Sessions
Lighting, and UN-lighting, Outdoor Spaces for People
8:05 AM - 8:35 AM Wed
Rick Utting is the former Director of Lighting and current Lighting Standards Liaison for Landscape Forms, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of site furniture and outdoor lighting. Rick also serves as Brand Ambassador for Clanton & Associates, an award-winning lighting design and engineering firm based in Boulder, Colorado. Focused on pedestrian vision and the environmental sustainability of outdoor lighting, Rick currently serves the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) as Vice Chair of the Outdoor Nighttime Environment Committee and task group leader for National Park Gaps, Lighting Zones, and the newly released RP-43 Lighting Exterior Applications. Rick holds a Master of Science degree from Western Michigan University and has thirty years of design engineering, which includes a U.S. Patent for low-glare luminaire design. In 2013, Rick created the Lighting Leadership Xchange, a university based event that fosters the exchange of information between lighting design professionals and students from undergraduate illumination programs.