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The 2024 IES Light and Human Health Education Tour is a five-city North American tour expanding the impact of standards-based education. Earn 6 CEUs/AIA-HSWs at this one-day event, featuring expert-led…

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2024 IES Lighting Education Tour

IES is expanding the impact of standards-based education by curating a unique educational tour experience. Earn 6 CEUS/AIA-HSWs at this one-day event, featuring expert-lead sessions on color and vision fundamentals and…

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June 6, 2024 12:00 pm 1:00 pm

What’s in the Luminaire YOU are Specifying? Why LED Drivers Matter for Your Lighting and Controls Project

LED drivers matter. Their quality, capability and intelligence drive the results of your lighting design and empower lighting controls on your project. This course will provide an in-depth review of…

IES & DOE 2024 Research Symposium

New York City, August 15-17, New York Marriott Marquis, Times Square Symposium dates: 15 – 16 May, 2024 Location: OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214 New this year!…
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To illuminate Light in Heaven and Earth with electric lights for The Art Institute of Chicago, designers from Schuler Shook worked closely with museum curators, conservators and exhibit designers to…
Spectral Light Meter Obtains WELL Eligibility

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LIA, Loughborough University, Holophane Europe Join Forces for Students
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LIA, Loughborough University, Holophane Europe Join Forces for Students

In an ongoing effort to encourage the next generation of students to find successful career opportunities in the lighting design industry, the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) and Holophane Europe, Ltd.—a…

Nuckolls Fund Provides $130,000 in Grants

Nuckolls Fund Provides $130,000 in Grants

The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education has welcomed five new board members and voted to distribute three $30,000 grants to three institutions; one $20,000 scholarship; and four $5,000 achievement awards…

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Lighting design is an international art and science, so it’s only natural that many lighting designers become travelers by profession.
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Message: We Care

Effective wayfinding, heavy use of color and human-centric lighting helped create a soothing environment at a Montreal-area school dedicated exclusively to special-needs
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Healthy Choices: A Medical Center Leverages Lighting to Let Kids be Kids

Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, the only dedicated children’s hospital in Nebraska, had outgrown its facility in Omaha and was on...
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LIA, Loughborough University, Holophane Europe Join Forces for Students
Industry Live Project Awards.

LIA, Loughborough University, Holophane Europe Join Forces for Students

In an ongoing effort to encourage the next generation of students to find successful career opportunities in the lighting design industry, the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) and Holophane Europe, Ltd.—a…
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Nuckolls Fund Provides $130,000 in Grants

Nuckolls Fund Provides $130,000 in Grants

The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education has welcomed five new board members and voted to distribute three $30,000 grants to three institutions; one $20,000 scholarship; and four $5,000 achievement awards…
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he 2023 holiday season welcomed a twist to the traditional festive window displays in New York City.
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