[sudo-discuss] Changing the sudo lights!

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

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...)

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.

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?

Patrik

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Alice Rosenthal <beehappysolutions at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Lighting, like I am talking about above would also cost money.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> I've go to get to work now.
>
>
> Alice
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 1, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Noemie Serfaty wrote:
>
> Hey sudo ers
>
> 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.
>
> All this can become a reality... if we change the damn lighting!
>
> Is anyone interested in doing something about the slightly depressing
> lighting in sudo?
> I am. I think that if we change the lighting, it will be a small
> revolution.
>
> It would be cool to be a group of fabulous people working on it!
>
> 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.
>
> Let's start a light revolution thread!
>
> <3
> Noémie
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