- Specifier seminar will provide information on environmentally responsible lighting projects -

TUPELO, Miss., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Philips Day-Brite Lighting Institute offers a Sustainable Lighting Design Seminar at its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certified facility (LEED-CI) on January 28 and 29, 2010. Located in Tupelo, MS, the Lighting Institute is designed to educate visitors about the importance of lighting and highlight of energy conservation.

The Sustainable Lighting Design seminar is designed for owners, facility or energy managers, architects, engineers, lighting designers, end-users and others in the lighting industry that are currently supporting energy initiatives that lead to more environmentally responsible projects. The seminar will focus on cutting edge ideas in design, new technology developments in luminaires, the use of alternative lighting systems, and improvements in development and manufacturing techniques that offer continuous improvement in energy performance. Topics will include ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1, LEED and EPACT 2005, which are the energy initiatives that drive lighting design and specification, as well as provide a good understanding of how to best match user needs with technology options.

Konstantinos Papamichael, Ph.D., and Dr. Craig Bernecker, Ph.D., FIESNA, LC are the keynote speakers for the seminar. Papamichael is a professor in the department of Environmental Design at the University of California, Davis. He holds an Architectural Engineering degree from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, a Masters in Architecture from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of California. Over the last 30 years, Papamichael has been working on the development of building energy efficient strategies and technologies, focusing on daylighting, electric lighting and their integration. He is the author/co-author of more than 70 publications. His recent work in photo sensor based controls has resulted in three patents and a Progress Award from the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). He is the current Chair of the IESNA Daylighting Committee.

Bernecker is founder and director of The Lighting Education Institute, an educational initiative focusing on education for professionals in the lighting and building industry. He is also past president of IESNA and served as director of the Lighting Education Program at Penn State University.

The Lighting Institute will accommodate 40 visitors for the seminar. This is an AIA registered program rewarding 7.5 Learning Units with Health Safety and Welfare credit. Registration for the Sustainable Lighting Design seminar can be completed at www.dcolightinginstitute.com. The cost of the seminar is $250.

About Philips Day-Brite

The Philips Day-Brite Division is a member of the Philips North American Professional Luminaires Business Unit. Phillips Day-Brite is dedicated exclusively to the design, manufacture and marketing of lighting fixtures in the fluorescent, emergency, HID indoor and outdoor, track lighting, down lighting, and commercial decorative lighting businesses serving the commercial, industrial and niche markets. Phillips Day-Brite has a rich history in the lighting industry as well as over five decades of experience in manufacturing and design within each of its commercial and industrial brands.

SOURCE Philips Day-Brite

Back to top

RELATED LINKS
http://www.dcolightinginstitute.com