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Strategies For Sustainable Outdoor Lighting Web Conference

The event will take place, on-line, Wednesday, April 25th at 1PM EST. Although the log-in materials indicate that you must sign up 48 hours in advance, feel free to register at any time before the event.

The Lighting Resource Center is one of the best resources in the lighting industry and Solar Lighting is quickly evolving. I hope that you will find the time to attend and that you will pass the invitation on to your colleagues.

Strategies for Sustainable Outdoor Lighting Web Conference

Outdoor Lighting presents the challenges of balancing the needs for security, light pollution containment and sustainability.

Join Dan Frering, of the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Moneer Azzam, President and Founder of SolarOne Solutions, to explore best practices in outdoor lighting and emerging LED and Solar Technologies that are enabling change.

o Hear about how the latest research on lighting is changing our thinking about what constitutes good area lighting practices

o Explore LED and Off-Grid Solar Powered Lighting Technology

* Discuss Installation, Maintenance and Reliability Aspects of Solar Powered Lighting

Who should attend? Facilities and Electrical Engineering Directors and Managers, Sustainability Directors, and Campus Planners

About the Presenters:

Dan Frering, LC directs the LRC Graduate Education Program for Lighting at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute as well as the LRC Outreach Education Program. Dan is a published author and an expert in both commercial outdoor lighting and lighting education.

Moneer Azzam, President and Founder of SolarOne, has over 20 years of experience in the Photovoltaic Industry. He has placed SolarOne at the confluence of three evolving technologies: solid state lighting, photovoltaic energy and battery storage. With proprietary technical expertise, SolarOne has developed lighting products that are four times more efficient than just three years ago.

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