Richard Derbyshire

Richard Derbyshire, Partner, Shen Milsom & Wilke, Washington, D.C. - New Chair

Richard Derbyshire, partner at Shen Milsom Wilke's (SMW) Washington, D.C., office, served as the AV consultant on the Sidwell Friends project.
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"The school had a prior relationship with NEC and Smart Technologies in the upper school, so we continued with that for continuity," Derbyshire says.

SMW also designed systems for a small theater space with retractable seating, a music rehearsal room, and a choir rehearsal room.The rooms are tied together for overflow and centralized recording.The adjacent central control room uses sequential power equipment (a SurgeX SEQ) for on/off power at the push of a button.

"The green design of the school did not affect the performance of the AV system.If anything, we tried to contribute to the energy efficiency of the building," Derbyshire says.
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"The role of AV makes the most significant impact in energy savings," Derbyshire says.

Richard Derbyshire, Director rderbyshire@smwllc.com