Advanced Course on Sustainable Lighting Practices (organised by TERI and Philips Lighting University)

A three-day training programme 'Advanced Course on Sustainable Lighting Practices' was jointly organized by the Centre for Research and Sustainable Building Science (CRSBS), TERI, and the Philips Lighting University on 17-19 June 2013 at the Seminar Hall, TERI-SRC Bangalore. The programme was organized for professionals from various fields (architects, engineers, consultants) who provide sustainable lighting solutions. This three-day workshop was developed and conducted on indoor lighting applications with software like Dialux & RETScreen tool practice.

Mr Pradeep Kumar, Associate Director, CRSBS, and Ms Sudeshna Mukhopadyay, Director, Philips Lighting University, welcomed all the participants and professionals from TERI and Philips. Further on, the CRSBS and PHILIPS team spoke about GRIHA, LEED, and ECBC requirements for artificial lighting design and the controls required to integrate it with day lighting.

TERI professionals and the Philips Lighting University faculty delivered lectures on the following topics:

• Energy audit of existing lighting systems.
• Green products with LED Performance: Myths and facts
• Light, perception, and health
• Lighting Retrofits and what's new in lamp and ballasts
• Optimized lighting design as per the rating systems (GRIHA and LEED)
• Lighting control integration as per Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC 2007)
• Designing an efficient and optimized lighting system for a room using Dialux software
• Lighting retrofits and sustainable renewable lighting using RETScreen software