The lighting industry’s most renowned educational program presented exclusively at the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI) is expanding its curriculum to offer an even broader lineup of seminars, courses and workshops next year.

The 2010 LFI Conference program offers seven (7) diverse educational tracks with 68 unique courses, totaling more than 200 accredited hours for AIA, ASID/IIDA, IES and IFMA, upon individual association approval. Highlights include:

The launch of the Building Integration track, aligning with the newest pavilion on the trade show floor, to create a comprehensive offering dedicated to educating attendees on energy efficiencies, optimizing the overall building performance and analysis and comparisons of improving efficiencies;
 
In the LIGHTFAIR Institute®, a complete 3-level lighting series will be introduced with the addition of a new 2-day Advanced Lighting course to enhance the existing Basic Lighting and Intermediate Lighting 2-day immersion courses;
 
Courses on Daylighting management tools, metrics, harvesting and control systems within the Daylighting Institute®;
 
A wide variety of workshops and seminars on LED and LEED.
 
Conference topics will cover Controls for Daylighting, Daylight Management in CommercialBuildings, Simulation Tools, Controls, Codes, BIM/IPD, Color and Design and several more relevant lighting subjects.
 
2010 Participants can choose from:

            - 11 Daylighting Institute® Workshops
            - One two-day Daylighting Fundamentals course
            - 16 LIGHTFAIR Institute® Workshops, including a tour
            - Three one-day LIGHTFAIR Institute® courses
            - Five two-day LIGHTFAIR Institute® courses
            - 32 seminars
 
Designed to educate attendees on the industry’s latest trends, innovations and business solutions, the LFI Conference program covers a broad range of today’s most relevant topics. It brings together the foremost designers, educators, architects, engineers and consultants to address topics that cover lighting fundamentals, software, applications, controls and solutions, as well as design innovation, product updates and case studies.
 
The Daylighting Institute and the LIGHTFAIR Institute take place Monday, May 10- Tuesday, May 11, 2010 and the seminars occur Wednesday, May 12- Friday, May 14.  www.lightfair.com