Illuminating Engineering Society (North America)

The IES website includes industry news, contacts, conferences, and offers an extensive book store. The society's Recommended Practices, Design Guides, education modules, and periodicals are some of the publication categories available at the book store. Search the IES site for inspiration (e.g., annual design awards presented in LD+A Magazine, like those in 2002).

Residential Lighting Magazine

An in-print and online magazine devoted to residential lighting.

Architectural Lighting Magazine

An in-print and online magazine devoted to architectural lighting related to any application.

Transmaterial

A website devoted to new materials that are transforming the built environment. Lighting related items include glass, light-reactive concrete, and electric light and daylight devices. Many are novel. Most related to lighting are efficient.

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)

The CIBSE website includes information on conferences and educational seminars and offers an extensive book store. The CIBSE is based in the UK and encompasses the Society of Light and Lighting.

International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD)

The IALD website outlines key information about lighting design and lighting designers. The website also includes an archive of current and recent-past lighting design awards.

Lightsearch.com

A directory of architectural lighting manufacturers, product-placement features, ads, and industry news.

National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP)

The NCQLP is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 to serve and protect the well-being of the public through effective and efficient lighting. Its LC program establishes baseline certification across the lighting professions.

The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education

Since 1989, The Nuckolls Fund has made annual grants supporting innovative lighting education ideas.

LEUKOS

LEUKOS is the journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society. Published quarterly, it is an international venue for the publication of technical developments of current interest and/or lasting importance in illuminating engineering and lighting design.

Lighting Research & Technology

LR&T is a quarterly journal published in association with the CIBSE's Society of Light and Lighting. Peer-reviewed papers are published on all aspects of lighting from authors around the globe.

Architectural SSL Magazine

Architectural SSL is focused on the merit of LEDs and solid state lighting (SSL) in the built environment.

OLED (Organic Lighting Emitting Diodes)

Website devoted to the OLED technology. Click the link to learn more about OLEDs for lighting.

Besal Lighting Education Fund

Established in 1983, the Besal Fund encourages talented and committed students to pursue a career in the lighting industry.

The Daylight Site

Funded by commercial interest Velux, the site includes a number of quality links, references, presentations, and articles on daylighting.

Daylighting Dividends

A program developed by Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to build market demand for daylighting. Resources, reports, publications, and more.