Bulbrite, manufacturer of energy-efficient light source solutions, is celebrating. 2011 marks the company’s 40th Anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, Cathy Choi, the company’s president, will host a reception Jan. 21 at 6:30pm in its showroom (#3351) at the Dallas Trade Mart during the International Lighting Market, which runs from Jan. 20 to 24. Award presentations will be made to Bulbrite sales representatives and customers. The company will also hold a seminar on Jan. 21, 8 a.m.-9 a.m., which will review the new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Lighting Facts label legislation and discuss the differences between the FTC Lighting Label and the new Lighting Label issued by the Dept of Energy. For more information go to: bulbrite.com.
In other company celebratory news, this past fall, company president Cathy Choi received Residential Lighting Magazine’s 2010 Industry Leadership Award. The award was presented during the American Lighting Association’s annual conference.
Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.
