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iLight Plexineon LED

By Staff

September 1, 2006

Building Design and Construction

The Plexineon product line uses LED technology to create a bright, even glow across the luminaire, which is encapsulated with a solid plastic waveguide. The product comes in varying lengths and can be ordered from the factory in straight, bent, or curved shapes; Plexineon can also be cold bent in the field. Offered in seven colors and three Kelvin color temperatures, ranging from warm to cool white, the low-voltage, dimmable luminaires can be used for interior and exterior applications, and they stay cool to the touch.

Altman recently specified warm white (3500K) Plexineon products for the 1,470-sf Diplomat Room at the Washington Plaza Hotel. She used the products in shallow coves along 50-foot serpentine curves to create a slight glow on the ceiling. Altman also used Plexineon to highlight the specialty tile finish on the room's central column and to accentuate the bar area by creating a glow underneath its front counter edge.

Why Emlyn Altman specifies iLight Plexineon luminaires:

“The iLight Plexineon luminaire series is hardy, energy efficient, and flexible—both literally and figuratively. Its small profile—only a half-inch wide and 1½ inches long—fits well in tight situations, such as shallow coves or millwork details. We've used warm white Plexineon for applications in decorative niches and task lighting, and colored Plexineon in skylights and to light underneath bar countertops.”

“Since Plexineon is an LED-based luminaire, we're able to locate air supply linear diffusers above the fixtures in shallow coves without the risk of impacting the lamp's illumination output. This is difficult to accomplish with fluorescent light coves, since fluorescent luminaires are directly affected by cold air passing over the lamps and require a much higher cove depth.”

Emlyn G. Altman, LC, IESNA

Director, Lighting Design and Visualization ForrestPerkins, Washington, D.C.

Emlyn Altman is the director of lighting design and visualization for the Washington, D.C., office of architect and interior designer ForrestPerkins.

Altman is a regular columnist for LD+A magazine, and was one of the first recipients of the International Association of Lighting Designers lighting scholarship (1996) and the Autodesk Worldwide iDesign Award (2002). Most recently, she was named one of Building Design+Construction's “40 Under 40” rising stars in the AEC industry.

Altman earned her BA from Mount Holyoke College, her MArch from the University of Pennsylvania, and her MDesS from Harvard.