LDA Book - Ignite
Check your local book store, "IGNITE" is now available.

Grand Park Opens July 26!
Downtown LA’s Grand Ave Park is finally reaching completion! The park extends from The Music Center on the East to City Hall on the West. There will be a Civic Dedication on Thursday July 26th and a public opening on Saturday July 28th. Blocks 1 and 2 will open first, with blocks 3 and 4 to follow.
We feel very fortunate that LDA was involved in such a prestigious job. Please go check it out if you’re in the area!
Grand Park Inaugural Weekend Events
L.A. Times Grand Park Opening Article
Downtown LA Event Calendar - Grand Park Opening

LDA - Fim of the Year - 2012 Lumen West Awards
The 2012 Lumen West Awards honor the top tier lighting design projects for the Los Angeles and Orange County chapters of the Illumination Engineering Society of North America. Lighting Design Alliance was presented with several awards:
IESLA Firm of the Year:
Lighting Design Alliance
Award of Merit:
UCLA Infusion Center
Chase Dallas Tower

IES National Awards of Merit:
Chase Dallas Tower
Crafton Hills College : Learning Resource Center
Lukshon Restaurant
Swarovski Showroom
Outstanding Service for IESLA:
Veronica Galen
Damali Kounthapanya
LDA Book Signing a Success!

LDA would like to thank everyone who attended our IGNITE book signing! It was a smashing success for both LDA and H+I. We loved celebrating with the clients, sales reps, family and friends who came out to support us.... because we can't do it without you!
Available at:
Hennessey + Ingalls
Visual Profile Books
Amazon
Galen Teaching at USC
Veronica Garreton Galen is a Senior Designer at Lighting Design Alliance and an Adjunct Professor at University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture. Her AR599 course introduces lighting design concepts by topical lectures, site visits and a semester-long, hands-on case study. She is pleased to announce that four of her lighting design students were selected as the finalists for the inaugural year of the Saul M. Goldin Memorial Scholarship, with Anyin Ye selected as the ultimate winner. The team at Lighting Design Alliance commits themselves to lighting education through presentations to IES chapters nationwide, DLF, USGBC, and international conferences and has found great reward and talent in the next generation of lighting designers while teaching at local universities and as summer interns.
Illuminating Engineering Society Internship - Los Angeles Division
Illuminating Engineering Society - North America
University of Southern California School of Architecture
LDA Releases IGNITE
PLEASE JOIN CHIP ISRAEL AND THE STAFF OF LIGHTING DESIGN ALLIANCE
TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF THEIR MONOGRAPH BOOK IGNITE
Hennessey + Ingalls
Santa Monica
Thursday, March 29, 2012
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Click for Directions
Wine + Cheese Tasting
Louis Poulsen Door Prize
IGNITE showcases a variety of LIGHTING DESIGN ALLIANCE'S finest design concepts. LDA’s portfolio covers numerous market sectors, and each particular location tells its own unique story, integrating lighting within architecture, landscape, and interior design. As diverse as these projects seem, each is tailored with the same care and precision for our clients. On the forefront of the lighting design industry, LDA constantly pushes the envelope of innovation and sustainability. LDA crafts aesthetically pleasing, creative lighting solutions which meet our human physical and psychological needs and desires while adhering to the owner’s schedule and budget.
Available at:
Hennessey + Ingalls
Visual Profile Books
Amazon
Chip Israel Speaks at IES Road Show
Chip Israel, upcoming 2012-2013 President Elect for the Illuminating Engineering and Lighting Design Alliance’s President, will be traveling across continental United States on behalf of the organization. Mr. Israel will discuss the merits of IES membership (including an overview of the new HANDBOOK published in July 2011) and provide an introduction to the new Strategic IES Plans with a view to the future. He will then deliver a - one hour AIA/USGBC and IES registered presentation entitled: Lighting and Daylighting for Sustainable Commercial Spaces. The presentation will focus on identifying lighting technology and daylighting integration opportunities that support the future of sustainable design (inclusive of the LEED process) as well as fulfilling the energy code requirements notwithstanding the benefits of maximizing the quality execution of lighting in the space. Check your local IES calendars for a presentation near you. Excerpt from "IESNA Tour 2011"
Illuminating Engineering Society - North America
Illuminating Engineering Society - Los Angeles Division
Illuminating Engineering Society - Orange County Division
LDA Receives Multiple 2011 IES Awards
The 2011 Lumen West Awards were held on June 25th by the Los Angeles chapter of the International Engineering Society of North America. Lighting Design Alliance was presented with 3 Awards of Merit:
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas - Kidani Village
Chase Bank Belmont Shore
Chase Bank Whittier
Several LDA projects were also presented Awards of Merit at the IES National level:
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas - Kidani Village
The Colony
Hyde Lounge at Staples Center
Chase Bank Pasadena
Chase Bank Bensonhurst
Chase Bank Whittier
NeoCon 2011 Presentation By LDA
Incorporating LEDs Without Getting Burned
NeoCon 2011 at The Merchandise Mart, Chicago from June 13 - 15
Get a crash course on LED products and arm yourself with knowledge. As LED technology changes from week to week, you’ll be able to ask reps and manufacturers the right questions to keep yourself up to speed. Discuss lighting issues including binning, heat syncs, color temperature, color shift, controls, testing, and sustainability. Get a basic understanding of the components of a LED system including control options, and then learn to recognize opportunities for LED lighting in your own projects. Also, make sure you know how to discern when LED lighting is right and when other traditional lighting is appropriate for your architectural or sustainable goals.
Incorporating LEDs Without Getting Burned [W308]
Charles Israel, FIALD, MIES, LC, LEED AP
Wednesday, 15 June 2011, 9:30 a.m.
LDA to Speak at Smart Lighting Value Chain Summit
Infocast’s Smart Lighting Value Chain Summit 2011
June 20-22, 2011 at the Network Meeting Center in Santa Clara, CA
Infocast’s inaugural Smart Lighting Value Chain Summit provides a comprehensive map to this fast-changing competitive landscape. By bringing together participants from across the value chain, including LEDs, smart grid, lighting controls, energy eficiency, and smart energy end users and influencers, the smart lighting networking conference will create a robust environment for both identifying new opportunities and strategies and for relationship-building as well as deal-making. The Value Chain Summit will be preceded by a half-day Future of Smart Lighting Symposium.
Chip Israel, the President of the Lighting Design Alliance, will be participating in The Indoor Lighting Specifier Panel: How Do Building End Users and Influencers View the Coming Revolution in Smart Lighting, will take place on Tuesday June 21st from 1:30pm - 2:30pm.