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Align your company with an objective, nationally-known resource for design professionals who want to incorporate daylighting into their designs.

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Contribute to mainstreaming a design strategy that respects the natural environment and creates energizing spaces for people.

Please contact Peggy Heisch at pheisch@ecw.org or 608.238.8276 x139 to discuss sponsorship opportunities.


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We will be redefining sponsorship opportunities as membership in the Daylighting Collaborative. This change recognizes your involvement in advancing the practice of daylighting design. Please stay tuned.

Platinum Sponsors

Alliant Energy
Customer Service
Madison, WI
email us | 1-800-ALLIANT

Alliant Energy Corporation is an energy holding company. Providing domestic utility customers in the Midwest with electric and natural gas services is our top priority. Our other key business platforms include targeted international energy markets, non-regulated generation and our Integrated Services business.

Madison Gas and Electric
Customer Service
Madison, WI
email us | 608-252-7000

MGE generates and distributes electricity to 136,000 customers in Dane County and purchases and distributes natural gas to 140,000 customers in seven south-central and western Wisconsin counties. MGE's roots in the Madison area date back more than 150 years.

We Energies
Company Office
Milwaukee, WI 53203
email us | 414-221-2345

We Energies serves more than 1.1 million electric customers in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula and more than one million natural gas customers in Wisconsin. They offer their customers a New Construction Program designed to reduce the electric demand and energy use for commercial new construction projects.

Xcel Energy
Customer Service
Minneapolis, MN
email us | 800-481-4700

As a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.3 million electricity customers and 1.8 million natural gas customers. We have regulated operations in 8 Western and Midwestern states, and revenue of more than $9 billion annually; and own more than 34,500 miles of natural gas pipelines.

Gold Sponsors

AGi32 Software by Lighting Analysts
David Speer
Littleton, CO 80127
email us | 303-972-8852

Lighting Analysts develops and markets PC based software programs to assist in the evaluation of electric lighting and daylight in architectural environments. Our primary product is "AGi32", a three dimensional analysis program for interior or exterior illuminated environments.

Carlisle Syntec
Kenneth Laremore, Skylight Product Manager
Carlisle, PA 17013
email us | 717-245-7314

For over 45 years, Carlisle SynTec has been the leader in energy efficient single-ply roofing. From its EPDM membranes featuring Factory-Applied Tape (FAT) to its heat-weldable, TPO and PVC roof systems, Carlisle SynTec offers innovation, superior field experience, roof system design and unsurpassed warranties, all while maintaining a green mindset.

Product information: Carlisle SynTec, a leading manufacturer in the roofing industry for more than 45 years, now introduces DryLight™ - the first skylight to incorporate a fully encapsulated glazing design that minimizes expansion and contraction, thus resisting the leakage typically associated with traditional multi-component skylights. With its unique design, DryLight can provide both superior thermal performance and significant energy savings.

Cooper Controls
Angela Maddox, Marketing Manager
Peachtree City, GA 30269
email us | 770-486-4782

Cooper Controls is taking a new approach to lighting control. Combine the best products from innovative companies with the global reach and resources of Cooper Industries to create new lighting control solutions that are high quality, easy to use with a low cost of ownership. This strategy of building on the best has established Cooper Controls as a market leader in architectural, energy management and entertainment lighting controls.

Our brands:

Greengate: Lighting Controls for Energy Management, offers a full line of lighting control panels, occupancy sensors and daylighting controls that are easy to specify, cost-effective to own, the best value in the industry, and backed by exceptional customer service.

iLumin: Architectural Lighting Controls, offers highly intuitive user interfaces, Source Controllers that include the most standard features, a streamlined specification process, world-class design, quality and service for hospitality, commercial, educational and entertainment projects around the world.

DayStar
Becky Ponder
Campbell Hill, IL 62916
email us | 866-732-9782

Unique new technology! Daystar Systems manufactures a completely natural lighting system designed for commercial applications such as schools, large retail stores, warehouses, manufacturing plants, etc. Natural light is amplified and dispersed evenly regardless of the size of the building even on cloudy days. Descriptive literature is available.

Draper, Inc.
Chris Broome
Spiceland, IN 47385
email us | 765-987-7999

Draper, Inc. was founded in 1902 as a manufacturer of window shades for schools. We have since added projection screens and gymnasium equipment to our product offering, and have increased our focus on commercial projects. We supply products through a worldwide distribution network.

Product information: Window shades reflect light and heat from the sun reducing the amount of energy required to cool the building. Motorized window shades can automatically adjust to compensate for the changing shade requirements throughout the day. In addition, shades can reduce or eliminate uncomfortable glare for building occupants, while still allowing ambient sunlighting and view-through to the outside.

Duo-Gard Industries Inc.
Linda Byam
Canton, MI 48187-4279
email us | 800-872-4404

Duo-Gard Industries Inc. is a leading design/build innovator in translucent daylighting systems that integrate high-performance polycarbonate technology, including an option for Nanogel® insulating aerogel. Duo-Gard's energy-efficient, diffuse daylighting systems can contribute to LEED points.

Product information: Duo-Gard specializes in translucent daylighting systems for interior and exterior walls, programmable illuminated walls, ceilings, skylights, canopies, windows and solar shading. Custom systems can integrate visibility and ventilation options and can contribute to LEED points.

HUVCO Daylighting Solutions
Eric G. Huffman, V.P.
Rohrersville, MD 21779
email us | 301-432-0678

Since 1996 HUVCO - Daylighting Solutions has helped thousands of clients save millions of dollars by reducing their electric lighting expenses. Put our experience to work for you. HUVCO offers residential and commercial high performance daylighting systems, including a state-of-the-art fiber optic daylighting system.

Product information: HUVCO - Daylighting Solutions offers residential High Performance Tubular Skylights in 10", 13", 18", 21" and 24" diameters. For commercial use the High Performance Daylighting System is available in 2'x2', 2'x4', 4'x4', 4'x8', 5'x6' and custom sizes. HUVCO - Daylighting Solutions is also proud to offer the latest in daylight harvesting technology: a fiber optic, sun tracking, daylighting system.

Kalwall Corporation
Amy Gleed
Manchester, NH 03105
email us | 800-258-9777 x4432

Kalwall is daylighting. Developed and manufactured in the U.S.A., Kalwall invented the translucent sandwich panel over 50 years ago and since that time has been a leader in the field of daylighting spaces with glare-free, Museum-quality daylighting™ while delivering the ultimate energy-saving performance. Kalwall+ Nanogel® achieves U=0.05 BTU/hr/ft2/°F. and is the most highly insulating translucent material in the world - equivalent to a solid wall and four times greater than insulating glass. Kalwall wall/window and skylight systems deliver unrivaled structural integrity and is a LEED® contributor. Our comprehensive daylight modeling service validates and ensures the desired daylighting results. Predicting, planning and proper design for the impact of daylighting is our specialty.

Product information: Kalwall's 8-Daylighting Systems form an endless possibility of translucent Wall systems, Curtainwalls, Window Replacements, Standard Skylights, Pre-engineered Skylights and Custom Skyroof Systems with clearspans over 150 feet. The Kalwall system is comprised of flat or curved structural composite sandwich panels formed by factory bonding specially formulated, fiberglass-reinforced translucent faces to a grid core constructed of interlocked, structural aluminum/composite thermally broken I-beams. Complete information is available at www.kalwall.com.

Leviton
Tom Leonard
Tualatin, OR 97062
email us | 503-404-5500

Leviton makes it easy to be green. With the most comprehensive line of lighting control products, only Leviton takes you from start to finish with free design tools and support every step of the way for a complete integrated lighting control system. This means more options for delivering the ideal control solution for each application.

LightLouver LLC
Sales
Boulder, CO 80301
email us | 303-444-8773

LightLouver LLC is dedicated to creating the best daylighting and solar control products for commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings.

Major Industries, Inc.
Skylights and Translucent Curtain Wall
Wausau, WI 54401
email us | 888-759-2678

Major Industries is your one-stop source for daylighting solutions. For nearly 30 years, Major has been a pioneer in the daylighting industry, and we continue this tradition by incorporating the most advanced technology available into every skylight and translucent curtainwall system we build. Our cost-effective daylighting products are backed by industry-best warranties, and our dedication to customer service assures clients that they've received a daylighting solution that will fit their needs - and their budget.

Product information: From Guardian 275® translucent skylights and curtainwall to our Auburn® line of glass, polycarbonate and acrylic skylights, Major Industries has the right daylighting solution for your next project. Our innovative Guardian 275® translucent panel systems offer glare-free natural daylighting with outstanding thermal performance and significant UV protection - and are backed by industry-best warranties. To find out more about these versatile and cost-effective daylighting solutions, call, e-mail or visit us online.

Pella Windows & Doors Verhalen, Inc.
Customer Service Department
Pella, IA 50219
email us | 800-374-4758

Pella is an innovative leader in creating a better view for homes and businesses by designing, testing, manufacturing and installing quality windows and doors for new construction, remodeling and replacement applications.

Sensor Switch Inc.
Jessica Namey, Marketing Associate
Wallingford, CT 06492
email us | 800-727-7483

Sensor Switch is an industry leader in developing occupancy sensor products and technology for lighting control. Sensor Switch is an engineering-driven company offering the widest array of sensors offered by any manufacturer. Our technical innovations include our patented Passive Dual Technology (PIR/Microphonics™), and the groundbreaking nLight Control System. From schools and offices to factories, government buildings, and retail stores, Sensor Switch provides reliable and cost-effective lighting control solutions for virtually every building type and application. Founded in 1987, Sensor Switch proudly engineers and manufactures all of its products in the USA at the company headquarters in Wallingford, Connecticut.

Solatube International, Inc.
Company Office
Vista, CA 92081-7652
email us | 888-SOLATUBE

Solatube International Inc. is the worldwide innovator and leading manufacturer of Tubular Daylighting Devices (TDD). The Solatube Daylighting System utilizes state-of-the-art design and materials to provide natural lighting without the negatives many people have come to associate with traditional skylights.

Product information: The Solatube Daylighting System is a cost-effective, leak-proof, energy efficient way to bring the benefits of natural light into any commercial or residential interior. Three sizes are available to provide designers with the right amount of lighting for each particular application. The product is designed for advanced lighting performance from a highly efficient, compact tube. Solatube Daylighting Systems capture sunlight on the rooftop, redirect it down a highly reflective shaft and then diffuse it throughout the interior space, providing an abundance of pure, clear natural light. Multi-functional product options include a Light Add-On Kit, Ventilation Add-On Kit and Daylight Dimmer.

Sunoptics Prismatic Skylights
Grant Grable
Sacramento, CA 95822
email us | 800-289-4700

In 1978, Sunoptics was started with an original mission statement, "For an Energy Independent America Through Daylighting," and the invention of the Prismatic Skylight. 30 years later, Sunoptics has become the world leader in high performance daylighting designed to maximize visible light transmission with 100% diffusion to allow a building owner the most amount of hours of energy efficiency through daylighting. Experience for yourself what the largest daylighting users in the world with several hundred million square feet of daylighted space have discovered about the passive solar power of Sunoptics.

Wasco Daylighting Products
Sara Havard
Sanford, ME 04073
email us | 800.388.0293

Founded in 1935, Wasco is family-owned company and one of America's largest manufacturers of commercial and residential skylights. Wasco provides a full engineering and knowledgeable customer service staff, ensuring customers the quickest product turnaround and continual support from inception to completed project for architects and contractors. Wasco leads the way in providing green, energy-efficient daylighting solutions and is a Registered Provider with The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems.

Product information: Wasco offers a full line of quality structural and unit skylights with a wide range of glazing, finishing, and limitless design, providing customized versatility for commercial skylighting projects. Wasco Skylights meet stringent design criteria with glass, acrylic, and polycarbonate glazing options, and our aesthetically superior structural metal-framed skylights are available in various framing sizes to accommodate loading demands. For residential applications, Wasco offers a New Level of Professional Quality for the Home with a wide selection of innovative, easy to install, reliable daylighting solutions at a competitive price...and of course, plenty of daylight.

Watt Stopper/Legrand
Daniel Trevino
Santa Clara, CA 95050
email us | 408-486-7567

Watt Stopper/Legrand is a leading manufacturer of energy efficient lighting controls for commercial and residential use. We help customers find convenient ways to save energy, meet green initiatives, and comply with energy codes with our comprehensive range of products, programs, and services.

Product information: For decades WattStopper/Legrand has focused on innovative product development and putting stop to energy waste through energy-efficient lighting controls. Stand alone, System, Single Zone, Multi-Zone, ON/OFF, Dimming, Open Loop or Closed Loop, WattStopper/Legrand offers a complete daylighting controls solution for every application.