• Progressions: Beyond Sunset: A history of lighting in free verse
    May 4 2021

    Mark Lien, industry relations manager for the IES, recorded an audio version of his free-verse column written for the May 2021 issue of LD+A. Titled “Beyond Sunset,” the poem traces the trajectory of lighting history from the origins of electricity to modern day.

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    4 mins
  • Forces of Change | Revisiting the Impact of COVID-19 on Lighting Professionals: Eight Months Later
    Nov 10 2020

    We recorded a special Forces of Change video interview in March 2020 to provide a report on the impact of COVID-19 on lighting professionals from the vantage point of some prominent individuals representing various roles within our industry. Moderator Mark Lien talked with Diane Borys (Noctiluca Lighting Design and Consulting), Megan Carroll (New York Digital), Erik Ennen (MNCEE), Bob Preston (Capital Electric Supply), and Randy Reid (Edison Report). Now in November 2020, eight months after the initital discussion, we're revisiting the impact of COVID-19 on Lighting Professionals.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Forces of Change | The Impact of COVID-19 on Lighting Professionals
    Nov 10 2020

    We have recorded a special Forces of Change video interview to provide a report on the impact of COVID-19 on lighting professionals, during these difficult times, from the vantage point of some prominent individuals representing various roles within our industry. Hear from Diane Borys (Noctiluca Lighting Design and Consulting), Megan Carroll (New York Digital), Erik Ennen (MNCEE), Bob Preston (Capital Electric Supply), Randy Reid (Edison Report), and moderator Mark Lien (Illuminating Engineering Society).

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Forces of Change | History of Electric Lighting with Hal Wallace of the Smithsonian Institution
    Mar 2 2020

    Harold (Hal) Wallace, the Curator of the Electricity Collection at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History sits down with host Mark Lien for a fascinating conversation about the history of electric lighting on another edition of Forces of Change.

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    56 mins
  • Forces of Change | DOE 2020 and Beyond
    Jan 9 2020

    Dr. Karma Sawyer of the DOE is Mark Lien’s guest and they discuss where the DOE is heading in 2020 and beyond specifically with regards to lighting.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Forces of Change | Intelligent Lighting Systems
    Jan 9 2020

    Mark Lien sits down with Dr. Robert Karlicek of LESA at RPI to discuss how Intelligent Lighting Systems can transform how people live and work.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Trailblazers & Icons | Dr. James Brodrick
    Dec 4 2019

    Probably no one in North America is more responsible for energy-saving dollars in lighting than James Brodrick over the last two decades. Jim reflects with Mark Lien on his work at the DOE and what he planning to do now and into the future.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Trailblazers & Icons | Shuji Nakamura
    Dec 4 2019

    The inventor and Noble Prize winner Shuji Nakamura discusses his invention of blue pump yellow phosphor white light LEDs and what he sees going forward.

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    35 mins