Illuminating Engineering Society and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Center for Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications Release Workshop Report on Lighting Systems for Healthcare Environments. Read More
The Illuminating Engineering Society is pleased to announce that AES Engineering has been selected as the contractor for the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 Lighting Computer Modeling Project. Read More
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) is pleased to announce and welcome four new members to the IES staff who have joined us recently. Read More
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) is pleased to announce and welcome Rama Rejman as Sections Coordinator, effective October 23, 2017. Read More
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) is pleased to announce and welcome Alex Baker as Manager of Government Affairs and Public Policy, effective October 18, 2017. Read More
Bob Horner, IES Director of Public Policy for more than 7 years will be retiring this year. Read More
Effective July 1, 2017, Cheryl English, assumed the office of President of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), the international leader in lighting education, standards, publications and professional development. English succeeds Shirley Coyle. Read More
At the end of July, Bruce Sohl, IES Controller for nearly 27 years, will be retiring. Bruce came to IES with experience in public accounting specializing in small business, which turned out to benefit IES tremendously. Bruce’s primary task was to create financial stability to allow for the future success of the IES which he accomplished over the past 27 years and much more. Read More
More than 30 percent energy savings can be achieved using the 2016 version of Standard 90.1, according to recent analysis conducted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) in support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program. Read More
The Joint Development Agreement between the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated (IEEE) is to jointly develop a document, IEEE 3001.9 -201X / IES RP-XX-201X, Recommended Practice for the Design of Power Systems That Supply Lighting Systems in Industrial and Commercial Facilities. The development is expected to be a multi-year effort and will contain significant content and references to current IES Recommended Practice standards and include contributions from IES topical experts. The new standard will be developed under the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) process. Read More