Fundamentals of Residential Lighting CE740WDR

Course runs on Wednesdays from 6-8pm EST via zoom

CE740 Fundamentals of Residential Lighting takes you through the principal spaces in the home in four sessions, looking at lighting effects, techniques, and tools. As a participant, you will learn how we see, including the perception of color and what makes objects, surfaces, and tasks stand out. You will practice visualizing, describing, and planning lighting effects using typical residential floorplans. LED technology and controls are explained and common problems will be confronted. Explanation of lighting vocabulary will help you select and shop for lighting equipment.

Each sessions includes a design exercise to try on lighting ideas; home-based observation to develop critical vision; and a key issue review to reinforce understanding. Although we are working remotely, you will be able – and expected – to engage fully in the sessions. Exercises are part of each module. Homework assignments mostly involve observation around your own spaces and recording what you see and critique.

Dan Blitzer is Principal of The Practical Lighting Workshop, founded in 1993. The firm provides consulting services in marketing, strategy, communication, and education and serves a range of clients in the lighting community. Altogether, Dan brings 40 years of experience to issues of lighting application, technology, luminaires, and controls; energy effectiveness and sustainability; product management and marketing, as well as lighting education. He has direct experience in multiple marketing channels.

He is a board member and past president of the Designer’s Lighting Forum of New York, a director and Treasurer of The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education, and the primary on-camera interviewer for the IESNYC History Project. Dan is a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society. He is Lighting Certified. He holds a BA in Economics from Columbia University