Details
2-day course
CPD Credit: 12 hours, C1
Course Delivery Options
Course Format
This blended learning programme consists of:
- Online modules to be taken in advance of -
- An expert-led half-day Q&A session.
Course Overview
In Partnership with ILP
Street lighting design can cause issues with finding suitable positions for installation, understanding the huge range of products available and the issues that need to be accounted for during the design process. This course takes the student on a journey from understanding the nature of light, how we see and the needs of different road users. It examines equipment specifications, luminaire testing and the options that could be considered when retro-fitting lanterns. This course does not include the use of lighting design software, rather, it highlights the aims of issues encountered during the lighting design process.
On completion, students will have knowledge of the issues concerning light, sight, the lighting design process, and product specifications. In addition, this course will focus on design issues and suggest good practice in addressing them and the application of Standards and guidance.
Course Aim
This two-day blended course consists of a series of on-demand video presentations followed by a half-day online classroom tutorial. On completion, students will have knowledge of the issues concerning light, sight, the lighting design process, and product specifications. In addition, this course will focus on design issues and suggest good practice in addressing them and the application of Standards and guidance.
Programme
There are 15 sessions containing a total of approx. 9 hours of on-demand video presentations and access to these will be given for a fixed period leading up to the tutorial. Students will be expected to have viewed all the video content prior to the tutorial. There will be no restrictions for video access during this period so students can fit this in to suit their own lifestyle.
ULD01 Nature and theories of light
- Introduction
- Theories of light
- Electromagnetic spectrum
ULD02 The eye, vision & colour
- The eye
- Rods & cones
- Ganglion cells, circadian rhythm
- Vision & S/P ratio
- Adaption, sight & the effect of age
- Colour, colour appearance & colour temp
ULD03 Light sources & LEDs
- HID lamps and control gear
- Colour rendering and artificial light
- LED’s, colour and LED drivers
- Luminaires & photometry
ULD04 LED testing, photometry, glare & S/P ratio
- LED testing
- Spectral power distribution
- S/P ratio
- Maintenance factors & LED photometry
- Glare & LED's
ULD05 Obtrusive light
- Forms of obtrusive light
- Light source intensity, brightness & glare
- Luminaires, installation & general mitigation
- Guidance
ULD06 Lantern & column specifications
- Lantern specifications
- Column specifications
ULD07 Basic Principles of Lighting Design
- Reasons for the provision of Public Lighting
- Types of lighting source
- Basic terminology
ULD08: Residential Lighting Design
- General Terminology
- Asset positioning and layouts best practice
- Setting out grids
ULD09: Basic Highway Design Principals
- Best Practice Design Junction Layouts
- Geometry Terminology
- Application of best practice
ULD10: Basic Road Lighting Theory
- Viewing Lighting with Luminance
- Terminology associated with Traffic Route design
ULD11: Motorway Lighting
- Why they are lit
- Considerations & characteristics
- Lighting standards & arrangements
ULD12: High Mast Lighting
- Standards, guidance & definitions
- High mast applications
- Winches & winding arrangements
- High mast lighting design
ULD13: Design Standards
- Recap and round up of class selection
- Application of standards
- Special applications
ULD14: Design Methodologies and Compliance for Mass Retro Fit Projects
- Typical contract requirements for LED replacements
- Design methodologies: recipe method
- Design methodologies: straight line
- Design methodologies: area based
- Suggested design methodology
ULD15: Lighting of Other Highway Areas
- Conflict areas
- Pedestrian crossings
- Lighting for cyclists
Who Should Attend?
The course is open to anyone, with little or no prior experience needed in the management of street lighting assets. It will also be suitable for those engaged in this area that want to improve their knowledge and expertise in asset management lifecycle management.
Trainer’s Profile
Peter Harrison, Technical Director, ILP
With over 35 years in the street lighting industry, mainly as a local authority engineer and manager, Peter has a wide range of experience. Peter is a Director of Harrison Lighting Limited acting as an independent consultant in the exterior lighting industry before becoming ILP Technical Director in 2019. Prior to that, he was Head of Lighting Design and Additional Revenue at Balfour Beatty Living Places, responsible for the delivery of the lighting designs for the Core Investment Period (CIP) lighting replacements at Coventry, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire street lighting PFI projects. The role also involved providing advice on invest to save schemes, energy reduction strategies, highway improvement schemes and public realm improvements at PFI projects in Derby, South Tyneside and Sunderland where CIP has been completed.
He was involved in the procurement of the Birmingham Street Services PFI and before that was part of the core team that delivered the Staffordshire street lighting PFI. He has experience of the maintenance and refurbishment of tunnel lighting and management systems. He has experience in developing city beautification policies and strategies, has extensive lighting design experience and working with Planning Authorities carrying out lighting impact assessments.
Peter is experienced in developing street lighting policies, strategies and development plans to assist local authorities to achieve long term savings through Invest to Save strategies, developing carbon management plans and energy reduction strategies.
He is a past Chairman of the Midlands Region Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) and represents the ILP Midlands region at national level, has been a tutor and project leader on the ILP Exterior Lighting Diploma since 2003. He was chair of the panel that produced the Code of Practice for Seasonal Decorations, having been author of the original document and was a panel member that produced the ILP Technical report 23: Lighting of cycle tracks. More recently he managed the production of ATOMS, the document replacing Technical Report 22 on the risk management of lighting supports.
Please contact the CPD Training Team for further information on scheduled course dates and In-Company options.