Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy Hosts First Summer Lighting Course

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Students work with David DiLaura, professor emeritus at CU-Boulder, during a photometry exercise.

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Students work with David DiLaura, professor emeritus at CU-Boulder, during a photometry exercise.

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The Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy, established by The Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2012, held its first summer lighting course this past June. The four-day course welcomed 16 participants and provided a robust examination of the technical and design issues addressed in architectural lighting design as well as an overview of the mechanics of the lighting industry in North America. “For more than 30 years now, CU-Boulder’s Lighting Program has been well known in the industry for providing high quality technical lighting knowledge,” said Walter Beamer, instructor of building systems engineering at CU-Boulder in a press statement. “The Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy was established to deliver the same quality of technical lighting knowledge to industry professionals who otherwise would not have access to it without enrolling in our undergraduate lighting program.” With the success of the 2013 program, the RMLA plans to hold another course next summer. Details will be posted at http://rmla.colorado.edu when they become available.

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Elizabeth Donoff

Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.

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