Scope of Work

Lighting Design:

Bartholomew Lighting provides lighting design and consultation services to Architects, Engineers, Energy Service Companies, Utilities, Developers, Owners, and Public and Private Organizations and Institutions. In addition, Edward Bartholomew is a qualified lighting educator who can provide training to staff, trade allies, and end-users on the latest lighting strategies and technologies. His recent experience serving as a utility energy efficiency program manager helps him obtain lighting incentives for his projects, providing greater value for his lighting designs.

Edward Bartholomew | IALD | LC | LEED AP | IES

  • Professional member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD)

  • Lighting Certified (LC) through NCQLP

  • LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

  • An active member of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)

  • Member of the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) Industry Advisory Council (IAC)

  • Bartholomew Lighting LLC is a Limited Liability Company registered in the state of Massachusetts.

  • Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) through the state of Massachusetts

  • Bartholomew Lighting LLC is fully insured for Errors & Omissions

Bartholomew Lighting has extensive experience in the following project types:

  • Renovation/Retrofit/Adaptive Reuse

  • Commercial

  • Institutional

  • Public/Community

  • Industrial

Lighting Revitalization:


Bartholomew Lighting focuses on increasing the value of lighting retrofit projects beyond energy savings to include multiple non-energy benefits of improved occupant health, productivity, and an revitalized working/living environment through design. This would increase the value of the retrofit investment by providing turn-key lighting systems that meet the needs of the customer while improving the operation of the site/building.

  • Bartholomew Lighting provides experienced comprehensive lighting design services for new and existing buildings, including conducting investment grade lighting energy audits that are used to develop a targeted scope of work and deliver high-performance lighting and control upgrades that maximize the clients investment. Bartholomew Lighting specifies the best lighting systems to develop customized solutions that meet your specific lighting needs.

  • Bartholomew Lighting specializes in optimizing utility rebates/incentives so that each lighting redesign project
    -    looks great, works well, and pays back.

Scope of Services:

(Based on project phase)

Pre-Design (Lighting Audit)

  • Lighting energy analysis of the building and site

  • Daylighting analysis identifying daylight availability during occupied hours

  • Monitor and document operational time of use in spaces

  • Document visual tasks and visual challenges by occupants

  • Document current lighting types in each building space

  • Document current light levels, CCT and glare in spaces

  • Document current lighting controls systems and interfaces

  • Survey occupant’s perception of current lighting system use

  • Document building lighting maintenance tasks and schedule

Schematic Design-

  • Initial client meetings

  • Analysis of lighting requirements

  • Project and site lighting research

  • Lighting commissioning and energy goals

  • Conceptual lighting renderings

  • Conceptual presentation

  • Daylighting analysis and potential for optimization

Design Development-

  • Client meeting and design review

  • Lighting and controls research

  • Custom lighting fixture design

  • Preliminary lighting layout

  • Preliminary lighting fixture schedule and cutsheets (for budgetary estimates)

  • Preliminary lighting calculations

  • Lighting budget estimates

  • Coordinate fixture samples

  • Lighting mock-ups (as needed)

Bid Documents-

  • Revised lighting fixture layout

  • Lighting circuiting layout

  • Lighting specification (3-name spec upon request)

  • Controls specification (3-name spec upon request)

  • Preliminary installation details

  • Revised lighting budget estimate

Construction Documents-

  • Dimensioned lighting layout (coordinated with Architectural RCP)

  • Final lighting circuiting and controls layout

  • Final lighting specification and lighting schedule

  • Installation details

  • Custom lighting fixture details

Construction Administration-

  • Site visits during construction

  • Site mock-ups

  • Commissioning of lighting controls system

  • Review of fixture submittals and substitution requests

  • Field changes requiring fixture details

  • Lighting redesign due to field changes

  • Final focus and aiming of light fixtures

  • Lighting field coordination between trades

  • Note any structural, furnishing or personnel changes and its impact on the designed lighting system

  • Reconfigure lighting system to accommodate these changes

  • Review maintenance schedule for lighting system and components

Post Occupancy:

  • Post-Occupancy lighting controls commissioning

  • Post-Occupancy energy modeling and verification

  • LEED & Wellness lighting credit documentation

  • Survey occupants of their perceptions regarding the functionality of the lighting system

  • Create a energy consumption report showing use patterns and suggestions on how to optimize the lighting system to fit the use patterns

Deliverables:

Bartholomew Lighting will provide the following as deliverables for our lighting design and consultation services based on design phase, as required:

  • Lighting Audit (including light levels and luminance analysis)

  • Lighting Standards Research

  • Conceptual Lighting Renderings

  • Lighting Design Plans

  • Lighting Fixture Schedule and Cutsheets

  • Controls Equipment Schedule and Cutsheets

  • Lighting Commissioning Report

  • LEED® Daylighting, Electric Lighting & Controls Documentation

  • Wellness® Daylighting, Electric Lighting Credit Documentation

  • Daylighting Analysis Report

  • Lighting Calculations Report

  • Lighting Budgets

  • Lighting and Controls Specifications

  • Lighting Details