LED Linear™ Lighting Sponsor 2014 of IALD 100W Challenge
It’s not just a snappy title; the 100W Challenge asks teams of architectural lighting designers to light a house comprising six rooms and four different levels using a maximum of 100W of LED light tape. One hundred Watts isn’t just a random number; until relatively recently, it was commonplace to use a 100W light “bulb” in every room of a house. Now designers are able to light an entire house with just that wattage, and it’s not all about suspending light from the central point in the ceiling, as each of the five teams demonstrated with creativity and flair.
IALD UK hosted the IALD 100 Watt Challenge at the House Next Door in Stoke Newington, London from 3-7 March 2014. Five of the UK’s top architectural lighting design firms put their creative schemes on display during the week-long IALD 100W Challenge. In its second year, the event was organized by IALD UK Projects Manager Emma Cogswell, Associate IALD, Stuart Knox of LED Linear™ UK, and Simon Thorp of LAPD.
Stuart Knox – LED Linear™ UK
“When we were offered the chance to participate in the challenge we feared the house would present too large a space to be illuminated with our allocation of only 100W of power. The amazing efficacies of the VarioLED™ Flex HYDRA series in combination with the creativity of the designers soon put these fears to rest."
