two-level extension to the

Caneland Centre located in Mackay.

The lighting design placed emphasis

on perception rather than purely

‘lighting to see by’. In retail it needs to

be inviting; way finding or circulation

lighting provides direction and should

not take away from the retail display.

Uplighting gives a sense of space.

There are two levels of malls; both

have filtered sunlight via voids between

the two levels. Linear fluorescent

fittings are fitted into timber beams

running along the ground level, in front

of retail outlets. Ceiling louvers shield

the sunlight from shopfronts during the

day. The louvers are located in the food

court and along malls.

The food court has 44 bespoke

pendants hanging in four rows along its

length. They use two rings of LEDs, one

facing up to highlight the mesh and one

down to highlight the filmed acrylic.

There are also recessed adjustable

downlights and uplighting from

discreetly located linear light sources.

That light, combined with the filtered

daylight, gives a pleasant ambience.

Judges’ Comments: This is an excellent

example of good shopping mall lighting

design. The integration of filtered

daylight, with good sun control resulted

in a light and airy space that preovided

good seeing conditions without

washing out store and food-outlet

lighting.

Supplier: 3S Lighting

ABOVE: Caneland Central Shopping Centre’s foodcourt supplements well screen daylight with uplighting and pendants.

TOP: The first floor mall is daylit using shaded clerestory windows and a louvred central skylight.

ABOVE: One of the informal work/meeting areas levels in GPT’s Headquarters lit with a combination of daylight and electric lighting.

LEFT: A workstation area where the permanent lighting is for circulation and surface brightness.

Arup designed the lighting for the 3,700m2

refurbishment of GPT’s headquarters in the

MLC Centre in Sydney. The atmosphere is more

business lounge than office. The curvaceous

triple-height reception and front-of-house

spaces received careful consideration. The ceiling

features are the main ambient light source for

the meeting rooms. The fundamental lighting

principle was to create brightness modulation,

with some working zones to be brighter and

uniformly lit, while more relaxed, contemplative

areas were to darker and more intimate.

This approach and 6 Star Green Star design

targets resulted in workstation task lighting

combined with a low horizontal illuminance

at desk height. To ensure that these zones

were perceived as bright and spacious, the

ceilings and walls are directly illuminated. This

also provided a diffuse, uniform distribution

of light upon the workstations. Between the

workstations point sources produce pools of

light on the floor and shadow play. The result is

a visually comfortable environment with reduced

illuminance and power usage realised through

the fundamentals of good design.

Judges’ Comments: This is a well-designed

premium office environment that achieved good

lighting by directing it to where is needed, rather

than flooding the working plane with light. The

walls and ceiling were washed with lighting,

achieving satisfactory brightnesses directly,

rather than as a result of inter-reflection from

the dark working plane.

Suppliers: JSB–ACDC/Modular, 3S Lighting,

Targetti Poulsen, Light Project–KKDC/Prolicht,

XAL, Viabizzuno, Danese, Mud, Great Dane,

Euroluce–Jielde/Flos, Mooi, Dedece-Tom Dixon

and Clipsal

Award of Excellence

To TiM CARR ANd Jo BLACk, ARuP,

FoR gPT HEAdQuARTERS, LEVEL 52

MLC CENTRE, SydNEy

Award of Excellence

To MiCHAEL SPARRoW, LENd LEASE FoR

THE NEW ExTENSioN To CANELANd

CENTRAL SHoPPiNg CENTRE – iNTERioR,

MACkAy


Soul comprises a 77 level residential tower, rising

above a retail/restaurant complex at ground

level. The Residential Lobby is a double volume

space, with a central feature stair leading to

a mezzanine level that provides access to a

restaurant and function facilities.

The lighting design philosophy was to limit the

use of direct sources such as down lights and

develop methods of defining the space using

concealed, reflected light while being energy

efficient. The majority of the luminaires use linear

and point source LEDs. Concealed neon is used in

ceiling coffers to highlight folds in ceiling planes.

The lobby’s feature is the central stair that

wraps around one of the main structural

columns. It is a prominent element, particularly

when seen through the 7m glass wall that

enclose the space.

Judges’ Comments: The stair is dramatic (and

difficult to adequately photograph at night)

while the adjacent waiting area seating is bathed

in warm, almost domestic lighting. The walls

of both the ground floor and the mezzanine

are lit to reveal the textures and colours of the

materials. There are subtle, well-designed spaces.

Suppliers: Tec-led Lighting

and The Lighting Group-

Endo and Philips Dynalite

ABOVE: Soul’s lift lobby creates a warm stylish atmosphere while providing good seeing conditions.

LEFT: Soul’s central stair, showing excellent use of LEDs

Award of Excellence To ToNy doWTHWAiTE, ToNy

doWTHWAiTE LigHTiNg dESigN PTy LTd,

FoR THE RESidENTiAL LoBBy, SouL –

SuRFERS PARAdiSE, SuRFERS PARAdiSE

ABOVE LEFT: A view of the Banco Court showing the windows and wall-washing.

LEFT: The foyer area is lit using wall-mounted uplighting with “pedestrian” lighting in the central area.

Designer’s statement: Brisbane

Supreme Court and District Court, a

high profile public development and

landmark building, was designed

to express the contemporary

values of justice and the law, and

the inter-relationship of these with

democratic society. The architecture

aspires to reflect the values of an

open, transparent and accessible

justice system, and to possess a

dignity and a sense of permanence

that reflects the seriousness of the

institution being housed.

An important concept in the

architectural design was that the

spaces should be naturally lit,

have a natural feel, with a strong

ambience of natural materials,

whilst still meeting the high-level

performance specification for

the courtrooms in terms of light

levels, security, acoustics, sun

protection, thermal behaviour and

visual privacy. A novel planning

solution freed up the exterior wall

of every courtroom and the top

third of the remaining three walls

for glazing, flooding the courtrooms

with daylight, controlled through

an innovative ventilating double

external skin of glass. As a result

the building is highly transparent,

with clear views available across the

building from one side to the other.

Judges’ Comments: The lighting

design appears deceptively simple,

employing wall mounted uplighting

and wall washing throughout

the building; it achieves both the

real and symbolic the openness,

transparency and accessibility

called for in the brief. There are no

ceiling-mounted luminaires. Local

task lighting is installed on work

surfaces for those who need it.

Suppliers: Austube, 3S Lighting,

Zumtobel Bega, and Selux

Award of Excellence

To MiRJAM RooS, STEENSEN VARMiNg

WiTH ARCHiTECTuS FoR BRiSBANE

SuPREME CouRT ANd diSTRiCT CouRT,

BRiSBANE


Theatre of the World is Australia’s largest collaboration between

a private and public museum, with 180 works from David Walsh’s

private collection at MONA and around 300 works from the

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s collections. Jean- Hubert

Martin’s curatorial passions and his latest exhibition provided

another visual challenge and sense of provocation for visitors

to the museum. The works are displayed across 17 of MONA’s

galleries alongside special commissions and selected loans from

other important Australian and international collections.

Judges’ comments: The “Theatre of the World” exhibition shows

that outstanding lighting can be achieved through careful,

competent design and a suitable budget (of both time and

money) that allowed creativity, attention to detail and innovation

(particularly in providing lighting within heritage cabinets

without drilling cable access holes.. This is in indeed a world-class

exhibition.

Suppliers: Erco, Luxam Fibre Optics and Philips Lighting

ABOVE: Giulio Camillo’s Memory Theatre is the entry to the exhibition superbly lit using track and fibre-optics.

RIGHT: An example of the many heritage cases used to display objects: custom fibre optic systems where

designed to use nanofibre optics luminaires.

Award of Excellence To MuSEuM ExHiBiTioN gALLERy LigHTiNg

SERViCES FoR MoNA “THEATRE oF THE WoRLd”,

HoBART

Award of Excellence To AuSTRALiAN SPoRTS ViSioN CoNSuLTANTS FoR

CRANBouRNE RACE TRACk

The cut-off is clearly visible near the outside rail in these photographs. Glare control is also excellent at Cranbourne Race Track.

Cranbourne is a complex of race tracks

all lit for (mainly) a night-time television

audience. The harness racing and

greyhound tracks had been previously

lit. The gallops track was lit to 1600 lux

(vertical) for television with tight control

on spill light due to neighbouring homes

and a main road. To be energy efficient,

the floodlighting is dimmed to 50%

between the races run at 30 min intervals.

The lighting is uses metal halide lamps.

Judges’ comments: The lighting system

achieved good vertical and horizontal

uniformity and excellent containment

of the lighting to the immediate track

area. The unique lighting control system

does produce significant energy savings

compared with running the floodlighting

at full for the whole of the race meeting:

on average, it runs at 100% for about

7 min and at 50% for 23 min in each

half hour.

Suppliers: Siteco and Sylvania Lighting

AustralasiaThis wide shot shows the uniformity of the lighting and how well it is constrained to the track.


Award of Excellence To LukE ELLiS, BCA CoNSuLTANTS, FoR

THE ExTERNAL PooLS, CRoWN METRoPoL,

PERTH

The multi-pool entertainment area of the Crown

Metropol Perth is a 6,200m2 facility that includes

an outdoor resort style pool, kids pool, quiet

zone, vip private retreat and poolside bar and

grill. The key elements are the pools, landscape

and architecture.

The pools are formed in a number of organic

shapes and sizes, with varying depths of water,

and required lighting that accentuates the vibrant

blue finishes of the pool shells. LEDs are used for

their light control, high efficacy and maintenance

benefits.

The landscape of hard and soft materials

surround individual areas and divide the vast

space.; tree trunks and foliage canopies are lit

using a combination of in-ground up-lights and

surface mounted spot lights.

Judges’ Comments: Pools are notoriously

difficult to light successfully and unlike many

other lighting situations, there is little scope to

tweek the design during or after installation.

If the design is lacking little can be done to

remedy problems.

Suppliers: TLS-Wibre, HI Lighting, Gamma

Illumination, Lumascape, Klik Systems, Famco,

Zumtobel-Bega, Boom, Glashutte Limburg,

Mondoluce-Iguzzini, Artemide, Limelite, Lighting

Options Australia-Hunza, Emotion Lighting-PUK,

Big White, JC Lighting, Lanark Trading-Tovo and

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ABOVE: This view at pool level shows the stair lighting in detail, with clearly defined edges.

TOP: Closer to ground level the design details are apparent.

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By CLAiRE THoMPSoN

The retrofit equation

ABOVE: 101 Collins St Melbourne – a previously dark and uninviting foyer with inefficient lighting has been retrofitted with new lighting to create a bright and inviting feel and save 70% of lighting energy consumption. Image courtesy of Martin Saunders

A s power costs continue to rise across Australia, lighting retrofits are an

increasingly popular way to drive down energy costs and refresh the look and feel of commercial spaces. Government rebate schemes and a flood of energy efficient lighting technologies into the lighting marketplace, as well as promises that an effective lighting upgrade can reduce a building’s lighting energy use by up to 82%, make retrofits an attractive option.


all the potential pitfalls of a lighting retrofit into

consideration before starting work. Among these

pitfalls are ineffective designs that can impact

everything from the energy efficiency outcomes

and the installation’s ability to payback upfront

costs through energy saving over time, to the

aesthetic appearance and functionality of the

space itself.

“I know of one installation that put in a cheap

fix linear fluorescent in their stairwell, and less

than 12 months later they had to replace them

all because the lumen depreciation was so poor

that you couldn’t see,” McLean says.

When done properly, he says, retrofits can

achieve great things, including significant

reductions in energy and a positive impact

on the look and feel of space. So what do

consumers need to be aware of when seeking

to retrofit an existing commercial space?

According to the NSW Government, there

how much money is your retrofit can save

is another. Calculations should take reduced

energy costs and savings gained through

government incentives or other tax benefits

into account, and consider the number of years

it will take before the energy savings start to

repay the upfront installation costs. They should

also incorporate cost of labour (design and

installation) and ongoing maintenance fees

specific to the retrofit design, as well as the cost

of removing and disposing of existing fittings

and fixtures, and securing money to finance the

new installation.

But there are also a variety of hidden costs

that may not be visible upfront. Equipment

costs, for example, are not always what they

seem. Manufacturers have been quick to jump

on the ‘equivalent’ bandwagon, proffering new,

more energy-efficient products that are touted

as replacements for existing technologies.

are four main questions that consumers should

consider when considering how to revamp a

lighting installation: How much light did you start

with, where is the light going, how much light

reaches the destination, and how do the surfaces

in the space look once the light reaches them?

The questions speak directly to the heart

of some of the biggest challenges of lighting

retrofits – whether you can recreate, or improve

on, the existing installation by replacing

components with more energy efficient options;

and what the risks are that stand in your way.

“A lot of the installations that have gone in

the past have saved energy, but at a significant

reduction of light levels, and often at a significant

increase in glare, so that the end product isn’t

the same lighting installation that [the client]

started with,” McLean says.

Selecting the right lighting is one thing, but

getting the calculations right to determine

FAR RIGHT: 101 Collins St Melbourne – prior to the lighting retrofit

largely incandescent lighting had been used

in the foyer; this has now been replaced

with mainly compact fluorescent and metal

halide lighting controlled by time clock and daylight

sensing devices.

RIGHT:101 Collins St Melbourne

– a retrofit using a fluorescent uplight mixed

with LED downlights enlivens the lift lobby and

saves energy.

Images courtesy of Martin Saunders

Retrofitting is the process of replacing one or

more elements of a lighting system with more

energy efficient components. These components

might be lamps, ballasts or control gear, versus

the replacement of the entire luminaire or

lighting system.

But, like any fad, retrofitting has been

gaining a momentum that isn’t necessarily

matched by the growth of effective practices

across the lighting industry. According to

Peter McLean, founder of lighting design

company Lighting, Art and Science, retrofitting

is becoming so ubiquitous that some of the

most crucial components that contribute to

cost savings and system improvements are

now being overlooked.

McLean and his team frequently provide

feedback on lighting retrofit plans for clients. He

says that in many cases, clients are being blinded

by the promise of energy savings, and don’t take


“Manufacturers aren’t being terribly honest

in their description of retrofit products. For

example, one major manufacturer has on

their box for an MR16 replacement, they say

‘equivalent’ or ‘replacement’ for a 50W lamp,

[but] they don’t mention that it’s got between

30-40% of the light output of a 50W lamp,”

McLean says.

Another place that consumers are losing

money is in the transformers or fittings required

to support the retrofitted lamps. For example,

some MR16 replacement lamps are required to

be run on what manufacturers call an ‘approved

transformer’, rather than on the generic, low

voltage transformer that may already have

been installed, while some replacement LED

fittings that have been developed for GLS

lamps bear a warning that they should not be

used in an enclosed fitting, ruling out a large

number of bulkhead, wall light, pendant and

ceiling fittings that are commonly found in

commercial spaces. Using a new lamp with an

unsuitable transformer or fixture will reduce the

performance and longevity of the lamp itself,

but installing the specialised fittings will add to

the overall cost.

Another intangible cost is the impact of

the lighting retrofit on the physical space in

which it’s installed. According to Phil Greenup,

a lighting designer in Arup’s Melbourne office,

consumers must be willing to consider questions

of colour rendering and colour temperature, as

well as how the lighting will display surfaces

and architectural features in a given space,

before they move ahead with a retrofit. Failure

to consider these aspects can lead to costs of a

different kind – such as reduced sales in a retail

space, reduced tenancy in a commercial space,

or reduced patronage in a hospitality space

such as a bar or hotel.

“You might be able to achieve a lot of energy

savings, but if you don’t consider the impact

on the space, that’s where it falls over in my

opinion,” Greenup says.

“For spaces where the public is going to be,

or where the building tenants are going to be,

lighting is an important element of the branding.

And if the space looks dark, dingy and awful,

people aren’t going to feel happy to be there,

and they’re not going to spend their money.”

This sort of logic has a clear application

with some of the newer, more energy efficient

technologies on the market, such as LEDs, which

have accrued huge popularity in the retrofit market

but, from a technical perspective, still lag behind

their incandescent counterparts when it comes

to top notch colour rendering, particularly at the

cheaper end of the market. Additionally, while LED

replacements may indeed save energy, consumers

need to be aware that light levels, problems with

glare and other technical issues have the capacity

to severely impact the end product.

“People seem to have a different rule for LEDs,”

McLean says.

“There are installations that are working

very well – we’re using a lot of LEDs, but we’re

using them in fittings that have been designed

specifically for LEDs.

“Part of the problem is that for a lot of the

products on the market, there is actually very little

or no technical data available. They tell you what

the wattage is, or what it’s meant to replace, but

they don’t tell you what the light output is, and

they don’t tell you a lot about the glare. A lot of

LED installations are extremely glary.”

Greenup agrees, adding that there are still a

number of LED fittings on the market where the

lamp itself can’t be replaced.

“There are still a lot of fittings out there where

the light goes at the end of life, fades to a level

which is unacceptable, and you can’t just get it

and take the light source out of it and replace it

with a new light source – you have to replace the

whole fitting.

“And although you’ve saved energy along the

way, the cost of having to replace the whole kit

and caboodle at the end of life, suddenly means

you don’t get the payback.”

Costs aside, LEDs and other cheap lighting

technologies also suffer from a lack of quality

controls that see cheap and inferior products

infiltrating the market. The Electrical Regulatory

Authorities Council (ERAC) has noted safety

concerns over a variety of lighting technologies,

including replacements using LED Tubes or T8/

T5 fluorescent lamp adaptor technologies and

modifications carried out to existing luminaires.

This is just one example of lighting technologies

that don’t meet Australian standards but are

available in the marketplace.

GPT HQ – MLC Centre

Sydney, lighting retrofit using

warm and inviting LED light sources

throughout the shared areas.

Image by Tyrone Branigan


For consumers, accepting the opportunities

and limitations of the retrofitting process, and

being prepared to engage with professionals

rather than taking the cheapest option available,

is crucial to a successful outcome. Employing

the services of a lighting designer who is well-

versed in retrofitting is a valuable safety net. It’s

the designer’s job to ensure that the installation

is compliant with relevant safety guidelines, and

a qualified designer will look at “not just the

energy resulting, but the actual lighting quality

that is achieved or maintained by the end result,”

McLean says.

“A lighting designer will get in there,

understand the space, understand the impact

on the space of just replacing the lamps rather

than actually redesigning the lighting. They’ll

also better understand the financials and work

out bang for your buck,” says Greenup.

Employing a designer also removes the risks

inherent in retrofit work that is slapped together

by unqualified people; alarmingly, McLean says,

a lot of existing retrofit designs are currently being

done by the electricians that install them.

“Most of the installation work they do in regular

jobs is designed by someone else. They’re normally

just installing it, but in this case they’re coming

along with a proposal to design and install, and

they’re not necessarily understanding what they’re

doing or the ramifications of what they’re doing,”

he says.

For lighting designers, understanding the

client perspective is a key factor to consider when

embarking on a retrofit. This means balancing

the client’s expectations with the aesthetic needs

of the space, as well as finding the intersection

between the practical and technical considerations

of the retrofit and the potential for cost savings

over time.

“One of the keys to making this work is involving

the client, understanding the drivers,” Greenup says.

“If you don’t know what you’re aiming for, you

don’t know whether you’re going to achieve it in

the end.”

A combination of linear fluorescent and LED point sources provide contrast and illuminate the exposed ceiling used at the GPT HQ - MLC Centre Sydney, lighting retrofit. Image by Tyrone Branigan

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Retrofitting choices and case studies

By Matthew Martin and Jake Bugden Sustainable Focus

As electricity prices rise, organisations

are seeing the business case for

reducing energy consumption by

retrofitting building and switching to

renewable energy. The common myth is

that being energy efficient is expensive

– however making commercial

buildings energy efficient is an excellent

investment. For instance, the return

on a term deposit is less than 5%;

while retrofitting a building to be more

energy efficient typically has a return

on investment of greater than 20%. The

Property Council of Australia’s recently

released IPD Index stated that office

properties with green credentials have

outperformed the broader market and

that those higher than 4 star made an

average of 10.5% return.

Retrofitting to reduce ongoing energy

costs is the key motivator but there

are other benefits. By installing more

modern proven technologies, ongoing

maintenance is reduced and in some

cases avoided. Building owners also

have the benefit of removed or delayed

future capital expenditure. The life of

lighting systems is around 30 years.

opportunity with twin or even triple

lamp luminaires reduced to single

lamp luminaires. Most buildings

prior to 2004 use halophosphor

fluorescent lamps. Minimum Energy

Performance Standards (MEPS) for

linear fluorescent lamps2, introduced

in 2004, mean that only triphosphor

lamps are now available. The benefits

of triphosphor lamps are higher lumen

output (3350 lm compared with 2850

lm) and maintenance. Lamp-for-lamp

replacement would result in no energy

savings result and significantly higher

light output.

Control gear has also seen

improvement. The traditional magnetic

switch start ballasts have also been

subject to MEPS3. If a magnetic ballast

is replaced with an electronic ballast,

4 to 10 watts is saved per lamp and

the starter is eliminated along with

the power factor correction capacitor.

A further benefit is that average lamp

life increases from 12,000 hours to

20,000 hours.

The majority of the retrofits use T8

lamps over the now more popular T5

because the T5 is shorter and there may

be thermal problems, since, for example,

at 25 ˚C a 36W T8 lamp produces 3,200

lm, while a 28W T5 produces 2,600 lm.

While retrofitting with T5 is possible

there are more considerations required.

As luminaires age their optical

performance decreases due to

the deterioration of materials and

the collection of dust and grime.

Unfortunately, the recommended

periodic cleaning of luminaires (ref

AS/NZS1680.1 Section 12) seems to

be ignored even when the lamps are

replaced.

Specular reflectors can give 15-25%

higher light output ratios (LOR) than

painted ones by (for example, compare

Pierlite products ET236 and ET136SRS).

Retrofitting luminaires with a purpose

designed full specular reflector is

the key to a suitable outcome, since

changes in lamp position (say due to

reducing the number of lamps) will

change the luminaires light distribution.

Many old ultra-low brightness luminaires

with specular parabolic louvres, to

minimise veiling reflections in screens,

are very inefficient.

The foregoing has assumed that

the existing luminaires and lighting

scheme is actually fit for purpose?

Retrofitting might be an ideal time to

replace louvres with prismatic diffusers

to provide a better visual environment.

Louvred luminaries are known for

the cave effect they tend to create in

buildings by lighting primarily only the

horizontal surfaces. While prismatic

diffused luminaires sacrifice some

horizontal performance to the vertical,

they deliver a more pleasing visual

aesthetic for occupants. A further

quality and suitability issue is whether

the luminaires are in the best locations.

Are they spaced too far apart affecting

uniformity or too close, crippling the

power density?

With an assessment of the

environment, consideration of the

users and space, it is possible to deliver

lighting upgrades that comply with

standards and save energy. Gloomy

offices have been given new life and

the lighting energy consumption has

been significantly reduced, typically by

55% and up to 75%. So to summarise,

there are three key steps:

1. Upgrade to single tri-phosphor lamp

and electronic control gear

2. Install a high efficiency reflector in

the luminaire

3. Clean/upgrade the luminaire refractor

A poor design or leaving some items

out will not yield the required outcome.

In some cases retrofitting is not the

most cost-effective or feasible solution.

Similar results can be achieved by

replacing the existing luminaires with

suitable new high efficiency luminaires.

So WHAT iS LigHTiNg

RETRoFiTTiNg?

Retrofitting is the upgrading of a

building’s original lighting system. It is

undertaken as a stand-alone project or

in conjunction with other energy saving

projects and is usually completed while

the building is occupied. Retrofitting

is different from refurbishment where

the building’s interior is vacated, gutted

and replaced, including the luminaires.

Retrofitting should be preceded by

an energy audit that identifies the

opportunities. If an energy audit is

not possible, an experienced lighting

professional or electrical engineer can

determine the power density of the

existing system to provide a baseline

load. Section J of the Building Code has

recommended maxima.

Simple retrofitting involves replacing

lamps with newer, more efficient types.

This has become popular with some

LED products, in an attempt to cash

in on the latest fad. Unfortunately,

a poor understanding of LEDs has

resulted in some cases of sub-standard

lighting. This has been exacerbated,

particularly in NSW and Victoria, by

state government rebate schemes.

However, the NSW Government Office

of Environment and Heritage has good

quality information to assist designers1.

Fluorescent troffers are the major

luminaire in commercial buildings.

Consequently, cost effective retrofitting

these offers the largest savings

With an assessment of the environment, consideration of the users and space, it is possible to deliver lighting upgrades that comply with standards and save energy.


Case studies

FLiNdERS MEdiCAL CENTRE (dEPARTMENT oF HEALTH), SAThis project is a $1.5 million lighting upgrade of a 125,000m2 facility incorporating hospital wards, treatment areas and teaching facilities.

from either 84W (twin lamp) or

126W (triple lamp) to 35W for a

single 36W lamp on new ECG. The

resultant light output is improved

as the new lamp and reflector and

cleaned diffuser are significant

improvements on the aged

luminaires.

Figure 3 shows the current

draw before and after the lighting

upgrade for a typical laboratory

with attached office. The

power density post-upgrade is

approximately 6W/m2 in offices.

Occupancy sensors were installed

in common areas where justified.

Figure 4 shows the lighting and

occupancy pattern for a typical

toilet. The chart shows that the

lighting in the toilets is often on

(62%) when the space is vacant (on

+ vac). Occupancy based control

was warranted.

This project is due to be

completed in 2013. Actual data at

the end of 2011 showed:

z Annual electricity consumption

savings 900,500 kWh

z Reduction in greenhouse

emissions 770 tonnes

z Total project expenditure

$806,000 (including removal of

PCB containing capacitors)

z Electricity cost savings $118,830

resulting in a simple payback of

6.8 years (excluding maintenance

savings).

Figure 2. Recessed wide troffer luminaires are used throughout the Flinders Medical Centre: shown before (left) and after the retrofit with a full specular reflector (right).

Figure 3. Current draw (amps) of a typical laboratory and office – before and after retrofit

Figure 4. Lighting and occupancy for a typical toilet.

In most areas (eg see Figure 1)

the existing twin and triple lamp

luminaires were retrofitted with a

single lamp, high performance full

specular reflector and warm start

electronic ballast (ECG) (Figure 2).

The original bodies and diffusers

were retained however all the wiring

and other equipment (eg lamp

holders) were replaced, so they are

essentially now new luminaires. This

solution was selected as the best

option from an open tender. A full

sample was obtained and this was

evaluated for appropriateness and

effectiveness. Following the client’s

approval of the sample, it was then

subjected to phototometric testing

and EMC compliance.

This type of fluorescent retrofit

is economical to implement for

large consistent areas. The original

consumption has been reduced

ToiLET LigHTiNg/oCCuPANCy

9%

1%

28%

6

5

4

3

2

1

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62%

on+occon+vacoff+occoff+vac

BeforeAfter

Figure 1. A typical corridor at Flinders Medical Centre after retrofitting a 1x36W lamp, electronic ballast and full specular Luxoflector.

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The UniSA Facilities Management Unit had

targets to reduce its energy consumption by

6% in 2012 and by 10% in 2020. A multi-campus

lighting upgrade was selected as one strategy.

The first stage was a pilot project. Small

representative areas in each of the campuses

were selected and data logging of circuits

and consumption was undertaken to provide

baseline data. Relevant technologies for each

area were trialled and the actual savings were

recorded. A report was compiled comparing

the findings that proved most effective,

providing a roadmap for the rest of the project.

Many solutions were selected for the best

outcome for UniSA, including:

z Custom LED and fluorescent retrofit gear

trays for luminaires at the City West Campus

z Fluorescent battens with integral occupancy

sensors at the Mawson Lakes Campus

z Single lamp luminaires and occupancy

sensors in 24/7 computer barns

z A complete redesign of lighting for the Café

at the City East Campus

The largest retrofit was of the external

lighting of the City West Campus

buildings and walkways (see Figure 5).

This lighting used 510 Bega bulkhead

luminaires, each containing 2 x 26W

CFL and associated, mostly-electronic

control gear. However, these were

failing due to the heat, so ongoing

maintenance was expensive (see Figure

6). The luminaires are cast aluminium

and in good condition apart from some

diffuser discolouration over time. They

were in a custom colour to match the

buildings, so retrofit was an ideal option.

Two retrofits to replace the lamps

and control gear were trialled in the

pilot project. One used 1 x 17W CFL

(Delux T/W HE) high output lamp (1500

lumen) and matched electronic control

gear; the performance was excellent

compared to the 2 x 26W, yielding 79

lm/W at a total of 19 W and an average

lamp life of 20,000 hours. The other

used a LED module with integral driver

and ZHAGA compliant socket; the

performance was very good compared

with the 2 x 26W, yielding 70 lm/W at a

total of 16.5 W and had an average lamp

life of 50,000 hours (L70). The lower

consumption and longer life of the LED

module was selected. Thermal testing

determined that the base was suitable

for heat dissipation using a heat paste

in the installation of the new gear tray

(see Figure 6).

The external bulkhead lighting

total load of 28,105 W was reduced to

8,176 W and with 4,380 hours annual

operation, saw an energy saving of over

87,000 kWh or $10,475 (at nominal

off peak figure of 12c/kWh). The

retrofit cost $140 per bulkhead and

was expected to return the investment

within six years.

SA HEAd oFFiCE, uNiTiNg CoMMuNiTiESThis was a $70,000 lighting upgrade of Uniting Communities main office in Adelaide, SA.

luminaires being relocated to correct the

poor uniformity. The open office on Level 3

was so poor we started from scratch. The

client was quite nervous at the changes

but once the project had been completed

was thrilled at the improved amenity

and a power bill reduced by a third.

The total lighting electricity

consumption of 161,935 kWh was

reduced to 54,200 kWh, a saving of

107,735 kWh or $21,550 (at nominal

figure of 20c/kWh). The retrofit

returned a simple payback of six

years on energy savings alone.

Figure 7 shows the results of data

logging electricity consumption of the

lighting circuits in Level 1 of the Franklin

St wing before and after the lighting

upgrade.

Figure 5. This shows the façade of one of the UniSA City West buildings at night where the extensive external lighting is featured.

Figure 6. These images show the control gear of the external luminaires (with diffuser removed). The heat damage to the electronic ballast from the compact fluorescent lamps can be seen on the left. The new LED module and gear tray heat-sink was retrofitted (right).

uNiVERSiTy oF SouTH AuSTRALiA, SAThis lighting upgrade is of the high run time areas of the three large campuses of the University of South Australia (UniSA).

Figure 7. Franklin St Level 1 lighting results.

FRANkLiN ST LEVEL 1 LigHTiNg, kWH/dAy

The building has five levels including a

basement car park. Parts of the building

are over 60 years old while the third

and fourth stories are more recent.

Much of the lighting was that of the

original building installations with some

changes over time.

There were many different fluorescent

troffer luminaires throughout the

building. The 25 year old, 600x600 mm,

2-4x18 W types used on two levels were

in good condition and suited retrofitting.

The remainder were various makes of

1200x600mm twin to quadruple 36 W

luminaires between 10 and 60 years old.

These were replaced by high efficiency

1200x300mm 1x36 W luminaires with Y19

prismatic diffusers. This involved a room by

room review and solution, often with the

FooTnoTeS1 www.environment.nsw.gov.au/sustainbus/energyefflight.htm2 www.energyrating.gov.au/products-themes/lighting/linear-fluorescent-lamps/meps/3 www.energyrating.gov.au/products-themes/lighting/ballasts/


c a s e s t u d y

iNTRoduCTioN

Located in the heart of the CBD, the

commercial tower at 215 Adelaide Street has

graced Brisbane’s landscape for 30 years. In

2008 Norman Disney & Young recommended

a plan to improve tenant services and reduce

energy consumption – a plan that would

elevate the energy rating from 2.5 to 5 National

Australian Built Environment Rating System

(NABERS) Stars and go on to claim the Award

for Best Sustainable Development – Existing

Buildings at the 2013 National PCA Award.

A comprehensive building services upgrade

was planned and implemented

in a staged manner that included:

z Building investigation and energy

assessment report;

z Proof of concepts and NABERS thermal

energy modelling;

z Detailed design, tender and NABERS pre-

commitment certification;

z Construction and commissioning; and

z Fine tuning and monitoring.

In early planning, all elements of the

building services were investigated, including:

lighting; lifts, ventilation and air conditioning

(HVAC) and water pumping. Each of the

various improvement options were assessed

in terms of energy savings, benefit to the

NABERS rating, age and condition of the

services and value/risk to tenants. With the

support of detailed calculations including

NABERS thermal energy modelling the

client decided to proceed with a suite

of complimentary building services

improvements which included: chiller plant;

cooling towers; pumps; fan motor variable

speed drives

and a major lighting upgrade.

Of all the options accepted, the lighting

upgrade offered the highest cost per

NABERS point and high tenant risk, since

the works had to be completed within

tenant occupied areas. In an existing

building, the lighting upgrade represents

a key opportunity to deliver a range of

benefits in addition to the obvious energy

savings and energy ratings.

THE ExiSTiNg BuiLdiNg

The general lighting throughout the building

was original, comprising twin 36W tube

recessed troffer luminaires with clip on light-

air boots mounted in a 1-way ceiling grid.

This combination introduced significant risks

with the luminaires effectively supporting

the ceiling tiles along one edge and wholly

supporting the supply air diffusers.

The lighting was originally installed with

a proprietary central lighting control and

wiring system that had been modified over

the 30 years of tenant fit-outs. As a result,

the existing luminaires were installed with

a variety of different plug connections

and tenant control systems. To minimise

construction complexity and operational

risk to the tenants each luminaries was

rewired outside normal operating hours.

By Connan Brown Norman Disney & Young

Retrofitting a 30 year old Brisbane commercial tower

The energy rating was elevated from 2.5 to 5 NABERS Stars following the retrofit at 215 Adelaide Street, Brisbane.


Each luminaire was calculated to

consume approximately 90W, including

magnetic ballast losses. A building

inspection and initial illuminance

calculations confirmed that an upgrade

to single lamp T8 would be the most

technically feasible option with energy

savings in excess of 50% or 50W per

luminaire.

T5 VS T8 TECHNoLogy

There is a market perception that

energy efficient lighting needs to utilise

T5 lamp technology and this was a

major cause of debate during lighting

design development. 28W or even 25W

T5 lamps are being used in modern

office buildings to deliver increasingly

lower lighting power consumption. What

is interesting is that much of this energy

improvement is coming from lighting

refractor and reflector technology —

not just the lamp. As a result, single T8

lamps have the potential to compete

with T5 luminaires, depending on the

project specifics of ceiling grid, floor

plate and air diffusion technology. The

physical characteristics of the building

demanded T8 luminaires and detailed

calculations showed equivalent lighting

energy consumption to T5 but with one-

for-one replacement. This result was

critical in establishing the viability of

the lighting upgrade, since one-for-one

replacement allows the work to proceed

without any impact to the layout of

the tenants ceiling services or lighting

control.

NABERS RATiNg SySTEM

Under NABERS, lighting energy is

attributed to the tenant and general

office lighting reductions do not

directly impact the NABERS base

building energy rating. Commercial

buildings services system interactions

are complex, however, any energy

saved by the lighting system reduces

the internal heat loads on the HVAC

that directly impacts the NABERS

base building rating.

General office lighting becomes

effectively ‘free heating’ and is

undesirable in Brisbane’s subtropical

climate. However, in cooler climates a

lighting upgrade would increase base

building heating demands and may

even lower the NABERS base building

rating. For this reason thermal energy

modelling can be critical to gauge the

net benefits for any building upgrade

targeting improved energy ratings.

The NABERS thermal energy model

demonstrated that the lighting upgrade

would deliver direct energy savings to

tenants of 1.5 NABERS Tenant energy

stars but only 0.3 Stars benefit to the

NABERS Base Building energy rating.

The energy modelling was also

used to as the technical basis for

NABERS pre-commitment agreement

at a 4.5 Star level. This certification

agreement allowed the building’s

planned future rating to be advertised

to market prior to the works having

being completed and the data

collected.

iMPRoVEd ELECTRiCAL CAPACiTy

ANd TENANT FLExiBiLiTy

In addition to energy and ratings, the

lighting upgrade to open plan office

areas reduced the load on the tenants’

power by 7-9 W/m2. In addition, the

electronic control gear significantly

improved the power factor of the

lighting system, freeing up additional

kVA capacity of up to 13-14 VA/m2.

This significant boost to available

electrical capacity provided excellent

and much improved flexibility to the

building tenants. Buildings of this age

were designed for 5 or possibly 10W/m2

tenant equipment allowance that was

appropriate at the time but much less

that the 15W/m2 expected for premium

and A-Grade Buildings now.

A flow on effect of the reduced

lighting load is freed up cooling capacity

within the building HVAC system, not

only saving energy but also improving

building comfort and tenant flexibility.

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specified with custom reflectors and

Y5 refractors. While critical to achieving

the energy savings target, this solution

ensures excellent lighting uniformity and

appropriate illuminances with low glare.

The Y5 refractors have a very shallow cut

off angle, producing ceiling luminances

and contributing to a sense of lightness in

the space. Tenant feedback indicated good

lighting levels were achieved with a strict

100 hour lamp burn-in policy implemented

in the building. Measurements showed

that the illuminances delivered by the T8

fittings were in line with expectations.

ENERgy CoST SAViNgS

Using today’s electricity rates, the whole

building upgrade has saved $460,000 in

annual electricity costs. Put another way, if

the upgrade hadn’t occurred, the tenants

would be paying 65% more for electricity

today compared with that of 2008. The

energy cost saving associated with the

lighting upgrade contributed $100,000 or

more to this saving.

In addition to energy and ratings the lighting upgrade to open plan office areas reduced the load on the tenants’ power board.

The physical characteristics of the building demanded T8 luminaires and detailed calculations showed equivalent lighting energy consumption to T5 but with one-for-one replacement.


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Tenant disruption was managed through

smart design, effective communication

and well-managed site work. The single

most important factor in limiting tenant

disruption was to provide one-for-one

luminaire replacement; ensuring no impact

on tenant lighting levels, on-floor wiring

or tenant lighting controls. The luminaire

supplier modelled the new on the old to

ensure that they would integrate into the

ceiling system, still providing light-air boot

and ceiling tile support in the 1-way grid.

The building manager provided tenant

presentations on the good reasons for

undertaking the works (saving energy

and reducing greenhouse gases) and

regular updates on the works. The main

contractor and electrical subcontractor

worked closely with building management

and building security to complete work

in strict accordance with a work plan to

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Gamma Illumination New South Wales Corporate

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Jadecross Pty Ltd New South Wales Corporate

JHA Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd New South Wales Corporate

JSB Lighting Pty Ltd New South Wales Corporate

Klik Systems Australia Pty Limited New South Wales Corporate

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Total Electrical Connection Pty Ltd New South Wales Corporate

Tridonic Australia Pty Ltd New South Wales Corporate

Vossloh-Schwabe Deutschland GMBH New South Wales Corporate

Walter Wadey @ Co Pty Ltd New South Wales Corporate

Webb Australia Group New South Wales Corporate

York Precision Plastics New South Wales Corporate

Eagle Lighting – Fagerhult New Zealand Corporate

eCubed Building Workshop New Zealand Corporate

Inlite New Zealand Corporate

Klik Systems’s agent – Mark Herring Lighting New Zealand Corporate

Belltronic Lighting Solutions Queensland Corporate

GM Poles Queensland Corporate

Intralux Australia Pty Ltd Queensland Corporate

Klik Systems QLD Queensland Corporate

Lumen8 Architectural Lighting Queensland Corporate

Orca Solar Lighting Pty Ltd Queensland Corporate

Orion Solar Pty Ltd Queensland Corporate

Solus Lighting Solutions Queensland Corporate

Sylvania Lighting Australisia Pty Ltd – QLD Queensland Corporate

Valley Lamps & Lighting Queensland Corporate

Webb Australia Group Queensland Corporate

Eagle Lighting Australia South Australia Corporate

JSB Lighting South Australia Corporate

Klik Systems’s agent – H.I Lighting S.A South Australia Corporate

Sylvania Lighting Australasia Pty Ltd – SA South Australia Corporate

ANL Lighting Australia Pty Ltd Victoria & Tasmania Corporate

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Klik Systems’s Agent – Southern Lighting & Distribution Victoria & Tasmania Corporate

Sonic Lighting Victoria & Tasmania Corporate

Sylvania Lighting Australasia Pty Ltd – VIC Victoria & Tasmania Corporate

Tridonic Australia Pty Ltd Victoria & Tasmania Corporate

Webb Australia Group Victoria & Tasmania Corporate

JSB Lighting Western Australia Corporate

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ensure that tenants were pre-warned

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desks from dust and debris from the

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BENEFiTS To SoCiETy

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SPARC InteRnAtIonAl lIghtIng event The biennial SPARC International Lighting Event was held in early June as part of the Vivid Sydney winter festival. Following a spectacular Opening Ceremony at 7.30pm on 4th June were two days of exhibition, speakers and social events culminating in a Gala Dinner at Sydney Town Hall.

The world-class Speaker Program, held in the Cargo Hall, Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay, had the following presenters: Motoko Ishii (Lighting Designer, Motoko Ishii Lighting Design), Rogier van der Heide (Vice-President Philips Design and Chief Design Officer Philips Lighting), Emmanuel Clair (Architect and Lighting Designer, Light Cibles), John Johnson (Owner, Lightwaves), Rick Morrison (Senior Lighting Designer, NDYLIGHT), Tim Greer (Director,

LEFT:A taste of the entertainment at the Gala Dinner at the Sydney Town Hall.

BELOW:Presentation by Emmanuel Claire from international architecture firm Light Cibles

Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects), Paul Beale (Owner, Electrolight), Wendy Davis (Associate Professor, University of Sydney), Dr M. Hank Haeusler (School of Architecture, University of NSW) and Martin Tomitsch (Faculty of Architecture, University of Sydney).

SPARC attracted 73 companies to the exhibition held in the Customs Hall, Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay: Euroluce Lighting Australia, ECC, Southern Cross Illumination, Efficient Lighting Systems, Thorn Lighting, Viabizzuno, Lighting Australia, Ligman, International Poles, GE Lighting,

Crompton Lighting, Clevertronics, Sylvania Lighting Australasia, Concord Lighting, Shenzhen Topband, Hanzhou Yuzhong Gaohong Lighting Electrical Equipment, Brightgreen, Universal Lighting and Audio, Zhejiang Yolo Electrical Lighting, Hella Australia, CREE Australia, PAK Lighting, Vossloh-Schwabe, ADM Instrument Engineering, LSI Hamilton Lighting Systems, EYE Lighting Australia, Dialight ILS Australia, Gerard iLP, Clipsal by Schneider Electric, Nikkon Lighting, Thorlux Lighting Australasia, Performance in Lighting,

Lighting Options Australia, Moonlighting, Philips, Philips Dynalite, Pierlite, Austube, Intralux Australia, HPM Legrand, Pecan Lighting, JSB Lighting, Tridonic Australia, Beacon Lighting, OSRAM, Zumtobel Lighting, Sill Lighting Australia, The Lighting Group, Verbatim, Megaman Lighting Australia, Hangzhou Hpwinner Opto Corporation, Xiamen Yankon Energetic Lighting, Energy Light, Versalux, Nanjing New-High Jingwei Electric, International Lighting, Jiangsu Futai Lighting, Guangzhou Jiufo Electric Appliance, Guangzhou Lovely Lighting, Yancheng Haolin Lighting, Beal Pritchett, Tenrod, Suland Lighting, LED Lighting, Lite Life LED, Domus Lighting, Universelite, Norstar Lighting Group, Xenian, Orion Solar, Phaeton LED, Ariane Optoelectronics and Shenzhen Geosheen Lighting,

Mr Bryan Douglas, CEO of SPARC 2013, said that feedback from the event had been extremely positive. While no attendance figures were available at the time this article was prepared he estimated that more than 3,000 people had participated in the event. Five hundred had attended the spectacular Gala Dinner.

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RIGHT:Seventy-three Australian and

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Light India International 2013www.lii.co.in/about.aspx

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Lux Europa 2013www.luxeuropa2013.pl/en/index.htm

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South AuStRAlIA MARCh 2013 MeetIng RevIew

March in Adelaide has come to be known as “Mad March” because we try to cram a year’s worth of activity into one month. Clipsal 500, Festival of Arts, Fringe Festival, WOMAD and the Adelaide Cup all take place in March, so there isn’t much time to rest.

March was no different for the SA/NT Chapter. Backing up soon after the success of the February meeting with the Gerard Lighting Building tour, we were quickly into preparations for the visit of Dr Wendy Davis. And what a visit!

For those who attended either one of the two Masterclasses or the evening technical presentation (or both events), they experienced Wendy’s infectious passion and enthusiasm, together with her extensive technical knowledge. The success of these events is hard to measure but the SA/NT Chapter now has an influential supporter in NSW.

It’s interesting to explain how we got to have Wendy visit us in the first place. We read a story last year about her in Lighting, being introduced as the new Head of Illumination Design at University of Sydney. On the spur of the moment, we did some internet research (some may say stalking), found her e-mail address and sent her an invite to visit our Chapter for a presentation – not really expecting a reply, let alone for Wendy to accept our invitation!

We did get a reply and she did say yes (obviously). And she mentioned in her introduction for her evening presentation, that she’s been saying yes to any request that we made since her initial acceptance: “Evening presentation?” – No problem; “Two masterclasses?” – Yes; “Can we get a copy of your presentation?” – Sure; “Can we video your presentation?” – Can do.

This was a pleasant change for us in dealing with people from interstate on IES matters because they usually don’t happen without delays in response or

an exceptional opportunity in this world-class learning and research facility.

The Society would like to thank Bestec, and in particular Gavin, Josh and Aaron, for organising the tour as well as their input from the electrical/services engineers’ perspective.

– words and photo by Paula Furlani

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In QLD, momentum is gaining for the Annual IES Awards Dinner – the venue and date are set and the call has gone out for award nominations. In previous years, some of the student award recipients have gained employment in the lighting industry – an encouraging result and great for the future of our industry.

Earlier this year, we were approached by the Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts (ACPA) to assist in providing lighting for their three-night event as part of the ‘Anywhere Theatre Festival’. The ACPA students were performing Romeo and Juliet and the stage was to be set outside around their heritage listed building Leckhampton in Brisbane. With the help of some QUT students as well as a few local lighting suppliers (with equipment in tow) we managed to light the set and achieved a great result. The Director and the ACPA students were pleased and thanked the IES for its assistance. Our ‘lighting crew’ worked under the guidance of Doug Brimblecombe (QPAC) producing a lighting scheme which could be set-up and packed-up each night. Thanks go to Doug; our local lighting suppliers – QPAC, Sylvania Lighting, Inlite, Performance in Lighting; and all the volunteers who helped out over the three nights. The photographs show the stage (the exterior and balcony) and the undercover carpark.

Following John Tank’s initiative, the QLD Chapter is organising a fundraising event to support Life Fellow Trevor Caswell, who has motor neurone disease and is confined to a wheelchair. Trevor has contributed significantly to IES and

no answer at all. And funnily enough, this is what the Society needs; passion, enthusiasm and involvement. And Wendy epitomises all of these qualities.

An evening presentation and two Masterclasses later, those who attended were privy to Wendy’s thoughts, views and opinions on chromaticity, CCT and CRI relating to LEDs and there was much to be learnt. The SA/NT Chapter cannot thank Wendy enough for visiting our Chapter and looks forward to her taking up an invitation again.

For those of you who were unable to attend the evening technical meeting, a video of Wendy’s presentation will be uploaded on to our website in the near future. We will be doing this more in the future as it provides information for members who are unable to attend a meeting, in particular our Darwin members and we hope that other Chapters follow this lead so that we can have information being shared between Chapters and IES members getting more value for their membership dollars.

– words by Mick reidy, SA Chapter Chair; photos by Paula Furlani

Chapter Chair, Mick Reidy’s Easter thank-you to Dr Wendy Davis .

The Braggs Building, University of Adelaide

South AuStRAlIA APRIl 2013 MeetIng RevIew

On a balmy night in April, 31 members and friends of the Society were given an exclusive look into the striking new building on the University of Adelaide campus named “The Braggs” (designed by BVN Architecture). Mick Reidy welcomed everyone in the entrance of the new Union Theatre and introduced Gavin Hall, Josh Hall and Aaron Grieger from Bestec who led the tour of the complex.

On the first day of the academic year, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Warren Beddington, said to those gathered in the new Union Theatre: “This $97 million facility, home to the Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing and a myriad of teaching spaces is a spectacular example of how research and learning can be integrated seamlessly.”

Those present certainly felt that students, present and future, will have

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the lighting industry over previous four decades: as a member with continuous service on the QLD Chapter Management Committee; in his role as the principal of the industry-acclaimed lighting design software Perfect Lite; and his recognition, throughout Australasia, as expert in public lighting. The fundraiser will culminate at a special presentation in June 2013 that will include a photographic display public lighting entitled ‘The Good – The Bad – and The Ugly’.

Finally, an update on the QUT Lighting Course. After having received numerous letters of support, QUT acknowledged the strong industry support for the program but announced that the current course content will be developed into

a Continuing Professional Education format. After the required CPD units are completed, students may be able to complete a Masters in Lighting. The Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma will no longer be available.

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lAbellIng CoMPlIAnCe uPdAteDavid Pearson, Assistant Director, Lighting and Equipment Energy Efficiency Team, Appliance Energy Efficiency Branch, Energy Efficiency Division, Department of Resources Energy and Tourism reports: “Eight types of lighting product subject to regulation regulated under the Greenhouse and

Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012 were surveyed for registration and labelling compliance during March and April 2013. The survey covered 62 stores of various sizes across NSW, VIC and SA and surveyed 1271 models, covering 60 different brands. As part of the exercise samples of product were purchased for laboratory testing later in 2013 to verify compliance with minimum performance standards and performance claims. The outcomes of the survey will assist the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism determine where further education and awareness raising is required and provide information to assist with further compliance activity in this sector. A report with the results of the monitoring survey will be released mid-2013.”

Sydney hARbouR bRIdge lIt foR vIvId SydneyUntil now, Australia’s most recognisable icon, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, on par with the Opera House, has remained in the shadows while the rest of Sydney has shone in the annual Vivid Festival. In the two months leading up to Vivid, a crew of 10 have worked night and day to lay kilometres of cable, more than 100,000 LED lights and 140 custom high-power LED parcan lights.

The lighting was the brainchild of Iain Reed, founder of 32 Hundred Lighting, who had previously lit the bridge red for World AIDS day, was technical director

behind the O for Oprah and the bridge’s 75th birthday light show, and has sat atop the arches for countless New Years Eve celebrations, harnessed to the arches in a halo of smoke and blazing colour.

Lighting the bridge for Vivid was the most challenging, requiring 2000 programmable LED batons, LED colour washes, intelligent moving lights and software for an interactive LED screen at Luna Park allowed people to choose from a variety of effects, palettes and movements to create a two minute play of colours across the bridge.

Some of the hardware required was: z More than 100,000 individual, programmable LED lights contained in 2,000 x 1 m long LED tubes – making up 2km of LED tubes;

z 140 custom made high powered LED parcan lights; z Just under 1 kilometre of military-grade, tactical fibre optic network cable;

z 8.5 km of Cat 6 cable; z 14 x gigabyte network switches; z 3.5 km of Cee Form power cable; z 14 custom made Cee Form distribution units; z 1 kilometre of three phase cable; z 20,000 cable ties; and z 10 crew members per shift, using 12 custom made quivers (special backpacks designed to carry the LED tubes) to get the tubes into place.In addition to lighting the bridge 32 Hundred Lighting

lit 10 city skyscrapers for Skyscraper Illuminati, part of Vivid’s city lighting.

SoCIety of lIght And lIghtIng (uK) AgM At its AGM on 28th May the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) presented awards to members who had made a significant contribution to the art and science of lighting in the previous year.

This year’s Lighting Award went to David Holmes, longstanding member of the Technical and Publications Committee, and responsible for overseeing the publication of Lighting Guide 1: Industrial Buildings and forthcoming Lighting Guide 13: lighting of building for religious assembly. “It is through the hard work and diligence of members such as David that this Society can maintain and improve its technical standing” said Paul Ruffles, who delivered the citation.

The Presidential Medal was awarded to Dr Peter Boyce (pictured), for his contributions to the lighting industry in a

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IALD Enlighten Americas 2013http://www.iald.org/about/events/IALDEnlightenAmericas2013.asp

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LED Japan/Strategies in Lightwww.sil-ledjapan.com

yokoHAMA, JAPAN

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Professional Lighting Design Convention www.pld-c.com/

CoPENHAgEN, dENMARk

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10th China International Forum on Solid State Lightingwww.sslchina.org or www.china-led.net

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GreenLighting Shanghai Expo and Forum 2013www.greenlgihtingchina.com

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Only the western side of the bridge was lit; this view is towards the east and the Opera House.

Dr Peter Boyce (right) accepted Warren Julian’s Honorary Fellowship from SLL President Iain McCrea.

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career spanning over 50 years. Professor Dr Warren Julian, who among other achievements created the first English language graduate level lighting design programme in 1979, was made an Honorary Fellow and Peter Raynham presented the Regional Award to Richard Caple.

The Leon Gaster Award went to R Leslie, LC Redetsky, and AM Smith for their article on Conceptual design metrics for daylighting. L Halonen, E Rautkla and M Puolakka received the Walsh Weston Award for their paper Alerting effects of daytime light exposure – a proposed link between light exposure and brain mechanisms. These awards are made for articles in the technical journal Lighting, Research and Technology (LR&T) which is available for free to SLL members.

Lighting Education Trust Diplomas were presented to Paul Yates, Zeyneo Erginoglu, Oliver Smithson, Daniel Cramond, Jacky Cheung, Hazel Brannigan, James Miles. The Lighting Education Trust is a charitable trust which funds public education in Lighting and Lighting Design and Engineering. Representatives of the SLL’s current sponsors – Holophane, Philips, Thorn, Trilux and Wila Lighting were presented with Sponsorship Partnership Certificates.

At the AGM Dr Kevin Kelly, who was inaugurated as SLL president, announced collaborative working, holistic building design and proper measurement of systems as some of his key areas to work on. SLL is part of The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) which also promotes knowledge sharing and collaborative working.

vIvId Sydney lIghtSWith the longest Light Walk in Vivid Sydney’s five-year history, a record 100,000-plus visitors headed to the harbour foreshore for the annual festival of light, music and ideas during its opening weekend (24-26 May).

Festivalgoers enjoyed the spectacular Lighting of the Sails on the Sydney Opera House, over 60 light installations and immersive 3D projections, including Customs House and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), the water theatre show Aquatique International at Darling Harbour, and the interactive touchscreen where the public can light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge (see separate story).

Vivid was extended to include a new Vivid Music program at Carriageworks, the Seymour Centre and the Overseas Passenger Terminal, and the visiting thought leaders, and creative industry and

business innovators involved in Vivid Ideas provided audiences with an unforgettable experience. The iconic 70s façade of the Seymour Centre was illuminated by some of the most inventive postgraduate students of Illumination Design at The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning.

There seemed to be a move away from physical light experiences to large-scale projection and floodlighting events. Perhaps, this is a result of the huge cost involved in complying with “worst case scenario” safety requirements. A number of people who experienced those problems and cost in 2012 shied away from entering in 2013.

However, Vivid’s light shows were great and aided by benign weather in the first week, attracted many people. Photographs of the more spectacular elements are shown here. The images are courtesy of Vivid Sydney and more can be seen at their media website.

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