2008 International Conference and Exhibition
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Healing Environments: Energy & Ambiance Lighting
Program Code:
280
Date:
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Time:
9:30 AM to 10:45 AM
EST
SPEAKER
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Denise Fong has more than 25 years of lighting design experience and is known across the country for her thoughtful and inspiring lighting designs. She works with architects, developers and building owners to develop lighting systems for commercial, healthcare, education, hospitality, residential and civic developments. She has been honored with many design awards for her innovative and creative lighting design work. Her recent work includes lighting design for Shriner's Children's Hospital in Honolulu and Providence Hospital in Everett, Washington. A LEED accredited professional, Ms. Fong is a regular columnist on sustainability issues for LD+A magazine and has addressed international audiences on developing more sustainable manufacturing processes for lighting equipment. She has been involved with more than a dozen LEED accredited projects.
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Description
New lighting technologies are rapidly changing how doctors administer care and how patients heal. Explore new applications in healthcare lighting systems for optimal efficiency and patient care. This session enables attendees to:
•Identify lighting systems that will provide the best quality of light facility-wide and recognize how various lighting systems affect occupants and are impacting the architecture, interior design, and sustainability of projects.
•Describe how new lighting technologies, including innovative lamp and ballast combinations, can support both complex visual activities and patient comfort.
•Assess lighting systems that reduce the presence of mercury facility-wide and measure the efficiency, maintenance considerations, and costs of various lighting systems.