ALA to Host Virtual Residential Lighting Training Course this September

ALA’s popular training course, designed to help members earn their Lighting Specialist accreditation, will be held this September through a series of live, virtual classes. The course will be taught by renowned instructor Joe Rey-Barreau, AIA, IES. 

The course will consist of virtual meetings held over four days in September. Each day there will be two, live Zoom sessions led by Rey-Barreau. Each session will be recorded for students to revisit materials. Additional study time and reading are recommended for the class. Following the course, the online Residential Lighting Exam will be taken on the student’s time. In order to earn the Lighting Specialist accreditation, the student must pass the exam with an 80 percent. 

The live courses will be held over Zoom on Sept. 20, 23, 27, and 30, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time.

All ALA members are welcome to take the course, which costs $575 per participant, along with a $359 fee for the Residential Lighting Training Manual. Members can register online here.

Instructor, Joe Rey-Barreau, AIA, IES, is an architect and lighting designer with more than 30 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. Rey-Barreau has been an instructor and education consultant at ALA since 1995.