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ROBERT DANIELS, IALD
BRILLIANT LIGHTING DESIGN

750 NE 61st St. #201
Miami, FL 33137 USA
phone / fax: 305-751-7200
e-mail: rdaniels@bellsouth.net
website: www.brilliantlightingdesign.com
 

QUALIFICATIONS
  Over 10 year experience as a professional lighting designer
  Over 11 years experience as a structural designer on buildings & bridges
  3 years experience in Aerospace manufacturing and fabrication
  Project Manager on over 220 jobs in lighting, construction & aerospace

RELEVANT SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
  Managed energy efficient lighting retrofits on buildings up to 470,000 sq. ft.
  Renovated lighting for both higher & lower light levels
  Outdoor building lighting (highest 72 stories)
  Commercial & Residential Landscape Lighting
  Design of Parking Lot & Security Lighting
  Design of Luminaires & reflectors for new applications
  Ability to keep pricing low through good procurement methods
EDUCATION
  1974-78 B.S. ENGINEERING TECH. (Magna Cum Laude), Calif. State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona CA
  1978-79 15 units TEACHER'S PREP, Calif. State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona, CA
  1978-79 12 units M.A. EDUCATION. Calif. State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona, CA  
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  1994 ENERGY EFFICIENCY w/ H.I.D. FIXTURES, Holophane Lighting Co. Newark, OH
  1994 SURVEYOR ALLY WORKSHOP U.S. EPA “GREEN LIGHTS”, Tampa, FL
  1994 OUTDOOR LIGHTING WORKSHOP GE LIGHTING INSTITUTE, Nela Park, OH
  1999 LANDSCAPE LIGHTING INSTITUTE LIGHTING RESEARCH CENTER, Troy, NY
 
ACHIEVEMENTS
  1995-96 PRESIDENT - ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY, Southeast Florida Section
  1994 FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT “TRADE ALLY OF THE YEAR”- Dade County, FL
  1994 SURVEYOR ALLY- U.S. EPA “GREEN LIGHTS” PROGRAM Washington D.C.
  1976-1977 “WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS OF AMERICAN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
  1977 “COMMISSIONER OF THE YEAR” ASSOC. STUDENT GVM’T, Cal Poly Univ, Pomona
  1997-2001 - CHAIRMAN - NAT’L TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, “BUILDING FAÇADE, BRIDGE & MONUMENT LIGHTING, IESNA, NY
  1996-2003 MEMBER- “SECURITY LIGHTING TECHNICAL COMMITTEE” IESNA, NY
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
  1994-present ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA, New York, NY
  1997 Full Member IESNA status
  1998-present INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIGHTING DESIGNERS, Chicago, IL
  2001 Professional Member status
  2001-present CONSTRUCTION SPECIFIERS INSTITUTE, Associate Washington D.C.
  2001-present C.I.E.- INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ILLUMINATION Vienna, Austria
  2004- Present AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Allied Member, Coral Gables, FL
LIGHTING DESIGN AWARDS
  1996 IESNA INT’L SECTION IIDA LIGHTING AWARD “Southeast Foods, Inc., Miami, FL”
  1996 IESNA INT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT “Southeast Foods, Inc., Miami, FL”
  1999 IESNA INT’L SECTION IIDA LIGHTING AWARD “GA State Capitol, Atlanta, GA”
  1999 IESNA INT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT “GA State Capitol, Atlanta, GA”
  1999 IESNA INT’L SECTION IIDA LIGHTING AWARD  “Torre Colpatria, Bogota, Colombia"
  1999 IESNA INT’L Paul Waterbury AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, “Torre Colpatria, Bogota, Colombia”
  1999 GE EDISON INT’L AWARD OF EXCELLENCE “MacArthur Causeway Bridge, Miami, FL”
  2000 IESNA INT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT “MacArthur Causeway Bridge, Miami, FL”
  2001 GE EDISON INT’L AWARD OF EXCELLENCE “National Sanctuary Church, Panama”
  2002 IESNA INT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT “National Sanctuary Church, Panama”
  2002 GE EDISON INT’L AWARD OF EXCELLENCE “Golden Moon Casino, Philadelphia MS”
  2002 GE EDISON INT’L EDISON AWARD “Golden Moon Casino, Philadelphia MS”
  2003 IALD INT’L AWARD OF MERIT “Golden Moon Casino, Philadelphia MS”
  2003 IESNA INT’L Paul Waterbury AWARD OF EXCELLENCE “Golden Moon Casino, Phila. MS”
  2003 GE EDISON INT’L AWARD OF MERIT “Bridge of the Americas”, Rep. of Panama
  2004 IESNA INT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT “Bridge of the Americas”, Rep. of Panama
  2004 IESNA INT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT “Top Thrill Dragster”, Cedar Point, OH
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
  1995 LDI Lighting Show, Panel Member “Energy Efficient Lighting”, Miami FL
  1997 IES Bi-Regional Conf. Workshop “Alum. Reflector Inserts for Energy Efficiency” Orlando, FL
  1997 So. Florida Sustainable Bldg. Conf. ”Energy Efficiency Methods for Buildings”, Miami FL
 
1998 Luminaire Asia Lighting Show - “Colored Lighting of Buildings”, Singapore
“Lighting Buildings & Cities for the 21st Century", SIngapore
  1998 Electric ’98 Lighting Show “Lighting Buildings & Cites for the 21st Century”, New York, NY
  1998 Lighting Research Center “Façade Lighting of Buildings”, Troy NY
  1999 Miami River Marine Project “Lighting the Bridges on the Miami River”, Miami FL
  1999 Int’l Tall Bld’gs Conf “Façade Lighting of Tall Buildings using Xenon”,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  1999 IES Annual Conference- “Lighting Buildings& Cities for the 21st Century”, New Orleans, LA
  2000 Florida D.O.T. Bridge Design Conf. “Aesthetic Lighting of Bridges”, Orlando FL
  2000 City of Miami, “Night time Façade Lighting of Buildings”, Miami, FL
  2001 Charlotte AIA/IES Lighting Conf “Exterior Lighting for Building Enhancement”, Charlotte NC
  2001 IES Bi-Regional Conference “Façade Lighting & Corporate Imagery”, Atlanta, GA
  2001 AIA National Convention “Night Lighting our Communities- A Plan for Change”, Denver, CO
  2001 Lightfair International “Dramatic Façade Lighting, Lighting that Façade”, Las Vegas NV
  2001 Shanghai Lightscape Conference “Shanghai’s Nighttime Image- Present & Future, Shanghai
FEATURED MAGAZINE ARTICLES
  1996 Lighting Dimensions magazine, Nov. issue ”Olympic Achievements”
  1997 LD + A magazine, June issue “Location, Location, Location”
  1998 Axxis magazine, September issue “Hagase la Luz” (See the Light)
  1998 Lighting Dimensions magazine, Nov. issue “A Bank of Lights”
  1999 Bridge Builder magazine, June issue “Does Your Bridge Exist at Night?”
  1999 Bridge Builder magazine, August issue “Façade Lighting for Every Type of Bridge”
  2000 LD + A magazine, April issue “Lighting of the Torre Colpatria”
  2000 Architectural Lighting magazine, June issue “Façade Lighting Design”
  2000 Architectural Lighting magazine, (Cover Picture) August issue “Purple Haze”
  2001 Archi-Tech magazine, July-August issue “Night Lighting”
  2001 Lighting Dimensions magazine, June issue “Divine Light”
  2002 LD + A magazine, March issue “Magenta Moon over Miami”
  2002 Landscape Architect magazine (COVER PICTURE), April issue “Lighting Tropical Plants”
  2003 Lighting Dimensions magazine, (COVER PICTURE) August issue “Choctaw Chic”
  2004 Lighting Dimensions magazine, September issue “A MAN, A PLAN, A BRIDGE”