Chip Israel

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT CHIP ISRAEL

Chip Israel is an internationally recognized lighting designer with 27 years of experience. In 1992, he founded LIGHTING DESIGN ALLIANCE, a full-service architectural lighting design firm, where he built a highly-select team of lighting-design professionals who now serve a variety of clients worldwide. As President, Chip works closely with the owner, the design team, and manufacturers to ensure lighting systems are fully integrated with the architectural design and enhance the designer’s concepts.His list of credentials includes being elected as a Fellow in both the IALD, the International Association of Lighting Designers, and IESNA, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. He has received the Pennsylvania State University College of Engineering highest award, the Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award and Martin’s Professional Lighting Designer of the Year. Chip is Past President of the IESNA and is the Past President of the IALD Education Trust and the Designer Lighting Forum. He has lectured at a dozen universities and spoken in 9 countries with a number of speaking engagements each year. LIGHTING DESIGN ALLIANCE has also been recognized by winning numerous National and International Design Awards, including multiple awards for sustainable lighting design.Chip Israel is committed to promoting excellence in lighting design through education. As a leading industry spokesman, he has presented technical papers and educational seminars in over 7 countries and lectured at a dozen universities across the country. Chip is routinely asked to speak at industry events - Designers Lighting Forum, Illuminating Engineering Society national and local conferences, and the trade shows Hospitality Design, Neocon and LightFair. In February of 2006 he spoke at the International Congress on Architecture and Technology in Frankfurt, Germany.