July 28, 2011
Thursday, 9am-5pm
AIA LU (HSW/SD) 7 units
Gone are the days of selecting lighting fixtures from a website and leaving the rest up to the electrical engineer. The often-conflicting demands of sustainability, tightening energy codes, restricted project budgets, and evolving technology present lighting designers with new challenges in creating compelling, yet practical projects. Today, the initial cost and installation of new light fixtures account for only about 10% of lifetime cost, and new technologies like light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are transforming the way we think about lighting design and sustainability. This program will explore daylighting strategies and controls, sustainable design concerns, life-cycle cost implications, recent energy codes, and new technology – facts and myths. You will learn key principles for contemporary lighting layouts, and most important, how to enhance the richness and comfort of the architectural spaces you design through light. Participants will be given the opportunity to apply the newly acquired knowledge and techniques to their own projects.
Coordinator:
G. Michael Gehring, FAIA, IALD, LC, LEED AP, Partner/CEO, Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting, Los Angeles, CA.
Mike’s architectural experience has proven invaluable in his ability to develop lighting design solutions sympathetic to the Architect’s design intent. Basically, he knows how to work with architects, since he once had their job. The design ability and technical expertise acquired throughout his years as an architect yield solutions that are both innovative and cost effective. Mike has designed the lighting for such notable projects as the Bellagio Hotel, Dreamworks Animation, Univision, Mikimoto, Steelcase, UCLA Westwood Replacement Hospital, Desert Passage, Circo, and LeCirque. His lighting projects have been published in Architectural Record, Interiors, Interior Design, Hospitality Design, Architectural Lighting, Lighting Dimensions, LD&A, Professional Lighting Design, International Lighting Review, and Retail Image.
A licensed Architect since 1983, Mike graduated from the USC School of Architecture with a BArch. in 1981 and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management in 1989. Before committing his career to lighting design in 1994, Mike worked as an architect for 13 years at Welton Becket Associates, Dworsky Associates, and The Landau Partnership, where he was Co-Managing Director of Design.
Mike was President of the USC Architectural Guild in 2004, and firmly believes that an architectural education prepares students for a huge variety of future endeavors. He was instrumental in building the third floor Center for Graduate Studies, revived the mentorship program, and led the effort to raise $200,000 for architecture scholarships and educational programs. He has actively promoted lighting design as a worthwhile career direction for architects and students of architecture.
He is Lighting-Certified by the NCQLP, a Professional Member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), and a LEED-Accredited Professional. In 2007, Mike was the award recipient of the AIA California Allied Professionals Honor Award, and in 2009 was welcomed into the College of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects.
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For 12 years, he has been the lighting technical lead for the Building Energy Efficiency Standards and the Appliance Efficiency Regulations. His responsibilities have included interfacing with building departments, energy efficiency advocates, lighting industry, trade groups, professional engineering groups, energy consultants, electric utilities, academia, and many others. He has been “in the trenches” and understands the issues, rational, and intent of the lighting standards. He has made over 200 presentations and training courses on the Title 24 lighting standards, and the Title 20 Appliance Efficiency Regulations.
Gary is a past president of the Sacramento Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), as well as a member of the Technical Advisory Group for the IESNA Lighting Energy Management Committee. Prior to working for the Energy Commission, he worked for 13 years as an energy-efficiency representative for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
Dr. Lewis is active in the application of sustainability principles to the design, construction and operation of green buildings. He has led CTG’s involvement in more than 150 LEED certified buildings and green communities in the past fourteen years. He served as a Director of the U.S. Green Building Council from 1997-2002, and as the Chair of the LEED® Technical Committee and a member of the LEED Steering Committee. Dr. Lewis is actively involved in the development and evolution of the LEED Green Building Rating System.
