Fluxwerx: Light + Education

Today’s classrooms are multifunctional learning spaces designed to inspire. Flexible, comfortable, high performance lighting is critical to complement and support the variety of collaborative and individual-led teaching and learning activities and functions these environments demand. This presentation is a guide for understanding the considerations when designing for education and establishing the connection between lighting and human wellness in education-oriented environments. It gives an overview of key lighting factors in various spaces in both K-12 and higher educational establishments, and offers practical recommendations and strategies for designing and specifying lighting in educational spaces.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify four key considerations when designing for education.
2. Develop an understanding of how luminaire selection and lighting design strategies in various educational environments improve the quality of teaching spaces, increase facility functionality and deliver cost and energy savings.
3. Determine appropriate lighting control strategies for different types of educational spaces; distinguish different types of light spectrum control, and discuss the ability of tunable white fixtures to improve comfort and student/instructor well-being in the noted environments.
4. Identify application best practices for minimal energy usage in educational settings using specific examples that focus on energy efficiency and sustainable design values.