▶ VItAL Maintain the ALA’s and its members’ visibility through a joint venture with
Better Homes & Gardens website, which
features information on lighting and direct links to the ALA website for locating
showrooms
▶ nEw Develop and implement a two-
year (2012-2013) campaign to expand
the financial resources of the BiNational
program:
General Budget
Better Homes &
Gardens Lighting
Magazine
2011
$380,000
$380,000
2012
$410,000
$400,000
2013
$445,000 -
$450,000
$425,000
EngInEERIng COmmIttEE m ichael S. O’Boyle, Co-Chair, Manager of Codes, Standards and Laboratories, Lightolier
david Shiller, Co-Chair, President, Lighting Solution
Development
terry k. mcgowan, FIES, LC, ALA Director of Engineering and
Technology (Outsourced)
2012 OBjECtIVES:
1. Participate in U. S. and Canadian regulatory
standards, code development and legislation
involving residential lighting, ceiling fans and
controls
2. Monitor and participate in work to develop
new lighting performance and testing stan-
dards with a focus on moving the regulatory
emphasis from power to energy via controls
3. Identify and report on technical issues im-
pacting the lighting industry
4. Promote industry interests, particularly the
“Proper Application of Lighting” for energy-
efficient products and applications
5. Continue to be involved in the development
of lighting standards and promote lighting
safety
6. Partner effectively with Canadian Standards
Association Group and Underwriters
Laboratories on standards
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▶ ASE — Alliance to Save Energy ▶ CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission ▶ DOE – Department of Energy ▶ EPA — Environmental Protection Agency ▶ ENERGY STAR Lighting Program ▶ IES — Illuminating Engineering Society ▶ Intertek ▶ NEMA — National Electrical Manufacturers Association ▶ NEC — National Electrical Code ▶ NRCan — Natural Resources Canada ▶ UL — Underwriters Laboratories
7. Work for continuing harmonization of
all lighting standards in Canada, Mexico
and the United States in partnership with
the National Electrical Manufacturers
Association (NEMA)
8. Be proactive in the development and pro-
motion of sustainable and energy-efficient
lighting
9. nEw Tailor the industry-wide “Light +
Seniors” efforts to the ALA and reach out
to organizations such as the AARP; transfer
research results on lighting needs of older
populations into product development and
application information
10. Continue participation and support of
Lighting for Tomorrow and ENERGY STAR
11. Institutions, issues and activities where ALA
will remain active:
▶ CSA Group - Canadian Standards
Association Group
▶ ESFI — Electrical Safety Foundation
International
▶ IALD — International Association of
Lighting Designers
▶ NFPA — National Fire Protection
Association
12. nEw Work to gain LEED points for lighting
controls
