The National Lighting Bureau (NLB) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1976 to educate lighting decision-makers about the benefits of High-Benefit Lighting®. The NLB is sponsored by professional societies, trade associations, manufacturers, utilities, and agencies of the federal government. (See the Sponsors section for a complete list of sponsors.)

Articles

Each year, NLB staff develops original articles for magazines and journals with targeted readerships (building owners and managers, plant engineers, health-care facility administrators, retail executives, office managers, school-board members, college and university personnel, law enforcement officials, and the general public). The articles provide guidance for achieving High-Benefit Lighting.

Publications

The NLB has produced guidebooks to help non technical, lighting decision-makers understand lighting and the related issues and choices facing them.

High-Benefit Lighting Awards Program

The NLB sponsors the annual High-Benefit Lighting Awards Program. The NLB created the Program to identify and recognize lighting installations that demonstrate the value derived from High-Benefit Lighting. Entrants are asked to provide data relative to the dollar value of improved productivity, reduced vandalism, increased sales and other benefits derived from new or modified lighting systems. Entrants whose submissions are developed into magazine articles are asked to serve as bylined authors.

Designer and Certifier Directories

The NLB offers searchable directories of lighting designers and EPAct 2005 Qualified Certifiers who can help you complete your next High-Benefit Lighting project.

Information Desk

Get your lighting questions answered by a Sponsor Representative or staff member of the Bureau.

Board of Directors

Chair

Howard P. Lewis (IES)

Founder and CTO

Lighting Alternatives, Inc.

341 Kings Croft

Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

Phone: 856/482-6728

Fax: 856/482-6729

Vice Chair

Cary S. Mendelsohn (NALMCO)

CEO

Imperial Lighting Maintenance Company

4555 N. Elston Avenue

Chicago, IL 60630

Phone: 773/794-1150

Fax: 773/794-8941

Secretary/Treasurer

James M. Yorgey, P.E., L.C.

Technical Applications Manager

Lutron Electronics Company, Inc.

7200 Suter Road

Coopersburg, PA 18036

Phone: 610/282-6332

Fax: 610/282-6765

Members-at-Large

Douglass M. Baillie

NEMA enLIGHTen America Task Force

1300 North 17th Street

Rosslyn, VA 22209

Phone: 703/841-3200

Fax: 703/841-5900
 

Robert W. Colgan, Jr.

Executive Director, Market Development

National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)

3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1100

Bethesda, MD 20814-4372

Phone: 301/215-4525

Fax: 301/215-4500

Mike Colotti

Vice President, Communications & Government Affairs

OSRAM SYLVANIA

100 Endicott Street

Danvers, MA 01923

Phone: 978/750 2944

Fax: 978/646 6622

Mary Beth Gotti

Manager, Lighting & Electrical Institute

GE Lighting Industrial Technology, Inc.

Nela Park

1975 Noble Road, #315C

Cleveland, OH 44112

Phone: 216/266-3868

Fax: 216/266-2925

Larry Leetzow

President

Magnaray International Division, World Institute of Lighting and Development Corporation

P.O. Box 990

Bradenton, FL 34206

Phone: 941/755-2111

Fax: 941/751-5483

3559 Birch Tree

Cleveland Heights, OH 44121

Phone: 216/291-1884

Heather Milcarek

Director of Professional Channel Marketing

Philips Lighting

200 Franklin Square Drive

Somerset, NJ 08873

Phone: 732/563-3468

Fax: 732/563-3270

Ron Runkles

Industry Director

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

1300 North 17th Street, Suite 1752

Rosslyn, VA 22209

Phone: 703/841-3200

Fax: 703/841-5900

Staff

NLB's Office is located in Silver Spring, MD. Contact staff there by telephone (301/587-9572) or e-mail (info@nlb.org). NLB Executive Director John Bachner oversees staff.