1. Food Network Chelsea Market, New York, NY
Carina Grega
The Pennsylvania State University
Architectural Engineering
Lighting/Electrical Option

2. Food Network Overview Chelsea Market Food Network Spaces
-15th to 16th Street and 9th to 10th Avenue
- Formed by connecting 18 historic buildings through an
800’ concourse in 1996
- Formerly occupied by the factory and offices of
Nabisco from the 1890’s to the mid 1940’s
Food Network Spaces
Dates of Construction: 11/2003 – 08/2004
Cost information: Approximately $12 Million
Project Delivery: Design-Bid-Build
Construction Note: Three separate phases:
1. 2nd, 3rd, and 6th floors
2. Basement
3. Concourse level.
- 75,000 sf office space on 2nd, 3rd, and 6th floors
- 24,000 sf studio and technical space on 6th floor and mezzanine
sf storage space in basement
sf production/test kitchen space on 6th floor
sf audience holding area on concourse level

3. Analysis Overview Lighting Acoustical Electrical Cost
Audience Holding Area
Boardroom
*Open Office Area
Dining/Kitchen Area
Acoustical
Analysis of Audience Holding Area
Electrical
*Impact of Lighting Changes
*Distribution System Redesign
Analysis of Power Supplies
Cost
Electrical Redesign Cost Analysis

4. Lighting Overview Stimulate appetite “Taste Life”
-focus of Food Network is food
-celebrate and mirror in lighting design
-fresh, high quality “ingredients”
“Taste Life”
- create a festive, pleasant atmosphere
- induce warm feel of “home for the holidays”

5. Lighting: Audience Holding Area
Space Overview
Exposed Columns and beams
North wall – brick with windows
Door to elevator area
Tasks:
Audience members convene prior to the taping of a show.
-Mingling
-Hors d’oeuvres

6. Lighting: Audience Holding Area
Goals:
-Act as an appetizer to the audience
-Create a good first impression of Food Network
-Cause excitement in audience members
-Induce interaction
Recommended Illuminances:
Horizontal: 10fc
Vertical: 5fc

7. Lighting: Audience Holding Area
Solutions
Wall Wash Fixture
28W T5 Fluorescent
North
Direct/Indirect Pendant
54W T5 HO Fluorescent
South East

8. Lighting: Audience Holding Area
Solutions
Color Changing LED Fixture
Door to Elevator
Spot with Projection Lens
50W Low Voltage Halogen

9. Lighting: Audience Holding Area
Average Illuminances:
Horizontal: 13.5fc > 10fc
Vertical: 12.8fc > 5fc
Power Density:
0.524 W/ft2 < 1.0 W/ft2

10. Lighting: Boardroom Space Overview: Tasks: Columns Conference Table
Projector and Screen
Seating Area
Glass Wall Portions
Tasks:
Meetings
Professional interaction
Presentations
Projection Screen
30’
Projector
40’

11. Lighting: Boardroom Goals: Recommended Illuminances: Horizontal: 45fc
-Induce a professional, productive environment
-Good facial modeling for communication
-Flexibility for presentations
-Avoid uncomfortable glare
-Draw focus to table & projection screen
Recommended Illuminances:
Horizontal: 45fc
Vertical: 10fc

12. “Artichoke” Direct/Indirect Pendant
Lighting: Boardroom
Solutions
“Artichoke” Direct/Indirect Pendant
150W Ceramic Metal Halide
South
Table Lamp
100W Incandescent

13. Lighting: Boardroom Solutions Recessed Downlight
100W Low Voltage Halogen
East
Recessed Spotlight
20W Low Voltage Halogen
South West

14. Lighting: Boardroom Average Illuminances: Power Density: Horizontal:
Table: 54fc > 45fc
General: 28fc
Vertical:
General: 9.8fc ~ 10fc
Power Density:
1.967 W/ft2 < 2.5W/ft2

15. Lighting: Dining/Kitchen Area
Space Overview:
Kitchen Areas
Stainless steel islands with various cooking equipment
Hoods
Dining area
Dining table with 20 seats
North Wall
Brick with large windows
Tasks:
Preparation of dishes
Presentation of dishes
Tasting
57’
Dining Area
Test Kitchen
12’-9”
Production Kitchen
63’
18’

16. Lighting: Dining/Kitchen Area
Goals:
-Create a stimulating and interesting atmosphere in the Dining Area
-Draw focus to presentation of food
-High CRI – appearance of colors is vital
-Good facial modeling for assessment of reactions and communication
-The spaces are high end – enhance through the lighting scheme
-Create a bright, hygienic (reveal spills, dirt) atmosphere in the Kitchen Area
-Task lighting for kitchen work areas
Recommended Illuminances:
Dining
Horizontal: 45fc
Vertical: 10fc
Kitchen
Horizontal: 60fc

17. Lighting: Dining/Kitchen Area
Solutions
“Fruit” Pendant
60W Incandescent
Wall Washer
28W T5 Fluorescent
Recessed Downlight
100W LV Halogen

18. Lighting: Dining/Kitchen Area
Solution
Hood Light
(2) 13W CFL
“Fruit” Pendant
50W LV Halogen
Recessed Downlight
(2) 32W CFL

19. Lighting: Dining/Kitchen Area
Average Illuminances:
Horizontal: 60fc > 45fc
Vertical: 9.5fc ~ 10fc
Power Density:
3.47 W/ft2 for1641 sf
Total Dining Kitchen with Support ~ 4000sf
14 zone dimming system

20. Lighting: Dining/Kitchen Area
Average Illuminances:
Horizontal: 42.6 < 60fc
But - overall vs. work surface
Vertical: 25.6fc > 10fc

21. Acoustical: Audience Holding Area
Large crowd gathers
Exposed ceiling and columns
Hardwood floors
2nd floor – open office space
South – main corridor
East – shops
West – vacant

22. Acoustical: Transmission Loss
NC level for stores, open office areas and public spaces is
NC35 is adequate for libraries, private offices, classrooms, etc. - allows for these to be added in vicinity without difficulty.

23. Acoustical: Reverberation Times
Too high - speech less intelligible, echoing, cave-like
Too low – space seems dead. Want lively and exciting. Also too much intelligibility - hear other’s conversations too easily
Goal level – good intelligibility, “home-like” feel, easy communication, ideal for mingling and inducing interaction

24. Summary Lighting Acoustics
-Adequate illumination levels and power densities
-Stimulate appetite - celebrate and mirror food
-“Taste Life”- festive, pleasant atmosphere
Acoustics
-Adequate transmission loss
-Perhaps add acoustical coating to ceiling to reduce reverberation times

25. Arthur Metzler and Associates
Acknowledgements
Thank You!
Arthur Metzler and Associates
AE Faculty
Friends and Family

26. Thank You! Questions? Comments? Lighting Acoustical Electrical
Audience Holding Area
Boardroom
*Open Office Area
Dining/Kitchen Area
Acoustical
Analysis of Audience Holding Area
Electrical
*Impact of Lighting Changes
*Distribution System Redesign
Analysis of Power Supplies
Cost
Electrical Redesign Cost Analysis

28. Lighting: Open Office Area
Tasks:
Professional interaction
Computer/VDT tasks
Handwritten tasks
Goals:
-Create a comfortable, professional environment
-Accommodate for extensive VDT use
-Avoid distracting glare
-Pay careful attention to Illuminance Ratios
-Provide sufficient illumination on task plane
Recommended Illuminances:
Horizontal: 45fc
Vertical: 10fc
Power Density
1.007W/ft2
< 1.5W/ft2
Average Illuminance
Horizontal, Desktop: fc
Vertical: 13.81fc

29. Electrical: Impact of Lighting Changes
The amount of spares available in each panel are also more than adequate
to accommodate the new design.

30. Electrical: Distribution Redesign
-2 separate radial systems from landlord
-1400A, 277/480V, 3 phase, 4 wire plus ground feeder to DP-6S on the sixth floor, feeds all the equipment on the 6th floor and mezzanine.
-1200A, 277/480V, 3 phase, 4 wire plus ground, serves panel LP-3W on the 3rd floor. The 3rd floor feeder comes from the basement and feeds down to the second floor, which feeds down to the basement and then back up to the concourse - due to three separate stages of design.
Each floor - several electric closets, each serving a different area of the floor.
All 277 and 480 volt loads are served from the LP panels in each area. The 120 and 208 volt loads are served via an RP panel which is served by the LP panel in the area via a 480V // 120/208V delta-wye dry type transformer.

31. Electrical: Distribution Redesign
Problem - riser (B to 3 to 2 to B to C)
It is difficult to find areas through which wires can be wound up the building. It is thus even more troublesome that the design had to be done as it was, as this just causes more confusion in an already messy situation.
Through the revised layout the 1200A feeder that went to the third floor and caused the confusion is brought to a 1200A panel in the basement. This is a shorter distance for such a large feeder to go. The distance to the LP-3W panel is 340’ longer.
Panels LP-3W, LP-2W and the UPS system are now to be fed from the new 1200A LP-B. This causes load in LP-3W to drop from 860.2A (Demand Load) to 443.7A. With an allowance for growth of 1.25 this comes to 554.6A and allows for the panel to be 600A rather than 1200A.