Education + Resources

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Take a tour through the world of the light-emitting diode and learn who invented it, how to use it, and how to make your own with this fascinating short video courtesy of MAKE Magazine:

This month, the IES Hartford Section is presenting the Fall 2009 update and final draft of the Model Lighting Ordinance, sometimes called the “Dark Sky regulations.” The guest speaker is Leo Smith (Northeast Regional Director of the International Dark Sky Association), who served on the IDA/IESNA joint task force that developed the current MLO. To [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America’s New York City Section has announced that it will host a seminar titled, “An Introduction To AGI32” on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. James Brigagliano, Lighting Calculations Technician, Selux Corporation will be speaking. This program will cover lighting calculation software, how it is [...]

Lightfair has announced that trade show floorspace is more than 92% sold for the 2010 show in Las Vegas. Net year, the show floor will be supported by four pavilions—two of which will be familiar to Lightfair attendees, and two that will debut: the Building Integration Pavilion and the Global Light + Design Pavilion—known since [...]

Jim Benya, PE, FIES, FIALD, LC of Benya Lighting Design and Abby Vogen Horn, daylighting champion for the Energy Center of Wisconsin, are teaming up to present a full-day workshop: “Lighting and Daylighting Design with Efficiency” on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at the USGBC’s Greenbuild Conference in Phoenix, AZ. According to Greenbuild, “This training will [...]

On October 14, 2009, at 7:00 PM EST, Lisa Heschong, principal of Heschong Mahone Group and a licensed architect, will be conducting a 70-minute (+ Q&A) webcast through IES that will detail: * Strategies to integrate daylight with electric lighting for offices, schools, retail, and other workplace environments * Current capabilities of tools to predict [...]

Lightfair International, the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, is preparing its next educational program in 2010 with the official Call for Speakers. Lightfair 2010 will be held May 10-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. This is an opportunity for industry experts to present lighting-related topics [...]

The IES Conference Papers Committee is seeking additional work to be presented in a Poster Session at the IES Conference in Seattle, WA on November 15-17, 2009. Topics of interest include early results of research work or studies; new technologies; novel lighting design solutions or product applications; concepts for improving measurement or the evaluation of [...]