<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>We have tossed around the idea a couple of times to have a balcony/mezzanine along the walls in the Bocce Ball court. That way we wouldn't block the natural light from the skylights from reaching the bottom level, but we'd gain a ton of storage space along the walls. That's a good amount of work though (not to mention construction costs, building permits etc...)<br><br></div>For now, I think we mainly need more, and more targeted lighting. So I would suggest we keep at least some of the fluorescent tubes initially, and start adding LED lighting where we really need it.<br><br></div>Anyone have a good guesstimate of how much it would cost to provide sufficient light in the Bocce ball court with nothing but LED lighting? I know they've gone down in price, but it's still going to be quite a bit more expensive up front than fluorescents, right?<br><br></div>Patrik<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Alice Rosenthal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beehappysolutions@gmail.com" target="_blank">beehappysolutions@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">This is an interesting thought. As my eyes age, I find I like brighter light situations when I work but when working with an illuminated screen, light is not much of an issue.<div><br></div><div>If I made a general assessment of Sudo SPACE I'd say that if more atmospheric lighting was desired, then the ceiling needs to be lower. Of course there are a few ways to do this, but the most practical way to do this could also increase work area. What I am thinking of is building a loft. Under the loft (10' high) would be beams/joists that would serve as a structure for directional light. The loft itself would block out the omni-directional flood light given off my the flouresent bulbs currently providing light. Under the loft would be both cave like and open with 10' ceilings. Above a loft could be used for many purposes - too many to list here.</div><div><br></div><div>Things to consider: lofts are usually against (attached to) one, two or three walls. Lofts materials cost money and are must be build using sound construction practices.</div><div><br></div><div>Lighting, like I am talking about above would also cost money.</div><div><br></div><div>It's all a considerable investment and there is so much to do already at the Omni to get it to pass code inspections. The rent has to be paid every month and I worry that there may be a challenge maintaining the existing roof over the collective's head.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps Noemie had something less grand in mind about changing the lighting in Sudo. I'd love to read some other peoples ideas about creative lighting solutions / changes.</div><div><br></div><div>I've go to get to work now.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div><div class="h5"><div>On Dec 1, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Noemie Serfaty wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hey sudo ers<br></div> <br>Imagine a sudo room where you'd want to sit and hack for hours. A sudo were you'd want to have enlightening conversations for hours. Read, Build, Saw, Hang out. <br><br></div></div><div>All this can become a reality... if we change the damn lighting!<br></div><div> <br></div><div>Is anyone interested in doing something about the slightly depressing lighting in sudo?<br>I am. I think that if we change the lighting, it will be a small revolution.<br><br></div>It would be cool to be a group of fabulous people working on it!<br><br></div>I imagine that LED lights instead of the current ones would be great. We could also scatter some smaller & cute directional lights here and there.<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><br></div><div>Let's start a light revolution thread!<br><br></div><div><3<br></div><div>Noémie<br></div><div>-- <br><div>Noémie Serfaty<br>108 rue du Faubourg du Temple<br>75011 Paris<br>Tel: 06 27 76 88 84<br>Tel: 01 71 50 51 82<br><a href="mailto:noemieserfaty@gmail.com" target="_blank">noemieserfaty@gmail.com</a></div>
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