Lighting

Our S&T LIGHTING Group brings together a group of our experienced award winning lighting designers who are passionate about lighting and the lit environment.  The uniqueness of our lighting designers is that they live in an architectural and engineering environment, they are a hybrid or cross pollination of architecture and engineering, a mix of aesthetic and technical, they know how to integrate light, control light and power light, they know about daylight and artificial light.

We want to lift the bar on lighting, we want people to experience light, we want to introduce clients to the opportunities being created by new lighting technology developments, we want to be part of the creative team and we want lighting concepts to be established early so they are an integral part of the concept design (not a bolt on at the end).

We work with architects, interior designers, landscape architects and owners to create inspirational environments and to see their vision come to life.

We can help enhance the value of a project by creating an innovative lighting solution that provides the necessary balance of function and aesthetics, through savings in product and energy costs by selecting the most appropriate lighting for the job, by solving the unique lighting challenges of a wide range of interior and exterior environments and meeting the needs of the end user of the environment.  Talk to Glen Wright - Principal to find out more

Architectural lighting

Our lighting designers strive to achieve lighting designs that are truly integrated with the architecture, we believe to achieve this goal there must be collaboration between the design team and ourselves and lighting concepts should be established early so they are an integral part of the concept design (not a bolt on at the end).

Texture, shadow, highlight, graze, wash, glow, accent, silhouette, uplight, punch, drama, sparkle, diffusion, ambience, darkness and atmosphere are all terms our lighting designers use on a regular basis to explain our lighting designs.

Architectural lighting is about; creating the scene, revealing the space, enhancing the décor and integration with services structures and surfaces.

We like the seamless, we like the hidden and we like the bold.  Reward comes in creation.

With LED lighting we can put light anywhere.

Office lighting

Our lighting designers can provide lighting designs to create energy efficient, healthy and more productive workplaces.

We can provide ultra high efficiency lighting designs with high efficiency reflector and or diffusers,T5 fluorescent or LED lighting.

We can provide simple or advanced lighting control strategies to suit the use of each space and to achieve energy savings.

Our office lighting designs have received two IESANZ lighting design award and three IESANZ energy efficiency awards.

(Refer also to; architectural lighting, daylighting, LED lighting, lighting controls and audits).

Retail lighting

To compete with the online shopping experience, there is a need to enhance the shopping experience by transform retail spaces into spaces that create an experience and will draw customers into them and make them want to come back.  Our lighting designers would like to help lift the shopping experience with creative lighting designs.

Coloured LED lighting and controls are providing the tools to transform retail spaces into dynamic colourful spaces that create “retail theatre” with changing colour or changing images and interactive displays that will capture the shoppers attention.

To maintain profitability retailers are utilizing LED lighting to provide significant reductions in energy and maintenance costs.  Also a shift to LED lighting can improve brand reputation and integrity as a demonstration of a retailer’s sustainability policy.

Residential lighting

Our lighting designers can provide lighting designs that will add atmosphere, comfort and pride in homes and apartments.  We can add ambience, sparkle, drama and function, we can provide light to make you feel special, light to entertain, light to show off your favorite possessions, light to eat by, light to read by, light to shave by or put makeup, light for orientation and safety at night, light to enhance the night time appearance and light to enjoy your outdoor spaces.

We can also design lighting controls to set the mood or to be fully integrated with your home and entertainment systems.

Education lighting

Our lighting designers are experienced in designing education lighting for; early childhood centres, primary schools, secondary schools, tertiary education facilities and universities.

Lighting affects more than what we see, it influences how we feel, how we behave and helps us to concentrate.  Through the creation of better lighting environments we can improve in-class performance, while increasing energy efficiency.

Research has shown that changing the composition of the light within a classroom can provide significant academic improvements by improving concentration or calming students, with a SchoolVision lighting solution four lighting scenes that fit distinct classroom activities are provided.  The teacher decides upon and selects the scenes via a control panel; ”normal” for regular classroom activities, “calm” to calm down the classroom when the students are over-active, “energy” for a fresh start in the morning and after lunch and “focus” for when students have to concentrate, such as for tests.

The energy efficiency and maintenance cost for schools can be improved through the correct selection of fit for purpose luminaires, high efficiency luminaires, natural daylight and appropriate lighting control strategies.

Exterior security lighting and control strategies are important for safety and to minimise vandalism and break-ins.

Our lighting designers are experts in lecture theatre lighting, our lighting design for Auckland Universities Biology Building lecture theatres received an IESANZ lighting design award.

Healthcare lighting

Our lighting designers are experienced in designing healthcare lighting for; hospitals, health centres, aged care facilities and mental health units.

We have designed lighting for operating theatres, dental surgeries, intensive care, neo-natal care, CT scanners, oncology units, radiology, endoscopy, accident and emergency and many other specialist areas.

Industrial, warehouse and bulk retail lighting

Our lighting designers are experienced in designing industrial lighting for manufacturing, warehousing and workshops.  We have provided both HID, fluorescent and T5 fluorescent high bay lighting designs.

We have designed lighting for specialist areas including; cool stores, freezer rooms, dangerous goods stores and hazardous workrooms.

The replacement of existing HID high bay lighting in warehouses and bulk retail stores with T5 fluorescent high bay luminaires, occupancy sensors and/or daylight harvesting controls can achieve energy savings of over 45%.

Our lighting designers can provide advice on the optimum amount of roof glazing required to utilize natural daylight.

Institutional lighting

Our lighting designers have experience in lighting prisons, youth justice facilities, care and protection units and police stations.

We have been involved in the selection, development and procurement of luminaires for cells and other secure areas.

We understand the lighting control strategies, emergency lighting, and security lighting requireed to meet operational requirements.

We have designed both HID and LED non-obtrusive exterior lighting for building perimeters, internal yards and secure perimeter walls and sterile zones.

Hospitality lighting

Our lighting designers have experience in lighting churches, wharenui, fales and other places of worship.

Our lighting designers have plenty of ideas and concepts for lighting that can provide identity and atmosphere to hospitality areas; cafes, bars and lounges.

Museum and art gallery lighting

Our lighting designers understand the challenges museums and art galleries face when considering lighting; the conservation of works (international best practices) versus providing optimum viewing conditions and the need to meet a budget.  To provide the “best fit” solutions for each space we believe a “whole team” (gallery staff, architect and us) approach is required.

For existing installations our lighting designers carry out a full review and audit of existing lighting equipment to identify any equipment suitable for retention or redeployment.

There are new generation luminaires with LED projectors that have been specifically designed to provide museums and galleries with quality lighting, improved controllability, no UV, less heat and reduced operation and maintenance costs.

Our lighting designers understand the benefits of natural light and can provide computer models to predict the extent of light level exposure on displayed works.  We also understand the benefits of using lighting controls to assist with the conservation of works, to provide improved viewing conditions and to reduced operation and maintenance costs.

Sports and recreation lighting

Our lighting designers have experience in lighting sports and recreation facilities, this includes; swimming and leisure pools, fitness centres, gymnasiums, events centres, grandstands, tennis courts, sports fields and artificial turfs.  We have provided lighting for training, competition and national television broadcasts.

We specialise in providing outdoor sports field lighting designs that mitigate the obtrusive effects on residential dwellings in close proximity to fields.

We have provided sports lighting control systems including; manual key systems, automatic daylight control, curfew shutoff control, PLC control, SMS messaging remote control and monitoring and fully integrated complex wide control systems.

Our lighting designs for the Les Mills Hutt City main fitness studio and the Te Rauparaha Arena main events hall received IESANZ lighting design awards and Te Rauparaha Arena main events hall also received an IEANZ energy efficiency award.

Urban and landscape lighting

Our lighting designers are experienced in urban and landscape lighting including parks and walkways.

To enhance and grow our cities and towns urban lighting design can play an important role by creating livable environments where the lighting can attract people into outdoor spaces in the evenings, it can make people feel special, it can entertain, it can provide security and comfort.

The luminaire quality, robustness, energy efficiency and installation workmanship are key requirements for these installations.

Facade lighting

There are so many great facades out there; more of them need to be illuminated.  With the latest developments in LED and compact metal halide technologies great results can be accomplished.

Façade lighting can be external, it can be integral and it can also be from within the building; it can be entertaining (refer to Architectural media lighting).

Architectural media lighting

Through the developments in LED lighting and projection technologies both interiors and exteriors of buildings are being transformed into media screens through the images that are being created on or projected onto these surfaces.  They have the ability to be an ever-changing public work of art or a facade with a changeable expression.  Light has literally made it possible for these skins to communicate their message as night time experiences.

As lighting designers we are excited about architectural media lighting, our DNA lighting installation within Auckland University’s Thomas Building Atrium and the Les Mills Hutt City main studio were fun project for us.  We are keen to see more colour projections, gobo projections, digital projections and interactive lighting installations in interior and exterior spaces.

Carpark and carpark building lighting

Our lighting designers are experienced in lighting both outdoor car parking areas and car parking buildings.  We can design lighting that is non-obtrusive, energy efficient and provide lighting controls to minimise the operating costs of these installations.

Security lighting

Security lighting is important for the protection of both people and property; it permits safe movement and can provide a deterrent to vandals and burglars.

LED lighting is providing lower energy and longer life installations with more control opportunities.

Sustainable lighting

We want lighting to be sustainable, we understand and care about sustainability and our environment, we love daylight, we love light, we love night and we love our planet.

Our lighting designers work together with architects, designers and clients to produce integrated design solutions that deliver buildings with low environmental impact, while enhancing health, productivity, community and quality of life. Our goal is to minimise the impact of the lit environment upon our natural environment, and to do this we actively reduce the reliance on non-sustainable resources, undertaking environmentally sensitive and responsible design in relation to sustainable design.

We have Green Star New Zealand Accredited Professionals (GSNZAP) lighting designers who in addition to identifying applicable sustainability initiatives can provide guidance towards achieving Green Star ratings.

In our lighting designs we consider; natural lighting, minimum required lighting levels, lighting power densities, luminaire efficiency, luminaire materials, lighting control strategies and whole of life costs.

(Refer also to; daylighting, lighting controls, audits, LED lighting, and environmental effects of lighting).

LED lighting

LED lighting is transforming the nature of light, it is developing at a rapid rate with new generations of LED’s and LED luminaires appearing every month offering; higher output, higher efficiency, better quality and consistency, better colour, longer life and better pricing.

LED lighting offers many advantages over other light sources include; higher efficiencies, very long life with zero lifetime maintenance, controllability (dimming), colour changing, tunable white output, compact size, total integration and continuity of illuminated source.

With LED lighting it is important to note that not all LED products are equal; the quality of LED and the quality of luminaire design are extremely important, our lighting designers understand LED sources, luminaires, applications and opportunities and therefore can provide LED lighting solutions that make are reliable and make the most of this technology.

LED’s are now commonly used for downlights, spotlights, exterior lighting, concealed and cove lighting.  LED modules can now replace fluorescent lighting.

Organic LED’s or OLEDs are the next exciting development, providing an object that emits light, illuminated surfaces that provide ambient luminescence.  In the not too distant future the glowing surfaces of the room will become the light source.

Emergency and escape lighting, EXIT signage

Our lighting designers can determine your emergency and escape lighting and EXIT signage requirements, we can design the required installations inclusive of testing and monitoring systems.

We have experience with networked, line carrier and wireless central monitored systems inclusive of interfaces with BMS, SMS messaging and emailing of test results and faults.

We can provide full technical justification of emergency lighting designs to meet the requirements of New Zealand Building Code Clause F6 Visibility in Escape Routes and F8 Signs.

Lighting controls

People are good at turning lights on but not so good at turning lights off.

Typically lighting accounts for 30% to 40% of a building’s energy use, therefore lighting control have the potential to provide significant energy.  A target of 30% energy reduction can often be readily achieved.

Our lighting designers aim to provide lighting control strategies to match the occupant and client requirements, these strategies can be simple or advanced, but always with a focus on occupant comfort, saving energy and reliability.

We can provide exterior lighting control strategies that move from simple daylight sensor control to include control that provide reduced lighting levels through the middle of the night which can return significant savings.

With automatic and advanced control systems the final commissioning is crucial to achieving the target energy savings and gaining occupant acceptance; our lighting designers are experienced with advanced lighting control systems and can provide independent commissioning reviews of lighting control systems.

Daylighting

Great lighting design also relies on using natural light effectively.

Daylighting is the practice of using natural light to illuminate building spaces, daylighting reduces the need for electric lighting and connects people to the outdoors. Daylight creates beautiful spaces.  People thrive in naturally lit environments, studies show that shoppers linger longer and buy more; students do better on tests; office workers are more productive and absent less often.

Proper building organization at the concept stage is a precursor to using daylight as a functional source of illumination, our lighting designers can assist with determination of optimum floor plate geometry, window area, section depth, workstation partitions, glass area ratios, courtyard depth and width, blinds and shades, top (sky) lighting, atrium and adjacent floor plate, fixed building shading, light shelves, light shafts and light tubes or ducts.

Our lighting designers can create computer models to determine the useful daylight illuminance, daylight factors for building rating systems and compliance with New Zealand Building Code Clause G7 Natural Light.

Peer reviews and statutory certifications

Our lighting designers are happy to carry out peer reviews of lighting designs and proposals, we can provide Producer Statements for lighting where required for building consent applications.

We can provide full technical justification of emergency lighting designs to meet the requirements of New Zealand Building Code Clause F6 Visibility in Escape Routes.

We can provide lighting power density reviews and verification to meet the requirements of New Zealand Building Code Clause H1 Energy Efficiency.

Audits

We can carry out performance, condition and energy audits on existing lighting installations including;

  • Office lighting
  • Retail lighting
  • Sports lighting
  • Security lighting
  • Carpark lighting
  • Lighting control systems

We can visit your site, take light level measurements, review fitness for purpose, condition, energy efficiency and methods of control; we can provide a report capturing our observations and recommendations inclusive of budget estimates.

Environmental effects of lighting

Our lighting designers understand what constitutes obtrusive lighting and how its effects can be mitigated through an appropriate lighting design using the right luminaires and luminaire positions.

We can provide assessments of the environmental effects (AEE) of lighting for resource consents in accordance with the requirements of the Resource Management Act.  In carrying out these assessments we will provide guidance on mitigation if required, we can be expert witnesses in hearings.  We have provided lighting AEE for sports fields, tennis courts, car parking, supermarkets, prisons, illuminated signs and billboards.

We have assisted a number of Territorial Authorities with the review and mitigation of obtrusive effects from existing and proposed lighting installations.

Illuminated signage

Our lighting designers are experience in the design of illuminated signs including; internally illuminated signs, LED signs including moving ticker tape (stock exchange) signs, externally floodlight signs and billboards.

Our lighting designers have also provided assessment of the environmental effects of illuminated signs and billboards.

Other lighting

Our lighting designers have experience across a wide variety of projects, if you have a lighting application not listed above, chances are one of our designers may have experience in your application, if not we are always keen to applying our understanding of lighting to your application.

Our lighting design service

Our lighting designers offer the following lighting design service.

  • Briefing; attend inception meeting with client and other members of the design team, identify limitations including stylistic and structural requirements, define natural lighting opportunities, determine lighting budget and provide a lighting brief.
  • Ideas/solution gathering, refer to our extensive electronic “lighting ideas scrapbook” full of lighting images and sketches and internal lighting design team workshops to brainstorm ideas.
  • Lighting concept, Consider ideas and solutions; do they reinforce the architectural and environmental design? Is the lighting equipment adequately integrated into the environment? Originality, freshness and uniqueness of concept? Present lighting concepts to client and other members of the design team.
  • Develop design based on outcomes of concept design, develop lighting design details, lighting design calculations, compile lighting equipment schedule, define lighting control strategies, present samples and provide a developed design report.
  • Detailed design based on approved developed design report, final lighting details, final coordination, final lighting layout drawings, final lighting schedule, specification, supporting consent information, and provide tender and consent packages.
  • Construction observation, review on site construction for compliance with specification and drawings.
  • Commissioning, witness selected commissioning tests, provide attendance and direction on luminaire aiming and control settings.
  • Review completed installation performance and compliance with specification and drawings.

Lighting awards

Our lighting designers in their drive to create inspirational environments have achieved high levels of competency and innovation in lighting design and energy efficiency; this has been recognised by the following IESANZ New Zealand Chapter Lighting Awards;

  • 2011 IESANZ New Zealand Chapter Lighting Awards, S&T Wellington Design Studio, Wellington. Lighting Design Award – Award of Commendation. Designer Michael Warwick
  • 2011 IESANZ New Zealand Chapter Lighting Awards, S&T Wellington Design Studio, Wellington. Energy Efficiency Awards – Award of Excellence. Designer Michael Warwick
  • 2010 IESANZ New Zealand Chapter Lighting Awards, MAF Multipurpose Building, Wallaceville, Wellington. Commended Lighting Design Award. Designer Michael Warwick
  • 2009 IESANZ New Zealand Chapter Lighting Awards, Te Rauparaha Arena, Main Sports Hall, Porirua, Wellington. Commended Lighting Design Award. Designer Glen Wright
  • 2009 IESANZ New Zealand Chapter Lighting Awards, Te Rauparaha Arena, Main Sports Hall, Porirua, Wellington. Energy Efficiency Award. Designer Glen Wright
  • 2009 IESANZ New Zealand Chapter Lighting Awards, University of Auckland Lecture Theatre BLT100 Upgrade, Biology Building, University of Auckland, Auckland. Commended Lighting Design Award. Designer Mona Aziz
  • 2007 IES National Lighting Awards, Les Mills, Hutt City, Group Fitness Studio. Commended Lighting Design Award. Designers Glen Wright & Michael Warwick
  • 1992 IES National Lighting Awards, Wellington City Council, Municipal Office Building, Office Lighting. Commended Lighting Design Award. Designers Glen Wright – S&T and Ed Buckett - GEC
  • 1992 IES National Lighting Awards, Wellington City Council, Municipal Office Building, Office Lighting. Energy Efficiency Award. Designers Glen Wright – S&T and Ed Buckett - GEC