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Strategic Role: Serves as prerequisite foundation for all subsequent courses.
Deliverable: White Paper on Smart Power Applications.
Smart power represents the newest growth opportunity for custom integrators, and this groundbreaking two-day program is the first comprehensive education of its kind in the industry. Day one features five sequential sessions covering power system fundamentals, targeted power management, smart panel integration, generator optimization, and whole-home energy systems including battery storage and solar integration. Attendees explore critical industry trends including net energy metering, time-of-use rates, electrification initiatives, and virtual power plant technology, with guided exhibit floor visits following each session. Day two provides vendor-specific manufacturer training sessions that build upon the foundational knowledge established on day one. This vendor-agnostic curriculum, led by industry professionals, MEPs, and integrators, equips technology professionals, lighting designers, and specifiers with technical competency unavailable elsewhere—providing the competitive advantage needed to confidently identify opportunities, specify solutions, and integrate smart power systems that enhance reliability, efficiency, and client value across residential applications.
AIA/IDCEC Accredited – Join Greg Barrett for an interactive exploration of the science and craft behind lighting for artwork. Starting with basic lighting techniques and recommendations for lighting various types artwork, attendee’s will experience how changes in key attributes impact the perception of artwork to create a desired impact. Subsequently we will showcase the expanded experiential possibilities the latest lighting and control technology can create to ensure that each piece of art is always shown in its best light.
Electric light is a dazzling modern marvel, but can we have too much of a good thing? Dark night skies can have profound positive effects on human sleep and wellbeing, but common exterior lighting techniques all but eliminate our access to beneficial darkness. Explore the hidden costs of electric light at night on our own health, learn more about light pollution and light trespass and the growing number of communities that outlaw them, dig into a few of the negative environmental impacts of light at night, and apply what you learn to residential facades, outdoor living spaces, and backyards.
AIA/IDCEC Accredited – Join Greg Barrett for an interactive exploration of the science and craft behind lighting for artwork. Starting with basic lighting techniques and recommendations for lighting various types artwork, attendee’s will experience how changes in key attributes impact the perception of artwork to create a desired impact. Subsequently we will showcase the expanded experiential possibilities the latest lighting and control technology can create to ensure that each piece of art is always shown in its best light.
1.0 LU/HSW, AIA and IDCEC Registered
After a long day at work, the human body and mind are ready for relaxation and rest. Lighting during the evening and nighttime hours plays a critical role in fostering safety, security, and a sense of welcome to residential projects. Discover a new, client-friendly approach to illuminating interiors, learn what makes some light fixtures better tools, see why we are putting lighting in the wrong places, and explore the intersection of light, human wellbeing, and intelligent controls.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC) require design professionals to maintain current knowledge through rigorously vetted continuing education programs. Lightapalooza 2026 offers a minimum of four accredited sessions delivering Learning Units (LU) with Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) credit, providing architects, interior designers, and lighting professionals with credentials required for license renewal while addressing critical knowledge gaps at the intersection of lighting design, human wellbeing, and environmental responsibility. Sessions explore essential topics including the physiological benefits of darkness for human health, the regulatory landscape around light pollution, client-centered residential lighting methodologies that prioritize circadian wellness, color rendering metrics including CRI and TM-30 standards, and specialized illumination techniques for artwork. These programs deliver actionable technical knowledge applicable to residential design projects while fulfilling mandatory continuing education requirements for both credential maintenance and practical design competency.
Your competitors aren’t standing still — and neither should you. Success in 2026 won’t come from doing more of the same, but from smarter strategies that put your business out in front. In this session, you’ll learn a proven framework of 8.5 steps that bring sales, business development, and marketing together to help you boost visibility, strengthen trade and client relationships, and win more of the right projects. Walk away with practical, actionable tactics you can implement immediately to stay one step ahead and position your company to dominate your market this year.
Every company has a constraint — a single weak link limiting growth. It might be quoting speed, staff capacity, financial clarity, or lead flow. The key is not to solve everything, but to solve the right thing. In this session, you’ll use a proven method to identify your biggest current constraint and walk out with a clear action plan to fix it.
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Outcome: Walk away with clarity on what’s holding your business back — and a focused, actionable plan to remove the biggest barrier to growth.