Color Impact 2023 was a great success. These pages are left here for archival purposes.
We hope to see you at a future Color Council meeting! Our next conference in June 2025.
June 11-15, 2023
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA
Short Course Presenter - Kimberly R. Mercier
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Kimberly R. Mercier, Lighting Designer and Engineer
LED Lighting: The Intersection of Color Science and Design - Tuesday 2:15 - 5:30
Currently, LED technology leads the market for electric lighting, primarily promoted for its substantial energy efficiency. Beyond energy, however, the flexibility offered by solid-state lighting (SSL) – including LED and OLED – allows lighting to provide a breadth of benefits to the human experience: color, vision, health, art, performance, and happiness.
This course will be provided jointly by a color scientist and a lighting designer, each bringing their own perspective to the multi-disciplinary field of lighting. The instructors will explore an apparent collision course between discoveries made in lighting research, progress made in LED technologies, and preferences in approaches to lighting applications. Focusing on color in architectural lighting environments, they will cover topics including:
- LED light generation, white and colored LEDs
- Color rendition, the effect of light source on object color
- Light distribution and the design of appearance
-Healthy lighting, including more than what we see
- Energy and money, impact on design and controls
- System implementations, LED possibilities and architectures
Understanding some of each of these topics will illuminate how lighting designers, scientists, and engineers collaborate to impact the LED lighting products available, the codes that are written, and the outcomes of architectural designs and implementations. Mike and Kim will provide suggestions for the application of lighting color science knowledge to further the areas of art, design, product manufacturing, and human wellness.
The course will be given in the Munsell Color Science Laboratory, allowing participants to see and use advanced LED lighting systems and color measurement instruments.
Bio
Kimberly R. Mercier, PE, P.Eng., LEED AP, CLEP
• Principal Lighting Design Innovations• Lighting Leadership and Engagement•
An experienced, award winning lighting designer, Professional Engineer and member of the IES Light and Human Health Committee, Kim bridges the gap between lighting science and application by actively participating on academic and professional development content delivery channels. Ms. Mercier served as the international President of the IES.
The Inter-Society Color Council advances the knowledge of color as it relates to art, science, industry and design.
Each of these fields enriches the others, furthering the general objective of color education.