Free Online Lighting Course
September 22, 2007
I just wanted to let everyone know that I took and past the excellent learning 2.0 type FREE online course called Lessons in Lighting which covers basic lighting fundamentals and is provided by Lightolier. This may sound “not serious” or perhaps the word “basic” is throwing you off well let me tell you, while these are lighting “fundamentals” this is far from basic. There are 24 online lessons (each has a quiz too) that take between 30 minutes to over an hour (depending on whether you like to take notes like I do) and they cover EVERYTHING about lamps, color temperature, CRI, efficacy, ballasts, luminaires, design for residential, commercial, and retail, and wayyyyy more. There is also a final exam which you must pass with a 75 or better to receive certification. I knew a fair amount about light and lighting but I learned a lot more taking this course. I highly recommend it for lighting pros that need a brush up. Well back to that “not serious” thing well this course counts towards continuing education credits for these professional organizations:
(ALA) American Lighting Association
(AIA) American Institute of Architects
(NCQLP) National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions
(NAILD) National Association of Independent Lighting Distributors, Inc.
Hah! Take that! Well just to show off a bit, here’s the front of the certificate they give you for passing the course and exam:
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Here is the back page:
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I highly recommend taking this course to anyone who works in or around lighting. You will learn a lot! 
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Jennifer Mitchell | October 5, 2007 at 3:32 pm
I’ll have to check out the class. I’ll do anything for a certificate! Thanks for the tip.
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craigbic | October 5, 2007 at 3:37 pm
No problem Jennifer! Glad I could help! Good luck with the lessons.
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Kc | October 15, 2007 at 10:20 am
Very cool course. Alas the website won’t load today and my education has been halted
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Mel | April 30, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Interesting online course. Anyone knows about any undergraduate degree in architecture lighting? I know Parsons have them as a graduate course.
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George Kourgiantakis | August 18, 2008 at 11:02 am
Craig,
first of all, congrats for this blog.
This training is really worth.
You maybe already know, osram has a course too….
http://www.osram.com/osram_com/Tools_%26_Services/Training_%26_Knowledge/Webbased_Training/Product_Training_Program/index.html
It is very helpful for all the people who wants to make a good start on learning about light. Maybe not so ‘’serious” as the Lightolier’s, but there is all the basics.
learning is the key to be better and to understand the world. Osram gives a cetrificate too, but what you really learn is always the major target….
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Chitrangada | January 22, 2009 at 10:18 am
Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone.
But the website is not loading for some reason. Is this course still valid?
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Ahmad | July 25, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Dear craigbic, I wanna ask you about the certificate itself, they will send it by mail or e_mail, and it is recognized, actually I am in UAE, is it still applicable ?????????????????????????????????????
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craigbic | July 27, 2009 at 12:17 pm
The certificate is a PDF cert. that you may print yourself. It’s been awhile now so I don’t recall if there was an option to order a printed cert. from Lightolier. It’s an industry certificate. It carries weight only within the lighting industry – think of it as a competence certificate – it demonstrates an intermediate knowledge of lighting (both in general and more technical).
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mukesh | August 20, 2009 at 5:18 am
Through this way we may improve energy efficiency and reduce the green house gases. Certificate is another advantage and knowledge builder.
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maryam | August 25, 2009 at 9:09 am
thank you for your recommendation…it is really interesting, I saw OSRAM product training courses before and completed thos but these are much more helpful and are more completed I think.
It is really worth try it once