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2008 Jim H McClung Lighting Center Course Information

The Jim H McClung Lighting Center sponsors a number of programs each year focusing on a variety of lighting related topics.  Our six training classrooms, plus exhibit and demonstration areas provide participants with a clear understanding of today’s lighting technologies and their applications.  A Special Visitor Program arranged through your local Acuity Brands Lighting agent may be the best way to visit the Lighting Center and meet with our knowledgeable staff to address a particular project.

Program Registration
Your local Acuity Brands Lighting sales representative will assist you with program registration. Click here to look up their phone number. 

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Design / Build Contractor Workshop*  (Session Closed)

December 9 – 11, 2007

Lithonia Products Workshop               (Session Closed)

January 14 – 16, 2008

Lighting Specifier Seminar *               (Session Closed) February 11 – 13, 2008
Festival of Lights USA                         (Session Closed) March 5 – 8, 2008
Lithonia Products Workshop               (Session Closed) March 24 – 26, 2008
Lithonia Products Workshop               (Session Closed)

April 14 – 16, 2008

Lighting for High Performance Schools     (Closed) April 28 - 29, 2008
Lighting Specifier Seminar *              (Session Closed) May 12 – 14, 2008
Distributor & Contractor
Applications Workshop *
                    (Session Closed)
June 9 – 11, 2008
Lithonia Products Workshop July 14 – 16, 2008
Lighting Specifier Seminar * August 11 – 13, 2008
Agency Training Sessions September 2 – 5, 2008
Lithonia Products Workshop September 8 – 10, 2008
Lighting Essentials for Architects & Interior Designers September 15 – 17, 2008
Lighting the Nighttime Environment *  December 1 – 3, 2008
Distributor & Contractor Applications Workshop * December 8 – 10, 2008

Optional Visual application software training, requires third night stay over.



Design / Build Contractor Workshop                 December 9 – 11, 2007
Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate Acuity Brands Lighting brands and products
  • Explain the benefits and limitations of common luminaire choices
  • Use web based design tools to select the most appropriate fixtures

This program equips participants with cutting edge technology enabling them to develop their best designs in the least time. Sessions target the lighting needs of offices, classrooms, warehouses, and parking lots along with the benefits and limitations of products typically used in these spaces. Lighting regulations and energy codes are reviewed, along with a number of web based support tools.

Participants travel to Conyers on Sunday, December 9th, with the program beginning Monday morning and concluding Tuesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 2:45 PM.

Optional Visual Software Training                                                                      December 12, 2007
Those wishing to participate in Visual training on December 12th will stay over, departing for the airport at 2:30 PM Wednesday afternoon. Registration for this session is limited only to those enrolled in the associated Lighting Center program.
 

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Lithonia Products Workshop (Session Closed)      January 14 – 16, 2008
Learning Objectives

  • Explain the breadth of the Lithonia line and its most popular products
  • Assist customers in making the proper luminaire selection
  • Recognize applications where Lithonia products are used

This program provides distributor sales personnel with an overview of all Acuity Brands Lighting companies along with focused training on benefits and applications of key Lithonia Lighting products. Topics include

Emergency lighting                          Industrial lighting
Commercial fluorescent                 Commercial Downlighting
Outdoor                                               Rough Service products
Reloc modular wiring                       Web based tools

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, January 14th, with an opening reception that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 2:45 PM.

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Lighting Specifier Seminar (Session Closed)        February 11 – 13, 2008
Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate Acuity Brands Lighting brands and products
  • Explain the benefits and limitations of common luminaire choices
  • Use web based design tools to select the most appropriate fixtures
     

This seminar offers the lighting design professional a review of the breadth of the Acuity Brands Lighting companies. Discussions focus on Gotham, Peerless, Hydrel, Antique Street Lamps, SpecLight, Mark Architectural and recent Lithonia introductions. Lighting regulations and energy code updates are included.

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, February 11th, with an opening event followed by dinner that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 4:30 PM.

Optional Visual Software Training                                                                        February 14, 2008
Those wishing to participate in Visual training on February 14th will stay over, departing for the airport at 2:30 PM Thursday afternoon. Registration for this session is limited only to those enrolled in the associated Lighting Center program.

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Festival of Lights USA (Session Closed)                           March 5 – 8, 2008
 

Acuity Brands Lighting and our hometown of Conyers, GA combine to produce an outdoor lighting competition for lighting design professionals and students, along with a public festival in historic Olde Town, patterned after the Festival of Lights in Lyon, France. For a review of prior Festivals of Lights, go to www.FestivalofLightsUSA.com.

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Lithonia Products Workshop  (Session Closed)        March 24 – 26, 2008
Learning Objectives

  • Explain the breadth of the Lithonia line and its most popular products
  • Assist customers in making the proper luminaire selection
  • Recognize applications where Lithonia products are used

This program provides distributor sales personnel with an overview of all Acuity Brands Lighting companies along with focused training on benefits and applications of key Lithonia Lighting products. Topics include

Emergency lighting                          Industrial lighting
Commercial fluorescent                 Commercial Downlighting
Outdoor                                               Rough Service products
Reloc modular wiring                       Web based tools

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, March 24th, with an opening reception that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 2:45 PM.
 

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Lithonia Products Workshop  (Session Closed)           April 14 – 16, 2008
Learning Objectives

  • Explain the breadth of the Lithonia line and its most popular products
  • Assist customers in making the proper luminaire selection
  • Recognize applications where Lithonia products are used

This program provides distributor sales personnel with an overview of all Acuity Brands Lighting companies along with focused training on benefits and applications of key Lithonia Lighting products. Topics include

Emergency lighting                          Industrial lighting
Commercial fluorescent                 Commercial Downlighting
Outdoor                                               Rough Service products
Reloc modular wiring                       Web based tools

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, April 14th, with an opening reception that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 2:45 PM.
 

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Lighting for High Performance Schools (Closed)      April 28 – 29, 2008
 

Learning Objectives

  • Define the characteristics of a high performance school
  • Explain design parameters for the video classroom
  • Apply daylighting techniques to enhance the learning environment
  • Choose amongst fluorescent and HID light sources

High Performance School Lighting integrates light quality, daylighting, and energy saving alternatives to build a school that runs efficiently, saves money, protects natural resources, and provides superior visual comfort. The expectations for schools have changed drastically in the past 15 years. From whiteboards to computers, the design community is facing a revolution in lighting. Strict energy codes demand creative problem solving and daylight integration. Jim Benya of Benya Lighting Design shares his knowledge and experience to create High Performance School Lighting.

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, April 28th, with an opening event followed by dinner that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and completes that afternoon, with airport transportation departing the Lighting Center at 5:00 PM.
 

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Lighting Specifier Seminar (Session Closed)                 May 12 – 14, 2008

Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate Acuity Brands Lighting brands and products
  • Explain the benefits and limitations of common luminaire choices
  • Use web based design tools to select the most appropriate fixtures

This seminar offers the lighting design professional a review of the breadth of the Acuity Brands Lighting companies. Discussion focus on Gotham, Peerless, Hydrel, Antique Street Lamps, SpecLight, Mark Architectural and recent Lithonia introductions. Lighting regulations and energy code updates are included.

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, May 12th, with an opening event followed by dinner that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 4:30 PM.

Optional Visual Software Training                                                                                  May 15, 2008
Those wishing to participate in Visual training on May 15th will stay over, departing for the airport at 2:30 PM Thursday afternoon.  Registration for this session is limited only to those enrolled in the associated Lighting Center program.
 

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Distributor & Contractor Applications Workshop     June 9 – 11, 2008 (Session Closed)   
Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate Acuity Brands Lighting brands and products
  • Explain the benefits and limitations of common luminaire choices
  • Use web based design tools to select the most appropriate fixtures

This program equips participants with cutting edge technology enabling them to develop their best designs in the least time. Sessions target the lighting needs of offices, classrooms, warehouses, and parking lots along with the benefits and limitations of products typically used in these spaces. Lighting regulations and energy codes are reviewed, along with a number of web based support tools.

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, June 9th, with an opening reception that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 2:45 PM.

Optional Visual Software Training                                                                                 June 12, 2008
Those wishing to participate in Visual training on June 12th will stay over, departing for the airport at 2:30 PM Thursday afternoon.  Registration for this session is limited only to those enrolled in the associated Lighting Center program.
 

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Lithonia Products Workshop                                        July 14 – 16, 2008
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Learning Objectives

  • Explain the breadth of the Lithonia line and its most popular products
  • Assist customers in making the proper luminaire selection
  • Recognize applications where Lithonia products are used

This program provides distributor sales personnel with an overview of all Acuity Brands Lighting companies along with focused training on benefits and applications of key Lithonia Lighting products. Topics include

Emergency lighting                          Industrial lighting
Commercial fluorescent                 Commercial Downlighting
Outdoor                                               Rough Service products
Reloc modular wiring                       Web based tools

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, July 14th, with an opening reception that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 2:45 PM.
 

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Lighting Specifier Seminar                                       August 11 – 13, 2008
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Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate Acuity Brands Lighting brands and products
  • Explain the benefits and limitations of common luminaire choices
  • Use web based design tools to select the most appropriate fixtures

This seminar offers the lighting design professional a review of the breadth of the Acuity Brands Lighting companies. Discussion focus on Gotham, Peerless, Hydrel, Antique Street Lamps, SpecLight, Mark Architectural and recent Lithonia introductions. Lighting regulations and energy code updates are included.

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, August 11th, with an opening event followed by dinner that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 4:30 PM.

Optional Visual Software Training                                                                             August 14, 2008
Those wishing to participate in Visual training on August 14th will stay over, departing for the airport at 2:30 PM Thursday afternoon.  Registration for this session is limited only to those enrolled in the associated Lighting Center program.
 

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Agency Training Sessions                                     September 2 – 5, 2008
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Enrollment open only to Acuity Brands Lighting sales agency personnel.

Participants travel to Conyers on Tuesday, September 2nd for an opening dinner that evening. The program begins Wednesday morning and concludes Friday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 3:30PM.
 

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Lithonia Products Workshop                               September 8 - 10, 2008
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Learning Objectives

  • Explain the breadth of the Lithonia line and its most popular products
  • Assist customers in making the proper luminaire selection
  • Recognize applications where Lithonia products are used

This program provides distributor sales personnel with an overview of all Acuity Brands Lighting companies along with focused training on benefits and applications of key Lithonia Lighting products. Topics include

Emergency lighting                          Industrial lighting
Commercial fluorescent                 Commercial Downlighting
Outdoor                                               Rough Service products
Reloc modular wiring                       Web based tools

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, September 8th, with an opening reception that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 2:45 PM.
 

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Lighting Essentials for Architects
& Interior Designers
                                           September 15 – 17, 2008

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Learning Objectives

  • Experience visual effects produced by different lighting techniques
  • Apply layers of lighting to interior applications
  • Explain lamps and lighting terms

For architects and interior design professionals who now include lighting in their design package, this fast paced two day program enables lighting selection with confidence. See demonstrations of different techniques and the effects they produce. Understand the lighting design process, and learn about new lamp technologies.

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, September 15th, with an opening reception that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 2:45 PM.
 

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Lighting the Nighttime Environment                    December 1 – 3, 2008
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Learning Objectives
 

  • Recognize the needs of different outdoor applications
  • Explain new classification system and guideline ordinances
  • Design outdoor lighting systems to comply with energy codes and LEED requirements

The public’s expectations and acceptance of the lighted nighttime environment continue to change. How does the lighting designer address demands for enhanced security while complying with local and state outdoor lighting ordinances? What are the industry associations doing to address these issues? These are some of the questions answered during this two day program focused on outdoor topics.

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, December 1st, with an opening event followed by dinner that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 4:30 PM.

Optional Visual Software Training                                                                         December 4, 2008
Those wishing to participate in Visual training on December 4th will stay over, departing for the airport at 2:30 PM Thursday afternoon. Registration for this session is limited only to those enrolled in the associated Lighting Center program.
 

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Distributor & Contractor
Applications Workshop
                                         December 8 – 10, 2008

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Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate Acuity Brands Lighting brands and products
  • Explain the benefits and limitations of common luminaire choices
  • Use web based design tools to select the most appropriate fixtures

This program equips participants with cutting edge technology enabling them to develop their best designs in the least time. Sessions target the lighting needs of offices, classrooms, warehouses, and parking lots along with the benefits and limitations of products typically used in these spaces. Lighting regulations and energy codes are reviewed, along with a number of web based support tools.

Participants travel to Conyers on Monday, December 8th, with an opening reception that evening. The program begins Tuesday morning and concludes Wednesday afternoon. Transportation to the Atlanta airport departs the Lighting Center at 2:45 PM.

Optional Visual Software Training                                                                      December 11, 2008
Those wishing to participate in Visual training on December 11th will stay over, departing for the airport at 2:30 PM Thursday afternoon.  Registration for this session is limited only to those enrolled in the associated Lighting Center program.

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