Lighting school training courses in Boston, MA (public, in-house or online)

This nontechnical introductory studio focuses on residential design. Topics include light sources, fixture selection, color rendering, and analysis of lighting installations and controls. The course will explore various areas of the home and their particular requirements for light. Field trips may be included.

The Home Electronics curriculum is designed to fulfill the growing requirement of trained professionals in the area of Home Technology Automation. In fact, home technology integrators anticipate seeing nearly 15 percent growth in their business in 2007, according to a January survey by CE Pro magazine. That follows a year (2006) in which integrators said they experienced revenue growth of 35 percent. But home technology integration firms face a challenge in finding individuals with the right ski...

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One of the easiest ways to cut energy costs is to use energy saving light fixtures. Simply choosing the right fixtures can make a world of difference without taking away from the quality of light people are used to experiencing. This five hour interactive online course focuses on the importance of energy saving lighting fixtures, and how to select them.

This course is broken up into nine sections, with a short quiz at the end of each section. There is also an extensive reference section f...

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Lighting design is a process. It is the process of integrating light into the fabric of architecture. Regardless of the space to be lighted a bank, a church, an office, a gallery, a restaurant, a store, a classroom and regardless of the light sources available for use, the process is always the same. Because lighting design is a process, it can be learned. This course series traces the steps in the lighting design process much as a professional performs them in practice.

This 1-hour inter...

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Light is the fourth dimension of architecture. It is molding material in the hands of the lighting designer (architect, interior designer, engineer, etc.), like clay in the hands of the sculptor. Like the sculptor, you need the right tools. The bonus is that good lighting design also yields great energy savings.

In this interactive online course, you learn professional lighting design and how to earn LEED credits in Daylighting. In order to create successful lighting projects or products...

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