Lighting in Design Q3 2019

Ed Space

Editor: Gregg Cocking (lighting@crown.co.za) • Advertising manager: Carin Hannay (carinh@crown.co.za) Layout: Adel JvR Bothma • Circulation: Karen Smith Cover: The Gallery Published by Crown Publications (Pty) Ltd PO Box 140, Bedfordview, 2008 - Tel: +27 (0)11 622 4770 Fax: +27 (0)11 615 6108 - Website: www.crown.co.za ABC 1 st quarter: 3 475 • Printed by: Tandym Print All issues of Lighting in Design can be viewed on our website. Visit www.lightingindesignmagazine.co.za Gregg These two events allowed attendees to delve into the latest technological innova- tions, leading lighting strategies, and business models and increased their knowledge on the potential lighting of the future presents. Hearing the presentations and wealth of knowledge shared at the seminars, reminded me of another apt quote by physicist William Pollard, “Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient tomorrow”. M ahatma Gandhi said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” This quote applies to both life and the lighting industry; with change the only constant, keeping abreast of the latest innovations, findings and developments is imperative. In recent months, lighting designers, manufacturers and electrical engineers have been fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to broaden their horizons and knowledge at a smart street lightingmasterclass and BEKA Schréder’s Lightability Seminars. BEKA Schréder hosted its first of a series of seminars that will be held in all the major centres of South Africa. Held in Pretoria, attendees were updated on LED technology, current and future trends, thermal management, mid-power vs. high-power vs. CSP technology LEDs, tunable white, amongst other topics. A new luminance meter and its revolutionary way of measuring luminance levels onsite was also introduced. BEKA Schréder’s rollout of its Lightability Seminars gives at- tendees the chance not only to firm up their foundations of lighting principles, but also to expand their knowledge of LED lighting trends and technologies. In August, EmpireTraining hosted an interactive two day master class facilitated by international and local achievers with practical implementation experience in smart street lighting and controls in Sandton.The workshop looked at utilising avail- able technology to power and effectively manage resources to support the smart infrastructure that we as society use to power everything from smart phones to communication networks. Vicent Mbonye, Information Systems: University of KwaZulu-Natal, opened the event with the topic Smart and Connected Transportation . His presentation con- sidered a number of case studies, including street lighting projects in South Africa, PLANet intelligent street lighting in Palmerston, Australia, street lighting in the city of Los Angeles and the Akropolis Shopping Centre. Clayton Mclean, a Renewables and Social Entrepreneur discussed LED light- ing and energy efficiency before Justin Harmond, the Georgia Power Operations Manager of Lighting & Smart Services, gave an international view on smart lighting, business models, and light technology as well as monetisation with Small Cells and the potential of street poles. The first day concluded with a presentation by Raja Moudgil, Philips Lighting Country Leader, Southern Africa & Ghana. The second day saw Marnus Marais, Lighting Expert at the BE Group kick off proceedings with a talk entitled Embracing Networks: Smart Lighting for Smart Cities , after which Hendrik Vermeulen, Regional Manager at BEKA-Schréder spoke on how road safety is being compromised by outdated lightning technology and what can be done.

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