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Educators & Students

A teaching aide and a study guide. Find anwsers to your questions and explore featured content on lighting theory and design in ALG Online.

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Optimize your lighting design.

Design Considerations will guide you through the process of integrating theory, best practices, and the latest technologies.

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Identify your high performance luminaire.

The Luminaire Directory provides detailed tech sheets and photometric distributions.

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Know the basics.

Light & Vision discusses the many facets of light—from spectrum to quantity—and the implications for the human visual system and occupant visibility.

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Incorporate natural light.

Daylighting explores theory, sources and integration strategies behind this best practice. Review simulation tools, case studies, and more.

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Take the confusion out of controls.

Lighting Controls will help you integrate layered controls to deliver the right amount of light when and where it’s needed.

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"This website is an amazingly valuable resource.. you can start with the basics of light and its importance to human life; brings in all the new vocabulary; goes over the science and uses of different light sources; and it brings it all together with the discussion of luminaires."

- Lauren Donley,
Energy Management Student


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