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Beijing International Building Technology
2 – 4 April 2012, Beijing, China
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Invitations, free entrance tickets and pre-registration for all members who wish to visit the show.
„LIGHT ON“ is looking for art projects for the project „Zurich by Light 2012“ 28th – 31st December 2012 – Zurich – Switzerland
Light On is organizing a light art festival and are looking for the best light artists for this project.
Your professional assistance will be helpful. Perhaps you know a dedicated light artist and can encourage him to apply. They would be very pleased to receive numerous applications with creative lighting ideas.
Please apply till 16 December 2011 to kessler(at)light‐on.ch
For more information please read this:
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An international invitational competition to be organized for the lighting of Kruunuvuorenranta, Helsinki, Finland.
Helsinki is the World Design Capital in 2012. Kruunuvuorenranta light art project belongs to the WDC2012 -program and it consists of two entities: a piece of light art designed in an oil Silo (parallel designs in progress at the moment) and the Kruunuvuorenranta invitational lighting competition. Based on the references introduced in the notification procedure 4 design teams will be selected to participate the competition. City of Helsinki is the responsible organizer of the competition. Among the jury members there will be representatives of City administrations and professional experts.
The results of the Kruunuvuorenranta lighting competition will be revealed at the same time with the first accomplished work of art of Kruunuvuorenranta - the Silo - will be unveiled as part of WDC2012 -events.
AN INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE LIGHTING OF KRUUNUVUORENRANTA, HELSINKI, FINLAND
“Announcement - Wim Aalders
The PLDA Council would like to inform that as from 30 September 2011, Wim Aalders has stepped down from his role as Director General of the PLDA. The Council is currently working on an interim solution to manage head office while they recruit for this highly strategic role.
In the meantime Elvira Smyrek will be handling day to day PLDA affairs as normal. The Council would like to thank Wim for his input over the past year and wish him all the best for the future”.
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PLDA Sustainability MeetingOn the occasion of PLDC in Madrid, Giovanni Traverso, PLDA Director for Sustainability will be holding a Sustainability Meeting as a Pre-convention meeting on Wednesday, 19. October, 2011. Discussions will concern topics of daylight, well-being, new technologies, awareness and regulations. The Sustainability meeting targets the forming of a work-group for the continuation and further development of the PLDA green-pages as well as the founding of a basis for an interior workshop with regard to sustainability, covering the topics of efficiency, circadian rhythm and daylight control and integration. Admission is free. Please register for this pre-convention meeting by contacting esmyrek(at)pld-a.org Please click here for more information. The City Dark Screening, 20. October, 18:45 - 20:15
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Associations` Meeting
A further Lighting Associations Meeting organised by PLDA and to be held as a pre-convention meeting to PLDC 2011 will take place on 19. October, 2011 at 13.30 - 15.00.
The aim of the meeting with representatives of other international lighting design associations is to further discuss collaboration, the sharing of information and views, and mutual support.
PLDA express their thanks to all associations interested in participating and sharing the commitment in bringing the Associations together once again within the positive framework of PLDC 2011. Many associations are already involved in the PLDC 2011 event, and for this reason PLDA looks forward to welcoming many attendees at the Lighting Associations Meeting.
This event is by invitation only.
Joint PLDA and European Lighting Industry Forum
One key pre-convention meeting will take the form of an Industry Forum where the lighting design community meets the European lighting industry, represented by the associations CELMA & ELC, to discuss latest activities and initiatives and the common way forward for good quality and energy efficient lighting in the interest of society in general.
The Forum will focus on the main topics of EU Lighting System Legislation and the immediate and long-term significance of that vision for lighting designers, the standardisation of performance requirements for LED luminaires, and the positive effects of light on human health. Questions + Answer times are planned in to encourage discussion and debate.
Admission is free. Please register for this pre-convention meeting by contacting lritter(at)via-internet.com
PLDA Educator`s Meeting 
On the occasion of PLDC in Madrid, Jean Sundin, PLDA Director for Education will be holding an Educator’s Meeting during the PLDC on Friday, 21 October 2011 during the lunch break from 13.00-15.00pm.
This meeting will follow up on the success of the Educator Summit in Milan, bringing together Educators worldwide to discuss the results of the Summit, the new Education Wikipedia, the Lighting Research Database, and reports from the Education Workgroups on the Bachelor and Master syllabi, Creating a University Network, and more. Make sure to attend and contribute as PLDA develop the next steps for the Educator group! Admission is free. Contact Elvira at esmyrek(at)pld-a.org to register.
PLDC 2011 in Madrid is offering several more events for Educators!
On Wednesday, 19 October 2011,
VIA is offering a unique pre-convention opportunity for educators to share ideas in a coordinated Knowledge Transfer format. Educators will have the opportunity to present a Teaching Module which they found to be especially effective in supporting students’ learning. This might include: e-learning formats, model-making, team project work, practical lighting tasks, bibliographic resources, demonstration activities, excursions, instructional scaffolding, graphic organisers, etc. Admission is free.
Contact fritter(at)via-internet.com to register. 
In addition, the Spanish lighting designers’ association APDI (Asociación Profesional de Diseñadores de Iluminación) are organizing “Workshops of Urban Light: The Good Light” with students in the centre of Madrid previous to PLDC. The results can be viewed from 20 to 22 October, 2011.
Workshop Season 2011 – Lights in Alingsås/S
Discovering spaces by light
Once again, after 11 years of successful lighting workshops, experienced lighting designers from all over the world
will meet in Alingsås, a small town in Sweden, to hold a practical workshop on architectural lighting design.
Register now!
Creative lighting design Masters Degree to be launched at Edinburgh Napier University
For more information click here
The second edition of Lighting Design Gallery is a unique
place for lighting design related professionals to network
and share their ideas and experiences at the fair.
In 2011, the theme of Lighting Design Gallery was focus on
“Worldwide Lighting Project”.
James Wallace, PLDA Director for
International Development and Wim
Aalders, Director General presented
the association in China.
PLDA welcomes new President Elect
The Professional Lighting Designers’ Association, PLDA recently held an election for position of President Elect on the PLDA Council. Herbert Cybulska, PLDA/D took over the office of President Elect as of July 2011.
Herbert will combine his duties as President-Elect with his
previous role as liaison to the Circle of Sponsors enabling
him to foster close working relationships and a good stable
base to continue to grow and develop the association.
Philips Lighting just announced the launch of the Light World Tour competition
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced the launch of the 2011 Light World Tour, an initiative designed to share visual inspiration in the professional lighting design community.
For more information click on the logo.
euroLED 2011
8th & 9th June
Birmingham Science Park Aston
Bringing together the leading brands in the industry, , euroLED 2011 is the
8th annual international Exhibition, Conference and Gala Dinner for the LED
and solid-state lighting industry.
We have been offered tickets so that those who wish to obtain an exhibition
only pass can register themselves for a free pass.
Please click on this link for the euroLED website:
http://euroled.org.uk/register/visitor-registration/ and enter the discount code: pld947
Prior to euroLED 2011 event show, the registration company QRS
(Quality Registration Services Ltd) will email the registrants with tickets.
Please print those registered ticket and bring along to the show to gain entry.
Additionally we have been offered 15% off our conference tickets, to do this
please go to the following link
http://www.intertechpira.com/Events/account-creation.aspx and enter CONF15
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Sarah Adams
PLDA UK Coordinator
07826926967
PLDA Darkroom
Over 150 images submitted by applicants from the following 17 countries:
AustraliaBrazilCanadaColombiaDenmarkGermanyGreeceHong KongIsraelMexico
NetherlandsNorwaySwedenTaiwanTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited States
PLDA Darkroom Judge - Bruce Feldman
Chair Photography Department
College for Creative Studies
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Grand Prize Award Bridge 6 Ta-Wei Lin – Taiwan CMA Lighting Design | |
Grand Prize Award Bow Bridge Holidays Jeff McCrum - United States Fisher Marantz Stone | |
People’s Choice Award 4 Anastasia Skipetari – Greece KTH Architectural Lighting Design Student | |
Judge’s Award Sleeping Giants Jonathan Hodges - United Kingdom Jason Bruges Studio |
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Judge’s Award Light Painting 16 Andika Pradana - Sweden KTH Architectural Lighting Design Student | |
Judge’s Award Windmill Paul Traynor - United Kingdom Light Bureau |
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Judge’s Award Four Minutes in Eighth Grade Jeff McCrum - United States | |
Judge’s Award Bahia Mariana Novaes - Brazil LD Studio |
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The biggest lighting fair in Asia!
09-Jun-11 to 12-Jun-11
Wim Aalders, Director General of PLDA and James Wallace, Director for International Development / PLDA will be presenting the Professional Lighting Designers' Association!
May 2011
PHILADELPHIA (May 16, 2011) __ On the eve of North America's largest lighting show,
Lightfair International, GE presented its prestigious 2010 GE Edison Award to
Alexander Rotsch and Andreas Schulz of Licht Kunst Licht AG, a lighting design firm
in Bonn, Germany. The pair was honored during a presentation in Philadelphia on May 16, 2011, for lighting the ThyssenKrupp Quarter in Essen, Germany, a global materials and technology group. They were presented with a personalized Steuben crystal award for their win.
Photography by: Lukas Roth
This was the firm's second consecutive Edison Award win. Schulz and Rotsch also were awarded the 2009 Edison Award for their lighting design of the EnBW City in Stuttgart, Germany, the new headquarters of EnBW, the third largest supplier of power, gas and water in Germany. The pair also won a 2010 Edison Award of Merit for Kunstsammlung NRW K20, an art museum in Dusseldorf, Germany.
PLDA welcomes new Directors
The Professional Lighting Designers’ Association, PLDA recently held elections for positions on the PLDA Council. Francesco Iannone, FPLDA/I took over the office of President as of April 2011, with Christian Breil PLDA/D taking over as the Treasurer and Giovanni Traverso PLDA/I becoming the new Director for Sustainability.
Francesco Iannone Christian Breil Giovanni Traverso
Few know light as well as those who work in the lighting design community and the Professional Lighting Designers' Association PLDA Darkroom program provides a forum for sharing and celebrating this talent. PLDA Darkroom is a two-part program consisting of an International Online Photo Exhibition / Competition and Event.
EVENT DETAILS
When: Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 5:00 to 7:00PM
Where: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
What: FREE and open to all.
Winners of photo competition announced.
Transportation provided from Convention Center and to hotels / train station.
FOLLOW THIS LINK for more details and to register for the event.
Visit WWW.PLDADARKROOM.COM to submit photos, vote or just have a look.
This program is made possible though the generosity of 2011 PLDA Darkroom event sponsors.
Seminar: Light in support of the human animal
The VIA Group is pleased to announce the next seminar in Alingsås, Sweden
from 23. to 25. May, 2011, entitled “Light in support of the human animal”.
Three experts from the field of Light and Health will share their thoughts,
theories and research results with the attendees of the seminar.
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PLDA supporting the emerging LD profession in the Philippines
James Wallace was invited to Manila in The Philippines to represent
PLDA at the 1st Philippines Lighting Conference (PLC) where
115 participants attended a 3-day theoretical/practical
exterior lighting workshop. Afterwards a PLDA Organizational
Forum was held for LD’s and other interested parties. 17 people attended.
The PLDA stand at Euroluce is Box 12 in Hall 15 in the
Inner Piazza, entrance to Piazza opposite stand C 32.
Plan of PLDA Stand
April 12 & 13, 2011 - 1st Educators`Summit
April 14 & 15, 2011 - Light Focus
April 15, 2011 - International Development Forum
April 16, 2011 - Annual General Meeting
Light Focus on Milan/I from 14. to 15. April, 2011
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Call for Papers: “The Lighting Designer and New Technologies”
On the occasion of the Euroluce fair in Milan/I from 12. - 17. April, 2011 the Professional Lighting Designers’ Association, PLDA and the Italian Lighting Designers’ Association Associazione Professionisti dell’illuminazione, APIL will once again be staging an international Light Focus conference from 14. to 15. April, 2011.
Click here for more information.
PLDA Vox Juventa at Light Symposium 2010
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After a successful first Light Symposium at the University of Technology, Business and Design in Wismar/ Germany in 2008, the second Light Symposium took place from 27. – 30. October, 2010 at The Royal Institute of Technology KTH in Stockholm/Sweden. This year’s title of the symposium was “Natural Light - Daylight and artificial lighting for mankind”.
Part of the symposium was the annual PLDA Vox Juventa which was held on the second day of the conference. The Best Speaker award went to Vellachi Ganesan from Singapore for her paper entitled “The light within”. A further award went to Laura Bernadet from Canada for her paper on “How art history can influence our work”.
Lights in Goa 2011
Registration for the first PLDA workshop in India open now!
The Lights in Goa workshop is the first workshop of its kind in the Asia-Pacific Region and will be in the traditional PLDA workshop format.
Six internationally renowned and experienced Lighting Designers will be working together with teams of young designers to create professional lighting solutions for typical urban spaces. The workshop groups have less than five days in which to develop and realise a lighting design concept for their projects. The installations will be presented to the public in the following four weeks.
An accompanying seminar on the same theme as the workshop, “Activating Public Spaces”, will be offered from 17. to 18. March, 2011 (workshop participants will attend the conference on 18. March as the theoretical part of the workshop week).
Lights in Alingsås 2010. The Playgrounds: Malcolm Innes, PLDA/UK
Visit www.lightsingoa.com for detailed information and to register for the workshop and/or seminar and become part of Lights in Goa 2011!
Resignation of Dr. Georgios Paissidis
On 17. November, 2010 the PLDA Council received a letter of resignation from PLDA president Dr Georgios Paissidis.
PLDA Circle of Sponsors Meeting
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This year's PLDA Circle of Sponsors meeting was held on 21 October, 2010 in Frankfurt/D with many PLDA Sponsors attendeding this important meeting.
The first topic to be taken care of was the election of the new Spokesman for the Sponsors. In future, Fernand Pereira, Philips will represent the voice of the Sponsors and support information fl ow between the Association and Sponsors’ work.
Another important topic that was discussed during the meeting is the clarification of (PLDA, PLD, PLDC) acronyms which is now also available on the website.
Detailed information about the Circle of Sponsors meeting to follow.
PLDA UK event: 'Sustainable Lighting'
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Unfortunately this event had to be postponed and will be run again early in 2011.
A paper by Kevan Shaw, PLDA Director for Sustainability
Thursday 25th November 2010
630pm BDP Lighting, Brewhouse Yard, Clerkenwell, EC1V 4LJ
"Sustainable lighting is about a great deal more than simple energy in use. This paper will ask questions about other aspects of lighting sustainability and open a discussion about what our aims should be for truly sustainable lighting deign. The discussion will feed into the PLDA statement on sustainable lighting that will be published at the next PLDA AGM."
Refreshments are kindly sponsored by Xicato. 
Please RSVP to sadams(at)pld-a.org by 22nd November.
Light Middle East and Light Focus, 31 October - 2 November, 2010
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The show featured an exhibition and a three day conference. Part of the three day conference programme was the Light Focus conference, supported by PLDA.
Also many members of the PLDA Circle of Sponsors were present with a booth during the fair which shows the growing importance of the Middle East.
Director General Wim Aalders and Kevan Shaw, Director for Sustainability were representing PLDA during the fair and had interesting talks with lighting designers as well as potential new members of the CoS.
PLDA UK meeting, 14 October, 2010
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Sarah Adams, PLDA UK Coordinator organsied a PLDA UK meeting. The meeting was held at the permises of BDP in October, PLDA thank BDP for their support.
About 30 members plus some sponsors attended when Sarah Adams (PLDA UK Coordinator), Wim Aalders (PLDA Director General) and Kevan Shaw (PLDA Director for Sustainability) introduced themselves through short presentations.
The presentations were followed by discussions, among other things, about the clarification of acronyms in regard to PLDA, PLDA/VIA Verlag and PLDC (detailed information to follow).
Lights in Alingsås, September 2010
The yearly PLDA workshop in Alingsås/S stood under a bright star. The participants as well as the workshop leaders were full of enthusiasm.
PLDA President Georgios Paisidis, James Wallace, Director of International Development and Wim Aalders as Director General were eyewitnesses of this great workshop. Detailed information about the workshop can be found at http://www.lightsinalingsas.se/lights-alingsas-2009/lights-alingsas-2010.
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PLDA Council Meeting in Dornbirn/A
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This year's Autumn Council Meeting was held at the permises of Zumtobel in Dornbirn/A on September 20-21 2010. The PLDA Council members thank Zumtobel for the hospitality and kind support.
The whole Council joined the meeting where Wim Aalders was introduced as the new Director General of PLDA.
The Minutes of the Council Meeting are available for all PLDA members at the Members Area of the PLDA website or can be requested from Head Office.
RIAS honours Jonathan Speirs with Lifetime Achievement Award for services to architecture
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The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has presented Jonathan Speirs with a Lifetime Achievement Award - the highest accolade within Scottish architecture.
The event took place at a Parliamentary reception, hosted by Rt Hon Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, Alex Fergusson. Jonathan had been invited to receive a Fellowship of the Incorporation.
Quite unexpectedly, it was announced that Jonathan would also receive the RIAS Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of a long career in which he has promoted the highest standards of professional excellence in architecture and light and acted as an ambassador for Scottish design and
architecture throughout the world.
PLDC 2011: Call for Papers out now!
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VIA Verlag in collaboration with PLDA
supported by APDI
The 3rd PLDC 2011
Submit your paper here.
Introducing Wim Aalders, new PLDA Director General
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As of today (01 September, 2010), PLDA will have a new man at the helm. A face that many people know, a person many lighting designers have had dealings with: Wim Aalders.
Why would a man with a good position in a well known lighting company and with a track record of successful international business want to break away from sales and industry relations and take on the job of Director General of PLDA? That is exactly what the PLDA team of interviewers wanted to find out when Wim Aalders was selected as one of the three candidates – the other two also having close relations with a leading lighting company – for the position that Alison Ritter had filled since the association was founded in 1994.
Please see here for his answers...
Introducing the new PLDA UK Regional Coordinator, Sarah Adams
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When Sharon Stammers decided to step down as UK Regional Coordinator, the Council agreed that Sarah Adams would be an excellent replacement, bringing with her not only experience of life as an architectural lighting designer, but a substantial number of years’ experience in marketing and event management. On 15. August, 2010 Sarah officially started supporting PLDA with initiatives and events in the UK. Sarah will be working closely with US Regional Coordinator Glenn Shrum, with James Wallace, the new Director for International Development, and of course with PLDA Head Office.
Should you have any questions or enquiries relating to PLDA in the UK or any upcoming event in the UK please feel free to contact her at sadams(at)pld-a.org
New Chapter for PLDA
This summer marks the start of a new chapter in the history of the association. Alongside the regular changes that occur when Council members have served their terms and are replaced by newly elected Directors, there are also changes in some of the leadership roles.
Please see the press release for detailed information.
We wish everybody a nice summer and look forward to seeing you at one or more of the forthcoming meetings or events, and to reporting to you on the next steps in the progress of the association.
PLDA welcomes new Directors (see above resignation of Georgios Paissidis, 17.11.2010)
The Professional Lighting Designers’ Association, PLDA recently held elections for positions on the PLDA Council. Dr. Georgios Paissidis, PLDA/GR took over the office of President Elect as of April 2010, with Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kramer, FPLDA/D taking over from Mario Rechsteiner, PLDA/CH as Director for Standards of Practice, and James Wallace becoming the new Director for International Development.
As President Elect, Dr. Georgios Paissidis will support Dr. Martin Lupton’s presidency for a further year before becoming President himself. Dr. Paissidis believes strongly in enhancing PLDA relationships to other non-lighting related scientific institutions with a view to clarifying the lighting designer’s misunderstood professional identity and moving the image of the profession beyond purely beauty-minded design.
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kramer is a Founding Member of PLDA (then known as the European Lighting Designers’ Association, ELDA), and has an in-depth knowledge of the industry and the profession.
James Wallace is based in Australia. He looks forward to “the challenge of initiating contact and assisting potential recruits from all countries with a view to successfully supporting them to become future professional members and leaders”.
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A part of the PLDA global Lightmapping program, LightMappingNYC provided the New York City lighting design community with a forum to consider the current, past and future conditions of their urban environment at night. Organized in partnership with Designers Lighting Forum of New York City and Illuminating Engineering Society New York Section and sponsored by iGuzzini North America, it included a tour of a significant new lighting installation, interactive group walks in the city at night, and a group discussion / reception. Downloadable PDFs of LightWalk presentations are available below, refer to http://www.iesnyc.org/LightmappingNYC for detailed program information.
Presenter: Glenn Shrum PLDA, IALD / PLDA US Coordinator
Location: The High Line
An introduction to PLDA LightWalks using images taken during November 11, 2009 LightMapping NYC walking tour of project by Jason Neches of L’Observatoire International. Link to presentation.
LightWalk Leader: Julian Kline / Meatpacking District Initiative
Location: Meatpacking District
A tour throughout the Meatpacking District and surrounding areas focusing on the architectural lighting that highlights new and historic buildings. Link to presentation.
LightWalk Leader: Francis Milloy RIBA, ARIAS, PLDA / Terreform
Location: Midtown West
A dark, revealing spacetime trail between the Hudson River and Times Square. Link to presentation.
LightWalk Leader: Wayne Norbeck AIA / Gluckman Mayner Architects
Location: Times Square
Looking for darkness in Times Square. Link to presentation.
LightWalk Leader: Stephen Horner IES / Tillett Lighting Design
Location: Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO underpass
A nighttime walk across the Brooklyn Bridge invites the opportunity for reflection & discussion on the nighttime-city, civic identity, infrastructure and lighting’s contributions. Link to presentation.
LightWalk Leaders: Leni Schwendinger, Brian McGrath, Ute Besenecker / Leni Schwendinger Light Projects et al
Location: Old St Patrick’s Cathedral
Discover ‘Shades of Night’ by exploring and documenting the light changes in Manhattan around Old St Patrick’s Cathedral throughout the night. Link to presentation.
Lightwalk leader, Leni Schwendinger also invites you to view NIGHT CITY, her video inspired by the Professional Lighting Designer Association’s “Lightmapping” events. View the Video.
LightWalk Leader: Nathalie Rozot / Nathalie Rozot Planning & Design
Virtual Location: The Bronx @ New York City
second lights @ second life, light walk (& flight) Your avatars will explore the virtual lights of a virtual NYC - natural and artificial. Global participation is encouraged, and flying may be required. Link to presentation.
PLD Recognition Awards 2009 – the winners
Award for Lifetime Achievement
… went to Bill Lam. 'Quality not quantity' was Lam's battle cry: 'I wanted the emphasis on quality, judgment and common sense rather than numbers.' As a result of his crusade, the light levels once recommended by the standards committee have been reconsidered and lighting design, no longer compelled to fulfill what Lam would term 'ridiculously high requirements,' has evolved into the kind of design we have today. Bill Lam was critical in changing the way we now 'perceive' our environment. His books ‘Perception and Lighting as Formgivers for Architecture’ and ‘Sunlighting as Formgiver for Architecture’ have become definitive references for many students of architecture and lighting designers alike.
Award for Best New Project
… went to Speirs & Major Associates for The Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. This project incorporates supreme lighting insight and skills. While it respects the building's inherent cultural and religious aspects, it can be celebrated as the best of its kind in aesthetic, meaningful and spiritually overwhelming architectural lighting.
Award for Best Daylighting Project
… went to Bruder Klaus Kapelle in Wachendorf, Eifel, Germany designed by Peter Zumthor. The tiny chapel is based on a very simple but extremely clever and unique idea using daylight as a shaper of the interior space. The atmosphere generated inside the building supports the spiritual and meditative purpose of the space.
Award for Research and Education
… went to Prof. Jan Ejhed for installing and heading the Masters programme in Architectural Lighting Design at KTH in Haninge, Stockholm, Sweden, and for his untiring efforts to install a PhD programme at the same university.
Award at Large
… went to the LUCI organisation for making more efforts to improve urban lighting by interacting more seriously with PLDA to bring together decision-makers at municipal government level with professional lighting designers. LUCI members are beginning to understand that being a "city of light" is not confined to staging festivals, but indeed involves creating better lighting schemes and strategies for inhabitants.
Award for Best Partner in Industry
… went to WE-EF. Starting as a typically technical lighting manufacturer, WE-EF became a partner for architectural lighting designers within a very short period of time. WE-EF was the first company to support PLDA (then ELDA) in the association’s workshop programme, thus setting an example in the lighting industry.
Architectural Lighting Fundamentals
The Architectural Lighting Fundamentals, ALF are now available for download!
Please go to 'Education'
Scottish Design Awards Lighting Category Unveiled
PLDA team up with the Scottish Design Awards to introduce a new category - Best Lighting Design. Judged by a panel of PLDA experts the category has been established specifically to reward lighting designers.
Peter Veale, director of Firefly Lighting Design, Deborah Whythe, an associate designer at Lighting Design International and Rob Honeywill, an architectural lighting expert with Maurice Brill Lighting Design Ltd, have judged the inaugural lighting category. Certain to become a recurring Scottish Design Awards favourite.
The nominations have been announced and in the running for a coveted Scottish Design Award are; Kevan Shaw Lighting Design for Aspire Zone, Aspire Tower, Speirs and Major Associates for Giorgio Armani SpA, Armani Ginza Tower, Tokyo, Japan and Speirs and Major Associates for Department of Municipalities and Agriculture, Abu Dhabi. The Winner will be announced at the awards ceremony in May.
For further information please see here.
News from New Zealand
On the official website of the New Zealand Government the following news can be read:
Light bulb ban ended
Energy and Resources Minister, Gerry Brownlee, has told Parliament today the ban on traditional light bulbs is being lifted. "This government has real concerns about telling people they have to move to energy efficient light bulbs by decree," he said. "It has been well signaled and will come as no surprise that the government is lifting the ban on traditional or incandescent light bulbs," said Mr Brownlee. "We are committed to energy efficiency in the home and efficient lighting has an important role to play in helping us reduce the amount of energy we use, but this Government believes it is a matter of consumer choice. People need good, credible information about the different lighting options that are available to them, and then they can decide what is right for them in their homes. Lifting the previous government's ban on incandescent light bulbs simply means we are allowing their continued sale, and I am confident the consumer trend to energy efficient bulbs will continue," said Mr Brownlee.
PLDA standpoint on the proposed measure to phase out the incandescent lamp
The European Commission has sent a briefing to the European Parliament regarding the planned legislation for effectively banning all incandescent (non-directional; they’re next) and most Tungsten Halogen lamps by September 2012 – that’s less than four years down the road.
The European Parliament has until march 15 to reject the document as a whole (they apparently cannot legally demand partial amendments). If they don’t reject it, the document will be automatically adopted by the EU commission in early April and become law.
After that, the process is totally irreversible.
PLDA is fighting this ban in various ways, predominantly through Kevan Shaw, PLDA Director for Sustainability and Gad Giladi, FPLDA. We have already sent indivualised letters to each chairman, substitute and member of the ENVI (Environment, Public Health and Food Safety) committee.
Now we need your support. We would ask you to personalise the letter with the help of the Excel list (both can be downloaded below). In this Excel list are all names of the Members of the European Parliament, the indication of their Group within the European Parliament, their postal address and their e-mail address (at least in most cases). The names are sorted by country.
We would ask you to send the personalised letter with the two attachments to the members of the European Parliament from your respective country!
Please support us with this important issue. This should be a convincing message requesting he/she votes to reject this paper.
The text in your e-mail could be like this:
Dear Mr./Ms. …,
Please find attached a letter in English/German/Italian/French written by Mr. Kevan Shaw, Director for Sustainability of the Professional Lighting Designers’ Association, PLDA in which he defines the Association’s standpoint on the proposed measure to phase out the incandescent lamp.
As a Lighting Designer and member of PLDA I would ask you to read this letter carefully, which I trust addresses all our concerns clearly but succinctly.
Should you have any questions, comments or should you need further information from Mr. Shaw or from the association, please do not hesitate to contact PLDA Head Office at info(at)pld-a.org.
Kind regards,
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Thank you very much for your support!
Downloads:
1. Addresses of the MEPs
2. European Parliament letter
3. Attachments