September brings a change in seasons and with it another Best Shot that includes not only TEKA Illumination products but also a few from sister company B-K Lighting.
The main entrance to the Package Foundation is graced by three 20" Arcade™ Series Full Shield fixtures.
The walkway is lined with B-K Lighting's Glow Star™ path lights.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation was created in 1964 out of the Packards’ passion in education, technology and civics. Upon the death of David Packard in 1996 a large portion of his estate was bequeathed to the foundation.
The Packard Foundation is a multi-billion dollar not-for-profit organization that funds many types of programs in three main categories; 1) conservation and science, 2) population and reproductive health and 3) family and community-building. Grant awards are given to charities and organizations whose goals are designed to solve societal issues with the ingenuity, innovation and quick reaction times of the free market. The Foundation also provides significant long term support to iconic institutions like the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and the Fellowships for Science and Engineering.
The Packard Foundation’s 49,000 square foot headquarters is located in Los Altos, California, and lives up to the conservation policy of its many grant recipients. The building is a net zero energy project that was awarded LEED® Platinum certification in January 2013. The building achieved a 94 out of a possible 110 points.
The building uses many green technologies that include solar power generation (275 MWh/year) and automated daylight systems. The building’s footprint is centered on a courtyard space that fosters community among its occupants but also maximizes natural light through the use of large, triple element windows. Interior light sources include fluorescents and individual LED task lighting. Automated occupant sensors turn off lights and shutdown computers and monitors when spaces are not occupied by workers. Overall there are some 15,000 monitoring and control points throughout the building and engineers can remotely control the many hundreds of sub systems like blinds, plug loads and electric charging stations.
Heating and cooling is digitally controlled with warning systems that indicate if natural, exterior airflow should be utilized rather than HVAC systems. Not only does this smart system alert building managers at the main environment dashboard but individual workers are notified right on their computer desktops. The system also will notify occupants if inclement weather is forecasted. When daytime temperatures rise above conformable levels, a compressor-less chilled beam air conditioning system takes over. This system doesn't use typical 90° pipes, but more efficient 130° pipes along with variable speed pumps to circulate some 50,000 gallons of water that is stored in two underground tanks. Additionally, the building can store up to 20,000 gallons of grey water captured from gutters for landscape irrigation and toilet flushing.
The products from TEKA Illumination and B-K Lighting that were incorporated into this detailed energy plan included solid state BKSSL™ LEDs, compact fluorescents and ES16 sources. The total wattage consumed by the entire group of TEKA and B-K Lighting luminaries (numbering 91 in all) is approximately 1,980 watts. This represents on average just 21 watts consumed per fixture.
Three natural finish Arcade Series Full Shield 20” Compact Fluorescent fixtures grace the main entrance to the building. They wonderfully mimic the vertical pattern of raw Red Cedar exterior wood paneling in both shape and color and provide an unmistakable point of entry. These luminaires are accompanied by a half dozen Glow Star path lights.
The Packard Foundation has made available a time lapse video of the construction of this project. It is approximately four minutes in length and represents two years of construction. One of the Full Shield fixtures appears right around time marker 3:05. Installation of the Glow Star LED fixtures occurs at the 3:23 mark as the landscaping is installed and finalized.
PROJECT DETAILS:
Fixtures:
(9) Arcade Series Full Shield 20”Arcade Series Full Shield 20” Compact Fluorescent
(4) Alps™ Series Halogen (PAR38)
(16) Mini Micro™ iLume™ Solid State (BKSSL™)
(41) Glow Star™ Solid State (BKSSL™)
(12) Artistar™ Metal Halide (ES16)
(10) Saratoga™ Series Halogen (T4)
Architect: EHDD
Landscape Architect: Joni L. Janecki & Associates, Santa Cruz
Lighting Designer: J.S. Nolan + Associates Lighting Design, LLC
Contractor: DPR Construction
Engineering: Integral Group
Sales Representative: Associated Lighting Representatives / Prudential Lighting
Photo Credit: © David Duncan Livingston, Jeremy Bitterman
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