Education + Resources

The Department of Energy (DOE) is partnering with the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) to offer a series of free one-day workshops on solid-state lighting technology titled, “Fact Versus Fiction: SSL Technology.” The workshops, led by experts in the field, are intended to help lighting designers and other industry participants to know where and [...]

Electrical distributor Rexel has announced that it has launched a new electrical efficiency online resource at www.electrical-efficiency.com. This new online magazine will offer diverse content on related regulation, solutions, projects, markets and major news worldwide. Aimed at a wide audience, from professionals to consumers, the site provides access to summaries, analyses and expert viewpoints, and [...]

Ian Ibbitson has released i3dOP for iPhone and iPad, a new version of the IES-recognized i3dOP application. i3dOP facilitates on-the-go lighting design and verification with Type C IES files. Ibbitson designed the application to allow professional lighting designers, architects and other specifiers to dynamically explore light fixture illuminance of objects, by an intuitive, easily accessible [...]

The Department of Energy’s Solid-State Lighting booth at LIGHTFAIR International hosted attendees of multiple sessions on solid-state lighting. These presentations have been posted here.

The Energy Center of Wisconsin will present a free webinar, “ALG Online: In-Depth Review of Best Practices in Advanced Lighting Design,” on June 21, 2011 at 1–2 PM Central (2–3 PM Eastern). While the webinar is free, registration is required. When you have completed registration, you will receive an email confirmation that will include a [...]

The Lighting Quotient, in conjunction with the Illuminating Engineers Society (IES), launched the Sylvan Shemitz Memorial Scholarship to help foster the education of students entering the lighting field and encourage thinking around energy efficiency. Each year, the scholarship grants $2,500 to one student who demonstrates creativity, vision and knowledge in the field of architectural lighting. [...]

Architectural Lighting: Designing with Light and Space by Herve Descottes and Cecilia E. RamosISBN 9781568989389 Publication date 5/1/2011 7 x 8.5 inches (17.8 x 21.6 cm), Paperback 144 pages, 177 color illustrations Light is something like water—often taken for granted, and only noticed when it’s on short supply. But this shouldn’t be the case. Light [...]

The Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, produced by the Energy Information Administration at the Department of Energy (DOE), provides incredibly valuable information about how commercial buildings use energy and energy-using systems such as lighting and HVAC. If you wanted to know things like, “How many office buildings are in the Northeast?” or “What is the [...]

Lightsearch.com has added a new page to its Lighting Resource Center which lists Mobile Apps for iPad, iPhone and Android mobile devices. The list is comprised of a wide range of tools that could be useful to lighting professionals which includes: calculators, light meters, wireless lighting and DMX controllers, manufacturers product catalogs, and even a [...]