Why do we need a lighting designer?
A professional lighting designer:
- Selects the most appropriate cost-effective and energy-efficient products.
- Creates a lighting solution that balances function and aesthetics.
- Solves the unique lighting challenges of a wide range of environments.
- Strengthens and enhances any space through creative and functional lighting.
Lighting designers are a tremendous resource for innovative, practical and economically viable lighting solutions. They understand the role of lighting in architecture and interior design and rely on their extensive experience and knowledge of lighting equipment and control systems to enhance and strengthen design.
Building owners and managers have the potential to add value, reduce costs and enhance performance through the application of good lighting. People are attracted to well-lighted public facilities, commercial shopping districts and parks. Through cost-control techniques, the lighting designer helps clients realize improved energy efficiency and reduce lighting costs. The modest cost of a professional lighting designer is offset by a reduction of construction and operating costs.
Why use Gerry Power?
Trained as an architect at Georgia Institute of Technology, I have been practicing lighting design since 1978. I have held project design and design management positions with several firms, working on a wide variety of projects including research facilities, corporate offices, mixed use developments, educational facilities, health care facilities and retail both in the USA and abroad.
