Cooper Lighting announced that LED downlights and exit lighting, combined with Neo-Ray linear-fluorescent fixtures, were combined to meet energy efficiency goals in the Galileo Pavilion of the Kansas Johnson County Community College (JCCC) campus. The University of Kansas' Studio 804 lighting designers implemented the project that will also serve to teach the JCCC students about sustainable design.
The Galileo Pavilion is a student-designed building that includes classrooms and a student lounge. The building was built both to house classrooms and to serve as a teaching tool. Beyond the lighting system, the building includes materials, assembly techniques, and a courtyard design that illustrate commitment by the junior college to sustainable buildings and design.
Back to the lighting, Studio 804 is a non-profit corporation operated by graduate students of the University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design, and Planning. The program produces one building design per year, with the Galileo Pavilion being the project this year.
The design team chose Cooper Halo LED downlights that are dimmable, Energy Star qualified, and supported with a 50,000-hr warranty. The team said that excellent color rendering and a wide selection of color temperatures was instrumental to the choice.
The primary lighting visible in the nearby photo is the Neo-Ray Series 22 DP Straight and Narrow pendants. The suspended linear-fluorescent fixtures offer simple maintenance. The fixtures use T5 or T5 high-output (HO) lamps. T5 efficacy can approach 100 lm/W. For a review of T5 lighting relative to linear LED lighting, see our recent article on the topic.
The final piece of the sustainable lighting design was the Sure Lites EU Series Edge-lit Exists from Cooper. The luminaires can be mounted on ceilings or walls and are offered with single or dual faces. Clear lenses provide uniform beam distribution and the fixtures provide long life with virtually no maintenance.
"Both our Halo LED and Neo-Ray solutions, as well as our LED exits are an ideal fit for this particular project providing energy-efficient illumination to Galileo’s Pavilion," said Mark Eubanks, president of Cooper Lighting. "We are happy to provide continued support to such a great program that places importance on designing facilities that aid in sustainable education for the university and community."
"Cooper Lighting assisted us in acquiring energy-efficient, task-specific lights for all our space types," said Stephanie Stone, LEED AP BD+C, University of Kansas Studio 804 graduate. "Its Neo-Ray fixtures with emergency back-up options and modern exit signs allowed us to keep a clean modern aesthetic. The Halo LED downlights, which are featured throughout the space, allowed us to cut energy costs significantly to maintain our overall theme of sustainable, efficient design."
