Lighting Design - Commercial

Course details

Lighting adds emotion to spaces and makes the difference between a mere building and a vibrant, living place where people meet and interact with each other.

Our Lighting Design Commercial course shows participants how to use the Dialux lighting design program, from installation of software, basic room design through to irregular rooms with furniture and other basic building elements; offices, industrial buildings, car parks and roadways; incorporating CAD drawings into Dialux; emergency lighting; energy-saving lighting control systems (analog and digital), and spill lighting control.

Course Syllabus

Software - Dialux Part 1

• Introduction to the program
• Sample lighting designs
• Rectanglular and non-rectangular layouts

Software - Dialux Part 2

• Importing and using CAD drawings
• Overlaying luminaires on CAD layer
• Exporting finished lighting plans

Software - Dialux Part 3

• Room elements
• Furniture
• Creating non-standard objects
• 3D Rendering and outputting images
• Creating video files

Software - Dialux Part 4

• Offices
• Industrial Buildings
• Car parks / Public roadway lighting
• Sports pitchesOffices

Lighting Control/Energy-Saving/Emergencies

Switching and dimming Presence and daylight sensing Analog and DALI ballasts and dimming Introduction to Emergency Lighting Commercial Lighting Design

Why formal CPD?

Formal CPD is planned, structured activity that contributes to the rounded, professional development of an engineering professional. It should match the needs and requirements of the employer as well as enhancing the ‘skills for life’ of the individual, so it is important to plan and agree the expected outcome, as well as recording the training/CPD input.

CPD types and time credits

Target: Record a minimum average of 5 days formal CPD for each engineering employee (engineers and technicians) per annum. In considering a broad approach to CPD, Engineers Ireland recommend that individual engineers / technicians should ensure that a minimum of 3 days of CPD p.a. is achieved under headings including 1.3 below. This is particularly relevant where individuals are pursuing professional titles, such as Chartered Engineer, or inclusion on the International Register of Professional Engineers, where specific requirements relating to training activity apply.

1.3 External training courses - Type Time – credits Courses run by a recognised institution or training provider covering specific technical subjects, sector specific subjects or generic training (management, law, finance, accounting, health and safety, human resources, environmental issues, computer applications etc) - actual lecture time.