LDA Certified as Los Angeles Small Business
Lighting Design Alliance is now certified with the City of Los Angeles as a Small Business. LDA is now listed in the City of Los Angeles Small, Local Business directory as a firm specializing in Architectural Lighting Design, Energy Audits, Sustainability Consulting, and LEED Energy Consulting. Independently owned and operated, LDA is a California based business providing lighting design consulting to private and government projects worldwide.
2010 Hospital Build Middle East Awards LDA Project
Lighting Design Alliance designed hospital, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, was awarded the 2010 Best Hospital Design Award as part of a series of hospital design awards announced annually at the Hospital Build Middle East Exhibition & Congress.
The award, open to both completed and planned projects, looks for an outstanding hospital design scheme that places both patients and the environment at the heart of the project, reflecting the vision and mission of the organization in the final design.
Hospital Build Middle East Exhibition & Congress
Hospital Build Middle East 2010 Awards
LDA Featured in Perspectives On Design California
Lighting Design Alliance was recently asked to contribute to Perspectives On Design California, Panache Partner’s latest entry in their series of inspiring “upscale coffee table books.”
Featuring design and architecture inspired by the California lifestyle, this book is a collection of the finest luxury residences California has to offer, with Lighting Design Alliance as a collaborative member alongside other notable designers. Perspectives takes the reader on an tour inside some of the most beautifully designed homes in California.
"From opulent wine châteaux in Napa Valley to Spanish-style villas in Orange County and beyond, California certainly lays claim to a wide variety of luxury residences.” Explains Panache’s promotional director. “A brilliant hardcover volume, Perspectives on Design California guides you through this diverse architectural fabric with grace and style, beginning with the architectural concept and ending with the ornamental details and finishing touches that make a home unique. With Perspectives on Design California, you will gain exclusive, rare insight into the philosophies and techniques of the state’s most notable architects, builders, designers, artisans, artists, and other creative specialists."
Perspectives on Design California is available at fine art and architecture bookstores, or online.
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LDA Receives Awards at 2010 IESLA Lumen West
The 2010 Lumen West Awards were held on June 26th by the Los Angeles chapter of the International Engineering Society of Noth America. Lighting Design Alliance was presented with 5 awards representing multiple award categories:
Herman Miller Los Angeles Showroom
UCLA Clinical Practices Offices
XIV Restaurant
Iridescence Restaurant
The Hilton Orlando Lumen West Award of Excellence
Chip Israel to Present at AIA 2010 Full article >>
Lighting and Daylighting for Sustainable Commercial Spaces
Lighting Design Alliance president Chip Israel to present educational seminar at the AIA National Convention 2010 in Miami
Lighting Design Alliance’s new office building in Long Beach, California, completed August 2008, provides a unique learning opportunity about integration of lighting and daylighting in commercial buildings, from design through commissioning and occupation. The relationship between natural light, electric light, and controls were interpreted in new ways to maximize energy savings and to provide a comfortable, glare-free, and well designed space for its employees and a learning facility for the design and construction industry. By presenting more than 10 unique lighting and daylighting strategies in application and representing all commonly used light sources, the building is a unique case study that reflects both the current available technology and new emerging technologies designed to meet the increasing demands of sustainable practice and energy codes.
AIA National Convention Seminar #TH004
Thursday, June 10, 2010
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Laura Román to Present at NeoCon 2010
Building Rehab And Urban Renewal: The Role Of “Identity Tech”, Color And Kinetic Lighting
Lighting Design Alliance manager Laura Román to present educational seminar at NeoCon 2010 in Chicago
A “hidden” new design tool for architects and lighting designers are the applications of color and programmable kinetic lighting together with the use of high-tech LEDs and fiber optics. Examine case studies of projects by a collaborative team of architects and lighting designers. See how these applications work well for both urban renewal and building rehab projects. Get effective guidelines about the separate roles and responsibilities of architects, designers and engineers. Learn to identify components of buildings and areas that lend themselves to the use of “identity-tech” lighting.
Speakers:
● Laura Roman, IES, Associate AIA, IALD, LEED AP, is senior lighting designer and manager for Lighting Design Alliance in Chicago, Ill.
● Dr. Rada Doytcheva, ALA, LEED AP, is principal and head of design for RADA Architects LTD in Chicago, Ill.
● Avraham Mor, AIA, LEED AP, IES, IALD, is senior lighting designer and partner at LIGHTSWITCH Architectural in Tower Lakes, Ill.
NeoCon World's Trade Fair Seminar #T233
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Archit Jain and Scott Hatton to Present at Lightfair 2010
10 Days with a Lightmeter: A Light Level Journal
Lighting Design Alliance principals Archit Jain and Scott Hatton to present educational seminar at Lightfair 2010 in Las Vegas
Light level calculations and photometric studies are an essential part of the lighting design profession. But how do these studies relate to our everyday experiences with light? What do the common IES design levels of 1, 5, and 30 footcandles really feel like? In an attempt to gain a more intuitive understanding of footcandles, we spent 10 days and nights with a lightmeter at our sides 24/7. We took light level readings at various times of day in many different locations, and kept an “illuminance journal” to note our impressions. Join us we share our insightful (and sometimes comical) observations.
• Gain an intuitive sense of light levels. What does a certain light level feel like in various situations?
• We are often asked if there will be enough light. Can we define enough?
• How do perceived lighting levels change with environment and locale?
• Can we make do with less light than is typically recommended? Can we use less light, feel comfortable and promote sustainability? Appreciate the human eye.
Lightfair 2010 Seminar #L1OS22
Thursday, May 13, 2010
4:30-6:00PM
LDA Offers Expert Lighting Witness Services
In our changing times, extra litigation has become commonplace with attention often focused to lighting. Lighting Design Alliance continues to provide objective, quality, and cost-effective expert lighting witness services to assist existing and new clientele with illumination specific legal issues.
From local to national lighting mandated codes and ordinances to specific client fixture safety requirements, Lighting Design Alliance extends expert witness lighting services. Expert witness illumination services includes research assistance, site verification, organized documentation and defense depositions. Services cover all market sectors for both interior and exterior applications. Fixture equipment patent infringement for all lamp types including incandescent, fluorescent, HID, and LED is also covered by the LDA expert lighting witness services.
If you are in need of expert lighting witness services, please contact our Los Angeles office for further consultation.
LDA Represents Sustainability in Lighting Design
The future of the lighting design industry is undergoing dynamic changes as a result of increased environmental consciousness throughout the world. Effects of LEED sustainable building design and increasingly strict energy codes (California’s Title 24 and ASHRAE) combined with the fact that a staggering 25% of all building energy is used on lighting have brought sustainable lighting to the forefront of energy efficient building design. Over the past few months, Chip Israel traveled the globe to provide a voice for the lighting design community on the topic. Here are a few of the conferences and forums he has been a part of:
Speaker: Professional Lighting Design Convention
Sustainable Lighting Design – Berlin, Germany (October 29, 2009) PLDC
Judge: Department of Energy
Next Generation of Luminaires Design Competition 2009 (December 3, 2009) NGLDC
Speaker: Solid State Design Summit 2010
LEDs in Lighting Design – Los Angeles, CA (January 20, 2010) SSL Design Summit LA
Judge: International Association of Lighting Designers
International Design Awards (January 27, 2010) IALD International Design Awards
Speaker: Department of Energy
Solid State Lighting Update (February 3, 2010) DOE SSL
Speaker: Philips Day-Brite
Innovation in Hospitality Lighting Conference (February 16, 2010) Philips Day-Brite
Chip Israel Named Fellow of IALD
Lighting Design Alliance owner and president Chip Israel has been named a Fellow of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD). This prestigious honor has been bestowed in recognition of Chip's work as founder and past president of the IALD Education Trust, a former IALD Board of Directors Member, and former Director of Education for IALD, in addition to assisting on numerous committees such as the Lightfair Steering Committee.
The vision of the IALD is "To create a better world through leadership and excellence in lighting design; to cultivate the universal acknowledgement and appreciation of the Power of Light in human life."
Founded in 1969 and based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) is an internationally recognized organization dedicated solely to the concerns of independent, professional lighting designers. The IALD strives to set the global standard for lighting design excellence by promoting the advancement and recognition of professional lighting designers. Value Lighting designers are a tremendous resource of innovative, practical and economically viable lighting solutions. They understand the role of lighting in architectural and interior design and utilize their extensive experience and knowledge of lighting equipment and systems to enhance and strengthen design. [Excerpt from www.iald.org]