Robert Daniels, Founder/Executive Director of the In-Harmony Foundation, Inc. (Florida)

Areas of Knowledge & Expertise
- Deep Ecology
- Systems Design Analysis & Engineering
- Agronomy (Plant & Soil Science)
- Structural Building Design
- Urban Planning
- Energy Efficiency of Buildings
- Architectural Lighting Design
- Water System Management
- Greenhouse Design & Management
- Efficient Transportation Systems
- Energy Systems (Renewable & Storage)
- Aerospace Manufacturing
- Holistic Health
- Economics
- History of Human Evolution & Civilizations
- Educational Psychology
Education
- B.S. magna cum laude, Calif. St. Polytechnic Univ. 3.62 GPA
- Major: Agronomy, School of Agriculture
- Minors: Urban Planning, Economics, Education, History
- Teachers Prep Program – Calif. Certification in Biology & Agriculture
- Structural Design Training Certification – Fluor Corporation
- Junior Leadership Training – Boy Scouts of America
- EPA Energy Efficiency “Surveyor Ally” Workshop & Certification
- Holophane Corporation Energy Efficiency Training
Work History
- Fluor Corporation, City of Commerce, CA – Structural Designer “B” level 10 months
- Kistner, Wright & Wright, Arch & Eng. LA CA – Structural Draftsman/ Designer 37 months
- Reynolds & Taylor, Santa Ana, CA – Aerospace Mfg. Estimator/ Planner & Pro. Mgr 38 months
- Dohube Engineers, Orange, CA – Structural Designer 19 months
- Robert Trivison Structural Eng. Orange CA – Structural Designer 22 months
- Dames and Moore, Santa Ana, CA – Structural Designer 14 months
- EQE Engineers, Santa Ana, CA – Structural Designer 10 months
- Johnson & Nielsen Structural Engineers, Santa Ana – Structural Designer 42 months
- Holistic Health Practitioner – Orange County, CA 11 years (part-time)
- Brilliant Lighting Design, Miami, FL – Senior Lighting Designer/ Engineer 18 years
Achievements & Awards
- Boy Scouts of America: Life Scout, Sr. Patrol Leader, Post President, Silver Moccasin, Silver Knapsack, Philmont Training & Trek, Order of Arrow-Brotherhood, O/A National Conference 1965 Bloomington IN
- Calif. St. Polytechnic Univ.- Phi Kappa Phi; Gamma Sigma Delta; Alpha Zeta (elected President); Assoc. Student Gvmt- “Commissioner of the Year”; Who’s Who of College & University Students; Dean’s List (every quarter); President’s List (every year); Chairman -World Hunger Week,
- Illuminating Engineering Society of North America –
- SE Florida Section – President, Vice President, Secretary
- Regional & National level – Nat’l Chairman, Building Façade & Monument Lighting Committee; Member, National Security Lighting Committee; Member – Regional Executive Committee
- 2002 GE Edison Award (#1 in world) – Golden Moon Hotel Casino
- 2006 Illumination Borobudur Temple, Yogyakarta Indonesia (8th Wonder of the World)
- 2003 Bridge of the Americas (4,200 lin. Ft. of lighting) over Panama Canal
- In-Harmony Foundation- Founder; received IRS NPO recognition 501(c)3 on Feb 12, 2012; Creation of In-Harmony Foundation website
LIGHTING DESIGN NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
1996 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “Southeast Foods, Inc”, Miami FL.
1999 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “Georgia State Capitol”, Atlanta, GA
1999 IESNA INT’L Paul Waterbury AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, “Torre Colpatria”, Bogota, Colombia
1999 GE EDISON INT’L AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, “MacArthur Causeway Bridge”, Miami, FL
2000 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “MacArthur Causeway Bridge”, Miami, FL
2001 GE EDISON INT’L AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, “National Sanctuary Church”, Panama City, Panama
2002 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “National Sanctuary Church”, Panama City, Panama
2002 GE EDISON INT’L AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, “Golden Moon Casino”, Philadelphia, MS
2002 GE EDISON INT’L EDISON AWARD, “Golden Moon Casino”, Philadelphia, MS
2003 IESNA INT’L Paul Waterbury AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, “Golden Moon Casino”, Philadelphia, MS
2003 GE EDISON INT’L AWARD OF MERIT, “Bridge of the Americas”, Rep. of Panama
2004 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “Bridge of the Americas”, Rep. of Panama
2004 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “Top Thrill Dragster”, Cedar Point, OH
2005 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “Crown Casino”, Rep. of Panama
2005 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “Lane Avenue Bridge”, Columbus, OH
2005 ARCH. LTG MAG “BEST PROJECT ON A BUDGET”, “Bridge of the Americas”, Panama Canal, Panama
2005 ARCH. LTG MAG HONORABLE MENTION – FAÇADE, “Bridge of the Americas” Rep. of Panama
2006 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “Borobudur Temple Monument” Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2006 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “VUE Condominium” Miami, FL
2009 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “10th Street Historic Bridge” Great Falls, MT
2009 IESNA NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “Blue & Green Diamond Condo Crown Ltg” Miami Beach, FL
2009 COOPER SOURCE AWARD, “Blue & Green Diamond Condo Crown Ltg” Miami Beach, FL
2010 NAT’L IIDA AWARD OF MERIT, “DASH Magnet School Fence” Miami, FL
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
1995 LDI Lighting Show, Panel Member, “Energy Efficient Lighting”, Miami FL
1997 IES Bi-Regional Conf. Workshop, “Alum. Reflector Inserts for Energy Efficiency” Orlando, FL
1997 So. Florida Sustainable Bldg. Conf., ”Energy Efficiency Methods for Buildings”, Miami, FL
1998 Lumenaire Asia Lighting Show, “Colored Lighting of Buildings”, Singapore, “Lighting Buildings & Cities for the 21st Century, Singapore
1998 Electric ’98 Lighting Show, “Lighting Buildings & Cites for the 21st Century”, New York, NY
1998 Lighting Research Center, Rensalear Polytechnic Univ., “Façade Lighting of Buildings”, Troy, NY
1999 Miami River Marine Project, “Lighting the Bridges on the Miami River”, Miami, FL
1999 Int’l Tall Buildings Conference, “Façade Lighting of Tall Buildings using Xenon” Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1999 IESNA Annual Conference, “Lighting Buildings & Cities for 21st Century” New Orleans, LA
2000 Florida D.O.T. Bridge Design Conf., “Aesthetic Lighting of Bridges”, Orlando, FL
2000 City of Miami, “Night time Façade Lighting of Buildings”, Miami, FL
2001 Charlotte AIA/IES Lighting Conf., “Exterior Lighting for Building Enhancement”, Charlotte, NC
2001 IES Bi-Regional Conference, “Façade Lighting & Corporate Imagery”, Atlanta, GA
2001 AIA National Convention, “Night Lighting our Communities-A Plan for Change”,Denver, CO
2001 Lightfair International, “Dramatic Façade Lighting, Lighting that Façade”,Las Vegas NV
2001 Shanghai Lightscape Conference, “Shanghai’s Nighttime Image- Present & Future”, Shanghai, PRC
2005 Panamanian Archtecture Society Biennial Conf., “Decorative Lighting of Buildings and Bridges” Panama City
2007 Lightshow Southeast, “How Quality Lighting Design will Improve your Project” Ft.Lauderdale, FL
2012 Society of Human Ecologists Annual Conference, “Surviving Climate Change w/ ARC City”, Las Vegas, NV
2012 Future World 2012- World Future Society, “Re-Inventing Civilization w/ ARC City”, Vancouver, BC, CAN
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
1996 Lighting Dimensions magazine, Nov. issue, ”Olympic Achievements”
1997 LD + A magazine, June issue, “Location, Location, Location”
1998 Axxis (Colombian)magazine, September issue, “Hagase la Luz” (See the Light)
1998 Lighting Dimensions magazine, Nov. issue, “A Bank of Lights”
1999 Bridge Builder magazine, June issue, “Does Your Bridge Exist at Night?”
1999 Bridge Builder magazine, August issue, “Façade Lighting for Every Type of Bridge”
2000 LD + A magazine, April issue, “Lighting of the Torre Colpatria”
2000 Architectural Lighting magazine, June issue, “Façade Lighting Design”
2000 Architectural Lighting magazine, (COVER PICTURE) August issue, “Purple Haze”
2001 Archi-Tech magazine, July-August issue, “Night Lighting”
2001 Lighting Dimensions magazine, June issue, “Divine Light”
2002 LD + A magazine, March issue, “Magenta Moon over Miami”
2002 Landscape Architect magazine (COVER PICTURE), April issue, “Lighting Tropical Plants”
2003 Lighting Dimensions magazine(COVER PICTURE)August issue, “Choctaw Chic”
2004 Lighting Dimensions magazine, September issue, “A MAN, A PLAN, A BRIDGE”
2007 Specified Lighting Design magazine, (COVER PICT) July Issue, “Temple caught in CROSSFIRE”
2007 SpotLight magazine, (COVER PICTURE) Spring issue, “Drama Within Cost and Building Constraints”
2007 LD+A magazine, June issue, “Temple Chic”
2008 Lighting Spaces Book, Visual Reference Pub, NY, “The Art & Science of Architectural Lighting”
2010 Green Business Quarterly, July/August issue, “Lighting Solutions”