REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Fee for 8-session class:  IES Members and Students: $285  |  Non-Members and Guests: $325

Fundamentals of Lighting is an introductory course developed by the Illuminating Engineering Society and presented and managed by the IESNYC Education Committee. The course comprises several modules, presented over 8 evenings.

In a basic and straightforward style, each module provides up-to-date material on lighting concepts, systems, equipment, calculation procedures, and other important design and industry issues. This course is ideal for those who have only a basic knowledge of lighting and for working professionals who want a thorough overview of the field.

Many thanks to RBW for hosting this in-person course in their inspirational Tribeca showroom.

The course is taught by an impressive roster of lighting professionals working the field today. Instructors will be announced in the coming weeks.

Schedule

Thursdays, 6:00 pm — 8:30 pm (ET)
April 2       Module 1: Introduction to Light and Lighting 
April 9       Module 2: Electric Light Sources   
April 16     Module 3: Daylighting, Module 5: Lighting Controls   
April 23     Module 4: Luminaires  
April 30     Module 6: Metrics, Photometry, Calculations, and Rendering 
May 7       Module 8: Lighting for Interior Environments 
May 14     Module 7: Codes, Standards, and Practice  Module 9: Lighting for Exterior Environments 
May 21     Module 10: Review

Learning Credits

20.0 IES Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or AIA Learning Units (LUs)
Registrants must attend all classes to receive full CEU credit.

Optional Literature

We recommend participants purchase the IES student material for this seminar, updated in 2023.
It’s  available at ies.org as a downloadable PDF only: $100 members/$125 non-members.

INSTRUCTOR

Dan Blitzer
Principal, The Practical Lighting Workshop
Dan Blitzer, LC, FIES is Principal of The Practical Lighting Workshop, a 33-year consultancy in lighting, marketing, and education. As educator, speaker, writer, and marketer, he brings 45 years of experience to issues of lighting application and technology, energy effectiveness and sustainability.

Dan is currently teaching lighting at the New York School of Interior Design’s MFA and BFA programs and in the Institute for Continuing Professional Studies.

His commercial clients have included Signify Lighting, LumenWerx, Rayon Lighting, RBW, and previously Genlyte and Lightolier, now part of Signify. Non-commercial clients have included The Illuminating Engineering Society, The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, The Building Energy Exchange, and The American Lighting Association. Dan is a member of The Lighting Agora, a collaborative consultancy in lighting, whose clients include Sonepar and the IES.

Dan has written guides to energy effective lighting in offices, retail, healthcare, and schools; AIA-certified seminars on a wide range of topics, including lighting controls; remote and face-to-face training materials; guides for the NCQLP exam; and the video and printed history of the Lightolier company, The First Hundred Years. He is principal video interviewer for the IESNYC History Committee’s TALK project and has written the video Introduction to Lighting and the most recent edition of Lighting Fundamentals for the IES.

He is President of The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education, a board member and past president of the Designer’s Lighting Forum of New York, a continuing educator for the American Lighting Association, and a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society. He is Lighting Certified.

Dan holds a BA in Economics from Columbia University.