International Dark-Sky Association Annual Conference to be Held November 14-15 in Phoenix

The International Dark-Sky Association has announced that this year’s annual conference will be held November 14-15 at the Phoenix Wyndham Resort in Phoenix, AZ, immediately following the GreenBuild Expo. The conference program includes:

Achieving the LEED Light Pollution Reduction Credit with Jim Benya, PE, FIES, FIALD, LC, LEED AP, principal of Benya Lighting Design. As currently written, the LEED Light Pollution Reduction Credit can be one of the more complicated credits to apply for during the LEED process. Receive easy to use tips to simplify this process while simultaneously protecting the nighttime environment. Jim has graced the stages of the Light Fair International, USGBC GreenBuild, IESNA Annual Meeting, AIA Annual Conference, and many more. He is a certified provider of ASID and IIDA, AIA, IFMA, and ICIA courses. CEUs for this session are in the application process.

ENERGY STAR Criteria for Outdoor LED Luminaires with Jason Tuenge, LC, LEED AP, Sr. Lighting Engineer, Technology Planning & Deployment, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The U.S. Department of Energy is releasing updated criteria for outdoor LED luminaires. Gain the inside scoop, only at the IDA Annual Meeting.

Source Matters with Pete Strasser, IDA Managing Director. Learn how the lamp type selection, correlated color temperature, and luminaire efficacy affect the nighttime sky as well as which sources are best for which circumstances.

Bimodal Solutions in a Singular Modeled World with Bill Hein, founder of Visionaire Lighting, LLC. Explore the possibilities for energy savings with the latest technology in bimodal lamp source luminaires.

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Light pollution obscures what people once took for granted---a nighttime view of the stars.

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