Education + Resources

Check out these back issues of LightNOW if you missed them earlier! June 2011, #1 June 2011, #2 July 2011, #1 July 2011, #2 Click here to join the 16,000+ lighting professionals who receive LightNOW in their in-box every month. Subscription is free, takes moments, and we strictly respect your privacy. There is also an [...]

IES DG-29, The Commissioning Process Applied to Lighting and Control Systems 2011 – 40 pages 8 ½ X 11 Softcover ISBN: 978-0-87995-255-6 List Price: $60 IES Member Price: $42.00 Over the past year, I had the privilege of working with the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Commissioning Committee, chaired by Gary Meshberg, LC, LEED-AP or Encelium Technologies, [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Solid-State Lighting program is sponsoring a free workshop titled “LED Lighting Basics” in Cincinnati on Wednesday, August 10, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 261. Presented by Dr. Jack Curran of LED Transformations, the workshop will introduce participants to LED lighting basics and help [...]

Delmar, part of Cengage Learning and a provider of learning solutions for ongoing career development and education, recently announced the release of three new electrical reference guides updated for the 2011 NEC®: DEWALT® Electrical Professional Reference – 2011 Edition, DEWALT Electrical Code Reference: Based on the 2011 National Electrical Code and DEWALT Electrical Licensing Exam [...]

Recently, LightNOW reported that the Department of Energy botched the 2007 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, and then postponed work on the 2011 CBECS due to budget cuts. Our take is that you cannot set policy if you cannot measure, and you cannot maximize your building’s savings without benchmarks. The data this survey yields is [...]

The Department of Energy (DOE) is partnering with the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) to offer a series of free one-day workshops on solid-state lighting technology titled, “Fact Versus Fiction: SSL Technology.” The workshops, led by experts in the field, are intended to help lighting designers and other industry participants to know where and [...]

Electrical distributor Rexel has announced that it has launched a new electrical efficiency online resource at www.electrical-efficiency.com. This new online magazine will offer diverse content on related regulation, solutions, projects, markets and major news worldwide. Aimed at a wide audience, from professionals to consumers, the site provides access to summaries, analyses and expert viewpoints, and [...]

Ian Ibbitson has released i3dOP for iPhone and iPad, a new version of the IES-recognized i3dOP application. i3dOP facilitates on-the-go lighting design and verification with Type C IES files. Ibbitson designed the application to allow professional lighting designers, architects and other specifiers to dynamically explore light fixture illuminance of objects, by an intuitive, easily accessible [...]

The Department of Energy’s Solid-State Lighting booth at LIGHTFAIR International hosted attendees of multiple sessions on solid-state lighting. These presentations have been posted here.