GE Lighting Announces Winner of Coveted Annual Edison Award.Business & Architectural Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2001 George Sexton Lighting and museum designer, George Sexton, was born in the late 1940s in New England. He began studying at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1966 and received his Bachelor of Architecture Degree in 1971. Wins Distinguished GE Edison Award The Edison Award is the oldest and most prestigious Dutch Music Prize, presented since 1960. It has a grand history in TV-shows through the years, including the legendary broadcasts called Grand Gala du Disque (later Disc). 2000 For Lighting the Herz Jesu Kirche (Heart Of Jesus Heart of Jesus can refer to:
Among the entries received from all corners of the globe, only one firm has the honor of receiving the prestigious 2000 GE Edison Award for excellence in lighting design. This year the distinction was awarded to George Sexton of George Sexton Associates based in Washington, DC for their lighting design at the Herz Jesu Kirche (Heart of Jesus Church) in Munich, Germany. The personalized Steuben Crystal Award was presented last night to George Sexton by GE Lighting at a gala dinner reception in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . "Religious sanctuaries generally present serious lighting challenges," said Mary Beth Gotti, GE's Lighting Institute Manager. "Lighting designers face the difficulty of enhancing the beauty of the facility while keeping its integrity, history and functionality. George Sexton was able to accomplish these tasks with amazing detail to beauty -- and efficiency." Rendering the rich materials of the Herz Jesu Kirche was a high priority. To accomplish this task, George Sexton used a system of layered lighting -- which enhanced and enlightened the architecture of the church, while keeping its functional requirements See information requirements and functional specification. (specification) functional requirements - What a system should be able to do, the functions it should perform. . Overall illumination of the church was accomplished by tungsten halogen sources. PAR56 wallwashers were used to vertically illuminate the louvers and cross. PAR56 adjustable fixtures, located over the shoulder, provided horizontal illumination for the congregation. Specific functions of the church were accentuated and enhanced by the lighting and control systems. A twenty-zone preset dimming system was incorporated to control every layer of light in the church. To illuminate the worship space, two lamp types were used -- low voltage Low voltage is an electrical engineering term that broadly identifies safety considerations of an electricity supply system based on the voltage used. While different definitions exist for the exact voltage range covered by "low voltage", the most commonly used ones include "mains and line voltage PAR56 lamps. Each of the fixtures were concealed and recessed in the ceiling to reduce glare and hardware appearance. Drawing attention to the altar, natural daylight was used. Positions of louvers were angled to direct sunlight toward the altar and respond to the sun's movement. The result... the appearance that the cross evolves throughout the day, relative to the quantity of daylight to electrical light 1. the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under Carbon. 2. a lamp whose light is produced by passing an electric current through a light bulb, especially an incandescent lamp. . "The intricate lighting design makes the church glow like a lantern -- making it a spiritual focal point focal point n. See focus. for the Munich community," continued Gotti. "The design firm incorporated the proper balance and amount of light to allow for a warm, night-time identity." A prestigious panel of five judges selected this year's entry for its superiority in the following judging categories: functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of state-of-the-art lighting products and techniques, energy and cost effectiveness; and good color, form and texture revelation. George Sexton's project was chosen from six Awards of Excellence finalists. Visit the Specifier/OEM section of www.GELighting.com to view all the finalists of the 2000 Edison Awards in more detail. One of the General Electric Company's major businesses, GE Lighting is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. . A leader in lamp technology, manufacturing and marketing in the global lighting industry, GE Lighting has operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Today, the company manufactures approximately 7,000 various lamp products for commercial, industrial and consumer markets. www.GELighting.com. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.053001/bb5 |
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