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What I Learned From

Attending A ’s Annual

ENGINEERING

COMMITTEE

MEETING

In addition to staying current on upcoming legislation, I was

interested to hear there are lighting developments on the

horizon that will have signi cant impact on assisting areas

a ected by natural disasters, plus other important topics.

BY LINDA LONGO

W

hen the annual American (at press time) and you can see how this notion of

Lighting Association’s (ALA) “Resilient Lighting” is essential.
Engineering Commi ee Meet- I rst heard of the term “Resilient Lighting” from

ing met in early August, the ALA’s Director of Engineering Terry McGowan,
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma FIES, LC, who de nes it as: “Lighting that has the

had not yet devastated the Caribbean, Florida, and ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from,

areas along the Gulf, and Hurricane Maria had not and more successfully adapt to adverse events.”
yet rendered Puerto Rico to be literally “power- McGowan points out that “resilient lighting” is

less” for months. Add to this the raging wild res not the same as “emergency lighting” — which is
destroying portions of wine country in California
for egress (i.e. exiting a building) and lasts for only

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