Offices are designed to house working people engaged in thought and in multiple forms of communication - written, visual, aural, electronic, and face-to-face. Office lighting should enable these workers to perform such tasks comfortably and effectively in an environment where they will spend one-third of their lives. It is essential that office lighting be included as a vital consideration towards the successful operation of any business

This 4-hour online course details the numerous aspects of designing and implementing an effective office lighting system. The wide variety of topics covered range from the different components of the luminous environment to economic and energy considerations. Throughout the course, important lighting issues and their solutions are discusssed which enable designers to develop and create the most efficient work-place lighting environment possible.

As people age they become more dependant on their environment to compensate for increasing frailty and sensory loss. Appropriate lighting conditions help maximize personal independence, while promoting health, well-being, and safety. This 4- hour interactive online course discusses the physiological and neurological changes that occur in the eye and brain, and addresses the special lighting needs of the aging population. Special attention is given to lighting quality and design, as well as environmental factors that should be addressed to provide a safe and comfortable living area for the visually impaired.

The National Electrical Code (NEC) is one of many codes and standards published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). However, as is the case with many regulatory publications, it is often difficult to read and understand. This 2-hour online course is tremendously valuable for all those who would like to sort through the voluminous code regulations of the NEC and find and understand their desired information as quickly and easily as possible. This particular course explores portions of Chapter 4 of the NEC. It provides thorough, easy to understand explanations of the codes that pertain to Articles 410 - 422: Lighting and Appliances.

Commissioning is a construction management process that ensures quality and optimum performance for the completed systems that make up a building construction project. Commissioning provides validation for the project owners that their requirements are being met from the original design documents, in all phases of construction, and through to final operational testing and startup of the building systems.

This 1-hour online course provides an overview of the commissioning process for building and construction projects. Included in the overview is information on commissioning teams, types of checklists and tests utilized, required documentation to validate commissioning activities, and typical activities involved in each phase of a project.

The creation of well-daylighted buildings that are comfortable and energy efficient remains a continual challenge for designers today. This 1-hour interactive online course is the first in the Daylighting Performance and Design series and provides an exciting look at the fundamental principles of daylighting design. Design issues, design strategies, design variables and design elements are some of the informative topics explored in this course. Architects, engineers, lighting designers and energy consultants will find it a valuable resource that will stimulate interest in learning about the aesthetics, comfort and energy efficiency potential of daylighting.

This informative 1-hour interactive online course is the second in the Daylighting Performance and Design series and focuses on optimizing daylighting through window glazing and integration with electric lighting. This course also explores how daylighting can be used to affect the health, performance and attitudes of a variety of individuals such as employees, students and shoppers.

This 2-hour interactive online course is the third in the Daylighting Performance and Design series and provides an introductory analysis of several tools available to designers for calculating daylight. Hand calculation methods, computer generated designs and physical model simulation are all explored in this highly informative and incredibly useful course.

Lighting design is a process. It is the process of integrating light into the fabric of architecture. Regardless of the space to be lighted –– a bank, a church, an office, a gallery, a restaurant, a store, a classroom –– and regardless of the light sources available for use, the process is always the same. Because lighting design is a process, it can be learned. This course series traces the steps in the lighting design process much as a professional performs them in practice.

In this 1-hour interactive online course, we start with learning to understand the human visual system and that perception of the world around us is based not on the quantity of light entering the eye but on the quantity of contrast. In the second half, we learn from psychology that because the sense of sight is contrast-sensitive, the brightness contrast of a space determines its emotional impact.

Lighting design is a process. It is the process of integrating light into the fabric of architecture. Regardless of the space to be lighted –– a bank, a church, an office, a gallery, a restaurant, a store, a classroom –– and regardless of the light sources available for use, the process is always the same. Because lighting design is a process, it can be learned. This course series traces the steps in the lighting design process much as a professional performs them in practice.

This 2-hour interactive online course covers how the direction and distribution of light determine the brightness contrasts that yield desired emotional settings. Once the emotional setting and brightness contrast have been established, the course delves into how to select light sources by determining the color of light.

Lighting design is a process. It is the process of integrating light into the fabric of architecture. Regardless of the space to be lighted –– a bank, a church, an office, a gallery, a restaurant, a store, a classroom –– and regardless of the light sources available for use, the process is always the same. Because lighting design is a process, it can be learned. This course series traces the steps in the lighting design process much as a professional performs them in practice.

The goal of daylight design is to provide visual clarity with controlled brightness contrasts. Just as electric luminaires are designed to reduce glare, direct sunlight entering interior spaces requires careful control. This 1-hour interactive online course provides a thorough knowledge of daylight and how to use it to effectively light an interior space. There is a test at the end of this course.

Lighting design is a process. It is the process of integrating light into the fabric of architecture. Regardless of the space to be lighted –– a bank, a church, an office, a gallery, a restaurant, a store, a classroom –– and regardless of the light sources available for use, the process is always the same. Because lighting design is a process, it can be learned. This course series traces the steps in the lighting design process much as a professional performs them in practice.

This 2-hour interactive online course provides a thorough knowledge of two light sources: incandescent lamps and discharge lamps. The section on incandescent lamps covers lamp bases, filaments, light output, lamp types, tungsten-halogen lamps, low-voltage lamps and colored light. In the discharge lamp section, you review fluorescent lamps, high-intensity discharge lamps, and low-pressure sodium lamps.

Lighting design is a process. It is the process of integrating light into the fabric of architecture. Regardless of the space to be lighted –– a bank, a church, an office, a gallery, a restaurant, a store, a classroom –– and regardless of the light sources available for use, the process is always the same. Because lighting design is a process, it can be learned. This course series traces the steps in the lighting design process much as a professional performs them in practice.

This 2-hour interactive online course delves into light control and photometrics. First, it explains the external devices employed to modify light sources so that they provide the desired direction and distribution of light and control glare. With the light sources modified, the course then illustrates how we use photometry to predict the quantity of light in completed space. This course includes a test at the end of each section. This course includes PDF files which must be downloaded by the student.

Lighting design is a process. It is the process of integrating light into the fabric of architecture. Regardless of the space to be lighted –– a bank, a church, an office, a gallery, a restaurant, a store, a classroom –– and regardless of the light sources available for use, the process is always the same. Because lighting design is a process, it can be learned. This course series traces the steps in the lighting design process much as a professional performs them in practice.

This 1-hour interactive online course provides an understanding of the electrical requirements of light sources and methods of lighting system control. It covers the basic principles of electricity, electrical distribution, switch control, dimming control and central lighting control systems. This course includes a test at the end.

Lighting design is a process. It is the process of integrating light into the fabric of architecture. Regardless of the space to be lighted –– a bank, a church, an office, a gallery, a restaurant, a store, a classroom –– and regardless of the light sources available for use, the process is always the same. Because lighting design is a process, it can be learned. This course series traces the steps in the lighting design process much as a professional performs them in practice.

Once the light source, with its external devices, methods of modifying distribution and controlling glare, and electrical requirements is established, it is time to select the luminaire. This 2-hour interactive online course covers the parts of a luminaire: the housing, the light-controlling element, and the glare-controlling element. More than 60 graphical examples are given and there is a test at the end of each section.

Lighting design is a process. It is the process of integrating light into the fabric of architecture. Regardless of the space to be lighted –– a bank, a church, an office, a gallery, a restaurant, a store, a classroom –– and regardless of the light sources available for use, the process is always the same. Because lighting design is a process, it can be learned. This course series traces the steps in the lighting design process much as a professional performs them in practice.

This 1-hour interactive online course looks at the elements that produce visual clarity; design techniques for lighting architectural surfaces, tasks, and art; the balance of brightness; energy-effective design; and integrating light and architecture. This course includes a test at the end of each section.