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Lumca Lio

Lumca has designed and developed lighting products that are both beautiful and brilliant. Lumca has forged an enviable reputation as a leading manufacturer that strikes the perfect balance between aesthetics, practicality and sheer innovation.
Lio is the latest outdoor architectural luminaire from Lumca and it redefines what it means to light life outdoors. These new lights bring the coziness of indoor light fixtures to outdoor LED lights for a wide array of applications, including smart cities, urban development, or renewal projects, city parks and waterfronts, businesses, venues and so much more.
For details on Lumca’s new Lio https://www.lumca.com/lio/

South Lake Tahoe ‘Dark Sky’ 2200K Lighting Upgrade

GBL collaborated with the city and its various agency partners in re-lighting bicycle paths along U.S. Highway 50. U.S. Highway 50 is a prominent gateway road to the region’s alpine skiing and entertainment venues. The city owns, operates, and maintains approximately 700 pedestrian light fixtures and approximately 200 metal halide pedestrian light fixtures along roadways, walkways, parks, and trail networks. According to the city, Phase One of the project was completed in 2023 which included the conversion of aging first generation 5000K LED luminaires pedestrian lights to more energy efficient, ‘dark sky’ friendly 2200K light fixtures. The application of 2200K light sources, a warmer color of light, is believed to be one of the largest decorative conversions in the state. GBL’s partner, Lumecon, a lighting manufacturer based in Farmington, Michigan (Detroit) developed the 2200K retrofit “engine” to meet the city’s photometric, installation, and reliability specifications. The Lumecon kit improves the luminaire’s ‘cut off’- the directing of all its light to the ground-and provides improved uniformity to enhance visibility. Phase Two* is for additional sections of Highway 50 and includes completely new Lumecon 2200K decorative luminaires and specially designed steel poles from GBL’s partner Valmont, based in Valley Nebraska (Omaha). Steel poles are often used in place of concrete poles due to their light weight, availability, and reliability. To ensure long life in the harsh Sierra climate, the steel poles will be finished with Valmont’s proprietary “V-Pro” finish. Valmont’s V-Pro Protection Systems were developed utilizing comprehensive testing and are evaluated under numerous environmental conditions by an independent laboratory.

City of South Lake Tahoe press release link
https://cityofslt.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1895&ARC=2951

Lumecon https://lumecon.com/midtown-decorative-pendants/
Valmont https://www.valmont.com/

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

The Oakland Bay Bridge project highlights Valmont’s ability to bring a concept to reality while maintaining a time-tested level of product quality. The Valmont Structures team was a cross-functional group from various disciplines within the company whose ease of doing business with the customer and inspectors lent to the success of the project. Today, Valmont’s custom manufacturing capabilities stand on display with over 250 poles which line the bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland.
Bay Bridge – Oakland, CA (urlisolation.com)
https://mtc.ca.gov/operations/programs-projects/bridges/san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge
Valmont https://www.valmont.com/

Doyle Drive Presidio Parkway Project

The Presidio Parkway serves as a regional gateway between the Golden Gate Bridge and the City of San Francisco. The parkway is a replacement of Doyle Drive, a 1.6-mile segment of U.S. 101 that reopened on July 12, 2015. Caltrans and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority jointly led the effort to replace Doyle Drive.
A community-backed design for the Presidio Parkway was chosen in 2009 after years of intensive regional coordination, environmental review, and interagency planning. The project was carefully designed to withstand the maximum considered earthquake for the region, improve traffic safety, and improve access to the Presidio and Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Caltrans worked with GBL and Valmont to develop a custom lighting pole specifically for the Presidio Parkway.
https://www.sfcta.org/projects/presidio-parkway
Valmont https://www.valmont.com/

2024 IES Street and Area Lighting Conference

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The IES Street and Area Lighting Conference appeals to a broad spectrum of attendees with a primary focus of improving outdoor lighting. The conference program provides outdoor lighting training classes, seminars, networking sessions and an exhibit hall
Attendees come from across the country and internationally representing utilities, municipalities, DOTs, consulting and engineering firms, research firms, manufacturing firms and educational institutions.

Full Conference registration includes food & drink throughout the event.

Street & Area Lighting Conference – Illuminating Engineering Society (ies.org)