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Strategic Role: Serves as prerequisite foundation for all subsequent courses.
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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.
Linear lighting offers incredible design possibilities but presents unique challenges in ordering, staging, and installation. This session equips project managers and engineers with strategies to manage these high-risk components effectively. Topics include early coordination with millwork and general contractors, choosing between factory-assembled, raw, or hybrid approaches, and field-verifying dimensions before releasing orders.
Participants will also learn best practices for labeling, kit structuring, and phased delivery to avoid costly errors and reorders. By approaching linear lighting with the same rigor applied to automated shades, integrators can reduce risk, improve installation accuracy, and deliver flawless results on some of the most technically demanding aspects of residential lighting projects.
Fixture procurement introduces a host of new responsibilities for integrators—logistics, coordination, and financial risk that extend well beyond traditional AV project scopes. This course walks participants through best practices for ordering, staging, and delivering lighting fixtures in a way that reduces errors and supports smooth installation. Topics include pre-order coordination with electricians, managing millwork dependencies, and implementing staggered delivery for high-value components such as trims.
Attendees will gain a repeatable framework for reducing costly mistakes, protecting profit margins, and improving client satisfaction. By adopting documented procurement workflows, project managers can transform fixture delivery from a risky obligation into a strategic advantage for their businesses.
Missed handoffs, unclear ownership, and “I thought they were handling it” moments derail lighting projects every day. This session introduces a Responsibility Matrix, a modern take on the RACI framework, to clearly define roles, responsibilities, and handoffs across your lighting workflow. After learning how to use the tool, you’ll work through one designed around a standard lighting fixture installation project to helping you quickly identify gaps and overlaps, clarify task delegation, and even see where your next hire should be.