1. Course background

2. Lighting design

3. Purpose of lighting

4. Terminology

5. Practical skills

[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

• Quality of light and lighting (3:27) https://youtu.be/xUkxrKlPg48

• Lighting theory essentials (Philips Lighting/Signify) https://www.signify.com/global/lighting-academy/browser/course/lighting-theory-essentials
  
• Light and health (4:56) https://youtu.be/GbHGRMv7rDE
  
• Lighting terminology (5:50) https://youtu.be/9nPIzyV1mW0
  
• Luminous flux (1:22) https://youtu.be/V_bZhzCpCcs
  
• Luminous intensity (1:00) https://youtu.be/78cxI5LhTlY
  
• Luminance and illuminance (2:07) https://youtu.be/2D8wtLRGKYo
  
• Photometrics (5:59) https://youtu.be/hByR2V4qyq8
• IES Lighting Ready Reference App https://www.ies.org/education/ies-lighting-ready-reference-app/

• Design guides:
  
• Karlen M., Benya J. R. & Spangler C., 2014. Lighting Design Basics, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. [HKALL]
• Pritchard D. C., 1999. Lighting, 6th ed., Longman, Harlow. [HKALL]
• Simons R. H. & Bean A.R., 2001. Lighting Engineering: Applied Calculations, Architectural Press, Oxford. [HKALL]
• SLL, 2022. The SLL Code for Lighting, Society of Light and Lighting (SLL), London. [HKALL]
• Winchip S. M., 2017. Fundamentals of Lighting, Fairchild Publications, New York. [HKALL]
• licht.de (www.all-about-light.org) (Germany) http://www.licht.de/
• licht.wissen: the licht.de series of publications https://www.licht.de/en/service/publications-and-downloads/lichtwissen-/-series-of-publications
• Reference books:
  
• Benya J., et al, 2003. Advanced Lighting Guidelines, 2003 ed., New Buildings Institute, White Salmon, Washington. [HKALL][https://www.lightingassociates.org/i/u/2127806/f/tech_sheets/Advanced_Lighting_Guidelines_2003.pdf]
• IESNA, 2011. The Lighting Handbook: Reference & Application, 10th ed., Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, New York, N.Y. [HKALL]
• SLL, 2018. The SLL Lighting Handbook, Society of Light and Lighting (SLL), London. [HKALL]
• Handbook of Lighting Design (ERCO Edition) https://download.erco.com/en/media/handbook
  
• The Lighting Handbook (Zumtobel) http://www.zumtobel.com/PDB/teaser/EN/lichthandbuch.pdf

• Related professional institutions:
  
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) http://www.cibse.org
  
• CIBSE Hong Kong Region http://www.cibse.org.hk/
  
• Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) http://www.sll.org.uk/
  
• Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) 香港工程師學會 http://www.hkie.org.hk/
  
• Building Services Division 屋宇裝備分部 https://www.hkie-bsd.org/
  
• Lighting Engineering (Purdue University) https://engineering.purdue.edu/ENE/Academics/Undergrad/MDE/PlansofStudy/lighting-engineering
  
• Architectural lighting design - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_lighting_design
  
• Professional societies on Lighting Design:
  
• Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) [now renamed as IES] http://www.ies.org
  
• Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE) (International Commission on Illumination) http://www.cie.co.at
  
• Society of Light and Lighting, UK (under CIBSE) http://www.sll.org.uk/
  
• HyperPhysics - Light and Vision http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/photomcon.html
• The Nobel prizes related to lighting:
• The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics - the invention of efficient blue LEDs which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources, by Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2014/press-release/
  
• The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm, by Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2017/press-release/