Advanced Residential Lighting INTR 3160

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Recognize the environmental impacts of lighting and consider lighting in a sustainability context.
• Develop a reflected ceiling plan and specifications applicable to a residential project, appropriate for a set of construction drawings.
• Implement effective lighting solutions that support the design concept of interior environments.
• Evaluate the lighting requirements of various interior spaces from a functional, aesthetic and psychological perspective.
• Evaluate and implement appropriate brightness contrast into design solutions.
• Develop lighting concepts through implementation of the visible characteristics of lighting, including light layering, visual discrimination, and luminous elements.
• Recognize age-related eye disease and recommend lighting techniques that compensate for age-related changes.
• Implement the principles of various light sources such as incandescent, fluorescent, HID, LED through their appropriate uses.
• Apply photometric principles such as beam spread, spacing criteria and lighting distribution when designing lighting layouts.
• Identify appropriate illuminance levels as required by jurisdictions having authority.
• Recognize the impact of current applicable codes and standards.

Effective as of Winter 2016

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