Proceedings of: Workshop on Improving Building Design for Persons with Low Vision

Jim Woods. Introductory Comments

The next panel is on artificial lighting, which is a term I hate. I don’t think there’s anything artificial about real lighting. It’s just from a different source.

I would like to raise four issues to begin with:

The first one is the integration of lighting with other systems. Where does lighting fit into the integration with other systems?

The second would be criteria and design evaluations. In lighting, where are we today and how do we deal with these?

The third would be how well current lighting criteria satisfy occupant responses and needs.

[And the fourth would be the] political realities. There are many changes going on. Mary Ann and Eunice both addressed some of those earlier; specifically, conflicts with energy policies.

Now we’ve got four panelists that I’m really excited about hearing from because they’re actually lighting designers. That’s what they do as their primary professions: deal with lighting issues.