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Barbican: Aerie Acoustic Pendant Luminaire

Barbican: Aerie Acoustic Pendant Luminaire

March 19, 2025

The Aerie Acoustic Pendant Luminaire Creates Silence with Style

With its design aesthetic paying tribute to the large nest of a bird of prey, typically built high in a tree or on a cliff, the Aerie fixture is a variation of our Drum luminaire, one of the most popular and versatile options from Barbican.

Aerie helps to add some silence as well as aesthetic warmth, texture, and presence to a space combining the best elements of architectural and decorative lighting into a single luminaire.

Mar 19, 2025 - Barbican_ Aerie Acoustic Pendant Luminaire

Aerie Specifications

LED System

  • LED Circuitry is applied to minimum 0.0625” thick aluminum modules for excellent heat management. Modules are removeable for maintenance and are 90% recyclable.
  • LEDs are 90+CRI, 3 SDCM.
  • 36” x 8” fixture performance at 3000K 90CRI, 6896lms, 61.44 Watts, 112 LPW delivered.

Construction

  • Acoustic Felt: Acoustic baffle is made from 100% PET (polyethylene terephthalate) fabric, which is a rigid, dimensionally strong, and stable material that is water and moisture resistant. Baffle is completely recyclable and contains a minimum of 30% post-consumer recycled content. Thickness of base material, 9mm.
  • Independent Certifications: A flame spread index (FSI) and smoke development index (SDI) test was carried out by external laboratory (SGS) based on ASTM E84-2020 Standard Test Method for Surface Burning
    Characteristics of Building Materials. Test Results – FSI-15; SDI 80; ATSM E84 Class A.
  • Metal Construction: Aluminum minimum 0.0625” thickness. Fasteners are to be stainless steel.
  • Cable Grippers: Nickel plated solid brass and stainless steel. Cables are 1/16” stainless steel.
  • Canopies & Driver Housings: Minimum 0.0625” aluminum.
  • Barbican’s Drum Fixtures: Come standard with the shade and light engine fully enclosed to protect from ingress of dirt, dust and other site conditions.

Mounting

  • Power Cables: Low voltage from the canopy drivers.
  • Drivers: All drivers are mounted in the canopy. Standard drivers include 0-10V 10% dimming 120/277V with Power Factor of >.9. Barbican works with most Control and Driver manufacturers including POE and can easily modify the driver housings for special control gear. Fixtures over 96W may require more than one driver per fixture.
  • Emergency Fixtures: Supplied with leads and KO for UL924 relays (by others). Battery back-up will usually only drive one or two of the cores in larger fixtures to maintain the 90-minute requirement. Maximum distance driver to fixture 15 feet.
  • Labels: ETL Canada and US, CE Europe and Middle East (Dry, Damp indoor use only).
  • Finish: Polyester Powder Coated standard, Hand Brushed Aluminum
  • Lumen Maintenance: Reported L90 > 10,000hrs, Calculated > 60,000hrs (TM-21)
  • Warranty: 5 years limited at 25 Celsius. Contact Barbican for additional information

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