Design + Technical

Professional

Lamps

Ballasts + Transformers

Controls

Organizations

• IALD - International Association of Lighting Designers
• ELDA+ - European Lighting Designers' Association
• IESNA - Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
• DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Lighting
• International Dark-Sky Association - Light pollution
• The Lighting Academy - Lighting encyclopedia and other resources

Inspiration and How-To's

• Low-Voltage Lighting Basics - Intro to LV lighting concepts from EC&M Magazine
• Solar Powered Lighting - This DOE/EERE article answers some basic questions

Lighting Design & Analysis Software

• Lighting Tecnologies Inc - Lumen Designer, Simply Lighting, and Photopia (optical design)
• Lighting Analysts Inc - AGI32, AGI32-Light, and Photometric Toolbox
• Radiance - From Lawrence Berkeley Labs
• Visual - From Lithonia Lighting
• Luxicon - From Cooper Lighting
• TracePro - From Lambda Research Corporation
• 3dOP - From ALLSCAPE

Publications

• Architectural Lighting Magazine
• Architectural Record Magazine
• HL&A Contract Lighting
• Home Lighting & Accessories
• LD+A
• Lighting Dimensions
• Lighting Futures
• Professional Lighting Design Magazine - the official magazine of the ELDA+ and the IALD
• Residential Lighting

Codes & Standards

• ASHRAE 90.1 Code - Downloadable
• California Title 24 2005 -Title 24, Part 6, California Code of Regulations (PDF download)
• Title 24 2005 - Review + Commentary - Get up to speed quickly with this article from LCA.
• NEC - National Electric Code - News, summaries, code changes
• NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturers Association
• NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
• NYSERDA - NY State Energy Research & Development Authority
• NEMA / IEC - A brief comparison of NEMA and IEC protection class codes (pdf).
• IP Protection Class Chart - Quick reference chart for IP Protection Classes.

• The Lighting Research Center (LRC) - at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Lawrence Berkeley Lab - Center for Building Sciences
• The Pennsylvania State University - Architectural Engineering Dept
• University of Colorado at Boulder - Architectural Engineering Dept
• University of Kansas - Architectural Engineering Dept
• Parsons School of Design - Lighting Design