Importance of Micro-Grids and Regenerative Design with Nancy Clanton

<p><strong>Nancy E. Clanton</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, PE, FIES, FIALD, LEED Fellow </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nancy is CEO of Clanton & Associates, founding the sustainable lighting design firm in 1981. Nancy speaks throughout the nation on topics relating to sustainable design, energy efficiency, and light pollution, and has been an instructor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.   </span></p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Her notable work includes:</strong></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Served as the Lighting Group Leader for the 2009 C40 meeting in Seoul Korea</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Topic editor for the 9th Edition IESNA Lighting Handbook and her committee was responsible for the production of the IES Recommended Practices on Outdoor Lighting</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Group leader for the "Greening of the White House" initiative and received the 1999 "Contribution to the Built Environment Award" from the Colorado North Chapter</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of the</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">American Institute of Architects</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(AIA)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Received the International Clean Design Award 2013</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Received ACEC Colorado Outstanding Woman Engineer Award 2013</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Served as a final editor for the Advanced Lighting Guidelines, California Energy Commission</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Chairperson for the IES Lighting of Public Spaces committee</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Past chairperson for the IES Outdoor Environmental Lighting Committee, Mesopic Committee and joint IDA/IES Model Lighting Ordi