Events

Thank you to everyone who has been attending the IES Toronto Section Technical Luncheons virtually over past 2 years! We are excited to announce a return to in-person presentations starting on September 21st , however for those unable to join us in person this month, we will have a Zoom link to view Ken’s presentation via ZOOM. For those that are keen to see old friends and make new connections, you will appreciate the upgrades that were completed in Riga Hall at the Latvian Cultural Centre.

We look forward to seeing you in a few weeks!

In-person Fee:
$50.00 CAD (IES Members) / $65.00 CAD (Non-Members) / $75.00 CAD (at the door)
Zoom Link will also be sent as well in case you are unable to attend

We know that lighting is an essential design tool, playing an important role in how a space feels and enhancing our visual experience. We also know that circadian lighting can be used to support our immediate and long-term health. The next step is understanding how to combine these two aspects of light in our everyday spaces.

This presentation will address these design questions and give specifiers, designers, and engineers the tools they need to create comfortable circadian lighting. The techniques in this presentation can be applied to existing spaces (TI) or new construction and will give you the tools you need to specify circadian lighting that is effective and looks great too. It will address common questions about wellness lighting application, including:

» How do we integrate these two unique qualities of light in the spaces we design?
» Which areas in a project benefit most?
» Who needs circadian lighting?
» How do we balance visual and circadian needs and are there ways to measure wellness lighting?

HSW Justification
This presentation includes information on the biological impact light has on our health and well-being and covers human-centric lighting strategies for the built environment. This course introduces circadian metrics that designers need to know when designing healthy spaces and outlines how light plays a critical role in maintaining circadian health and supports our well-being.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the visual and non-visual impact of light.
2. Identify the design considerations that are important when implementing human-centric / wellness / circadian lighting.
3. Recognize simple strategies to improve circadian impact of light and use those strategies to modify design approach.
4. Identify the important performance characteristics to include when specifying circadian lighting.

Who Should Attend:
Architects, Interior Designers, Lighting Designers, Engineers, Design-Build Contractors, End-Users, Owners Representatives, Facilities Managers, Operations Managers

Presenter:
Ken Esterly- VP Sales  MIES, WELL™ Faculty Member, ALA, IIDA, Educator IALD
Ken Esterly is Vice President of Sales at BIOS Lighting, a NASA spin-off company. With almost two decades of expertise in the LED Interior lighting market, Ken has championed Quality vs Quantity of light for the last 9 years and presented on the differences between Psychological and Biological lighting for the last 5 years. His extensive knowledge of lighting technology and application provide a unique perspective on the development and integration of quality lighting technology for today’s rapidly advancing design environment, including WELL™.

An IES Member and part of the WELL Faculty™, Ken has given AIA CEU presentations for the last 9 years that help educate lighting professionals on the latest developments in light and wellness. These sessions are not only educational, but are a great way to meet incredible people within the lighting industry and build long term relationships.

In-person Fee:
$50.00 (IES Members) / $65.00 (Non-Members) / $75.00 (at the door)

Description:
Presentation Agenda:

• The goals of a lighting control system.
• An overview of the protocols and the current trends of lighting control design.
• Understanding the lighting controls market in broad strokes.
• Emerging technologies and how they may disrupt the status quo.
• Bringing the user experience into focus.

Presenter:
William Norris, P.Eng
William Norris is a Professional Engineer with over 12 years of experience in the lighting industry. Starting his career working on the consulting engineering side, he quickly rose through the ranks, becoming a senior electrical designer specializing in lighting and lighting control design. In early 2022, William co-founded VxV Solutions Inc., a lighting controls-focused sales agency and solutions provider. Also in 2022, William redeveloped and presented the CDID520 Lighting Control and Energy Management course, as part of the Lighting Design Program at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Please come out for a night of networking with your peers and the top lighting minds of the Toronto Lighting Design Community.
Full sit down dinner with music, photo-booth and award recipients that will keep you entertained all night long!

Dress Code: Business Formal (or as fancy as you want)

WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU THERE!

All tickets will be $250, table of 8 will be $1750.00 ($250 discount)

Please Contact Eric Teacher with the IES iNOVA Awards Gala guest names that you have registered and any food restrictions that we need to accommodate for your guests.

Industry leaders, in a variety of lighting design specialties, discuss ways in which the training of young professionals can be pioneered for the field’s inevitable changes. Can existing programs create a larger, more qualified pool of young professionals via a “renaissance-like” approach to the lighting industry? Panelists will respond to audience engagement.

Webinar participants are eligible for one and a half (1.5) IES Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

PARTICIPANTS:
MODERATOR: Stan Kaye, SK Design and Consulting LLC Stan Kaye is the founder and principal consultant of SKD. Throughout his 35 years of experience as a designer, educator, and consultant, projects have taken him to nearly all fifty states as well as Europe, Asia and Australia. He has served as the director of the graduate design program at the University of Florida from 1999-2003 and 2011-present. He held membership in United Scenic Artists local 829, the Illuminating Engineers Society, and the International Association of Lighting Designers. Combining an interest in photography, the human visual system, entertainment design, and museum artifact illumination, he has developed a deep knowledge and expertise in lighting design and technology for performance facilities of all types as well as architecture and museums.

PANELIST: Scott Rosenfeld, Lighting Designer at Smithsonian Institution Scott Rosenfeld designs lighting for museums. Originally trained as a theatrical lighting designer, since 1997 Scott has worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and The Renwick Gallery in Washington D.C. The advent of LED lighting has led Scott to research new possibilities for manipulating the spectrum of light to enhance vision and slow the degradation of light sensitive materials. Scott frequently lectures about how lighting can allow visitors to better see and appreciate artwork at conferences including: DOE, AIA, IALD, IES, PACCIN and LFI. Scott is chair of the IES’s Museum and Art Gallery Committee.

PANELIST: Kathy Perkins Kathy has designed lighting for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatres such as American Conservatory Theatre, Arena Stage, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory, St. Louis Black Repertory, Alliance, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Baltimore Center Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, New Federal Theatre, Mark Taper, Yale Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville, People’s Light, and Playmakers Repertory. Kathy is the recipient of numerous research and design awards, including Ford Foundation, Fulbright, National Endowment for the Humanities, an NAACP Image Award and Henry Hewes Design Award. In 2007 she was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre. She received her BFA from Howard University and M.F.A. from the University of Michigan. Kathy is faculty Emerita at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PANELIST: Dennis Size, The Lighting Design Group In his 40+ year career Dennis has designed the lighting for shows on every major television Broadcast and cable Network. His international design repertoire includes theatre, dance, live events, soap operas, talk shows, news magazines, government projects, corporate facilities, concerts, sporting events, political conventions, Presidential debates, award shows, and the latest ‘craze’ – home studios and podcasts. He’s written for trade journals and taught at several Universities, including Carnegie Mellon, Penn State, and the University of Scranton. He has been nominated for the EMMY Award 12 times, and has won five. Dennis is an Executive Vice-President of the LIGHTING DESIGN GROUP—an international Broadcast lighting design company headquartered in New York City.

PANELIST: Chip Israel, Lighting Design Alliance Chip Israel has been a lighting designer for over 38 years. In 1992, he founded LIGHTING DESIGN ALLIANCE, a full-service architectural lighting design firm, where he built a highly-select team of lighting design professionals who now serve a variety of clients worldwide. As Co-CEO and Founder, Chip works closely with the owner, design team, and manufacturers to ensure lighting systems are fully integrated with the architectural design and enhance the designer’s concepts. His list of credentials includes being elected as a Fellow in both the IALD, the International Association of Lighting Designers, and the Illuminating Engineering Society. Lighting Design Alliance has also been recognized by winning over 300 National and International design awards, including multiple awards for sustainable lighting design.

PANELIST: Naomi Miller, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Naomi Miller straddles the line between design and engineering at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Portland OR. By bridging the gap between technology and application, she promotes the wise use of LEDs, working with industry to overcome hurdles and celebrate the opportunities. She recently served on the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Board of Directors, and is both a Fellow of the IES and the IALD. Her current research interests are flicker, glare, and light and health. She recently served on the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Board of Directors and is both a Fellow of the IES and the IALD.

PANELIST: Jeff Ravitz, Intensity Advisors, LLC Jeff Ravitz is a Primetime Emmy®-winning lighting designer, lecturer, and writer specializing in live entertainment being captured for multi-camera television. He is the co-author of the book, Lighting For Televised Live Events. Jeff has designed TV specials, from awards shows, concerts and stand-up comedy to debates, interviews and entertainment scenes in films. He is the broadcast lighting advisor to the Coachella festival. His concert credits include world tours for Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, John Mellencamp, Styx and Ringo Starr. Jeff was named a Parnelli Lighting Designer of the Year. His design firm, Intensity Advisors, is based in Los Angeles.

PANELIST: Anne Militello, Vortex Lighting Anne Militello is an internationally recognized lighting designer and fine artist with a career spanning all aspects of creating with light. Noted theater work includes original productions directed by Sam Shepard, Maria Irene Fornes, and David Lynch; the Broadway production of ‘Cuba and His Teddy Bear;’ and Christopher Alden’s opera production of ‘The Flying Dutchman.’ She has designed touring concert productions for Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Robert Plant, KD Lang, Lou Reed, The Decemberists, Neil Young and Pearl Jam. Numerous architectural projects include the façade of the New 42nd Street Studios and original integrated light art and media installations that continue to grace buildings in NYC. She designed Disneyland attractions with Walt Disney Imagineering and worked with Universal Studios on ‘The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man.’ Anne is the Principal and Founder of Vortex Lighting.

Date: Wednesday, November 16th 2022
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm

In-person Fee:
$50.00 (IES Members) / $65.00 (Non-Members) / $75.00 (at the door)

Virtual participation via Zoom: Free
Virtual zoom link will be available on confirmation email after registration.

Learning Objectives
After participating in the course, you will be able to:

• Articulate the effect of color on human performance, mood, health and other facets
• Articulate the effect that minimalism has on spaces and human psychology
• Identify proper boardroom lighting
• Determine how acoustics affect spaces and people
• Be conversant in how tunable lighting can affect convalescence, concentration and relaxation

Presentation Summary
Course is approved for one AIA HSW credit and IES CEU credit.

• Colors and Human-Centric Lighting
• Minimalism
• Lighting the modern conference Room
• Acoustical Treatments and Lighting
• Tunable Lighting

Presenter: Jordy Bradley
Jordy is Lighting Certified by the NCQLP and ALA and is an IES member. Having worked in Distribution, a Rep Firm, and Manufacturing, Jordy is well-rounded and tries to put into words what the eye sees, sometimes successfully. He is also an award-winning musician and performs with his classic rock band Metamorphic

Fundamentals of Lighting is an introductory course comprised of 10 full sessions of instructions, quizzes, a final exam, and a project. Fundamentals of Lighting Certificate will be Issued by the IES Toronto Education Section after completion of course work and classroom attendance.

Course Information

Start Date: Nov 25th, 26th, 27th (Friday, Saturday, Sunday – one weekend)

Location: IN PERSON at 35 Minthorn Blvd, Thornhill, ON L3T 7N5

Time:
Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm
Saturday 8:30am- 5:00pm
Sunday 8:30am – 5:00pm

Program Fee:
Non Member $750.00
IES Member $650.00

Schedule:
Module 1 History, Light & Colour, Vision
Module 2 Light Sources
Module 3 Daylighting
Module 4 Luminaires
Module 5 Controls
Module 6 Photometrics, Calculations
Module 7 Codes & Standards, Economics
Module 8 Lighting Design Process, Commissioning
Module 9 Lighting for Interior
Module 10 Lighting for Exterior

Date: Wednesday, December 14th 2022
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Virtual participation via Zoom: Free
Virtual zoom link will be available on confirmation email after registration.

Please note: there is no in-person option at this Luncheon, only virtual for this special December session.

Description:

Learning Objectives

1. Awareness of how the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) fits into the world of lighting
2. Awareness of the process in which CIE recommendations and standards are developed
3. Awareness of how research fits into guidance development (illustrated with a Canadian example – lighting for light-sensitive people)
4. Awareness of how Canadian lighting experts of all kinds can be connected to and engaged with the CIE

Presentation Summary:
The International Commission on Illumination (known by its French initials as the CIE) is home to the global community of light and lighting experts, providing a forum for open discussion and interchange on scientific fundamentals such as vision, colour, the metrology of optical radiation, photobiology, and photochemistry, as well as on lighting applications indoors, outdoors, and in image technology. It is recognized by the CIPM as the authority on the action spectra to describe biological responses to optical radiation, and by the ISO and IEC as the source of international standards within its scope. CIE members are national committees formed by the lighting communities in their countries, and Canada has had a Canadian National Committee of the CIE (CNC/CIE) for over 65 years. Join us to hear more about the activities of the CIE (including how they differ from IES activities), and how and why you should become involved in the work of the CIE. You’ll also see some recent research highlights from the NRC’s work on making office lighting suitable for a diverse population, and how our research makes its way into recommendations and standards.

Presenter:
Jennifer A. Veitch, Ph.D., FIES | Vice-President Technical and President-Elect of the CIE
Dr. Jennifer Veitch is a psychological scientist with expertise in environmental psychology, and has been with the NRC since 1992. She investigates interactions of people and their physical environments, including lighting quality and light source effects on performance, mood, and health. Her research is published in scientific journals and also influences recommendations and standards through the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES). Dr. Veitch is a Fellow of national and international associations in lighting and psychology. She received the Waldram Gold Pin for Applied Illuminating Engineering from the CIE in 2011 and the IES Medal Award in 2018. She serves the CIE as its Vice-President Technical and is the President-Elect of the CIE.

We are looking forward to another year of IES Toronto Section Technical Luncheons! We will continue to meet in Riga Hall at the Latvian Cultural Centre on the third Wednesday of the month. Virtual attendance will be supported, but more than anything we are looking forward to seeing our section come together to share and celebrate lighting knowledge and advancement through in-person discussion.

PRESENTATION:
There is no more critical space where proper lighting directly impacts health and life than in a surgical suite. This criticality can be seen in the attention given to lighting specifications and recommended practices from multiple stakeholders. Bringing it all together is a difficult task. This course will identify issues and concerns and provide clear direction regarding fixture feature selection and use.

SPEAKER:
Timothy Stevens is serving as the director of product management with Certolux, a brand of Leviton Lighting Canada. Tim’s engineering career began at Underwriters Laboratories, specifically evaluating hundreds of manufacturers’ lighting and medical products. This has provided a foundation for three decades of engineering, product management, and development work with Juno, Fail Safe, Kurtzon and Kenall before joining Leviton Lighting Canada. Tim has developed cleanroom lighting for the James Webb Space Telescope assembly, Centaur rocket fueling center as well as numerous university medical and research laboratories. Tim has an extensive, hands-on background in lighting for medical, cleanroom, and technical industrial applications and is a member of IES and the IEST (Institute for Environmental Sciences and Technology).

Date: Wednesday, January 18th, 2022
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm

In-person Fee:
$50.00 (IES Members) / $65.00 (Non-Members) / $75.00 (at the door)

Virtual participation via Zoom: $25
Virtual zoom link will be available on confirmation email after registration.

Fundamentals of Lighting is an introductory course comprised of 10 full sessions of instructions, quizzes, a final exam, and a project. Fundamentals of Lighting Certificate will be Issued by the IES Toronto Education Section after completion of course work and classroom attendance.

Course Information
Start Date: Feb 24th, 25th, 26th (Friday, Saturday, Sunday – one weekend)
Location: IN PERSON at 35 Minthorn Blvd, Thornhill, ON L3T 7N5

Time:
Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm
Saturday 8:30am- 5:00pm
Sunday 8:30am – 5:00pm

Program Fee:
Non Member $750.00
IES Member $650.00

Schedule:
Module 1 History, Light & Colour, Vision
Module 2 Light Sources
Module 3 Daylighting
Module 4 Luminaires
Module 5 Controls
Module 6 Photometrics, Calculations
Module 7 Codes & Standards, Economics
Module 8 Lighting Design Process, Commissioning
Module 9 Lighting for Interior
Module 10 Lighting for Exterior