Lightcongress2008 - Tomorrow is Today

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April 22, 2008
The Hotel Affinia Manhattan
371 Seventh Ave.

Panels & Schedule of Events

  11:30 a.m. - Registration

  1:30 p.m. - Welcome and Opening Remarks

Keynote Address
Dr. Mark Rea, Director
Lighting Research Center

2:00 p.m. - Panel 1 - Tomorrow is Today

From the pundits to the politicians today’s buzz phrases are global warming, save the future, new technologies. This insightful panel will clearly illustrate that another favorite phrase, carbon footprint, is as much, or more, about waste and inefficiency as it is about outdated technologies. Our speakers will clearly define the realities with some very enlightening, and surprising facts, figures, and solutions from products, designs and systems to energy usage and waste.

Panelists:

The Utility’s Challenge
Peter Jacobson, ConEdison

Tax Incentives for Energy Efficient Lighting System Tax Incentives for Energy Efficient Lighting Systems
Cheryl English, FIES, LC, Acuity Brands

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Willard Warren, PE, LC, FIESNA, Warren Associates, Lighting/Energy Consultants

Creating Demand for Energy Efficiency
Bill Attaridi, Attardi Marketing

LED Lighting
Govi Rao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lighting Science Group

3:45 p.m. - Panel 2 - The Human Ecology

Daylight is a key driver to our human ecology, and as a stimulus, it affects both our psychology and physiology. With the ever increasing global need to reduce energy consumption in the built environment, the design community is now turning to daylight as an important source for building illumination. Architectural design is trending to combine effective daylighting techniques with efficient light and power sources to reduce carbon footprint exponentially. Also, the effective use of daylight can improve human health and is also one of the most significant methods in which we can return to a zero-carbon footprint for modern architecture.

  Moderator: Neall Digert, PhD, MIES, Solatube

Panelists:

Daylight as a Visual Stimulus
Dr. Joan Roberts, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Fordham University

The Epigenetics of Design
Deborah Burnett, ASID, Design Services, Inc. and popular television personality

A Historical Overview of Daylighting: Visiting the Past to Foretell the Future for Zero Carbon Footprints.
Matthew Tanteri, Tanteri & Associates, LLC

Realization of the Zero Carbon Footprint – Design Techniques of Today
Jim Benya, Benya Lighting Design & Professor - University of California, Davis

  5:30 - Reception