Metalumen Now CEU Accredited

September 06 2016

Metalumen is now an accredited provider for the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC) and National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP) for continuing education…

All Metalumen lighting seminars demonstrate best practices in lighting application, strategies in energy conservation, and human centric drivers for wellbeing per application and maintenance factors. Each seminar is one to two hours in length and qualifies for 0.2 to 2.0 CEU, LEU and LU credits.

Seminars include the following:

• Lighting Issues, Trends and Wellbeing in Healthcare Facilities (HCL)

• AIA CES #Metal-AIA003

• Exploring the Healthy Needs of the Work Place

• AIA CES #Metal-AIA002

• Challenges and Solutions in Lighting for The Educational System

• AIA CES #Metal-AIA005

• Lighting Strategies for Mass Transit

• AIA CES #Metal-AIA004

• LED Technologies & The Future of Lighting

• AIA CES#: AIACES10 / IDCEC class code: CC-103359-1000

• Emerging Trends in Solid State Lighting

• AIA CES#: AIAMET15A / IDCEC class code: CC-104687-1000

Find out more: http://www.metalumen.com/Resources/Education.

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