Professional Society Committee Participation
- Member, LEED Next Generation Advisory Group, through IALD, 2009. Looked at ways to improve efficacy and utility of lighting-related LEED credits for the 2011 USGBC documents.
- Member, IESNA Quality of the Visual Environment Committee, Co-Chair of Task Force writing “Design Guide 18: Light + Quality: Lighting for People and Buildings”, 2005-Present.
- Member, IALD Sustainability Committee, 2006-Present.
- Member, Model Lighting Ordinance Task Force, a joint committee of the IDA and IESNA to develop a standard Ordinance to limit outdoor light pollution, light trespass, and nuisance glare, 2005-2007.
- Member, IESNA Sustainability Committee, 2004-Present.
- Member, Joint IDA/IESNA Task Force on the Model Lighting Ordinance, 2004-Present.
- Member, IESNA Gold Medal Committee, 2003-2006.
- Trustee, The Robert Bruce Thompson Charitable Trust, sponsor of the Student Light Fixture Design Competition, 2000-Present.
- Member, NCQLP Recertification Committee, 2001-2004.
- Chair of IESNA Quality of the Visual Environment Committee, 1993-2001. Responsible for developing new “Quality” chapter for IESNA 9th Edition Lighting Handbook, including new Lighting Design Guide to expand lighting recommendations beyond task illuminance. Continuing contributing member, and chief author of Design Guide #18, 2001 to present.
- Invited participant in Lighting Criteria Forum, Phoenix AZ, February 2002. Forum was organized to chart unifying approach for developing outdoor lighting criteria and recommendations for IESNA committees. Participants were practitioners of lighting, vision scientists, and experts in photometry and outdoor lighting calculations.
- Chair, IESNA Board of Fellows, 2000-2001
- Vice-Chair of IALD Metrics of Quality Committee, 1993-2001
- Member of IESNA Office Lighting Committee, 1990-Present. Instrumental contributor to RP-1 IESNA/ANSI Standard for Office Lighting (in press, 2001)
- Member of IESNA Lighting for the Aging and Partially Sighted Committee, 1992-Present. Contributed to RP-28, IESNA Recommended Practice for Lighting for the Aging and Partially Sighted
- IALD Board of Directors, Member-at-Large, 1999.
- (ANSI) American National Standards Institute
- (IDA) International Dark-Sky Association
- (IESNA) Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
- (NCQLP) National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions
- (USGBC) U.S. Green Building Council