The Lighting Research Center (LRC) is    part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute    of Troy, N.Y., and is the leading    university-based research center    devoted to lighting. The LRC offers the    world's premier graduate education in    lighting, including one- and two-year    master's programs and a Ph.D.    program. Since 1988 the LRC has built    an international reputation as a reliable    source for objective information about    lighting technologies, applications, and    products. The LRC also provides    training programs for government    agencies, utilities, contractors, lighting    designers, and other lighting    professionals. Visit

Ms. Rizzo manages the residential lighting program at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She conducts research, organizes seminars for building professionals on application techniques, and coordinates education and demonstration projects ranging from showcase homes to interactive lighting laboratories in retail showrooms. She is currently exploring the role of lighting in universal design. She has lectured at national and international venues and has been quoted as a lighting design expert in Better Homes and Gardens and the Boston Globe. She has participated in the curriculum design of a series of seminars organized by state energy and building associations, and is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.