Evelyn Sahaja is the founder and principal of InLightIn Design, a lighting and integrated controls design firm. She has over 15 years of experience in lighting design, sustainability, and human-centered design. She specializes in circadian lighting design and sustainable environments. She also works to facilitate wellness, productivity and health through lifestyle and lighting choices. She has served on advisory boards for lighting organizations and as a judge for lighting design awards.

1. EVELYN BURUD SAHAJA, LC
Principal
InLightIn Design
February 2008 – Present (5 years 10 months)
Evelyn Sahaja is founder of InLightIn Design, a Lighting and Integrated
Controls Design Firm. In the spirit of ReForm, the firm brings technical
expertise for lighting design, multi-media and automation control systems
for – municipal, commercial, mixed-use, hospitality & residential. The firm
specializes in human focused lighting and lifestyle design via Circadian
Harmony® and sustainable clean environments. Its easy to create spaces
which look beautiful, but the best design also creates things which make
people feel and function beautifully.
Evelyn extends her work to venues beyond architecture and the built
environment, working with people on lifestyle and lighting choices in order
to facilitate productivity, wellness and health.
Advisory Committee Member
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
2009 – Present (4 years)
Testing Procedures Solid State Lighting (LEDs - Light Emitting Diodes
OLEDs – Organic Light Emitting Diodes, etc…) Technical & Research
The scope of the Solid State Lighting Subcommittee of the Testing
Procedures Committee of the IESNA is to develop and maintain guides
and procedures to assist the lighting measurement and application
community in the photometric measurement of solid state lighting devices.
Product Innovation Awards Judge
Architectural SSL Magazine
2008 – Present (5 years)
Architectural SSL Magazine is a leading national publication for Solid
Stage Lighting Technologies within the built environment. The PIA awards
are recognized as a standard of high quality within the lighting industry.
Evelyn is recognized for her expertise in the realm of SSL, lighting design,
human factors and integrated controls automation design.

2. Collaborative Partner
Benya Burnett
June 2009 – September 2012 (3 years 4 months)
Industry leaders Jim Benya and Deborah Burnett form Benya Burnett, a
Lighting Design Specialty Firm focusing on Epi-genetic Design, Daylighting
and Light's Relationship to Health.
President/Vice President
ReForm Design, Ltd.
August 2002 – December 2006 (4 years 5 months)
ReForm Design facilitated its clients with context driven design
enhancements enabling them to achieve a holistic experience
encapsulating progressive content and media opportunities across multiple
technical platforms, including: lighting, automation, mechanical,
infrastructure, IT, audio/visual and digital media.
Core values are: a deep commitment to more conscientious ways of
building, using technology passionately, to facilitate lifestyle and culture.
We interwove technology platforms to develop more efficient and intuitive
ways of interacting with our built environment in order to preserve our
natural resources and to celebrate the diversity of cultures and individual
expression. ReForm and now InLightIn are a quadruple bottom line
business: People, Planet, Place, then Profit.
ReForm, formerly The Residential Reformation, received an NAHB
Northern Nevada National Association of Home Builders Award "Best
House for Automated Control Systems - over $1 million" in both 1997 and
1998.
Speaking Engagements & Notable Accomplishments
2013 – International Association of Lighting Designers – Pecha Kucha
2010 – American Planning Association – Indigenous Culture Lecture
2008 – Napa Valley Life Magazine names Evelyn Sahaja one of
Napa Valley’s Most Intriguing People
94-97 – Drafts/Pass Legislation allowing Medical Savings Accounts in NV
95-02 – Event Planning for various non-profits whose guests include:
Gerald Isenberg, Frank Price, Randy Quaid, Kurt Russell, Tom Selleck, &
Margaret Thatcher.
Evelyn is also a trained cellist. She studied Chemistry and Music at the
University of Nevada, Reno and has her Lighting Credential from the National
Council for Qualified Lighting Professionals.