Lighting Research Center

The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the world's leading center for lighting research and education—pioneering research in solid-state lighting, light and health, transportation lighting, and energy efficiency.

LED Lighting Institute September 25-27

Dr. John Bullough will present "Spectral Factors Influencing Visibility and Appearance of Automotive Displays" at the Society for Information Display's 25th Annual Symposium & Expo on Vehicle Displays, to be held September 25-26.

Light and Health Institute October 3-4

Dr. John Bullough will present "How Much Does Glare Affect Naturalistic Driving Crash Risk?" at the French Society of Automotive Engineers VISION 2018 Congress, to be held October 9-10, in Paris, France.

Dr. John Bullough will present "Headlamp Lighting Performance Evaluation" at the UN Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signaling Forum on Glare and Visibility, October 22 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Photometry Institute October 23-24

Dr. Mariana Figueiro will present the Keynote "A Healthy Dose of Light" at Illuminate Philadelphia on October 25.

Dr. Mariana Figueiro will present "Lighting and Dementia" at the Kongsberg Vision Meeting 2018 to be held Nov. 1 in Norway.

Dr. Mariana Figueiro will present "Light as a Stimulus for the Circadian System" at the 15th International Conference of Behavioral Medicine to be held Nov. 14-17 in Santiago, Chile.

Dr. N. Narendran will moderate the panel "Can 3D Printing Revolutionize the Lighting Industry?" at Strategies in Light, Feb. 28, 2019.

Special Notices

Programs

DELTA - Energy efficiency case studies

DesignWorks - Lighting design services

Energy - Efficient products and practices

Illumination for Plant Health - Plant disease control

Light and Health - Visual, circadian systems

NLPIP - Product testing

Solid-State Lighting - Improving, using LEDs

Transportation Lighting - Vehicle, roadway, signal

Education

Graduate Education

M.S. and Ph.D. programs in lighting—now offering a paid post-graduation externship option at a leading lighting manufacturer, design firm, or government organization

LED Lighting Institute

Hands-on workshop for industry professionals covering the latest advances in solid-state lighting, including IoT connected lighting, 3D printing...

Light and Health Institute

Two-day seminars that teach the many ways in which light affects, and can be used to improve, health and wellbeing

Photometry Institute

Two-day seminars about the latest developments in photometric testing and evaluation

Outdoor Lighting Institute

Two-day seminars on outdoor lighting design to reduce energy use and light pollution while improving safety and security

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Newsroom

Working with the LRC

Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies - Industry, academia, and government working together to advance LED lighting.

Illumination for Plant Health (IPH) program — Advancing sustainable, innovative strategies for plant disease control using the latest lighting technologies.

Bridging the science of light and health to practical applications, and providing objective information grounded in basic and applied research.

Conducting research to increase the benefits of lighting while reducing its environmental and monetary costs.

Collaboration of academia, industry, public benefit agencies, and government to advance the effective use of light.

Transportation Lighting Alliance Cooperative research into lighting for vehicles, roadways, and signage.

Project Sponsorship - Sponsor a research project.

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