When MEP engineering firm Glumac set up a new office space on the ground floor of an existing high-rise in Irvine, CA, the company had an ambitious goal even before the move-in - to certify the new 8,762-sq-ft space Platinum under LEED for Commercial Interiors (CI). Glumac electrical engineer Jennifer Berg, P.E., worked with Glumac's lighting design studio to implement a lighting system that would make effective use of the wide-open floor plan and large concrete columns rising 21 ft to the top of an urban loft-like structure. The task lighting system is integrated with the furnishings to provide 50-ft-candle illumination at the work surface. Berg placed a priority on achieving significant savings over the California State Energy Code's Title 24 allowance for lighting energy. With this emphasis on actual performance, she knew that Glumac would need to monitor the system's power usage at different locations and in real time.
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