Resource Library

Introduction to Lighting & Lighting Design

Join our introductory webinar to learn more about key lighting spec points, such as CRI and Lumen output. Get a better understanding of lighting control and why dimmer compatibility is so crucial. We will wrap up the presentation by reviewing lighting design techniques to effectively layer lighting and create a comfortable environment. Learn more about how to best utilize lighting and how simple it is to incorporate DMF into your space.

Understanding Fire Rating in Lighting

Join us, as we explore the HOTTEST topic in all of construction, fire rating! This webinar will review general fire code requirements, and the driving principles behind them. After establishing a base understanding of fire standards, we will focus on how to provide code compliant lighting in a budget friendly way. Step into the heat with this brand new CEU!

Downlighting for Architectural Applications

Visible Light Disinfection

Lighting for the WELL Building Standard

Approaches in Lighting Designing for Diversity

Old assumptions about “best practices” in the design of spaces were not made with everyone in mind. We are now open to renewing the question: What works best, and for whom? In this presentation, we’ll review different elements of light (e.g. intensity, color rendering, CCT) and how groups perceive those elements differently across age, gender, and ethnicity. Using commercial spaces as a guide, we measure the impact of these disparate perceptions on satisfaction and productivity. Finally, we explore how changes in how we produce lighting environments offer new possibilities to design for diverse workforces. Learning Objectives: 1. Analyze the qualitative elements of light and how different demographics respond to them in different ways 2. Understand research showing the impact of lighting on comfort and productivity across age, gender, and ethnicity 3. Discuss how lighting fixtures effect neurodiverse individuals, particularly focusing on glare, flicker, and acoustics 4. Review methods of designing around offering user-selection as one element of designing for diverse workforces

The Economic Impact of Art & Design In the Workplace

The office is being disrupted; in response we need disruptive design. We’ll use new research from sociology and psychology to examine the failings of existing office spaces, multi-year surveys that highlight users’ needs and frustrations, and examine flexible space concepts as a solution. We’ll consider what the Well Building Institute says about art and its effects on experience of spaces. We’ll also use case studies to show the economic impact that justifies making art a priority in workplace design. Attendees will gain new ideas for workplace design and, importantly, a new way of talking about the value of their services. Learning Objectives: 1. Evaluate economic impacts of design using case studies and new research in workplace design 2. Identify deficiencies of existing open office design as they relate to the formation of healthy and productive environments 3. Analyze the effects of art and design in the workplace on comfort, satisfaction and productivity 4. Describe forces behind the accelerating trend towards flexible spaces, the design goals in their formation, and the impact on users and business operations

Furniture Power For the Hospitality Market

Power and charging requirements for hospitality facilities are changing radically and rapidly. This course examines the options for and benefits of supplying power and charging outlets in walls, furniture, headboards, nightstands, public seating, and public gathering spaces, including outdoor areas, as well as the applicable codes for furniture-based power outlets. The course concludes with an overview of the benefits of occupancy sensors and auto-off switches in guest rooms and the installation requirements to comply with energy and electrical codes.

How Energy Codes Effect Plugload and Lighting Controls

Energy codes at all levels increasingly focus on reducing energy consumption, saving consumers money, and reducing CO 2 emissions. New and updated energy codes play an essential role in the performance of buildings. This course examines the lighting requirements and provisions of ASHRAE Standard 90.1 2019 and the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code ® (IECC) and focuses on plug and lighting control strategies for energy efficiency.

Deciphering IECC, ASHRAE 90.1, and Title 24, Part 6 Lighting and Lighting Control Requirements

Deciphering IECC, ASHRAE 90.1, and Title 24 lighting and control requirements can be challenging. All three programs share similar requirements and have become more complex over time. In this presentation, we will compare similarities and differences between IECC, ASHRAE 90.1, and Title 24. We will review the latest updates and discuss insights into understanding what each revision requires and how these updates impact design.

LED Lighting and Code Compliance

This course is an overview of the latest in LED lighting technology and how to evaluate it. In addition, we review current Codes and Standards including ASHRAE and IECC.

Lighting for Human Health, Performance, and Sustainability

In this course we will reveal the connection and impact that light has on human health. We will also discuss the impact light has, both positive and negative, on human performance in the built environment. Finally, we will review the impact light and energy have on our planet. Balancing all three of these key aspects of light is the key to successful, long-term healthy lighting for people and our planet.

Properties and Functions of Light

An enlightening session demonstrating the amazing impact light has on a space and on the people experiencing the space with a focus on their health, safety, and welfare.

Understanding Light Pollution

Furniture Power for the Hospitality Market

Power and charging requirements for hospitality facilities are changing radically and rapidly. This course examines the options for and benefits of supplying power and charging outlets in walls, furniture, headboards, nightstands, public seating, and public gathering spaces, including outdoor areas, as well as the applicable codes for furniture-based power outlets.

Smart Glass Technologies

Gauzy is a Certified AIA CES Provider (404109596), proudly offering an enriching course on Smart Glass technologies. Gauzy's AIA Smart Glass Course Includes: - Certified AIA CES provider - 50 minute course via PPT Presentation - 1 LU earned - Certificate of Completion

Lasting Lighting – Design Factors Impacting Long-Term Luminaire Aesthetics

Architectural lighting can add tremendous aesthetic value and longevity in building projects. But in many cases, poor structural design and cost-cutting material choices can result in rapid degradation in lighting system aesthetics. This one-hour course reviews the luminaire design factors that impact aesthetic durability including structural design, luminaire finishes, lens materials and LED system components.

Custom and Modified Lighting

This one-hour course introduces the wide range of choices in specifying unique architectural lighting solutions. Understanding these choices and tradeoffs will help architects specify personalized architectural lighting that meets budget and schedule constraints. Specifiers will become familiar with common fabrication and finishing techniques as well as the tradeoffs between customization and cost. In addition, practical tips for working with custom lighting manufacturers will be provided.

The Metrics & All These Lighting Acronyms—How Do I See the Light?

From trending buzzwords to a spectrum of color terms, we will demonstrate the fascinating way in which our industry is increasingly becoming more intelligent. We will also look at circadian lighting, what time exposure means, the impact of flicker, and how we should approach glare values pertaining to luminaires.

Beyond the Box of Light

Mastering the next generation of architectural lighting and luminaire vocabulary. A tool-kit for space-makers embracing light-texture and light-placement.

An Intelligent Approach to Lighting for the Golden Age Population

This seminar focuses on establishing wellbeing of the mind and of biological systems when creating lit environments for seniors. It also looks at healthful ways to decrease glare, shadows, and other hindrances that we become more sensitive to as our eyes age. We will also look at deploying circadian lighting strategies to optimize the day and night cycle for seniors with a view to improving overall health and sleep.

Navigating PoE in Today’s Lighting Market

This seminar will give an overview of what PoE means, the current state of the technology, and how it can be deployed in the context of LED lighting. We will explore in detail how PoE nodes can be used to power and control luminaires as well as what some of the tradeoffs are when converting a conventional LED lighting system to a PoE-based approach. We will also analyze the current limitations and benefits of this technology. Finally, some recommendations will be made for the successful deployment of a PoE project in the context of integrating lighting.

Illuminating the Standards

This seminar will help you to navigate the present-day standards used by design professionals. We will explore and dissect the relevant information for the WELL Standard, LBC (Living Building Challenge), EML (Equivalent Melanopic Lux) Lighting vs CS (Circadian Stimulus) Lighting, COI (Cyanotic Observation Index), and TM-30-18. We will touch on the scientific, physiological, psychological, and general impacts that are driving these certifications and standards.

Designing Interior Space with Indirect Lighting

A layered approach to the design and lighting of interior spaces, which incorporates a balance of direct and indirect lighting improves visual coherence and wayfinding; articulates and highlights architectural elements; and positively impacts health and productivity. This course explores how indirect lighting can be used to improve the comfort level of a space and allow it to be used in multiple ways. Participants will learn lighting design techniques for optimizing the design of interior spaces by illuminating ceilings and walls, and by backlighting through translucent materials.

Enhancing Interior Spaces with Indirect Lighting

This course explores how indirect lighting can be used to improve the comfort level of a space and allow it to be used in multiple ways. Participants will learn lighting design techniques for dramatically illuminating ceilings, walls, and backlighting through translucent materials. This course also examines the unique properties of LED luminaires and how they should be selected and specified to ensure quality and performance.

WAC-LL1 – Landscape Lighting Artistry with LEDs

This session will review landscape lighting design; metrics for LED lighting; layering light in landscape lighting design; security lighting in landscape design; low voltage landscape lighting, and maintenance.

LED 301 – Emerging Technology Used In Decorative LED Luminaires

This session will review new technology, new materials, new shapes, new styles; new electronics developed for LED luminaires; new standards for LED luminaires; and decorative lighting techniques and layered lighting.

LED 201 – The SSL Revolution

This session will review LED types and their applications; types of optical media; AC-LED technology; LED color metrics; LED binning; luminaire application efficiency; and new uses for LED with layered lighting.

Natural Light. Better Life. Circadian Lighting in the Built Environment

Course objectives include defining circadian rhythms, listing three physical processes they impact; discussing three health risks associated with abnormal circadian rhythms; specifying light sources conducive to circadian entrainment and the properties that create a successful circadian light profile; and effectively incorporating circadian light into the built environment.

Fabrics for Performance Shading: A New Methodology for Daylighting Design

Research is establishing that fabric properties, particularly openness factor, visible transmittance, and solar reflectance, play a huge role in glare reduction, daylight autonomy, and view preservation. The key to maximizing energy savings and occupant comfort is finding the right balance between each project’s parameters and priorities. With the research, metrics, and data, this presentation will drive architects and designers to select fabric as a key component of the building performance system, as opposed to a furnishing. This new methodology will give the architectural community the ability to optimize the design of their shading system based on performance (glare, daylight, and view) and aesthetics.

Dimming for Energy Savings

By reviewing national energy statistics and using real world case studies, the participant will be able to describe the importance of light control for energy conservation in commercial buildings. Also by reviewing energy data and design guidelines, the participant will be able to determine how dimming light control helps meet energy savings goal and where to best apply different dimming control technologies.

Wireless Lighting Controls

Wireless Technologies for Lighting Control looks at the value of wireless and how to make smart decisions when choosing between technologies. The benefits of wireless lighting controls have led to a dramatic increase in the number of systems available over the last few years. Not all are created equally. To ensure the success of a wireless control system, it is critical to evaluate wireless control options on their flexibility, reconfigurability, interoperability, reliability, and security. Attendees will learn how to evaluate wireless control options based on these criteria.

The User Experience of Smart Lighting Control

Smart lighting control systems are often associated with data analytics, human centric lighting, code compliance and responsible energy use, but ultimately it is user experience that defines the success of a lighting installation. A building system that’s at odds with occupant expectations or suffers from a lack of intuitive response will only frustrate building occupants. it may even get disconnected. When user experience is thoroughly evaluated and included as part of proper system set up, lighting can improve satisfaction and engagement, promote desirable work behaviors, and achieve the intent of smart lighting technology.

Applications for Lighting Design

This course will outline basic considerations for lighting design and provide an overview of common lighting terms and technologies.

The Lighting Renaissance 2

Through the examination of dimming technology in terms of lighting loads and zones, coupled with the evaluation of various lighting control strategies and their respective benefits, the participant will be able to specify both a safe and optimum lighting control solution for a residential space that incorporates both electric light and daylight management into its strategy.

The Lighting Renaissance 1

By examining various methods to control light, the participant will be able to describe how to control daylight and electric light through shading, switching, and dimming technologies to ensure space aesthetics, efficiency, and occupant comfort. Topics will range from lamp types and dimming technology to effectively using window treatments for a total light control strategy.

Light the Way to LEED v4

Light control remains a key contributor to LEED certification. In fact, light control and light control manufacturer services can contribute to over 40 out of the 110 possible LEED points. This presentation will show participants the key differences between LEED v4 and LEED 2009, and how light control can considerably contribute to LEED v4 certification. Lastly, this session will examine how light control contributed to LEED certification in a real world project.

Light Control in the Office Space

The course will cover how the goals of light control extend beyond energy savings, and the motivation of various parties for the use of these control means. The participants will investigate several control strategies and learn to apply them to several spaces within the building. An interesting part will be the intelligent integration of several strategies within the same space for more impressive impacts. Finally the participants will receive an overview how spaces perform with these strategies and how to specify control strategies appropriately to make sure performance criteria are met.

Illuminating Our Experiences with Human Centric Lighting

This presentation seeks to provide guidance on how to take a human-centric approach to lighting and daylighting design, with special emphasis on work environments. Key design considerations will be explained throughout the presentation, including lighting quality, natural light, connection to the outdoors, adaptive and personalized controls.

Fabrics and Tapestries: How to Find the Best Solar Protection for Windows

Today’s modern building trend of glass facades and curtain walls presents a challenge of proper and effective daylight management. However, while shading motor technology is cutting edge, the shade is only as efficient as the fabric selected. Attendees will learn how to identify fabrics by composition, structure, and properties. In addition, participants will learn how all these factors can affect a fabric’s performance and have an introduction to making the selection based on the project priorities and the information presented.

WELL Designed Lighting Controls v2

The WELL Building Standard V2 considers a variety of lighting and shading factors to optimize building design. This session will explain the purpose and structure of the WELL Building Standard V2, along with how to maximize points for Feature L03 Circadian Lighting Design and Feature L09 Occupant Lighting Control. Learn how the Lutron Global Experience Center in New York City used advanced lighting controls and color tunable fixtures to achieve Features L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L07, L08, L09 and Innovation Credits to achieve WELL Building Standard V2 Platinum Certification.

Tunable White: How You Can Minimize Risk and Satisfy Your Clients

This CEU will take participants through the different types of light spectrum control, discuss the color tuning abilities of tunable white fixtures and their design challenges and conclude with how you can reduce risk and meet your client’s sequence of operations requirements on color tuning projects.

How Good is Good Enough? Understanding LED Fixture Performance

Light affects the look and feel of every space, and by using flexible, energy-efficient LED light sources you can create comfortable beautiful and dynamic lighting environments. But as LED technology continually adapts and improves, it can be difficult to stay on top of the latest innovations, and to make sure you’re getting the best performance. In this course, we’ll break down TM-30, the new method for evaluating color rendition, discuss the difference between tunable white, spectral tuning and warm dimming, and give simple tips on how to effectively evaluate different LED light sources to offer clients an enhanced lighting experience.

Designing a Daylighting System: Finding the Right Shading Solution

Good daylighting design is critical to the performance of commercial buildings. Incorporating daylighting provides some enticing benefits, such as improved health and wellbeing, building aesthetics, energy savings, and building value. Choosing the right dynamic shading system is the key to achieving maximum daylight potential. This presentation will describe the important decisions when choosing a shading solution including control method, technology, and material properties.

Design for Dynamic Light: How to Create Successful Dynamic Lighting Systems

This course provides an overview of Dynamic Light and assists the participant in understanding when to deploy such technology. Details are provided on the process of creating use case scenarios through to a thorough sequence of operations. Quality of tunable lighting sources will be presented in a way that can be easily specified based on performance.

Daylight Autonomy through Automation

This course introduces different metrics of measuring the daylight, glare, and view within a space and how these metrics impact today’s green building codes and standards. A case study compares simulation results of different daylighting systems of a real-life project and how the architect made a final decision to install automated roller shades. Lastly, this course covers other design considerations when to improve daylighting performance, while still balancing occupant comfort and building aesthetics.

Controlling LEDs to Meet Customer Expectations

In this course, the participant will learn the features and benefits of LEDs and the applications that are best suited for them. They will analyze the different components of an LED and the importance of making sure that these components are compatible with one another. They will then compare different control types and standards in order to identify the differences between them. Finally, they will recognize LED drivers as a critical component in the LED lighting systems and identify their important characteristics.

Codes and Controls 3.0

As the building industry moves toward Zero Net Energy—the goal of the Architecture 2030 program—the industry is recognizing that lighting controls play a crucial role in energy conservation. Lighting controls can eliminate 60% or more of the wasted lighting energy in buildings while enhancing occupant comfort and productivity. This session will review the mandatory lighting control requirements in the latest commercial building energy codes such as ASHRAE 90.1-2016 and IECC 2018.

Codes and Controls 2.0

As the building industry moves toward Zero Net Energy—the goal of the Architecture 2030 program—the industry is recognizing that lighting controls play a crucial role in energy conservation. Lighting controls can eliminate 60% or more of the wasted lighting energy in buildings while enhancing occupant comfort and productivity. This course will review the mandated lighting control requirements in standards/codes such as ASHRAE 90.1 2013, IECC 2015, and Title 24 2016.

Codes and Controls 1.0

As the building industry moves toward Zero Net Energy—the goal of the Architecture 2030 program—the industry is recognizing that lighting controls play a crucial role in energy conservation. Lighting controls can eliminate 60% or more of the wasted lighting energy in buildings while enhancing occupant comfort and productivity. This course will go over how lighting controls help meet commercial building energy code requirements in ASHRAE 90.1-2010, IECC 2012, and Title 24 2013.

Defending the Perimeter Lighting

Our perceptions of lighted environments and our cognitive and emotional reactions are primarily determined by patterns of light on vertical surfaces, especially at the perimeter of the space – often referred to as the spatial envelope. But today’s ever-tightening energy standards can place an unhealthy emphasis on horizontal footcandles, and make it increasingly difficult to effectively light perimeter surfaces. This seminar reviews the importance of perimeter lighting from the standpoint of the human response. Possibilities for achieving successful low-energy perimeter lighting solutions using new technologies and creative design techniques are explored.

Sustainable Lighting Design

How does lighting design impact the environment? Sustainable lighting seeks to minimize the impacts of lighting on the natural environment, while also ensuring that we keep high quality visual environments for the users. This session provides practical guidance and case-study examples on how lighting design can help to enhance the quality of the interior environment, while reducing energy waste and other negative impacts. Key questions addressed in the seminar: How does lighting design fit into the sustainable buildings equation? Does sustainable lighting design simply mean energy efficient systems? How have sustainable lighting principles been implemented in actual projects?

Best Practices For Your Lighting Application

Energy codes that are driving to net zero building design have had a positive environmental impact. However, the perpetual changes in code continue to test the limits of power density requirements. These challenges will be studied and solutions will be provided. This course will deliver insight to lighting recommendations for various applications. Both interior and exterior lighting applications will be evaluated. Design solutions from linear to point source will be considered as this course navigates through new and legacy lighting technology. Key topics addressed: application assessment of vertical markets; energy codes & IES standards; evaluation of lighting sources; review best practices relative to your application; future trends in lighting.

Lighting Controls – A Digital Transformation

The way of the phone and the watch: Illumination is fast becoming just one of many functions expected from light fixtures as they become a more common component within the Internet of Things. From security cameras to asset tracking, controls are quickly becoming the backbone of nearly all lighting systems. The goal of this class is to help those within the lighting community better grasp how light fixtures will transform from single function standalone devices to multi-function digital I/O devices.

The Effects of Blue Light

Fact or Fiction is an introductory course related to blue light and its effect on sight, the human body, food, and pharmaceuticals. This course will explain the factual information and data that have been collected about blue light. It will also address some of the myths and effects yet to be scientifically proven. The goal of this class is to help those participating understand how to discuss blue light, its effects, and properly apply it in lighting design.

Security Lighting for People & Property

This course is designed to address security lighting in various commercial areas in the marketplace. This course will help identify when security is an issue and present an understanding of how our eyes adapt to light in dimly lit or dark areas. It will also help define ways of designing lighting to meet the safety and security measures in place by many existing, as well as new, commercial spaces.

Distributed Lighting Controls – Demystifying Advanced Technologies and Code Compliance

Lighting controls are viewed by many as complex and complicated. Advancements in lighting control technologies as well as new regulatory requirements have increased this perception of lighting controls. This course will present core lighting control technologies and strategies such as time base scheduling, task tuning, occupancy vs. vacancy, daylight harvesting, and the integration of control technologies to provide a whole solution for today’s codes.

Forms of Tunable Light – What You Need to Know

This course provides an overview of the basics of tunable white lighting and the available approaches to tuning, mixing, and controlling tunable white systems. Topics covered include types of tunable white, approaches to tuning/mixing and control, as well as emerging segments within the tunable light space.

Lighting Design for Interior Spaces

Lighting Design for Indoor Spaces is an introductory course that introduces lighting styles, fixture types, and controls, while demonstrating the best practices for lighting in various applications.

Lighting Design for Exterior Spaces

This course provides an overview and description of terms and best lighting practices for outdoor lighting. Topics covered include lighting distributions, photometrics, outdoor controls, and application lighting recommendations.

Lighting Controls for Energy Codes

This course will provide an overview of the most current codes and standards, primarily ASHRAE and Title 24 and how to comply with lighting controls.

Lighting for Life Safety

This course is designed to educate designers on the need for Life Safety Solutions. It provides an overview of the most common Life Safety Code(s) as well as a comprehensive overview of various lighting solutions to meet Life Safety code, an a methodology to layout your next Life Safety Lighting project.

CCT & Color Metrics

This course provides an overview of white light color quality metrics like CRI and the new TM-30-15. This course will help the attendee gain a better understanding of the nuances of white light quality and its application as well as how to apply and interpret CRI and TM-30 color metrics.

The Decorative Lighting Fixture of the Century

Discover the world and history of Reflective Luminaire Manufacturer Lighting. Learn about the key individuals who influenced this style, the manufacturing techniques commonly used to create these fixtures, and different decorative finishing methods. This course breaks down the complete anatomy of the RLM lighting fixture and highlights relevant uses in real-world applications.

Understanding Acoustics: Managing Workplace Noise with Acoustic Lighting

This course asks designers to consider an innovative new acoustic interior design element that can dramatically increase workers’ satisfaction and productivity without significantly increasing building or design costs: the incorporation of acoustic lighting in open-plan spaces.

Architectural & Decorative Aesthetics with LED Lighting Technology

Although light-emitting diode (LED) systems have become the preferred light source primarily due to their lower power consumption and extremely long life, LED systems offer many advantages for improving architectural aesthetics. This one-hour course reviews the characteristics of LED systems that—when properly specified—can improve both fixture and space aesthetics. In addition, this program offers guidance for properly specifying LED products in order to overcome potential shortcomings of LED systems.

Acoustics and Lighting: What is Fact or Fiction?

In this presentation, we offer an overview of how the behavior of sound in architectural spaces can affect us as human beings, and we look into the principals of sound absorption and strategies used to mitigate excessive noise. We scrutinize the systems and units being used to evaluate sound absorption, and we examine the relevance of the NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient) rating. Lastly, we put into question some of the ways acoustic luminaires are being tested and address the challenges of comparing luminaires in the absence of regulatory requirements.

Enhancing Exterior Architecture & Landscaping with LED Lighting

Participants will learn lighting design techniques for dramatically illuminating exterior facades, entries, architectural details and landscapes, using knowledge of LED light fixture intensities, optics and mounting locations.

Emerging Technology Used In Decorative LED Luminaires

This session will review new technology, new materials, new shapes, new styles; new electronics developed for LED luminaires; new standards for LED luminaires; and decorative lighting techniques and layered lighting.

WELL Designed Lighting Controls

Organizations spend approximately $3/sqft/year for energy, $30 for rent, and $300 for personnel. Since people are an organization’s most valuable asset, improving their overall experience delivers the greatest return on investment. Lighting and controls improve the built environment by not only saving energy but also improving comfort, well-being, and productivity of people. The WELL Building Standard understands the importance of lighting and controls toward improving the built-environment for people. This session reviews the WELL Building Standard v1 and shows how proper lighting, daylighting, and controls contribute to WELL certification.

Fundamentals of Lighting

This course provides an overview of the fundamental principles of lighting and introduces today’s latest advancements in lighting technology. Topics covered include general lighting terminology, lamps and ballasts, solid-state lighting technology, light, vision, and color, optical control, and basic application principles.