The following presentations and reports document close to a decade of speaking, writing and teaching and are available for download and reference. Please give credit where due if you reuse any content, Thanks!
New Product and Metric Research Report
The product that is the subject of this report is new LED light source (referred to as NP) that uses proprietary technology to closely emulate the spectra of natural light. The Average Spectral Difference metric developed by the Client is a new simplified approach to standardizing color rendering and quality of light that has potential to become a standard for quality of light. This research was conducted to evaluate the NP light source in connection with the ASD metric. While the methodology behind the metric is sound, data , perspectives, and insights were needed on NP and the cognitive relationship between the metric and the experience of high-ASD light sources, especially with top specifiers and influencers in the global lighting community.
What to Build and When to Build It -
Scenario Planning Workshop at
2020 Strategies in Light- Workshop Guide
This daylong workshop combined insights and tools from diverse sources: scenario planning; advanced midrange crowd-sourced forecasting; and behavioral economics. The workshop included a pre-workshop primer with preparatory material, including macro scenarios that the speaker team has developed; presentations from the panel that provide relevant ideas, case studies, and examples of improved decision making and successful strategy in different companies; and presentations from workshop team on their proposed solutions.
Evolution of Luminaires
Report form The LED Show Workshop
Our design charrette session at The LED Show at the end of February 2017 was a refreshing change of program format of the design charrette. The workshop started with a background in history, design, and new technology, from expert speakers, some of the top people in the industry. Then a design brief was delivered and participants divided into into teams, with an hour to develop competing proposals for task lighting. Each team prepared a concept pitch, with a hypothetical ask for seed funding to move forward with prototypes. The speaker panel then posed as investors who would provide feedback and vote to fund or pass.
Lightbulbs, Luminaires, Lifetime: Scenarios for the Future of Lighting
LightShow West, September 25, 2019
In the lighting industry today rapid change, proliferation of technologies, and evolving global economic realities create considerable uncertainty and risk for manufacturers and designers. How do we know what to build and install and when? When will components or systems become obsolete? This talk looks at economic, historical, cultural, and technical facets of these questions, connects them to the drivers of change, and presents useful scenarios for the future of lighting.
Owning the Code
LightFair International, July 22, 2020
Lighting has delivered dramatic energy reductions over the past 20 years, more than any other technology. We are reaching diminishing returns on effecting further reductions. California’s lighting codes are quickly becoming too complex and difficult to implement, don’t represent the interests of all stakeholders, and now must focus on adapting to the changing energy infrastructure and the rapid integration of information and data technology into the industry. The only way to achieve this is through a coalition of government, NGOs, manufacturers, contractors, specifiers, and owners. As the world’s fifth largest economy, California has a unique opportunity to continue its tradition of successful energy and environmental regulation.
Beautiful Light – Excerpts
This is a sampler of pages from Beautiful Light: An Insiders Guide to LED Lighting in Homes and Gardens, published by Routledge Taylor & Francis, by internationally recognized lighting designer Randall Whitehead and lighting expert Clifton Stanley Lemon. You can purchase the book HERE.
Lovers of Light Lighting Quiz Show
Strategies In Light 2019
This enormously popular and hilarious game show has been presented at several lighting conferences. Three topics are preselected by a gang of Lovers… Of Light. One of the Lovers argues a point and their partner takes the counterpoint. Each of the other Lovers then weighs in on the topic and select who they agree with. A Lover gets 1 point for each constant agree. Then the audience comments, argues, and votes. The Lover who wins the Audience vote gets 5 points. There are winners and losers in the Lovers of Light game!
The Building as Luminaire
LightFair International, May 5, 2020
What if a primary purpose of architecture is to deliver light? An examination of historical building practice answers this question in fascinating ways. As a "service" provided by buildings, light has a primary role, often determining or significantly impacting siting, massing, fenestration, materials, height and structural systems. History provides many examples of effective strategies for maximizing daylight (and firelight), evolved over millennia in a wide variety of cultures and climates. This seminar demonstrates how light remains a driving force in architecture, and will show how lighting designers and architects can collaborate to create better lighting and better buildings.
Own the Code- Report from IES San Francisco Section Event June 11, 2019
This presentation and panel discussion presented a brief update on the current state of California’s Title 24 and planned efforts to improve the code; explained the regulatory process and timelines; demonstrated how codes and standards impact lighting industry stakeholders directly and indirectly; and showed you how different stakeholders can get more involved in shaping and improving California’s energy codes.
