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IES Vancouver is pleased to offer IES FOL course. To be environmentally responsible, the Vancouver Section does not provide the IES FOL-15 course material. You will be required to purchase the IES Fundamentals of Lighting Student Edition course material from the IES website store.ies.org
Follow the instructions on the IES website to download and open the files. Supplemental files will be provided in Google Classroom. In order to access all the quizzes, final exam, and supplementary files, you will need a Google account.
In order to pass the course, you will have quizzes throughout the course and a final exam available after the final day. Failure to complete the final exam by deadline will result in an automatic course incompletion. 80% attendance is required to pass the course; active webcam is required to maintain attendance.
Course Location: online via Zoom & Google Classroom
Please create/use a Google Account for access
Class Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Day | Date | Module | Description |
Tuesday | 22-Mar | 1 | Vision, Colour, Design Guide |
Wednesday | 23-Mar | 3 | Daylighting |
Thursday | 24-Mar | 2 | Electric Light Sources & Auxiliary Devices |
Tuesday | 29-Mar | 4 | Luminaires |
Wednesday | 30-Mar | 5 | Lighting Controls |
Thursday | 31-Mar | 9 | Interior Lighting |
Tuesday | 05-Apr | 10 | Exterior Lighting |
Wednesday | 06-Apr | 7 | Codes and Standards, Economics |
Thursday | 07-Apr | 6.1 | Lighting Metrics, Photometry, Calculations & Rendering |
Tuesday | 12-Apr | 6.2 | Lighting Metrics, Photometry, Calculations & Rendering |
Wednesday | 13-Apr | 8 | Lighting Design Process & Techniques, Sustainability, Commissioning |
Wednesday | 20-Apr | – | Final Exam |
The final exam will be available after April 20, 2022. Students will be available to write the final exam at their own pace at a time of their choosing. The final exam must be completed one week after.
Course Cost: IES Members $300 CAD (includes sustaining member staff)
Non IES Members $320 CAD
(Price does not include IES FOL Student Course material. Additional learning handouts may be available, at the discretion of the instructor, but NOT the IES FOL course material)
Please complete the registration and pay online at https://vancouver.ies.org
If you plan to pay by cheque, please complete the online information and make your cheque payable to: “IES – Vancouver Section”
You will be sent more information within 3 days of the start of the course.
To be fair to everyone in the lighting industry, we reserve the right to limit the maximum number of students from any single company within any single class.
IES Vancouver is a non-profit society so no GST is charged
Minimum number of students is 7
Maximum number of students is 10
Please send any inquiries to [email protected]
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