tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075489698974137514.post1678283209190877580..comments2024-01-31T02:53:55.634-08:00Comments on Pretentious Musings of a Meet Green Martyr: Back to the FutureMeetGreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15381569720341411587noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075489698974137514.post-7743457174748384212008-03-17T12:38:00.000-07:002008-03-17T12:38:00.000-07:00Well spoken! I agree!Well spoken! I agree!Nancy J. Zavada, CMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451431920691383478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075489698974137514.post-68004806632319106862008-03-14T10:48:00.000-07:002008-03-14T10:48:00.000-07:00GREAT post. Very true. I would add these thought...GREAT post. Very true. I would add these thoughts: <BR/><BR/>It seems like a lot of this question, at least in our business, revolves around aesthetics. Much of where the industry has found itself involves the aesthetics of comfort, theme, audience engagement, and of course the marketing message. How we get to these results, of course, has brought with it many technologies that we now question as we attempt to green our events.<BR/><BR/>I can speak most passionately about my industry, which is event lighting. An entire language about the "look" of event lighting has evolved over the past 35 years, but no one talks about updating that language much. We can go backwards, of course, but is the net result a very engaging event?<BR/><BR/>For lighting professionals who are doing their best to move the green-meetings ball forward, the updating of this thought process doesn't really take us back to the days where events don't use lighting. Instead, our creativity must lead to events with SMARTER lighting equipment that uses less energy, and most of all, better design from a green-minded professional that understands how to strike not only a "reduction vs pragmatism" balance, but an aesthetically acceptable (even, dare I say, "pleasing") one as well. <BR/><BR/>We need to begin to re-fit the aesthetic language and criteria in meeting and event lighting to include and even FEATURE the new technologies that are out there, rather than to constantly apologize for their quirks or shortcomings. <BR/><BR/>LED, HID, and CFL equipment will not solve every lighting challenge, but an exciting new dialog is happening about not just washing your stage in HID and accenting your decor in LED to save energy, but "what else about these technologies and their unique qualities will make my meeting better?"HLSdthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636145825401460319noreply@blogger.com