In collaboration with a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory project partner, Pivotal Studio Leader Lauri Tredinnick led an Illuminating Engineering Society: New York City Section webinar, providing a comprehensive analysis of the Kentucky Children’s Hospital NICU renovation and advanced lighting design.

Alongside project partners from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and ZGF Architects, Pivotal’s Studio Leader Lauri Tredinnick presented groundbreaking advancements in lighting technology at the 2022 Healthcare Design (HCD) Conference + Expo Conference + Expo.

ZGF Architects and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center created an educational comic book titled “We All Need Rainbows” to educate patients, families, and staff about the innovative spectral lighting system in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care units (NICU), in which Pivotal Lighting Design played a key role in developing.

Studio Leader Lauri Tredinnick's article, "Post-Occupancy Checkup," in the Illuminating Engineering Society’s LD+A magazine, explores insights from designing circadian-supporting lighting controls for NICUs at the University of Kentucky Children's Hospital and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The lessons learned aim to aid similar projects, providing actionable guidance for design teams to enhance staff satisfaction and improve patient outcomes.

Pivotal Lighting Design Studio Leader Lauri Tredinnick shares invaluable insights on control system consideration and strategies for tunable lighting environments in this CSE article, "Designing Lighting System Controls with the User in Mind.” By carefully considering and documenting relevant parameters, tunable lighting systems have the potential to profoundly enhance people's lives and well-being.

Pivotal Lighting Design revitalized the exterior lighting of a historic-modern architectural marvel in downtown Chicago, addressing issues of disrepair and outdated systems. By introducing saturated blue lighting in the modern segment and warm white downlighting at the street level, Pivotal revamped the space while honoring the building's distinctive charm and energy efficiency goals, achieving over 65% energy savings. Despite challenges with the existing infrastructure, Pivotal implemented a sophisticated dimming control system that maximized usability and minimized installation costs, showcasing innovative problem-solving in architectural lighting design.

Published by ZGF Architects (ZGF) with contributions from Pivotal Lighting Design (Pivotal), the collaborative white paper, “The Story of the Critical Care Building Neonatal Care Spectral Lighting System,” highlights the one-of-a-kind fully customized spectral lighting system implemented in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC).

We are excited to announce Knox College’s Whitcomb Art Center has been recognized with a prestigious AIA COTE® Top Ten Award.

A collaboration with Lake|Flato Architects and Pivotal Lighting Design, this AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) awards program signifies a profound commitment to sustainable design excellence and innovation. Projects must demonstrate extraordinary social, economic, and ecological value, meeting rigorous performance criteria and design measures in integration, equitable communities, ecosystems, water, economy, energy, well-being, resources, change, and discovery.

AEI provided mechanical, electrical, piping/plumbing, fire protection, architectural lighting design, and energy modeling services for the high-performance facility — a campus icon for environmental stewardship and next-generation pedagogy.

Pivotal Lighting Design’s Lauri Tredinnick Published in IES Research Journal.