A++ and Cannata&partners ? sustainable architecture and light design

A++ welcomes lighting designers Cannata & Partners among the list of its prestigious operative partners; an indispensable addendum to the network?s professionalism palette.

After a long therm collaboration, A++ and Cannata & Partners, are joining forces to provide a more comprehensive approach to architecture and design services.

what is Lighting design and what is its role in a sustainable architecture and interior design project?
most people in the architecture and interior design business have a dim view of lighting design. The general sentiment is that lighting design is an expendable extravagance added to the price tag of building planning and construction.
It?s difficult to explain to the man on the street why good lighting design is essential to the built environment and why a professional is needed to do it right, moreover, the profession of lighting design is a relatively young discipline among the design profession. Although lighting has certainly been an integral component of the built environment for centuries, its only emerged as a true design specialty in the last years?Once considered an obscure consulting niche or high-budget luxury, lighting design has become an accepted discipline in the project design process in many parts of the world for those who have understood that ? an architecture poorly lit is a poor architecture?.

Lighting design is to be considered as a science and art applied to the built environment for the functional and aesthetic benefit of society; it is the application of objective criteria such as science and technology, and subjective criteria such as art and inspiration, to every phase of design and construction for both a building or outdoor site to efficiently and properly illuminate spaces for the public good. Lighting design is a specialized multi-faceted discipline woven into the fabric of the design and construction process. It is a crucial component of the process and is worthy of more than just a unattentive glimpse.
The lighting design process, takes an important role since the earliest stages of a project as it considers vital aspects as user needs and preferences, psychological needs, visual tasks, quantity/quality of lighting, glare and visual comfort issues, color temperature and color rendering, combining them with architectural design features, the flexibility of spaces and their functions, the controls requirements, security issues, budget concerns, operating and maintaining costs and many others that are able to both enhance and shape architectural project?s decision.
Lighting design is furthermore an extremely important factor in all issues strictly related with the sustainability aspects;
those lighting designers that keep an updated profile and conforms to most recent standards, such as Cannata & Partners, use techniques to support health, well being, visibility and productivity, services that will minimize initial equipment costs with specifications that reduce operations costs, lighting that reduces carbon emissions, hazardous waste and controls outdoor light pollution, and last but not least, light that improves interior and exterior design aesthetic for a visual wellbeing of the inhabitant.

Our new partner, will actively improve the quality and the completeness of each A++ project, as well as be a new and highly authoritative contributor to our magazine?s content.

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