Professional Services
A workshop for PhD research students of the art and science of lighting will be staged in Sheffield in the UK in June 2012. The venue is the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield and the dates are 19-21 June 2012. LumeNet 2012 will bring together PhD students as well as an invited panel of leading researchers. LumeNet is a forum for discussing, inter alia, how to identify important issues worthy of study, experimental procedures and how conclusions are arrived at. Your own research is presented in order to gain critical feedback. The schedule allows a much longer time for discussion after each presentation than do typical conferences. The research panel for LumeNet 2012 will include Peter Boyce, Jens Christoffersen, John Mardeljevic and Jennifer Veitch.
For more information see the website: www.lumenet2012.group.shef.ac.uk
Email: lumenet2012@sheffiekld.ac.uk
There are also various international courses available:
LYSKULTUR
Lyskultur, the Norwegian Lighting Institute, was established in 1936. Lyskultur is a Norwegian organization covering all aspects of light and lighting. The main mission of Lyskultur is to be the information centre as well as setting the quality standards.
Lyskultur is both publishing and distributing publications. Currently there are about 20 different publications covering most topics within the areas of light and illumination. Particularly of great demand are Emergency Lighting, The Lux Table and Light and Energy Consumption. Lyskultur is also the publisher of Norway’s only magazine dealing exclusively with lighting and lighting design.
Email: info@lyskultur.no
WISMAR
The Faculty of Architecture at the University of Wismar, which is still the backbone of Architectural Lighting Design, was founded in 1992. It has been able to develop in the ideal manner without having to take existing structures into account. Along with the comfortable, well-equipped rooms, study here is very progressive in terms of the course content.
The two-year Master Program, Architectural Lighting Design, is an international course taught in English. Students receive lectures and practical training in the application of daylight and electric light in architecture, including the focus is on the interrelation of humans, architecture and light. Light is considered as an essential integral part of the holistic concept of architecture.
Email: thomas.roemhild@hs-wismar.de
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING & DESIGN
The University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Design offers an excellent educational program on lighting design. The Master of Design Science (Illumination Design), for instance, is a professional program for architects, interior designers, engineers, ergonomists and related professionals. The aim is to improve the quality of lighting design and the quality of the luminous environment.
Units of study include: Lighting Design; Light Sources and Luminaires; Photometric and Colorimetric Concepts and Mensuration; Vision and Visual Perception; Visual Field and Human Factors, Daylight in Buildings.
This program is one of only a few in the world and runs on a two-year cycle. Its emphasis is on producing good lighting designers by introducing you to the multidisciplinary background of lighting knowledge before integrating this knowledge into the general process of lighting design. Successful completion of the core will qualify you for full membership of the Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand, subject to the required practical experience.
Email: warren.julian@syd.edu.au
LIGHTING RESEARCH CENTER
Located within the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York, the Lighting Research Center (LRC) is the largest academically based lighting research facility in the world. It offers the nation’s only Master’s of Science in lighting degree.
Since LRC began in 1988, it has built an international reputation as a reliable source for objective information about lighting technologies, applications, and products, providing training programs for government agencies, utilities, contractors, lighting designers, and other lighting professionals. It has been said that the LRC is “an outstanding example of what public-private sector partnerships can contribute by linking science, government, and industry to achieve shared objectives”.
The center’s programs cover a range of activities including both laboratory testing of lighting products and real-world demonstration and evaluation of lighting products and designs. At the LRC research is conducted into energy efficiency, new products and technologies, lighting design, and human factors issues.
Email: lrc@rpi.edu
THE BARTLETT
The Bartlett, Faculty of Built Environment, is one of the most renowned educational institutes in the fields of architecture, design and lighting. Established in 1987, the MSc/Graduate Diploma Light and Lighting (LL) is Europe’s long-standing specialist graduate lighting course, one of the gems of the Bartlett. The course aims to provide an holistic approach to lighting design considering the human response to light and lighting, the science and technology of the subject, together with the design of lighting as an integrated part of architecture.
The MSc/Graduate Diploma Light and Lighting attracts participants with diverse backgrounds in architecture, interior design, industrial design, various engineering disciplines, science, arts and theatre subjects. Students have come from many places around the world, but predominantly from the UK. Many students have studied part-time while employed in some element of the lighting profession and industries.
The Bartlett houses the Lighting Simulator, a sophisticated variable luminance artificial sky for daylighting studies. The Lighting Simulator is used as a facility for practising architects and lighting designers, as well as for teaching and research. This exceptional, facility is one of the most advanced in the UK and improves on others existing elsewhere in Europe.
Email: bartlett.pgclerk@ucl.ac.uk