Candela Controls Honored with Prestigious ABC Excellence in Construction Award.

Winter Garden, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/05/2010 -- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Central Florida announced that Candela Controls, Inc.'s work on the Calvary Chapel Melbourne – Viera campus, has earned the company an Eagle Award in the "Specialty Construction, Electrical and Low Voltage, Churches/Religious Under $1 million" category of ABC's 2010 Excellence in Construction Awards. Candela Controls' Manager of Marketing and Communications, Eric Zink, received the award Saturday, October 23rd, during the annual Excellence in Construction Awards banquet, held at the exquisite Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes, in Orlando, Florida.

Steve Helliker, President of Candela Controls, congratulates his team for its exceptional work on the Calvary Chapel project; "This project is an outstanding example of the innovation, creativeness, and commitment to superior craftsmanship that Candela strives for on every project, but also, the attributes that embody merit shop construction and everything ABC supports." It is an incredible honor to have this project recognized with the association's top construction excellence award", Steve added.

The Excellence in Construction awards program is the industry's leading competition, developed to honor innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects and safety programs. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. The winning projects, selected from entries submitted by contractors from all across the central Florida region, were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges to overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.

"This project consisted of a complete stage/production lighting and lighting control system for the sanctuary stage, but it wasn't until we found out about the issues regarding the lighting code for the sanctuary, that this project potentially became an Eagle Award winner" according to Eric. "At that same time, we happened to be in product development with an LED fixture manufacturer, Affineon Lighting of Coral Gables, on a 100% controllable and dimmable LED houselight. Today, nearly one year later, the installation not only still meets their expectations, it exceeds them!"

A panel of industry experts served as the competition's judges. This year's panel included representatives from some of the regions' top architects, engineers, and contractors, as well as a few representatives from higher education.

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Central Florida chapel installs 1st LED House Light System, and goes green and saves green in the process.

Winter Garden, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/21/2010 -- Candela Controls, Inc., of Winter Garden, Florida, has recently completed the first installation in the United States, of a completely controllable and dimmable LED, church house light system. The sanctuary of Calvary Chapel Melbourne's Viera Campus, is now being illuminated by 80 white light, LED's that are fully dimmable through a DMX control system designed, installed, configured and programmed by Candela Controls, Inc. Calvary Chapel is a single congregation that worships in multiple remote locations and they rely heavily on a video feed for a major portion of their services. The fixture, an LED house light model DL-1500, was developed in a partnership with Affineon Lighting of Coral Springs.

Calvary Chapel turned to Candela for their church lighting system design and integration expertise, and they were rewarded by being offered this new and better alternative. Additionally, the timing on the project was perfect as Candela was brought in to meet with the architects and engineers during the design phase, so there was time to make adjustments to the lighting plan, and keep costs for the system low. Once Candela had learned of the very limited power restrictions that Calvary Chapel's architect was dealing with, they knew that the new DL fixture was the only option for providing the church with near perfect color house lighting, while still meeting, and even exceeding, these stringent foot-candle code requirements.

The code limit itself was only 1.8 watts (or less) per square foot and with a requirement for video compatible lighting that can be controlled, Calvary Chapel found itself in quite a dilemma. To add insult to injury, the common solution that was offered by everyone else was a variation of a hybrid house light system consisting of a combination of dimmable fluorescent lights and dimmable incandescent down lights. The Calvary Chapel production staff knew a hybrid system would most certainly have a serious impact on their worship, on their video feed, and on the overall experience of the congregation. The staff had concerns that this type of system would have many shortcomings such as; a less than desirable blend of color temperatures, a very choppy dimming curve, increased maintenance costs, incompatible styles of fixtures, and achieving an adequate coverage of light with the required fixture placement. Since the video image is such an integral portion of the distributed church model, the color temperature and the dimming properties of the system were two of the top priorities for Calvary's video production staff. In the case of the DL-1500 fixture, a specific color temperature is selected when the fixtures are ordered. The color temperature of the fixtures used for Calvary Chapel is 3500 degrees Kelvin. Each fixture is individually addressed and dimmable to zero, exactly matching a tungsten dimming curve.

When Viera Campus Pastor, Dean Corns was asked how he felt about the use of this new technology, he said "When we learned of the opportunity to spend less over the years to come, it only made sense from a stewardship point to go with LEDs." Just like Pastor Dean, everyone knows by now, the many benefits of an LED lighting fixtures such as consuming significantly less power than traditional incandescent lighting and a much longer life span, but often overlooked are the fact that they produce far less heat then traditional bulbs and they maintain their color temperature while dimming. "The money that we save can be used to invest in the lives of people around the world, and I can get very excited about that!" Pastor Dean added. There will be even more excitement, as the congregation realizes that spending less goes beyond the power costs too; lamp replacement, labor expense and cooling costs are some of the additional savings available to dedicate to their cause. Additionally, early feedback from Pastor Dean indicated that the lighting is fantastic and this is the first time he can see his congregation.

As the world heads into 2010 and beyond, many churches and auditoriums will be affected by electrical codes that limit energy consumption for house light systems. In this particular case, the limit was 1.8 watts per square foot for a 1200 seat sanctuary, but using the DL fixture, the required foot candle level was easily achieved using 1.5 watts per square foot, and the system provided quality lighting for worship and video production. According to Candela, "This LED light engine will have a tremendous impact on the future of lighting, with the breakthrough of a true white DMX dimmable house light, the LED has moved from a color effect fixture to a viable architectural house light fixture. If your church is considering a construction project, a remodel, becoming more "green", or just need to replace old light fixtures or dimming system, give us a call at the first stage of the project. This will result in not only saving a lot of money over time, but will help you save it right from the start." Download a company profile here: http://bit.ly/Candela_Controls_Profile

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