LIGHTFAIR Daylighting Institute
Monday, March 29 - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at the Las Vegas Convention Center

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The world’s largest architectural and commercial lighting conference brings you two full days of LIGHTFAIR Daylighting Institute Courses focused on attendee participation providing intensive training from industry experts.

BASIC:
Limited lighting experience, general desire to do good lighting

INTERMEDIATE:
Equivalent of IESNA ED 150, up to 10 years working in lighting industry

MASTERS:
Advanced IES and/or College Education in Lighting, 10+ years experience in lighting
All LIGHTFAIR Daylighting Institute Courses provide:
AIA 12.0 Learning Units & Health, Safety, Welfare (HSW) credit, unless noted with *
ASID, IIDA .12 Core CEU Credits
IESNA .5 CEU Credits, unless noted with *
IFMA 12 Certification Maintenance Points

Please arrive 30 minutes prior to start time to allow for entry process. All LIGHTFAIR Institute Courses will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center


LIGHTFAIR DAYLIGHTING INSTITUTE #1

The Human Benefits of Daylighting
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Basic Track and Masters Track
Lisa Heschong
Partner
Heschong Mahone Group, Inc.
Fair Oaks, CA
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Jonathan Emens, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Oregon
Health and Science University
Portland, OR
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On-going research involving daylighting indicates significant potential benefits for human health and productivity. In this session, leading researchers in the key areas of circadian rhythms and learning performance explain how daylight affects humans and should be a major consideration of every building design project.

LIGHTFAIR DAYLIGHTING INSTITUTE #2A

Initiating a Daylighting Design
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Basic Track
Joel Loveland
Director, Betterbricks
Seattle Daylighting Lab
Seattle, WA
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How do you introduce daylighting to every project? How can daylighting be part of site selection, siting and massing, and schematic design? From the experience of hundreds of consultations and projects completed, this presentation will present the ideas and techniques of one of the top daylighting specialists who works every day assisting architects to bring daylight to everyday projects.

LIGHTFAIR DAYLIGHTING INSTITUTE #2B

Advanced Toplighting
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Masters Track
Jon McHugh
Lead Technical Engineer
Heschong Mahone Group, Inc.
Fair Oaks, CA
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Lisa Heschong
Partner
Heschong Mahone Group, Inc.
Fair Oaks, CA
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Recent advances in skylighting systems have dramatically improved their performance, and with .ies files a whole new methodology for designing and analyzing skylighting systems is unfolding. Find out the latest in this rapidly advancing field from some of the key researchers involved in the California PIER program.

LIGHTFAIR DAYLIGHTING INSTITUTE #3A

Light from a Changing Source: Climatology meets Illumination Science
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Basic Track
Michael Kroelinger, PhD, AIA
Professor of Architecture
University of Nevada
Professor Emeritus
Arizona State University
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In order to correctly evaluate and model daylighting, proper use of climate data needs to be combined with seasonal and daily patterns. Learn the latest in how to combine data to arrive at energy-saving day- lighting designs ideally suited for the exact location of the project. pecific climatic concerns of the desert will be presented from one the southwest’s top lighting educators and experts.

LIGHTFAIR DAYLIGHTING INSTITUTE #3B

Advanced Sidelighting
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Masters Track
Eleanor Lee
Scientist/Principal Investigator
Environmental Energy
Technologies Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
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The need to provide views continues to make sidelighting the most practical of all daylighting technologies. For over 25 years, LBNL has been one of the world ’s leading research centers in the field of daylighting, developing software, design methods, and technologies.

LIGHTFAIR DAYLIGHTING INSTITUTE #4A

Daylighting Design: Best Practices and Useful Patterns
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Basic Track
Gregory E. Franta, FAIA
Principal Architect
ENSAR Group
Boulder, CO
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This session will be presented by one of North America’s most accomplished and well-regarded daylighting experts. From an extended history of completed projects, best practices and recurring patterns of design will be shared as a guideline for everyday buildings.

LIGHTFAIR DAYLIGHTING INSTITUTE #4B

Controls Panel
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Masters Track
Jan Berman
President/COO
Mechoshade
Long Island City, NY
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Pekka Hakkarainen, PhD
Technical Director
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Coopersburg, PA
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Dorene Maniccia, LC, IESNA, U.S. Green Buildings Council, Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
Market Segment Development
The Watt Stopper
Warwick, RI
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Daylighting does not happen without controls, and three industry experts will present their company ’s approach to the challenge of automatic daylighting controls including switching, dimming, shading and other dynamic controls for lighting, fenestration and shading systems.


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