PANEL DISCUSSION
Jose Dos Santos, Signify | Meg Smith, LWLumens | Tony Esposito, International Well Building Institute
Virtual
FridayMarch 15, 2024
10:30 am - 12:00 pm EST
Credits 1.5 LU | Elective
Intermediate
Return-to-office surveys have revealed that environmental conditions, specifically lighting and the lack of flexible, accessible lighting controls, contribute to workplace inequity and impede employee performance. We intend to provide clear lighting design guidance to better accommodate a changing, diverse workforce and their space use needs. Presenters will review findings from two research studies involving a diverse group of users – one with participants with self-identified, functional visual limitations, and another group representative of 2020 US Census workplace demographics – and apply designing to the edges principles to help our industry deliver a better lighting and controls experience for all.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to identify the most frequently prioritized general area lighting quality requirements.
- Participants can name the second most disabling workplace condition – after lower back pain – according to the US Census. Hint: photo sensitivity is a symptom.
- Participants will understand how to “design to the edge” to satisfy diverse lighting requirements.
- Participants will leave armed with the knowledge of lighting quality and granularity of control requirements to better support an equitable, accessible end-user experience.
Speakers
Jose Dos Santos
Head of Design and User Experience, Americas
Signify
Jose dos Santos has more than 30 years of experience in design and design management. He started his career as an industrial designer in Portugal. Dos Santos founded and sold two European design companies and served as Chief Design Officer for a large Internet company. In 2011, dos Santos joined Masco as a design director and stepped into his current role as Signify’s Head of Design, Americas in 2016. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy for design(er) leadership in large corporations from the European University. He also earned a master’s degree in industrial design from Central Saint Martins in the UK and an executive master’s degree in product design and development from Northwestern University. Dos Santos has focused his work on user-centric design, and he is a diversity, equity and inclusion champion at Signify and within the lighting industry.
Meg Smith
Independent Contractor
lwlumens
Meg Smith has extensive experience working with lighting professionals, research organizations and utilities in the sustainable and intelligent lighting design marketplace. In her current role as an independent consultant, Meg identifies application and innovation opportunities, working collaboratively with researchers and business leaders, synthesizing technical and market insights to drive innovation towards user-centric, differentiated solutions. Meg is NCQLP Lighting Certified (LC) and an active member of the IESNA. She currently serves on the and the IES Sustainability committee and served on the IES Light and Human Health Committee. Additionally, Meg is both a LEED and WELL accredited professional.
Tony Esposito
Director, Standard Development, Light Concept Lead
International WELL Building Institute
Founder and Head Research Scientist | Lighting Research Solutions LLC
Dr. Tony Esposito is a lighting quality researcher with a background in lighting design and engineering. He is the Director and Light Concept Lead at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the Founder and Head Research Scientist at Lighting Research Solutions LLC (a lighting consultancy providing services in research, education, and development), and Co-Chair of the Color Committee of the Illuminating Engineering Society.