About the Lighting Research Center
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 |
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Patricia Rizzo, M.S.
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.
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