Daylighting & Daylighting Controls in Commercial Buildings
When designed correctly, daylighting with aggressive controls can save as much as 50% of a large commercial building’s energy costs by reducing the need for electric lighting and decreasing the cooling load. Using well-controlled natural light not only saves building energy costs, but also enhances the quality of the interior building environment. Regardless of how much natural light a daylighting design brings into a building, the strategy won’t save energy unless the artificial lighting is kept off or dimmed down when not needed. Join BGBG for a brief overview of daylighting strategies and state of the art lighting controls utilized in commercial and institutional buildings.
Speakers:
Henry Mueller,
Principal
Henry Mueller Design, Inc,
Architectural designer Henry Mueller is a consultant specializing in sustainable and energy-efficient design. His work mostly involves the remodeling of existing commercial and residential buildings, but he has designed new buildings as well. Mueller is also a writer-illustrator and his work has appeared in local and national publications including the Boulder Green Building Journal. He is actively involved in BGBG as a member of the commercial committee. He also serves on the City of Boulder’s Climate Action Plan - Advisory Group.
Dane Sanders, PE, LEED AP
Principal
Clanton & Associates, Inc.
Dane Sanders has worked as a lighting designer for over 9 years. He received a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado. His current lighting designs include exterior lighting at Boulder’s Peloton development, daylight and electric lighting at Movement Climbing & Fitness Gym off of Valmont, exhibit lighting at Old Faithful visitor center, and daylight consulting for Albuquerque Public Schools. Several of his designs are LEED Certified. His design experience also includes 3 months in London, England and 2 years in Sydney, Australia with projects completed in Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Other project experience includes airports, convention centers, cathedrals, and hospitality. His interests include daylighting for sustainable design, graphics, and light as art.
Larry Kinney
For the last 35 years, Dr. Larry Kinney has researched passive, active, and hybrid techniques for harnessing photons flowing from the sun to produce controlled natural light in buildings. This has resulted in dozens of reports and articles, several patents, a great deal of failure and heartbreak, and a welcome measure of passion and joy. The product to date is a handful of designs that hold promise for providing excellent daylighting cost effectively. He will share several of the latter with attendees of the BGBG brown bag session on daylighting.