Illuminating Excellence: Advancing the Art and Science of Lighting in Santa Barbara
About Our Section
We are the Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, and San Luis Obispo County-based Section #108 of the Illuminating Engineering Society, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to all aspects of the ART and SCIENCE of ILLUMINATION.
The IES is the recognized technical authority on illumination. For over a century its objective has been to communicate information on all aspects of good lighting practice to its members, to the lighting community, and to consumers through a variety of programs, publications and services. The strength of the IES is its diversified membership consisting of: engineers, architects, designers, educators, students, contractors, distributors, utility personnel, manufacturers, and scientists, all contributing to the mission of the society: to advance knowledge and disseminate information of the improvement of the lighted environment to the benefit of society.
The IES is a forum for the exchange of ideas and information and a vehicle for its members professional development and recognition. Through its committees, with hundreds of qualified members from the lighting and user communities, the IES correlates research, investigations, and discussions to guide lighting experts and laypersons via consensus-based lighting recommendations.
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IES Santa Barbara Board of Managers- you are invited!
Your participation in our IES Santa Barbara Section is important to you and to your professional society, IES.
Why serve on the IES Santa Barbara Board of Managers?
- You learn good management practices by serving on non-profit boards such as ours — lessons that apply to your work in the private sector.
- You will strengthen existing, and make new professional and business relationships.
We are a small group, averaging 40 professional members, of lighting representatives, designers, engineers, architects, contractors, and educators located on 200 miles of California’s Central Coast.
We invite you to join IES, to serve on our Board of Managers of IES Santa Barbara, and to plan our events educating the lighting design and architecture construction community of California’s Central Coast.