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ASSIST: Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies

Education Activities

Lighting experts agree: LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, are the next generation of lighting. The technology has been rapidly evolving, and many are eager to use it in a variety of applications, from signs and signals to illumination. To carefully nurture this promising technology and help LEDs make the big leap, ASSIST is working to ensure that people understand the benefits and complexities of using LEDs for lighting. ASSIST's education activities include free educational publications and the LED Lighting Institute.

Educational Publications

• Lighting Applications Guideline for LEDs  (745K)

LED Lighting Institute

Since 2002, the Lighting Research Center and ASSIST have been showing people how this quickly evolving technology works in the real world. The twice-yearly LED Lighting Institute brings people from all over the world together for a three-day, hands-on seminar.

The LED Lighting Institute educates participants about the best uses for LEDs, including which applications can benefit from the technology and how to successfully integrate LEDs into a lighting design. Participants in a small-class setting learn from lighting experts at the LRC about the latest advances in LED research, testing, and technology. In the lab sessions, students get involved in measuring photometric, electrical, and thermal properties of LEDs. During the design sessions, they learn how to match application requirements with available technologies, select and specify LED lighting system components, and design lighting installations using LEDs. On the last day, teams experiment with LED technology by building their own light fixtures to solve a lighting problem more effectively than the solutions offered by traditional technologies.

Participants interact with senior LRC researchers with a combined expertise covering all areas of lighting, including technologies, lighting design, optical modeling, and human factors. In addition, participants work with the latest LED products on the market.

Visit the LED Lighting Institute Web site for more information and upcoming dates.