Education + Resources

The Illuminating Engineering Society’s Lighting Education Portal provides a resource for lighting education resources, including e-learning, webcasts, formal degree programs in lighting, IES section courses and special events. Check it out here.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology recently released the Code of Practice book on LED lighting. This Code of Practice has been developed to provide confidence to users as a minimum standard for LED lighting systems installation, as well as to serve as a useful reference on the application of LED lighting systems. Topics covered [...]

AT LIGHTFAIR, DOE experts presented on a wide range of solid-state lighting topics. These presentations, plus other materials, are now available for free download here.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published ANSI C136.12-2014 American National Standard for Roadway and Area Lighting Equipment— Mercury Lamps—Guide for Selection. This standard covers the selection of mercury vapor lamps recommended for use in roadway and area lighting equipment. ANSI C136.12-2014 may be purchased in electronic or hardcopy format for $37 on the NEMA [...]

The California Lighting Technology Center has published a guide to lighting retrofits for California schools, available free here. Developed in partnership with utilities and lighting industry leaders, it covers proven lighting and daylighting strategies that consistently provide excellent long-term energy savings and lighting quality improvements on K–12 and community college campuses. The interactive electronic document [...]

Stan Walerczyk’s new book, LIGHTING & CONTROLS: TRANSITIONING TO THE FUTURE, published by The Fairmont Press, provides a practical guide to recent developments in lighting technology and describes approaches for maintaining and updating existing lighting systems. Click here to learn more.

Lighting manufacturer Precision-Paragon [P2] has published a guide to help building owners and lighting professionals identify and maximize potential sources of energy savings. The 21-page publication, “6 Steps to Getting the Most From Every Lighting Retrofit,” is available for free as a downloadable e-book on the lighting manufacturer’s website here. The guide’s first chapter opens [...]

Hubbell Lighting recently announced the release of the 2014 lighting education course schedule at its Lighting Solutions Center (LSC). The LSC courses are available to architecture, illuminating engineering, lighting design, electrical contracting and distribution professionals. The comprehensive lighting courses are instructed by experts who provide lighting specifiers with hands-on experience and real world solutions to [...]

Cooper Lighting recently announced the release of the 2014 SOURCE calendar of educational classes for the lighting and design community. The SOURCE, located at Cooper’s Peachtree City, GA office, offers a wide variety of seminars designed to broaden the understanding of lighting and its many different applications. Most classes are offered multiple times throughout the [...]