Education + Resources

The New Buildings Institute has announced that they will be previewing the latest version of the Advanced Lighting Guidelines at Lightfair International May 5-7 in New York City. To see the 2003 ALG, click here. The new edition will be published online and features contributions from many of the country’s top experts in lighting design. [...]

Reportlinker.com is offering a new market research report that analyzes the global energy-efficient lighting market and forecasts to 2015. The report attempts to define the energy-efficient lighting industry and associated regulatory framework across the globe, provides info related to current and emerging technologies with comparative cost analysis, assesses market size and forecasts growth, and provides [...]

Craig A. Bernecker, founder and director of the Lighting Education Institute, will present a six-week online “immersion” course on Lighting Calculations from June 1 through July 6, 2009. Designed for architects, engineers, interior designers, lighting designers, sales reps, manufacturers and related professionals, the six weekly 90-minute webinars will cover the Lumen Method (Zonal Cavity) and [...]

John Wiley & Sons has announced the publication of Residential Lighting: A Practical Guide to Beautiful and Sustainable Design, 2nd Edition by Randall Whitehead. John Wiley & Sons says: “Written by internationally recognized lighting consultant Randall Whitehead, this popular easy-to-read lighting design guide offers a highly visual introduction to the fundamentals for illuminating the single-family [...]

The Lighting Controls Association has announced that EE205: Personal Lighting Control has been added to the Association’s popular online Education Express distance education courses. Residing at the Association’s website, Education Express provides in-depth education about lighting controls and controllable ballast technology, application, system design and commissioning, as well as meta-issues such as LEED, energy codes [...]

The Lighting Controls Association has announced that its Education Express online education system now supports lighting controls training and certification conducted by the California Advanced Lighting Controls Training Program (CALCTP). CALCTP is a new program operated by representatives of the California Lighting Technology Center, California Energy Commission, California Community College system, investor-owned and municipal utilities, [...]

The Department of Energy has announced it will host a 90-minute live webcast on commercial building LED site lighting in parking lots, moderated by Linda Sandahl of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Eric Richman and Michael Myer from PNNL will supply an overview of a ew LED Site Lighting Performance Specification developed by DOE [...]

In celebration of Lightfair’s 20-year Anniversary, its two historic Masters’ courses will be offered free of charge to LFI 2009 attendees and exhibitors registered for the Exhibit Hall or LFI courses–-based on generous support provided by Acuity Brands Lighting, Osram Sylvania, Amerlux Lighting Solutions and MechoShade Systems. COURSE #1: 20 Years of Light and Lighting: [...]

NCQLP has announced that 299 lighting practitioners sat for the 2008 Examination. With a pass rate of 78.4%, the number of Lighting Certified (LC) individuals has been increased by 228, bringing the total up to 1,821, including six intern LCs. Of those who successfully completed the 2008 examination, 12% identify themselves as electrical engineers and [...]