Sep 16, 2020

Light and Design Committee

LIGHTING PRACTICE

Committee Purpose, Scope And Documents

Purpose

This Technical Committee reviews, researches and develops best practices for lighting design considerations and techniques.

Scope

Included subject matter: The scope includes all areas where natural and electric lighting are used, including interiors and exteriors. Excluded subject matter: This committee does not cover specific lighting applications, codes, energy considerations, or specific technologies.

Committee Leadership

Committee Chair – – Michael Lehman

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Michael Lehman LC, MIES, LEED AP ID+C, GGP, CLCP is a Lighting Industry and Design professional with over 25 years of experience. He is the General Manager of ConTech Lighting, a Leviton Company. He has created hundreds of design projects for many different applications including architecture, theatre, and entertainment. He has also worked for lighting fixture manufacturers in different positions including Application Engineering, Marketing, Product Development, Strategy, and Training. He serves on the NCQLP Exam Writing Committee, is Chair of the Green Globes ANSI Consensus Body, serves on the WELL Light Advisory, and is on several IES Committees. He is an Adjunct Professor at Harper College, where he has taught for over 20 years. He is also an AIA and USGBC Education Provider and Reviewer. He has earned several awards for New Product Design and for Lighting Design. He earned a BA in Theatre and MBA from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota as well as an MS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has also completed Graduate Programs in Human Health, Performance, and Design at Harvard. His continuing passion is to create and educate about the Lighting Experience, which is designing to benefit people, our places, and our planet alike.


Committee Leadership

– Ira Rothman

Members (Voting)

  • Yukiko Yoshida
  • Leslie M. North
  • Carla Bukalski
  • Heath D. Kelly
  • Jeffrey R. Dross
  • Anne K. Ullestad
  • Jorge Luis Curtidor
  • Michael A. Myer
  • John M. Fox
  • Peter A. Hugh

Members (Voting)

  • Amardeep Dugar
  • James Radi
  • Jeremy Maxie
  • Joyce Cassidy
  • Kelly O’Connor
  • Kelly Seeger
  • Michael Myer
  • Steven M. Nicola

Advisory Members (Non-Voting)

  • Eleni Savvidou
  • Karen P. Murphy
  • Christine Brotz
  • Ratna RAMAKRISHNAN
  • Jay Kuypers
  • Sujeet Narain Singh
  • Fang Hu
  • Surbhi Jindal

Advisory Panel Liaisons

Board Liaisons

  • Kelly M. M Seeger

Staff Liaisons

  • Patricia A. McGillicuddy
  • Dan Ozminkowski