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October 2015

David Becker

CERTIFICATION UPDATE

GLASS/WOOD HOUSE | NEW CANAAN, CT USA | LIGHTING DESIGN BY ARCHITECTURAL LX | © SCOTT FRANCES

OVERVIEW OF EFFORTS

2010

IALD Board of Directors forms Credentialing Task Force to undertake a feasibility study on viability of a Certification programme for architectural lighting designers.

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OVERVIEW OF EFFORTS

2010 -2012

Exhaustive 2 year study:

Consultations, presentations, workshops, webinars, straw model & global survey.

General Findings:

• Substantially supportive.

• A credential is a mark of a maturing profession

• “If we don’t do it ourselves, it’ll be done to us, and we’ll have no control”.

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OVERVIEW OF EFFORTS

2012

Task force delivers recommendations based upon findings:

1. To establish a certification in architectural lighting design

2. To establish a global credentialing commission to administer and grant the certification

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OVERVIEW OF EFFORTS

2012 – 2013

• Develop prototype Credential

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• Alpha and Beta studies engage global participants to test application instructions and assumptions

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• Beta testing phase and final review concluded

• Internal procedures and administration finalized

• CLD reviewers chosen and trained

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OVERVIEW OF EFFORTS

2015

• Certified Lighting Designer (CLD) programme launched March 2015

• CLD No. 1 – Australian

• Currently more than 70 active applications

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WHY CERTIFICATION?

• Legitimacy Any mature profession should have a standardised measurement of competency – a CREDENTIAL. Legitimises the profession

• Manage the risk of Interference/RegulationTo avoid licensure or restrictions on practice imposed by outside agencies. Appreciation, not regulation!

• External DemandClients & the public want information about competatncy. Provides credibility, and builds trust.

• Inside DemandDemand by practitioners for a ‘marque’ of differentiation to recognise high level competency

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WHAT IS IT?

• A credential is…….

“A standardised measurement of competency for individuals, independently assessed against best industry practice principles.”

• Not a restriction to practice (licence) • Not an examination• Not an awards submission!

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WHAT IS IT?

• CLD is…..

Voluntary, independent assessment of proficiency based on evidence of satisfying 7 areas of core competency (“Domains of Practice”)

• Written responses to questions • Provide supporting “evidence”• Provide a letter of “attestation”

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DOMAINS OF PRACTICE

• Identified through intensive research

• Validated through global survey of design/build professionals

• Clearly defined proficiency requirements within each domain

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DOMAINS OF PRACTICE

Domain 1: Goals & Outcomes

Domain 2: Collaboration

Domain 3: Ingenuity

Domain 4: Synthesis

Domain 5: Science

Domain 6: Stewardship

Domain 7: Human Experience

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ELIGIBILITY

• Lighting Design Practitioner

• At least 3 years experience as lead lighting designer with sufficient projects to meet portfolio requirements

• Application requirements are streamlined for professional-level members of approved lighting associations (IALD; APDI; ACE)

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DEMONSTRATIONS

• Application must use between 2 and 4 projects.

• Must demonstrate both interior and exterior

applications

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ACCEPTABLE PROJECT TYPES

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HOW IT WORKS

- Streamlined ApplicationLighting designers who are professional members of an approved lighting design association complete a streamlined application.

Discount application fee for approved assocs

- Assessment Applications are reviewed against stated performance criteria (“Domains of Practice”) .

- Review * Reviewers are all subject-matter experts.

* “Double blind” review - reviewers don’t know the applicant and don’t know each other.

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HOW IT WORKS

• At least 2 of the 3 Reviewers must mark a pass in each Domain

• If you fail to pass up to 2 Domains, allowed to resubmit further material within 4 months

• If fail to meet the standard for ‘CLD’ credential, you can reapply

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MAKING AN APPLICATION

How to go about it.....

.......read the instructions FIRST!

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IMPORTANT !!

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Attestation Letter

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Attestation Letter

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Questions – written responses

Exhibit #1

Optional Video link Exhibit

Exhibit Description

Exhibit #2

ASESSMENT

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REVIEWERS WILL CONSIDER:

• Did solution meet goals of design intent?

• Did the design respond to the challenges of the space?

• Did the design support the intent of the space?

• Is the lighting cohesive?

• Was the application of light judicious?

• Does the lighting provide appropriate mood and atmosphere?

• Do ‘Exhibits’ (visual material) support the text?

RECERTIFICATION

• Every five years

• Based upon continuing education and/or ongoing professional development

• Recertification will consist of 70 units (CLU) of continuing education One hour = 1 CLU

• Sessions a minimum of 60 minutes, after which points tracked in .5 (30 minute) increments

• No more than 20% of hours earned can be in any one activity

• Units given for other activities

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GOVERNANCE / ADMINISTRATION

CLD COMMISSION• International representatives from lighting design associations and related stakeholder organisations

• Governance is autonomous.

• Provides independent management authority, controls direction, responds to development and monitors operations

• Board of Commissioners meets at least twice a year + teleconferencesDavid Becker (Chair)

Rosemarie Allaire (Vice Chair), RALD USA

Rita Harrold, Dir Technology, IES.

Professor Jan Ejhed, Prof. Lighting Laboratory, Linnaeus School of Design, Stockholm

Douglas Leonard, Educator and Lighting Consultant, Chile

ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGMENT• IALD is initially providing administration and management services plus

financing

• Financial and administrative independence a key goal

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WHERE ARE WE TODAY?

LIVE, AND NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS via CLD WEBSITE www.cld.global

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General Tips

• Be succinct, use bullet points. It’s not an award submission

• Use notation on images and sketches to support your ideas, and guide the Reviewers

• Remember that the reviewer may not have English as a first language

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General Tips

Helpful to provide an overview of the scale/nature of the projects with an overall site plan..

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Floor area 2,500 sqm

General Tips

Help the Reviewer understand the project with an overall image

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General Tips

Mark up images or drawings to guide the Reviewer

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Dappled light on tables and floor

Downlights above perforated ceiling

Tips: Goals and Outcomes

Use Client testimonials to confirm goals was achieved

“Our goal was to provide an experience for our students and staff that provided comfort, style and inspiration. The Lighting Designers were engaged  to bring a new perspective to the lighting of the common areas of the new Law Faculty Graduate Facility in the heart of the legal precinct in Melbourne. 

  I am delighted in the positive responses from students, staff, educational colleagues and external users.  The new facility is bright, comfortable and in keeping with its legal and professional neighbours. It inspires students to meet and study outside class hours and supports the wide variety of uses”

Arie Freiberg Dean of Law at Monash University

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Tips: Goals and Outcomes

Use Concept documentation and Completion images to demonstrate that the design met the intended outcome

Opening Night photo Initial Concepts

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Tips: Collaboration

Show how ideas are communicated

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Tips: Ingenuity

Show an example of a clever idea that added magic, and explain the effect.

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LED line in paving gives the illusion of the cenotaph floating

Tips: Syntheses

Clearly explain what you aspired to and achieved

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Up light integrated into footpath slot

General lighting integrated into feature architectural slot

Space is luminous through integration. Equipment mostly hidden from view

Tips: Science

Demonstrate research and your technical analysis

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Tips: Stewardship

Demonstrate conservation beyond basic obligations. Recycled cardboard

pendants

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Low light (50lux) on precious paintings enhanced by accentuating darkness of surround – makes background appear darker and therefore modest light more apparent.

Artwork accent light contained by profile optics.

Tips: Human Experience

Show that lighting adds to the enjoyment of a space or makes for a more productive environment Recycle cardboard

pendants

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Canopy LEDs stimulated by human activity at night.

Lighting feature provides shade canopy for public events in daytime

QUESTIONS

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