ALA To Host Virtual Residential Lighting Training Course This October

ALA's next virtual Residential Lighting Training Course, which guides participants through the association's Lighting Specialist (LS) accreditation program, starts Oct. 3. 

This course is consistently one of ALA’s most popular training programs and has become even more valuable to ALA members as it has moved towards a virtual format. The course will be led by one of ALA’s most popular instructors, Joe Rey-Barreau, AIA, IES, as he teaches the material from the Residential Lighting Training Manual and prepares students to take the LS exam at the completion of the course. 

The four-day class will run as a combination of live Zoom calls and a webinar-based recorded library of courses. Only students registered for the class will have access to the training materials. All live sessions are recorded and available in case a student misses one of the training sessions. 

Zoom meetings will be held during the following times on Oct. 3, 6, 10, and 13.
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) - Live Zoom call
2:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) – Live Zoom call

Class fee is $575 per participant and includes four days of virtual training with Rey-Barreau and the webinar-based library of courses. Members can register online here. Participants are required to bring their own training manual, which can be purchased online here. The manual fee includes the LS exam fee. 

About the Instructor: 
Joseph (Joe) A. Rey-Barreau is an architect and lighting designer with over thirty years of experience as a design professional. He is also an Associate Professor with tenure in the College of Design at the University of Kentucky where he has won numerous teaching awards. Joe has worked on over 1,000 projects as either the principal lighting designer and/or architect. These have included residential projects, offices, government buildings, stores, industrial, warehouse, educational and health care facilities. Since 1995 he has served as an education consultant and instructor for the American Lighting Association and has developed hundreds of lighting education courses and online webinars for both the lighting industry and for allied professionals such as architects, engineers and interior designers He is one of the most recognized lighting experts in the United States and has been quoted and referenced widely in many publications. Joe also has presented over 500 continuing education programs over the past twenty years to groups such as the American Lighting Association (ALA), American Institute of Architects (AIA), Illuminating Engineering Society of North American (IESNA), American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is also a member of the American Lighting Association Hall of Fame.