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ERCO – the Light Factory

ERCO specialises in producing engineering hardware and software for architectural light-ing. First and foremost, we see ourselves as selling light, not luminaires. This approach, which places the immaterial “software” of light above the physical hardware of the lumi-naires, has been the trademark of our work for many years. That’s why we call ourselves: ERCO, the Light Factory.

Light interprets spaces and helps us to per-ceive and experience them. In this sense, we consider light to be the “fourth dimension” of architecture.

ERCO’s indoor luminaires, outdoor lumi-naires and lighting control systems constitute an extensive range of lighting equipment for general, comprehensive, architectural light-ing solutions. The luminaire is a lighting tool, a piece of lighting equipment with a special practical purpose.

The far-reaching change that lighting tech-nology is currently undergoing due to new lamps, new lens systems, digitally networkable control gear and the corresponding software leads to previously unimagined possibilities. We call this new approach “Tune the light”. Just as networking has allowed new perspec-tives in lighting technology, so too ERCO’s close-knit organisational network also allows optimum logistics and sales advice all around the globe. This brochure presents all the facets of both the networked architectural lighting and the ERCO Service network.

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ERCO – the Light Factory

Light – the fourth dimension of architectureProjects

Lighting qualitiesThe language of lightVertical illuminance

Tune the LightScenography in the lighting networkLighting toolsSystem design

Lighting applicationsApplication area: museumsApplication area: the retail sectorApplication area: outdoor

The Light FactoryDesign, manufacture and logisticsWorkshops and seminars

ERCO showroomsExperiencing light and using services – worldwide

Information logisticsProducts – Projects – GuideThe Guide in the Light ScoutVirtual luminaires and simulation

Experiencing light – worldwideERCO addresses

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Light – the fourth dimension of architectureProjects

Making good architecture even better through the right lighting is what we see as our cul-tural contribution and the raison d’être of our activities. Today, ERCO illuminates museums, universities, shop windows, churches, airports, monuments, hotels, chain stores, trade fair stands, administrative buildings, parks, private houses and much more besides. Irrespective of whether the architectural concept emphasises functionality or presentation: our goal is, and has always been, to find a solution that does justice to the specific use and architectural features of each project.

Revealing the environs: uplights illuminate the tree-tops. The bollard luminaires emit their light downwards with-out glare and provide safe pathway lighting (ERCO factory grounds, Lüdenscheid).

Lichtrouten �004: "Loher Wäldchen" park, Lüdenscheid. Lighting design: DIAL, Lüdenscheid.

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (Stuttgart Art Museum), Stuttgart. Architect: Hascher & Jehle, Berlin. Lighting design: Peter Andres, Hamburg, ibb Burrer & Deuring Ingenieurbüro GmbH, Ludwigsburg.

D&G Shop, London.Architect: Rodolfo Dordoni, Milan.

Louvre, glass pyramid, Paris. Architect: I M Pei. Lighting design: Claude Engle, Chevy Chase.

BMW Works, Central Building, Leipzig. Architect: Zaha Hadid, London. Lighting design: Equation Lighting Design, London.

Literaturmuseum der Moderne (MuseumMuseum of Modern Literature), Marbach am Neckar. Architect: David Chipperfield, London/Berlin.

Kastrup Søbad bathing platform, Copenhagen/ Kastrup. Architect: White Arkitekter A/S. Lighting design: White Design AB, Göteborg.

Museum Ara Pacis, Rome. Architect: Richard Meier, New York. Lighting design: Fisher Marantz Stone, New York.

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Lighting qualitiesThe language of light

“Accent lighting” uses brightness contrasts to set up hierarchies of perception. This especially relates to the use of directed light to emphasise areas or objects in the space. This attracts the view of the observer and enhances spatial awareness.

Ambient lighting +Accent lighting

“Scenic lighting” incor­porates the range of lighting effects that are used for their own sake either to add atmospheric or deco­rative touches rather than because they have any practical function. Examples include the atmosphere created by a candle on a restau­rant table, an object of

Ambient lighting +Accent lighting +Scenic lighting

Whether lighting a museum, a boutique or a park, there is always a “language of light”. This concept has evolved over several decades and is now a means for analysing and structuring lighting projects. The three basic categories of this “language” – ambient lighting, accent lighting and scenic lighting – go back to the American Richard Kelly, a pioneer of lighting design whose projects have included the light­ing of the Seagram Building in New York for Mies van der Rohe.

Experience shows that lighting concepts are considered to be pleasing and success­ful when all three components – ambient lighting, accent lighting and scenic lighting – are present in a well­balanced relationship.

Light Art or coloured lighting whose main purpose is to influence and change the colour impression given in a room.

The ambient lighting component usually con­sists of an evenly dis­tributed light designed for general visibility. Most standards relating to purely quantitative lighting design usually

consider this compo­nent of light alone, e.g. regulations for specific illuminance levels at the workplace.

A lighting control system such as the ERCO Light System DALI enables the balance of the different qualities of light to be easily opti­mised and adjusted to suit changing condi­tions while the building or space is occupied. Such adjustment may be dependent on usage, i.e. by modifying light scenes and recalling them manually; or dependent on time, by using timer programs.

The effect on the architecture can be com­pletely changed at the touch of a button by altering the stress of the “accent lighting”. The style of “scenic lighting” can be enhanced by electronically controlled, coloured light­ing effects and dynamic progressions. This in turn can only be seen to full advantage when there is a corresponding reduction in “ambient lighting“.

Ambient lighting

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Lighting qualitiesVertical illuminance

Wallwashing: ambient lightingSuccessful wallwashing can be so subtle that it is hardly perceived as wall lighting; instead the observer is only

Space can be defined and continually reinter­preted with light. Looking at walls and other vertical surfaces, it soon becomes apparent that these are crucial for how architecture is perceived. Illuminated walls enable the shape and dimensions of a room to be comprehended and cause the entire room to appear bright. A wall illuminated with perfect uniformity has an almost immaterial effect. Objects such as photos, posters or paintings can be optimally viewed. We refer to the lighting tools for this kind of lighting as wallwashers. ERCO has been developing and perfecting such special luminaires for decades. The result is a range of instruments for illuminating vertical surfaces that is unparalleled in terms of its scope and variety.

The dual­focus wall­washer – an ERCO speciality – produces particularly good uni­formity across the wall due to its wallwasher reflector. Furthermore, the lamp is completely shielded by an anti­dazzle cone, resulting in exceptional visual comfort.

Wallwashing: accent lightingSelectively lighting certain surfaces that delineate a given space allows hierarchies of perception to be dis­creetly created, which influences our percep­tion of the spatial dimension. The surface properties of walls, such as their colour, texture and physical construction, are effec­tively emphasised by vertical illumination.

aware of a pleasant brightness in the room. The diffuse light reflected from the wall provides the ambient lighting.

Wallwashing: scenic lightingThe vertical surfaces of a space can be trans­ formed by the use of appropriate lighting tools into projection screens for dynamic scenic effects. Projec­tions or changing patterns of colour can be eye­catching and attractive.

Wallwashing and accent lightingIllumination of vertical surfaces as the back­ground with directed highlighting in the foreground. Together these form a classic concept – using light to add scenic effects to objects in space.

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Tune the LightScenography in the lighting network

Our new catch phrase “Tune the light” is a logical development of our “Light not luminaires” approach. Digitally networked electronic controls enable mul-tiple lighting parameters to be manipulated. Light can be manipulated even more easily, more individually and more flexibly than ever before – all this is encapsulated in “Tune the light”. The interaction of control hardware and software and the addressable luminaires in the ERCO Light System DALI opens up new dimensions for sceno-graphic design.

The possibilities for styling rooms with light are virtually endless. One of the most fascinating properties of light is its ability to continually reinterpret architec-ture. Staging and controlling such transformations with the inclusion of the time dimension is what we refer to as “scenographic light.” Networked lighting from ERCO provide the basis for shaping how light interacts with space, time and atmosphere to form a coher-ent scenography – more easily and economically than ever before.

The Light System DALI links digitally controllable luminaires together to form lighting net-works – networks that use indi-vidual addressing and grouping independent of the structure of the electrical circuits. This results in a significant paradigm shift in lighting design: instead of having a specific, fixed lighting set-up, the new lighting technol-ogy creates the conditions for multiple lighting effects in multi-functional spaces.

The beauty of being able to control each individual lamp with Light System DALI can be seen, for instance, in those situations where a scenographic light-ing concept requires changing patterns on a facade.

It is especially when lighting gardens or parks that a sceno-graphic approach means designing the interaction between artificial light and environmental factors such as weather and natural light.

The appearance of a room is influenced as much by different brightness levels as it is by colour contrasts of the surfaces. Digit-ally controlled light-ing tools such as the Quadra LED varychrome wallwasher allow the architecture to be con-tinually re-interpreted.

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Light Changer

Light Clients

Light Clients

Light Studio Light Server

Light ClientsOutdoors

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Tune the LightLighting tools

The luminaire is a lighting tool, a piece of lighting equipment with a special practical purpose. This approach is reflected in the design of our products. ERCO’s product range for architectural lighting includes the three areas of: lighting control systems, indoor luminaires and outdoor luminaires. Together, they ensure that holistic lighting concepts can be realised.

Taking system design to its logical conclusion is a character­istic feature of the ERCO product range. The system concept occurs at all levels: from the extensive range of accessories to an individ­ual luminaire and from the modu­lar system featuring a uniform design within each product range to the uniform documentation of all products. This allows them to be combined in the best way possible in the design process. The DALI technology gives our product system an additional virtual software level – on which all ERCO Light Clients can be conveniently networked.

The Light System DALI and the Light Studio software add a new virtual dimension to the system concept of the ERCO product range.

The most important groups in the indoor luminaire product range are the spotlight/track systems and the recessed luminaires. The complete range can be found in the ERCO Light Scout (www.erco.com) under “Products”.

The outdoor luminaire product range extends from powerful spot­lights and floodlights to bollard luminaires and LED orientation luminaires. It covers all architecturally related outdoor lighting appli­cations.

System designThe Optec spotlight is an example of how ERCO product ranges offer a wide selection of different light inten­ sity distributions and lamp options in a uniform design.

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Tune the LightSystem design

Taking system design to its logical conclusion is a characteristic fea­ture of ERCO products. We never develop products in isolation but always design whole product groups that are clearly positioned within the well­defined structure of the overall product range. This includes using versatile system accessories to adapt the lighting tools to suit particular require­ments. The ability to interlink digitally controllable Light Clients using the Light System DALI and the incorporation of the Light Studio software as a user inter­face for complex luminaire func­tions is an equally important part of this concept.

Adjustable colourAs an integral part of the Light System DALI lighting control instal­lation, the ERCO Light Studio software provides operational control that allows light colours and dynamic progressions to be adjusted from vary­chrome luminaires in the most convenient and simplest possible way.

Adjustable brightnessIn the Light Studio software Light Clients that can be dimmed digitally via DALI are operated intuitively, using a slider control.

Lighting engineering accessories Accessories allowing special requirements to be fulfilled are avail­able for many ERCO products. These range from colour filters and protection filters to lenses and anti­dazzle attachments. The latter further improve the already excellent visual comfort of the stand­ard luminaires.

Mounting options Accessories such as upright supporting poles and cantilever arms, as well as variants with cantilever brackets make the asymmetric Parscoop washlight a universally applicable tool for the uniform illumination of surfaces.

The Beamer (left), Focalflood (centre) and Parscoop (right) prod­uct ranges all share the same mounting acces­sories, which cover all practical mounting options in outdoor situations.

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Lighting applicationsApplication area: museums

The design and construction of museums has developed into a showcase discipline for architecture. Projects such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao alter the perception of whole regions and, as a result, also their eco-nomic reality. The illumined glass pyramid of the Louvre has replaced the Eiffel Tower as a symbol for Paris. Such structures are highly significant for the designers, building owners and visitors. The quality demanded of the lighting is correspondingly high: extensive collections of material, in ideal conditions, displayed in the best possible light. The light-ing equipment has to successfully satisfy the often-contradictory demands of visitors and art conservationists regarding the protection of the exhibits. New additions to collections, new media and new forms of presentation all make intensive use of scenographic strategies and methods requiring appropriate, flexibly controllable lighting systems. Holistic lighting concepts which take outdoor conditions into account will transform museum buildings into nocturnal symbols of their particular loca-tions. All these factors explain why “museum quality” light is still seen as the ultimate benchmark for lighting designers.

Special lighting tools are required for illu-minating vertical sur-faces absolutely evenly. Especially in the area of wallwashers, ERCO offers an unparalleled wide selection of differ-entiated lighting instru-ments: lens wallwashers, dual-focus wallwashers, washlights, and linear wallwashers – to name a few.

High quality spotlights provide accent lighting in museums. The crite-ria needed to ensure the quality of a scenic lighting installation are: the availability of different light intensity distribution charac-teristics, an extensive range of accessories and details such as lockable aiming.

Hardly anywhere else is the need for vertical illuminance quite so important as for art exhibitions. Correctly designed washlighting

achieves the optimum results here to view the artwork.

Architecture works: the impact of the Guggenheim Museum on its host city has become known as the “Bilbao Effect”.

Illuminating art cor-rectly is almost an art in itself. Recommenda-tions on lighting gal-leries and museums can be found in the “Guide” area of the ERCO Light Scout (www.erco.com).

Maritime Museum, Osaka: the holistic lighting design takes the museum’s external appearance into con-sideration, transform-ing the museum into a nocturnal landmark.

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Lighting applicationsApplication area: the retail sector

These days designing retail areas predomi-nantly means designing an experience: the shopping experience or the brand experience. This is central to the customer s perception. Professional shop designers work scenographi-cally in order to build themes into a coherent sequence of events. One of their tools used in the process is light as an intangible medium that allows space to be continuously reinter-preted.

Light performs a number of different func-tions in a shop. It attracts attention, allows the goods to be seen to their best advantage and helps both orientation and wellbeing. In addi-tion, light serves as a medium for expressing the contents and values of a brand so as to promote brand recognition. In this way it acts as a corporate light concept. Light can also be used to accentuate the atmosphere of seasonal themes, such as the seasonally changing collections in the fashion industry.

It is the quality of the merchandise in which the retailer takes pride. ERCO luminaires reveal them in the best light.

Scenographic light in the shop: a design medium that interprets the themes and motifs of a fashion or season into a scene – from subtle to expressive. The timed progression of coloured light is an effective eye-catcher.

The abundance of light in today’s retail architecture would be unthinkable without high-efficiency metal halide lamps. ERCO offers an extensive range of lighting tools for these lamps – tools which are ideally suited to the particular require-ments of shop design.

Track-mounted spot-lights are the classical solution for display lighting with stage- like effects, as used in shop windows.

Special requirements apply to retail lighting. On the one hand light is used professionally, with a love of experimentation and with sceno-graphic concepts. On the other, stringent eco-nomical constraints are an ever-present real-ity. The intelligence and skill of the designers combine with state-of-the-art lighting tools to produce solutions satisfying the highest aesthetic and functional requirements, yet with low operating costs. Flexible, variable and state of the art lighting systems are ideal

for the short cycles of the retail trade and yet provide security for long-term investments.

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Lighting applicationsApplication area: outdoor

Architecture, in which external and internal areas are designed as a composite whole, requires a consistent approach to its lighting design. The ERCO range of outdoor luminaires has therefore been designed to complement the full program accurately, enabling coher-ent and uniform lighting design concepts. These lighting design tools set new standards in terms of precision and visual comfort. They have been found to be ideal in scenic lighting installations for architecture, monuments, urban areas and landscapes under the harsh-est conditions in the world – from the Arctic Circle to the deserts of Dubai and Australia.

Clean: accessories such as filters or lenses are internally mounted in Beamer projectors and are consequently pro-tected by the housing.

Dark SkyCarefully designed precision lighting tools such as Panorama bol-lard luminaires help to avoid glare and “light-ing pollution” caused

ERCO’s outdoor pro-gram includes projec-tors and floodlights with a range of power ratings.

Designing scenographic light in the outdoor area means determin-ing how artificial light interacts with environ-mental factors such as

the weather and natu-ral light – where the timer functions of the Light Studio software is ideal.

by unnecessary spill light emitted above the horizontal plane.

The more discreet a light source, the more fascinating is the effect on the object illumi-nated. In-ground lumi-naires are available with various light distribu-tions.

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The Light FactoryDesign, manufacture and logistics

New technologies such as digital control elec-tronics or LED technol-ogy are developed in the ERCO laboratories into marketable prod-ucts ideally suited for their intended use.

ERCO has its headquarters in Lüdenscheid, an industrial town steeped in tradition, right in the heart of Germany. The majority of the 1000-plus workforce work here in the Design, Production, Sales and Administration departments. In addition to these, there are the employees in the offices and showrooms around the globe. The ERCO plant consists of price-winning industrial buildings as a living expression of the corporate culture.

Several thousand luminaires leave the factory every day – heading for buildings on all continents and meeting the safety regula-tions of these destination countries. The pro-duction and testing processes are subject to strict, certified standards, which ensure that our products will provide a long functional life.

The main feature of the production depart-ment is flexibility. The combination of intel-ligent automation and excellently qualified, versatile employees enables the production department to respond quickly to customer requests.

The ERCO P3 high-bay automated warehouse, a design of the archi-tects Schneider + Schumacher, is the heart of ERCO’s net-worked goods logistics system. From the Lüdenscheid site, the company supplies high-quality lighting solutions to all the important markets in the world.

The Design, Marketing and Sales departments work together side by side in the Technical Centre. The transparent and functional archi-tecture, designed by Prof. Uwe Kiessler, is an expression of the ERCO corporate culture.

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The Light FactoryWorkshops and seminars

Mock-up roomThe mock-up room is used both for dem-onstrating production- line products and for testing prototypes under variable condi-tions – such as different ceiling heights, which can be produced by the moveable ceiling.

Design seminarsDesign seminars are regularly held at ERCO head office for groups of architects, lighting designers, engineers and students. These sessions cover the fundamental

Company training schemeProviding employees with perfect appren-ticeships and further training is given a

Trade fairsEven in this age of virtual simulation, trade fairs still provide a valuable role – as a venue for discussing technical matters or for more informal contacts. Products can be directly experienced through all the senses. ERCO regu-larly presents at the Light + Building trade fair in Frankfurt.

LightparkThe gardens around the Light Factory provide a perfect opportunity to demonstrate ERCO’s outdoor lighting tools

high priority at ERCO. The in-house training department ensures that ERCO’s clientele receive competent sales advice.

application of light as well as specific product knowledge.

Lighting design and the correct use of ERCO products are demanding subjects. Sceno-graphic lighting concepts introduce additional creative dimensions which are often only alluded to in design courses. For this reason, developing user knowledge at ERCO is now more important than ever. At the headquar-ters of the Light Factory in Lüdenscheid, semi-nars and workshops are continually being held – for architects, designers, engineers and of course also for the members of ERCO’s global

sales force. In this way, we ensure that ERCO employees are able to do justice to their role as a “consultant to the consultant” and that lighting users obtain the best results when operating our powerful lighting tools.

and are also used for outdoor workshops.

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ERCO ShowroomsExperiencing light and using services – worldwide

ERCO is a cosmopolitan, globally active company. ERCO showrooms and offices can be found in all major markets. Here, our well-educated, specially trained employees work as lighting advisors. This worldwide network ensures reliable service and competent, on-site support especially on international projects: from providing advice during the planning stage, tendering, sample supply and project planning to customer service and training.

“Consultant to the consultant” – this is how ERCO lighting advisors see their role in the building process: they provide profes-sional support to designers in all matters relating to lighting technology and in each individual project phase. With case-related specialist information and customised product documentation they help customers to make the correct decision when selecting lighting equipment.

The showrooms and offices provide ideal facilities for meetings during the project phase. Each has a mock-up section for sample and other product demonstrations.

However, our ERCO service does not end with the punctual delivery of the products: after commissioning the system, our lighting advisors support customers in word and deed, for instance by lending a helping hand when it comes to positioning and focusing luminaires correctly.

Events and seminarsThese turn ERCO show-rooms into meeting places for the local light and architecture scene. The showroom is designed to make it possible to explain “Tune the light”: to design the qualities of light in terms of time and space.

ContactThe ERCO staff all around the world look forward to getting to know you. You will find the addresses of our

offices and showrooms at the end of this bro-chure and at:

www.erco.com/contact

Project managementThe offices provide ideal facilities for pro-ject meetings. Your ERCO contact is trained to support clients through all the stages of a project.On site

Some decisions in the design process are best made on the building site. ERCO employees help to organise sample products and provide assistance on lighting technology issues.

Light in spaceThe effect of light in space is difficult to express in words – it must be experienced. The ERCO showrooms provide ideal, flexible facilities for such demonstrations.

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Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, MadridAgatha Ruiz de la Prada, Madrid

Bunte, fröhliche Farben, naive Symbolik in denMustern, kombiniert mit raffinierten Schnitten,Formen und Materialien – mit diesem unver-wechselbaren Stil hat sich die spanische Desig-nerin Agatha Ruiz de la Prada einen eigenstän-digen Platz in der Modewelt erobert.

Seit neuestem vertreibt sie ihre Kollektionenauch in eigenen Shops in europäischen Metro-polen – wie hier in Madrid. Die Interieurs sindgeprägt von klaren Linien, frischen Farben undeiner lebendigen Lichtinszenierung.

Das Beleuchtungskonzept für Agatha Ruizde la Prada in Madrid umfasst Lightcast Down-lights und Downlight-Wandfluter für Halogen-Niedervoltlampen QT16 150W, die für eineangenehme Grundhelligkeit bei hohem Seh-komfort sorgen. Die Inszenierung der Warenerfolgt über eine Vielzahl von Jilly Strahlernfür 100W-Niedervolt-Halogenlampen, mon-tiert an 3-Phasen-Stromschienen. Der einheit-liche Leuchtentyp sorgt für durchgängigeÄsthetik der Beleuchtungsanlage bei höchsterFlexibilität. Die verwendeten Lichtwerkzeugebieten optimalen Blendschutz und hervorra-gende Farbwiedergabequalität.

Brightly varied, joyful colours and naivesymbolism in the patterns are combined withingenious cuts, shapes and materials – withthis unmistakable style the Spanish designerAgatha Ruiz de la Prada has carved her ownniche in the fashion world.

She has recently also started marketing hercollections through her own shops in the me-tropolitan cities of Europe – as here in Madrid.The interiors are characterised by clear lines,fresh colours and lively scenic lighting.

The lighting concept for Agatha Ruiz de laPrada in Madrid includes Lightcast downlightsand washlights for 150W QT16 low-voltagehalogen lamps, which provide pleasant am-bient brightness while ensuring high visualcomfort. Scenic lighting is added to the mer-chandise via a number of Jilly spotlights for100W low-voltage halogen lamps mounted on 3-circuit tracks. The uniform luminaire type harmonises the aesthetics of the lightinginstallation while also ensuring the highestflexibility. The lighting tools used provideoptimum anti-glare protection and excellentcolour rendition quality. Optimale Farbwieder-

gabe – in diesem Falldas klare Kriterium fürJilly Niedervolt-Halo-genstrahler.

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SequenzmodulSequence module

DA-ModulD/A module

Optimum colour ren-dition – in this case the clear criterion forusing Jilly low-voltagehalogen spotlights.

Über eine ERCO ControlsAnlage gesteuert, er-zeugt die in RGB-Technikhinterleuchtete Glas-wand fließend ineinan-der übergehende, unter-schiedliche Farbklimasim Shop – ein Beleuch-tungseffekt, der idealmit der unbeschwertenFarbigkeit der angebote-nen Kollektionen korres-pondiert. Anstatt eineherkömmliche Dekora-tion zu zeigen, gewährendie großen Schaufenster(Seite gegenüber, untenrechts) einen tiefen Ein-blick von der Straße indie zwei Verkaufsebenen– so wird der ganze La-den zum Schaufenster,und die farbige Lichtdra-matik wirkt von innennach außen weiter.

Controlled via an ERCOControls system andilluminated with RGBtechnology, the backlitglass wall creates differ-ent “colour climates” inthe shop that blend intoeach other with flowingtransitions to give a light-ing effect that perfectlymatches the carefree col-ourfulness of the offeredcollections. Instead ofhaving a conventionaldisplay, the large shopwindows (opposite page,below right) allow pas-sers-by to look right in-to the two sales levels –transforming the wholeshop into a shop window,and allowing the colour-ed dramatics of the in-store lighting to reachbeyond the interior andaffect the world outside.

Architektur und Lichtplanung /Architecture and lighting design:Jordi Castel, Jordi Veciana, Barcelona

www.agatharuizdelaprada.com

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Introduction 7 ERCO Innovations

Lighting controls

Lighting control systemsIndex page 24

Light SystemDALI26

LON Area Net33

Indoor

Introduction 47 Light in the indoor area Note:Available in varychrome

technology

Track and light structuresIndex page 49

ERCO track50

Hi-trac trackand light struc-ture69

T16 light struc-ture76

Monopoll trackand light struc-ture85

Minirail low-voltage track94

Spotlights, floodlights andwallwashersfor trackIndex page 99

Parscan101

Eclipse117

TM Spotlights126

Domotec135

Quinta141

Jilly154

Pollux164

Castor171

Oseris179

Gimbal184

Optec

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Stella208

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Was für die Besucher Spaß pur ist,bedeutet für die BeleuchtungSchwerstarbeit: die Inszenierungeines perfekten Freizeiterlebnisseszwischen Solebecken, Schwallbrauseund Saunahitze. Das Frankfurter Reb-stockbad zeigt sich frisch renoviert,erweitert und sorgfältig beleuchtetals junger Klassiker des Architektur-genres „Freizeitbad”.

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What's pure joy for the visitors meanshard work for the lighting – it has toset the scene for a perfect leisureexperience amidst salt-water pools,Jacuzzis and the heat of the sauna.The Frankfurt Rebstockbad presentsitself freshly renovated, with an ex-tended and carefully illuminated for-mat; a neoclassic of the architecturalgenre “Leisure centre”.

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Information logisticsProducts – Projects – Guide

www.erco.comThe ERCO Light Scout on the Internet is the leading medium in terms of up-to-date product information. The product area of the Light Scout and the PDF-format product specification sheets are both updated twice a year. Light Scout meets the requirements of a globalised market place with product information in fourteen versions for different languages and regions and with Internet navigation in five languages.

To provide designers with opti-mum support at every stage of their work, ERCO offers a multi-tude of both classic and digital media. Our extensive range of material is divided into informa-tion on products and reference projects and into didactic subject matter.

All ERCO documents have been designed to perfectly com-pliment the design of coherent and uniform lighting concepts. The layout, structure and termi-nology of the various areas of the product range have been harmo-nised together to make orienta-tion as easy as possible for users.

ProductsOur extensive range of lighting solu-tions for architectural applications is divided into the three product ranges: lighting controls, indoor luminaires and outdoor luminaires. This struc-ture is repeated in both the Light Scout and the printed catalogue.

The “ERCO Program” printed cata-logue contains all the important information and design data – in black and white, compact and always accessible.

ProjectsMuch space in ERCO communica-tions is devoted to fascinating light in architectural applications – examples include the “Projects” area of the ERCO Light Scout and our magazine “ERCO Lichtbericht”.

Thematic brochures, such as the one on “Vertical Illuminance”, give deeper insight into particular aspects of lighting design and include many interesting features relating to design and technology.

GuideInteractive knowledge-based modules in the Guide area of the Light Scout cover the fundamentals of designing with light and provide user informa-tion on lighting tools. On the follow-ing pages we present examples of the content of the Guide.

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72101.000 White (RAL9002)QT12-ax 50W 12V GY6.35 950lmSpot reflector

Product descriptionHousing: two-piece cylinder, alu-minium, powder-coated, removablefor lamp replacement. 0°-90° tilt.Scale for identifying the lamppower used. Safety cord.Bracket integrated in the cylinder:cast aluminium, powder-coated,rotatable on the 3-circuit adapterthrough 360°. Screw to set the an-gle of rotation and of tilt. Internalwiring.Electronic transformer 230/12V,20-50W.ERCO 3-circuit adapter: plastic.Anti-dazzle ring: plastic, black.Fixing for accessories.Spot reflector: aluminium, silver,mirror-finish anodised. Anti-dazzlecap attached to safety glass.Use dimmers for electronic trans-formers (trailing edge).Weight 1.30kg

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QT12-ax 50W 12V GY6.35 950lm

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1 17957 0.102 4489 0.213 1995 0.314 1122 0.425 718 0.52

MountingERCO 3-circuit trackHi-trac trackMonopoll track1-circuit singlet

ERCO Leuchten GmbHPostfach 24 6058505 LüdenscheidGermanyTel.:+49 2351 551-0Fax.:+49 2351 551-300info@erco.com

Technical Region: 230V/50HzEdition: 16.03.2006Please download the current versionfromwww.erco.com/72101.000

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For many years now the authentic, lively photographs from lighting projects have been the optimum medium for conveying the idea of “Light not luminaires”.

Product specification sheets with detailed technical information are available for every product – in up to fourteen versions for different languages and regions.

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Information logisticsThe Guide in the Light Scout

Providers of the highest quality lighting tools depend on the fact that their customers are well informed and appreciate quality. Expe-riencing the qualities of light first-hand in contexts such as design seminars cannot be replaced and has a long tradition at ERCO – as does the practice of using various media to disseminate knowledge about light and architectural lighting. The “Handbook of Light-ing design” published by ERCO Edition is still seen as the definitive reference work. Today, the Internet offers optimum possibilities for directly imparting current knowledge to all interested parties.

The Guide area of the ERCO Light Scout pro-vides extensive information on topics ranging from the physical basics of lighting through to possible solutions for specific lighting situa-tions – in short, a veritable encyclopaedia of architectural lighting. The Guide’s knowledge-based modules utilise the Internet’s interac-tive capabilities in order to clearly illustrate various aspects such as time-related phenom-enon, experiments or comparisons between alternative solutions.

www.erco.com/guide

The construction and lighting effect is even explained for special luminaire designs such as double-focus downlights.

The subject of “sceno-graphic light” can be excellently conveyed using multimedia repre-sentations that allow

If offline-work with the Guide is necessary, CD-ROMs from ERCO are available on request.

Design questions such as the optimum arrangement of certain luminaire types are answered by the Guide in a clear and under-standable format.

interactive continuous adjustability.

The topics handled by the Guide also include the fundamentals of lighting technology, such as the spectral properties of certain

lamp types. The Guide takes a unbiased, didactic approach.

The basic principle of the Guide: nothing explains technical facts better than the repro-duction of experiments.

Graphic illustrations are particularly suited to interactively explain-ing qualities of light such as how the shape of a three-dimensional body can be formed by directed light.

The Guide covers both indoor and outdoor lighting applications comprehensively.

With its interactive contents the Guide is tailor made for the digital medium of the Internet. The range of knowledge-based modules in the ERCO Light Scout is continually being updated and expanded. CD-ROM versions derived from the Guide contents at www.erco.com are regu-larly produced and can also run “offline” with-out an active Internet connection. The Guide CDs – which are also suitable as teaching aids in higher education – can be obtained via your ERCO contact on request. Furthermore, the contents of the Guide are also available in printable form as PDF files from the Download area of the ERCO Light Scout.

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DIALuxComprehensive, user-friendly functions for calculations and graphic representations for everyone who designs with light are offered by the free of charge light-ing calculation program DIALux (available at: www.dial.de).

i-drop technologyWhether from CD-ROM or directly from the Internet as online plug-ins with “i-drop” capa-bility, ERCO design data seamlessly integrates into the digital design processes with DIALux.

Creative lighting designs begin in the mind. The journey from concept to reality takes time and has to be convincing. In this regard, implementing architectural design is largely a matter of communication.

Since spatial perception in humans is pri-marily visual, computer-generated visualisa-tions have gained a permanent place in the process of architectural design. However, just like real architecture, virtual architecture also only comes to life with light. That’s why every ERCO luminaire has a virtual “twin” in the form of digital luminaire data, which can be down-loaded from the ERCO Light Scout website. It can then be inserted directly into lighting simulation and visualisation software to cre-ate physically accurate studies, visualisations and analyses – all in photographic quality. It is especially in the field of vertical illuminance that lighting simulation proves itself to be a valuable tool for convincingly demonstrating the effect of wallwashers and avoiding design errors.

And yet the “virtual luminaires” are just one part of the extensive information and documentation available online in the Light Scout. In addition, there are also images, sym-bols, specification details, data sheets, photo-metric data and much more – all aimed at ensuring that up-to-date information can be accessed anywhere and at any stage of the design process.

The following detailed information is avail-able for downloading from the Light Scout for every ERCO lighting tool (sometimes com-pressed as a .zip file): product specification sheets (.pdf), article texts (.txt), product images (.jpg), photometric data in IES and Eulumdat formats, 3D models for 3D-CAD (.dxf), i-drop- compatible data for DIALux (.uld) and lumi-naire files for Autodesk VIZ, Autodesk VIZ 4 (i-drop), Autodesk MAX (i-drop) and for Lightscape.

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Information logisticsVirtual luminaires and simulation

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AustraliaERCO LightingERCO Leuchten GmbHRepresentative Office Australia349 Pacific HighwayNorth Sydney NSW 2060AustraliaTel.: +61 2 9004 8801Fax: +61 2 9004 8805e-mail: info.au@erco.com

New Zealandsee Australia

SingaporeERCO Lighting Pte. Ltd.93 Havelock Road #03-532Singapore 160093Tel.: +65 6 227 3768Fax: +65 6 227 8768e-mail: info.sg@erco.com

BruneiIndonesiaPhilippinesVietnamsee Singapore

MalaysiaERCO LightingERCO Leuchten GmbHRepresentative Office (K.L.)Level 40, Tower 2Petronas Twin TowerKuala Lumpur City Centre50088 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaTel.: +60 3 2168 4479Fax: +60 3 4257 5950e-mail: info.my@erco.com

ThailandPalicon Pro-Art Lighting Ltd.58/3 Soi Prompak,Sukhumvit RoadKlongton-Nua, VadhanaBangkok 10110 ThailandTel.: +662 382 1851Fax: +662 382 1852e-mail: uwe@palicon.corp-th.com

ChinaERCO LightingERCO Leuchten GmbHRepresentative Office ShanghaiRm 2015, Civil Aviation Center18, Xin Jinqiao Road PudongShanghai 201206P.R. ChinaTel.: +86 21 5030 5979Fax: +86 21 5030 5879e-mail: info.cn@erco.com

Architectural Lighting (HK) Ltd.3/F. Shing Dao Industrial Building232 Aberdeen Main RoadAberdeen, Hong KongP.R. ChinaTel.: +85 2 287 022 88Fax: +85 2 255 227 87e-mail: waal@williamartists.com

JapanERCO TOTO Ltd.Shibakoen ND Bldg.2-5-10 ShibaMinato-ku Tokyo 105-0014JapanTel.: +81 3 5418 8230Fax: +81 3 5418 8238e-mail: info.jp@erco.com

KoreaAltek Technologis Co. Ltd.Jungjin B/D, 619-2Sinsa-Dong, Gangnam-guSeoul KoreaTel.: +82 2 512 7779 Fax: +82 2 512 4117e-mail: altek@altek.co.kr

USAERCO Lighting Inc.160 Raritan Center Parkway Suite 10Edison, NJ 08837 USATel.: +1 732 225 8856Fax: +1 732 225 8857e-mail: info.us@erco.com

CanadaMexicosee USA

ArgentinaERCO Leuchten GmbHOficina de RepresentaciónAv. Alicia M. de Justo 2030, Of.2021106 Buenos AiresArgentinaTel.: +54 11 431 314 00Fax: +54 11 431 254 65e-mail: info.ar@erco.com

BoliviaBrazilChileEcuadorColombiaParaguayPeruUruguayVenezuelasee Argentina

FranceERCO Lumières Eurl6ter, rue des Saints-Pères75007 ParisFrance

Groupe Paris-IIe-de-FranceTel.: +33 1 44 77 84 71Fax: +33 1 47 03 96 68Groupe RégionsTel.: +33 1 44 77 84 75 Fax: +33 1 47 03 96 68Groupe Architecture CommercialeTel.: +33 1 44 77 84 70Fax: +33 1 44 77 84 84e-mail: info.fr@erco.com

GermanyERCO Leuchten GmbHPostfach 246058505 LüdenscheidBrockhauser Weg 80–8258507 LüdenscheidGermanyTel.: +49 2351 551 100Fax: +49 2351 551 603e-mail: info.de@erco.com

Great BritainERCO Lighting Ltd. 38 Dover StreetLondon W1S 4NLGreat BritainTel.: +44 20 7408 0320Fax: +44 20 7409 1530e-mail: info.uk@erco.com

HungaryERCO Fénytechnika ERCO Leuchten GmbH Kereskedelmi KépviseletBudapestIrányi u. 1. mfsz. 2.1056 HungaryTel.: +36 1 266 0006Fax: +36 1 266 0006e-mail: info.hu@erco.com

Icelandsee Sweden

IrelandDesignLight Ireland Ltd. 289 Harolds Cross RoadDublin 6WIrelandTel.: +353 1 496 6177Fax: +353 1 496 6851e-mail: info@designlight.com

ItalyERCO Illuminazione S.r.l. Via VivaldiResidenza dell’ Orione 3420080 Basiglio (Milano)ItalyTel.: +39 02 904 5031Fax: +39 02 904 503 51/42 e-mail: info.it@erco.com

LatviaXcelsior stila grupaMuksalas Iela 42Riga LV 1004LatviaTel.: +37 1 780 5233Fax: +37 1 780 5231e-mail: xcelsior@xcelsior.lv

Luxembourgsee Germany

NetherlandsERCO Lighting Nederland B.V. Gooimeer 131411 DE NaardenNetherlandsTel.: +31 35 699 1710Fax: +31 35 694 6383e-mail: info.nl@erco.com

NorwayERCO Lighting AS Industriveien 8 B1473 LørenskogPostboks 83 Ellingsrudåsen1006 OsloNorwayTel.: +47 67 973 240Fax: +47 67 973 244e-mail: info.no@erco.com

PolandERCO Leuchten GmbH. Sp. z o. o.Przedstawicielstwo w Polsceul. Bialy Kamien 702-593 WarszawaPolandTel.: +48 22 898 7845Fax: +48 22 898 2939e-mail: info.pl@erco.com

PortugalOmnicel Técnicas de Iluminação, S.A.Rua Castilho, 57-5. Dto.1250-068 LisboaPortugalTel.: +351 21 381 3080Fax: +351 21 381 3090e-mail: omnicel.lx@omnicel.pt

RomaniaSC. ProEnerg SRLStr. M. Kogalniceanu nr. 60/A.410094 OradeaRomaniaTel.: +40 259 447 163Fax: +40 259 413 869e-mail: office@proenerg.ro

SpainERCO Iluminación, S.A. c/ El Plà nº 4708750 Molins de Rei, BarcelonaSpainTel.: +34 93 680 1110Fax: +34 93 680 0546e-mail: info.es@erco.com

Delegación Cataluñac/ El Plà nº 4708750 Molins de Rei, BarcelonaSpainTel.: +34 93 680 1244Fax: +34 93 680 2624e-mail: info.barcelona@erco.com

Delegación Centroc/ Buen Suceso nº 1328008 MadridSpainTel.: +34 91 542 6954Fax: +34 91 559 0965e-mail: info.madrid@erco.com

SwedenERCO Lighting ABBirger Jarlsgatan 4611429 StockholmSwedenTel.: + 46 8 54 5 0 44 30Fax: + 46 8 54 5 0 44 39e-mail: info.se@erco.com

SwitzerlandNeuco AG Würzgrabenstrasse 58048 ZürichSwitzerlandTel.: +41 44 437 3737Fax: +41 44 437 3738e-mail: mail@neuco.ch

Neuco SA100, route de Cossonay1008 PrillySwitzerlandTel.: +41 21 637 3000Fax: +41 21 637 3003e-mail: mail.prilly@neuco.ch

DubaiERCO Lighting ERCO Leuchten GmbHRepresentative Office DubaiP.O. Box 62221DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesTel.: +971 4 336 9798Fax: +971 4 337 3746e-mail: info.ae@erco.com

EgyptJordanKuwaitOmanQatarIndiaBahrainsee Dubai

LebanonLa GiraldaMme Curie Street Beirut-LebanonP.O. Box 13-5554LebanonTel.: +961 1 864 641Fax: +961 1 867 353e-mail: lagirald@inco.com.lb

Saudi ArabiaTechnolight P.O. Box 12679Jeddah 21483Saudi ArabiaTel.: +966 2 669 3241Fax: +966 2 665 9664e-mail: jeddahbranch@technolight-ksa.com

United Arab EmiratesScientechnicP.O. Box 325DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesTel.: +971 4 266 6000Fax: +971 4 266 6176e-mail: scitech@emirates.net.ae

AustriaERCO Leuchten GmbH Zweigniederlassung WienModecenter Str. 14/4.OG/BC1030 WienAustriaTel.: +43 1 798 8494 0Fax: +43 1 798 8495e-mail: info.at@erco.com

BulgariaCroatiaGreeceLithuaniaSlovakiaSloveniaTurkeysee Austria

BelgiumERCO Lighting Belgium Bvba/sprlLeuvensesteenweg 369 bus 71932 ZaventemBelgiumTel.: +32 2 340 7220Fax: +32 2 347 3882e-mail: info.be@erco.com

CyprusJ. N. Christofides Trading Ltd. P.O. Box 210931c Kennedy Avenue1501, NicosiaCyprusTel.: +357 22 813 043Fax: +357 22 764 643e-mail: mail@jnc.com.cy

Czech RepublicERCO Lighting Organizacni slozkaJana Masaryka 3/456120 00 Praha 2Czech RepublicTel.: +420 2 225 111 16Fax: +420 2 225 217 12e-mail: info.cz@erco.com

DenmarkERCO LightingVesterbrogade 136 C, st.1620 København VDenmarkTel.: +45 33 21 80 60Fax: +45 33 21 80 64e-mail: info.dk@erco.com

Estoniasee Finland

FinlandOy HedTec Ab Lauttasaarentie 5000 200 HelsinkiPostilokero 11000 201 HelsinkiFinlandTel.: +358 9 682 881Fax: +358 9 673 813e-mail: lighting@hedtec.fi

Experiencing light – worldwideERCO addresses

ERCO Head OfficeERCO Leuchten GmbHPostfach 246058505 LüdenscheidBrockhauser Weg 80–8258507 LüdenscheidGermany

Tel.: +49 2351 551 0Fax: +49 2351 551 300info@erco.comwww.erco.com

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