Education + Resources

The LightCollector app from Philips and Light Collective is based upon two lighting design fundamentals: the desire to be inspired and the need to store the things that inspire us so we can use them when required. LightCollector is an opportunity to create a crowd sourced global image collection for the professional lighting industry sharing [...]

Produced by German lighting designer Gerd Pfarré and graphic designer and ad agency owner Frank Koschembar, THE ILLUMINATOR is a new 100 x 70 cm magazine about the role of light in culture, art, architecture and design. The magazine, which recently debuted with its first issue (and which subsequently received a glowing review in THE [...]

The average shopper spends seven minutes in a retail store. If the store environment engages a shopper, 80% will make a purchase. What can lighting do to attract, engage and convert potential buyers? Matthew Cobham of Philips Lighting University discusses retail lighting in this fascinating webinar, covering: – Essentials in retailing lighting – The growing [...]

The Jonathan Speirs Scholarship Fund was launched in November to provide support to students of architecture who wish to enter the architectural lighting profession. Jonathan Speirs was one of the world’s leading architectural lighting designers. He is widely acknowledged as not only having been a pioneer of the profession of architectural lighting design in the [...]

OSRAM SYLVANIA offers an interesting online tool identifying regulatory impacts on various light source technologies, with suggested substitutions for products being eliminated. Check it out here.

Juno Lighting Group recently announced the grand re-opening of its Des Plaines, IL-based lighting education center. The center, which is designed to provide architects, interior designers, lighting designers, engineers, contractors and builders with information about the changing nature of lighting technology, is made up of three facilities: As light sources have evolved over the past [...]

NEMA LSD 27: Best Practices for Operating Fluorescent Lighting Systems, recently published by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), summarizes information and recommendations found in more detailed NEMA papers on individual topics, as well as additional information and recommendations, about how to optimize the fluorescent systems. Click here to download it free.

Acuity Brands, Inc. has developed a financial tool that allows users to determine the true economic value of a lighting system, greatly exceeding the simple data output found on many industry “payback” calculators. The Visual Economic Tool is a free tool that uses recommended industry practices (IESNA RP-31-1996, Recommended Practice for the Economic Analysis of [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society has launched a new blog-format website designed to educate the public about good lighting. The site, produced by IES and written by myself and industry writer Susan Bloom, contains numerous short posts about lighting basics and how to apply good lighting practices in the home. Check it out here.