The IALD is developing a new certification for lighting designers. By August, the credentialing task force will make a recommendation whether to proceed with a certification, which would then take an estimated 12-18 months to put into place.
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING recently published an excellent article on this topic, available here.
Being Lighting Certified (LC), naturally I wondered how the two certifications fit together, and the article answers that nicely:
“Unlike the NCQLP’s Lighting Certified (LC) certification, the architectural-lighting-design certification would not be based on a test or exam. Designers would submit a portfolio of their work to be judged by subject-matter experts against … a set of core competencies that describe architectural lighting design … Because creativity and ingenuity are such an important part of lighting design, the task force wanted to avoid a prescriptive knowledge test or problem-solving examination …
“The proposed certification application does bear some similarities to the application for professional membership in the IALD. But while both are based on a portfolio review, the certification application will be assessed against predetermined criteria, making it less objective and more rigorous than an IALD membership application …”
