Education + Resources

The North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center has relaunched the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE). Funded by the Department of Energy, DSIRE offers a comprehensive source of information related to policies and incentives that support the nation’s use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. The new and improved website offers [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society has published an introductory e-textbook on lighting, ARCHITECTURE FOR LIGHT by Kim and Paul Mercier. ARCHITECTURE FOR LIGHT is intended for upper level undergraduate or continuing education courses for students of architecture and interior design. The book can also be a resource for architects and interior designers or lighting professionals looking [...]

GE recently announced for 2015 the public offered courses at the GE Lighting Institute at Nela Park in Cleveland, Ohio: 2/3-5 Fundamentals of Lighting – 1.5 CEU 2/17-19 Lighting Retrofits – 1.0 CEU 3/10-12 Lighting Essentials for Distributors – 1.0 CEU 3/17-18 Lighting for Commercial Properties – 1.0 CEU 3/25-27 Advanced Selling Tools for LED [...]

The Department of Energy has posted the presentations from its 2014 Detroit SSL Workshop. A lot of great presentations, particularly, “Specifying LED in a World of Continuous Change,” all available for free download here.

The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education, an endowment fund in support of college-level programs that inspire students with an understanding of light in architecture, has issued a call for proposals. E ach year, the Fund solicits proposals from colleges and universities for innovative educational ideas consistent with the Fund’s objectives, and awards grants after rigorous [...]

Until recently, roadway lighting technologies changed very slowly. Technologies like high pressure sodium and other HID lamps used in cobra head-style fixtures were state-of-the-art for decades. In response, the best practices for roadway lighting design had remained largely unchanged since the 1970s and 1980s. A growing concern for preventing light pollution in the 1990s and [...]

The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education presented a total of $30,000 for lighting education grants and awards in 2014. Founded in 1989 in honor of the late lighting designer and educator, James L. Nuckolls, The Nuckolls Fund has given a total of $875,000 for the advancement of lighting education in North America. Proposals are solicited [...]

The IES has announced publication of IES RP-31-14, Recommended Practice for the of Lighting. RP-31-14 provides a framework for the lighting practitioner involved in making important economic decisions relative to lighting such as: selecting from a group of competing lighting designs, establishing when a system under consideration will &#8220pay off,” making energy conservation decisions, and [...]

LightNOW and Lightsearch.com are proud to announce the LightNOW BUZZ, a new free information service that provides convenient, searchable access to lighting manufacturer social media. Now the entire lighting industry can tap into what’s happening at major lighting manufacturers in a single place. And with search filters, you can find exactly what you want. Currently, [...]