Cristian Suvagau has been practicing and teaching architectural lighting design and energy efficiency in Europe and North America for over 35 years. He is a lighting specialist and an energy management engineer and the lighting team lead in the Power Smart Engineering Department of BC Hydro, the crown-corporation utility of the province of British Columbia.
A professional engineer, Suvagau is a past-president of the Vancouver IES Section, the Division 4 (outdoor lighting) representative of the Canadian National Committee of the International Commission on Illumination (CNC/CIE). Suvagau is a Lighting Certified (LC) professional and a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and participates actively on committees of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA, Chair of the C419 committee on performance of lighting equipment), IES, CIE, Design Lighting Consortium (DLC), Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) and many other associations to develop performance standards for LED, lighting, and control equipment.
Suvagau is often teaching lighting classes for continuous education and presents at national and international industry seminars, while authoring numerous technical lighting articles for publications around the world.
Recent Projects and Research
- Photovoltaic Lighting for Streetlighting
- Health impact of White Tuning Lighting
- Networked Lighting Controls and Connected Lighting
- Adaptive Lighting Control for Street Lighting
Selected Publications
- Myriam Juda, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Fabio Feldman, Cristian Suvagau, Ralph E. Mistlberger (2020) "Light in the Senior Home: Effects of Dynamic and Individual Light Exposure on Sleep, Cognition, and Well-Being" Clocks and Sleep, Dec. 2020
- Myriam Juda, Cristian Suvagau, Christian Schuetz, Ralph Mistlberger (2019) "Improving outcome by optimizing illumination (iooi) study"
- Suvagau, C. (2017) "Dawn of The Planet of The Lights." Design Quarterly, Canada, vol1, No 1, January 2017
- Suvagau, C. (2017) "Eclairer pour les humains pas pour les lumens." Eclairage Quebec, Canada, vol1, No 1, January 2017
- Frackson, M., Suvagau, C. (2016) "White – Tunable LED Lighting: A Literature Analysis Report," BC Hydro
- Suvagau, C. (2015) "SSL Introduces Innovative Financing Models for Lighting," Revista Romana de Instalatii, Romania, October 2015
- Suvagau, C. (2014) "Enhancing Life with Light, Lighting for Humans not for Lumens," Sustainable Architecture & Building Magazine, Canada, Spring 2014
- Suvagau, C., Sampson, C., Benya, J., Snyder, J., Pecingina, M. (2010) "L'Avenir de L'Eclairage/ The Future of Lighting," Électricité Québec, Canada, May/June 2010
- Rosemann, A, Suvagau, C. (2010) "Estegias para sistemas de controle de luminacao sem fio/ Strategies for Wireless Lighting Control Systems," Eletricidade Moderna Magazine, September 2010, Brazil
- Rosemann, A, Suvagau, C. (2009) "Strategies for Wireless Lighting Control Systems," Proceedings of Lux Europa 2009, Istanbul, Turkey
- Suvagau, C. (2008) "New Lighting Technology: A progress Report," Sustainable Architecture & Building Magazine, Canada, Spring 2014
- Galasiu, A., Newsham, G., Suvagau, C., Sander "Energy Saving Lighting Control Systems for Open-Plan Offices: A Field Study" Leukos (USA), vol 4, No.1, July 2007
Professional Honors and Awards
- IES Taylor Technical Award – 2008
Courses Taught at New York Tech
- ENGY 715 Energy Efficient Lighting