PCC’s Broad St Facade Illuminated in Time for LIGHTFAIR 2013

TLP designer, Stephen Hoppe, comments on the design process which led to illuminating the PA Convention Center’s Broad Street Façade utilizing Acclaim LED fixtures. Acclaim Provides Dramatic Marquee for LIGHTFAIR 2013 with Pennsylvania Convention Center LED Display Lightfair International 2013 attendees will be able to experience LED fixtures from Acclaim Lighting before they ever set…

France in the Dark on Lighting Legislation?

Potential France Lighting Legislation: Beginning July of 2013, the French Environment Ministry is requiring all shops and offices to turn off their lights after 1 AM or 1-hour after closing with exceptions being made for tourist attractions, cultural areas, and Christmas. The move is intended to cut carbon emissions by 250,000 tons a year and…

Emad Hasan interviewed for Building Operating Management

TLP Lighting Designer, Emad Hasan, was one of 5 professionals interviewed for the February 2013 edition of Building Operating Management magazine.  The article offers information and advice to Facility Mangers who are planning to take on an office space lighting design project.  Insight from Emad can be found in Part 2: Solve Lighting Quality Problems…

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IES Penn State Student Members Visit The Lighting Practice Office

Friday, January 18th, TLP was pleased to host the Pennsylvania State University Chapter of the IES for a presentation and tour of The Lighting Practice office.  Since many of us are PSU alumni (Helen, Mike, Jered, Emad and myself) we always love seeing the emerging talent coming out of our alma mater.  There were two…

230 Park Avenue: New York’s LEDs Shine Light on Efficiency

The Lighting Practice and 230 Park Avenue were at the center of an efficiency debate on Earth Techling written by Randy Woods. New York’s LEDs Shine Light on Efficiency By: Randy Woods When discussing energy savings, there’s a principle often cited by economists called the Jevons paradox, which postulates that as the use of a…

The Role of Lighting Mock-Ups

From concept to installation, lighting design can be a complicated process.  We design with an ever-changing palette of lighting technology – particularly with the continued development of LEDs.  We are also working with new architectural materials, laminates, veneers, glasses and acrylics that have unique properties that interact with light in different ways. Although lighting designers…

Moore College of Art: A Study of Light 2012

The Interior Design students at Moore College of Art have produced yet another collection of intriguing and creative luminaires made of paper products. Ardour by Michelle Cianfrani Inspired by the burning hot flames of fire, this luminaire is a creation of paper cut-outs layered to create varied intensities of lightness and darkness. The effect is…

IALD Enlighten Americas 2012: Speaking of Light

I recently had the pleasure of attending the International Association of Lighting Designer’s (IALD) Enlighten Americas conference in Vancouver, which was my first trip to Enlighten (and hopefully not my last). My coworker Erick Leininger and I had the honor of attending the conference as emerging lighting design professionals and were sponsored by the IALD and…