Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting

What Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting does

Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting is a privately held, WBENC-certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) providing architectural lighting design, lighting controls integration, and sustainable design services. Founded in Boston in 2001 by Jeffrey Sladen and Josh Feinstein, the firm operates studios in Boston, Providence (RI), and Washington DC, and serves clients across the US and abroad. Its work spans academic, healthcare/life sciences, workplace/corporate, cultural, historic preservation, civic, hospitality, and multi-family residential sectors, with marquee engagements including Foundation Medicine's 600,000 SF headquarters, Sanofi's 260,000 SF M Station flagship, Harvard Medical School's Countway Library, Yale's Tobin Center, Whoop's Global Headquarters, and the Roxbury Branch Library of the Boston Public Library. Notable technical capabilities include daylighting analysis to support LEED credits, circadian and WELL v2 Platinum-aligned lighting design, lighting controls integration (daylight harvesting, time clocks, occupancy sensors), and an industry-leading initiative on material transparency and embodied-carbon disclosure for lighting fixtures. Several projects have achieved 23-49% better than code Lighting Power Density performance and LEED Platinum, Gold, or Silver certification.

The firm generates revenue through project-based professional services engagements with multi-year contract cadence, scoped to project size and complexity and delivered directly to architects, developers, building owners, and institutional clients. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. There are no external institutional investors, parent company, or venture capital funding disclosed; ownership and operations are founder/principal-led, with current leadership comprising President Julie Rose, co-founder Josh Feinstein, Reiko Kagawa, and Ben Strauss. The firm pursues new business primarily through architectural partnerships, developer relationships, industry reputation, awards and earned media (IES, AIA, Preservation Alliance), and thought-leadership publications and conference participation.

Name

Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting

Legal name

Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting, Inc.

Website

https://sladenfeinstein.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting is a WBENC-certified Women-Owned architectural lighting design firm with studios in Boston, Providence, and Washington DC, providing lighting design, controls, and sustainable design services to academic, healthcare/life sciences, corporate, cultural, and residential clients across the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Lighting Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Design Services (BPAHAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG), Lighting Controls & Smart Lighting Systems (BPABAGAC)

Keywords

• Architectural lighting design
• Lighting controls integration
• Sustainable lighting consulting
• LEED lighting certification
• Professional lighting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Lighting Design Services: Project-based professional services providing architectural lighting design and controls solutions for commercial and institutional building projects

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting is a WBENC-certified Women-Owned Business (WBE) providing professional architectural lighting design and controls solutions for commercial, institutional, and residential projects. Core services span interior and exterior lighting design, advanced lighting controls system integration (circadian lighting, daylight harvesting, automated scene control), and sustainability-focused design supporting LEED certification. The firm partners with architects, developers, and building owners on new construction and adaptive reuse projects across academic, healthcare/life sciences, workplace, cultural, historic preservation, civic, and multi-family residential sectors.

Product overview

Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting is a WBENC-certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) offering comprehensive lighting design and controls services across multiple sectors. The firm provides a unified service offering centered on innovative lighting design solutions, supported by specialized capabilities in lighting controls and sustainable design. Their portfolio spans diverse project categories including academic, health labs and technology, workplace, cultural, historic preservation, retail, civic, hospitality, residential (multi-family and private), and exterior applications. Notable projects include life sciences laboratories, academic libraries, corporate headquarters, and adaptive reuse of historic buildings. The firm has achieved recognition for material transparency initiatives and sustainability leadership in the lighting industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lighting Design Services Comprehensive interior and exterior architectural lighting design services for commercial, institutional, and residential projects, including concept development, fixture specification, daylighting analysis, and construction administration, offered to architects, developers, and building owners.
• Lighting Controls Advanced lighting control system design and integration, including circadian lighting, daylight harvesting, occupancy sensors, and automated scene control, designed for energy efficiency and occupant wellness on building projects.
• Sustainable Design Sustainability-focused lighting design emphasizing energy efficiency, material transparency, LEED certification support, and environmentally responsible fixture selection for project owners pursuing green-building goals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple projects achieving LEED Platinum, Gold, Silver certification
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fisher Marantz Stone: New York-based architectural lighting design firm of comparable size and caliber. Direct competitor on large cultural, institutional, and corporate commissions, with a similar NYC-led model and award-winning portfolio.
• Renfro Design Group: Specialty architectural lighting design firm serving cultural, civic, and commercial projects nationally. Comparable size, similar specialty-services positioning, and overlapping client base in museums, libraries, and public realm work.
• Available Light: Northeast US architectural lighting design firm with overlapping academic, cultural, and workplace client base. Most direct geographic peer given shared Boston-area market.
• Office for Visual Interaction (OVI): Architectural lighting design firm working across cultural, commercial, and urban-scale projects. Comparable premium positioning and similar reliance on award-driven brand reputation.
• Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design: Established East Coast architectural lighting design practice with comparable project scale and typology mix (cultural, academic, hospitality). Directly competes for the same institutional and developer-led RFPs.
• KGM Architectural Lighting: Specialty architectural lighting design practice serving commercial, institutional, and civic clients nationally. Comparable scale and similar lighting-controls-integration service offering.
• Tillotson Design Associates: Long-standing architectural lighting design firm with comparable portfolio across museums, performing arts, and high-end commercial work. Direct peer on award-grade cultural and civic commissions.

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering and design firm with a significant architectural lighting design group. Competes for marquee cultural, civic, and corporate commissions globally, often as part of integrated multi-discipline teams.
• Buro Happold: Global engineering consultancy with a substantial lighting design practice embedded within MEP and structural services. Competes for large institutional and developer-led projects where lighting is bundled into the broader engineering scope.

Emerging players

• Pivotal Lighting Design: Smaller specialty lighting design firm with overlapping academic, workplace, and healthcare client types. Partial overlap on services, with a more boutique positioning relative to Sladen Feinstein.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sladenfeinstein

Compliance19 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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