INTERIOR LIGHTING DESIGN - ADVANCED CERTIFICATE
The fully redeveloped Advanced Certificate course in Interior Lighting provides learners with the vital, well informed next step in advancing their knowledge and education for a career in lighting.
The Advanced Certificate course fulfils the learner’s desire and need to know more and provides the crucial stepping stone for progressing their careers in lighting, be it in product development, sales or application and design.
The course is delivered by respected, highly qualified, well-known industry experts, all with University Recognised Teacher Status.
To reinforce and support the learning, completely new, up-to-date and comprehensive course textbooks have been written to capture and convey this wealth of experience.
Key Advanced Interior Course Information
| Teaching Location: | The LIA, Telford or Online |
| Teaching Institution: | The Lighting Industry Academy |
| Duration: | 3.5 days + 12 week period for project completion |
| Delivery: | Continuous days of classroom learning |
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Level:
Member cost: Non member cost: |
Working at educational Level 5
£920 + VAT £1,150 + VAT |
The Lighting Industry Academy also offers the Advanced Certificate Course in Exterior Lighting. The two advanced certificate courses are fully aligned with each other so that students taking them both will fully benefit from the course materials.
Who Is The Advanced Interior Course For
Experienced lighting professionals who may be looking to further their skills and lighting knowledge by specialising in Interior lighting or want to take their learning of interior to the next level after completing the Lighting Industry Academy’s Certificate course.
The Advanced course is carefully crafted for those with a career in lighting and looking to either develop a much deeper understanding of light, vision and design to deliver professional schemes or for those seeking a strategic advantage over their competitors by being able to understand and apply the latest knowledge and thought processes.
This course offers the highest available level in vocational lighting training, working at Educational Level 5.
How Is The Advanced Course Delivered
What Are The Advanced Interior Course Objectives
Students have the opportunity to uniquely explore the complete journey from the art of lighting, through the science and practicalities to the successful specification. The student will start with light and perception, move on to the design process, engage with lamps, luminaires, controls, CAD, and computer modelling and finally the use of codes and the production of specifications and drawings.
- A design focused approach based on understanding the client needs, perception, recognition and orientation
- Understanding the natural world and using this with predictive laws to improve your design
- Sunlight and Daylight Modelling
- Integrating Artificial Light with Daylight and controls
- Human Centric Lighting and changing dynamics
- Working with, convincing and specifying for the design team
- Identifying the workplace users and their needs
- Illuminance, Contrast and Glare
- Energy & Sustainability
- Best practice examples and projects
- Design stages, schedules, risk and contracts
- Use of CAD, BIM and lighting software
What Is The Attendance For The Advanced Interior Course
What Is The Assessment for The Advanced Interior Course
What Is The Progress For The Advanced Interior Course
Learners may also want to improve their knowledge of a specific topic of lighting by enrolling on to the courses in one of the following subject areas:
- Standards and Legislation
- Lighting Design Software (DIALux and Relux)
- Emergency Lighting (endorsed by ICEL)
Meet The Trainer
Iain Macrae
Iain Macrae graduated in Mechanical Engineering and somehow found his way into lighting. Since starting with Thorn 30 years ago he has gained many years' manufacturing, application and technical experience including a whole range of projects across most market sectors.
Iain is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow and Past President of the Society of Light & Lighting and authors for British and European lighting standards, lighting guides, codes. He uses his depth of understanding to author and deliver lighting and software training.
In 2017, Iain set up his own consultancy on lighting strategy, product appraisal and application, lighting design, standards advice, technical marketing and training. On top of all that he has a reputation as an engaging conference moderator and thought provoking speaker.
Iain used to climb sheer rock faces for fun, but gave it up for safer hobbies like playing the Saxophone (badly).
