Photo: Michael Slack, courtesy JZA+D
A New Jersey medical facility gets an upgrade fit for Olympians
When the U.S. Women’s Rowing team left for The City of Lights for the 2024 Summer Olympics, its sports-medicine facility underwent a rebrand and refresh. The Princeton Sports and Family Care Medicine practice in Lawrenceville, NJ, which provides state-of-the-art general family practice, women’s healthcare, physical therapy, and sports medicine to numerous clientele, worked with integrated architecture firm JZA+D to double the size of the original space and update its lighting scheme. Along with a fresh color palette and added logos throughout the space to reinforce the brand’s identity, the center required exposed ceilings in therapy areas to accommodate fitness equipment. Thus, the lighting scheme called for a solution to ensure that fixtures without ductwork as well as other mechanical elements wouldn’t cast shadows or impede medical practices. The solution: 180 2-ft by 4-ft LEDs, 40 2-ft by 2-ft LEDs, 32 4-in. by 48-in. linear LEDs, as well as a few wall sconces and pucks set to 3000K. All fixtures were carefully positioned to avoid glare for patients and staff, while the color temperature was selected for occupant comfort.
Published in late June 2025, Leviton’s 2024 Sustainability Report shows the results of the manufacturer’s commitment to sustainability since 2021 via its CN2030 Program, with a focus on becoming carbon neutral company-wide by 2030. Highlights from the report include a recorded 37% drop in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; an 11% year-over-year reduction in CO2 emissions from 2023 to 2024; the achievement of reaching carbon neutrality at 19 company sites; and the Camargo, Mexico, facility earning The Green Building Initiative Green Globe certification after a recent expansion. Additionally, the company has launched a Zero Waste to Landfill program and increased the number of Network Solutions products with Environmental Product Declarations. To learn more about Leviton’s green commitment and the report, visit https://leviton.com/company/sustainability.
The nonprofit trust, the Robert J. Besal Memorial Education Fund (Besal Fund), has awarded a total $115,000 in academic scholarships for the current academic year to 12 undergraduate and three graduate students pursuing careers in the lighting industry and illuminating engineering fields from Kansas State College; Penn State University; University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Kansas; and University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The fund was established in 1983 and has since provided over $1.6 million in scholarships to students from accredited institutions throughout the U.S. For more information, visit www.besalfund.org.
$68.9 Billion
The amount the general lighting market is forecasted to grow by 2029.
Source: Research and Markets
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