Manufacturers through their corporate lighting centers and online course offerings provide valuable educational resources at the professional level, reaching an audience well beyond just that of the lighting community.
The lighting education program survey is one of the IALD Education Trust's many initiatives. The 11 programs included in the survey signal the increased awareness of lighting design and the demand for substantive academic programs to educate and train the next generation of lighting design professionals.
Too often clients have old expectations, assuming that we will be able to light the new building the same way we lit the old building, to the same light levels and with the same flexibility.
Enthusiasm for sustainability continues to grow in the lighting industry. Energy efficient fixtures are now standard practice, so manufacturers are looking to other environmentally conscious initiatives as a way to stand out from the crowd.
The MLO is a technically sound model lighting ordinance that communities can adopt, and that is understood industry-wide between lighting designers, engineers, contractors, manufacturers, and community officials.
During the day, it's one of a handful of romantic pre-Depression-era skyscrapers gracing the downtown skyline. But at night, ask any San Antonian to name the most iconographic building of their hometown and chances are good the Tower Life building will top the list (OK, the Alamo and Tower of Americas are strong contenders as well).
