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Schonour of Cannon Design earns full Lighting Certification for NCQLP

Sara Schonour, LC, IESNA, LEED AP, of Cannon Design has earned her full Lighting Certification (LC) from the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP). The NCQLP confers the LC as the leading professional accreditation for a lighting designer, earned though career focus on the study and practice of lighting design. Schonour has offered her lighting expertise to several key Cannon Design projects including Tufts University Arnold Laboratory, South Shore Hospital Emerson expansion, the Blue City, New City projects in Oman and the basketball practice facility at Virginia Tech University. Schonour has delivered several presentations on various topics within the lighting genre and is an active member of both the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and the Mass. Affiliate of the USGBC. She graduated from Penn State University as an architectural engineer with a focus in lighting design. "This is a major accomplishment," said Cannon Design associate principal James Bones, PE, LEED AP, CDT. "Sara completed her LC in record time, which reflects her passion for lighting design, and her extraordinary work ethic."
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