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Join leading lighting distributors, vendor manufacturers and lighting-focused associate members in helping to move the industry forward. As a NAILD member you have access to and share abundant lighting knowledge, networking and training resources while staying ahead of the curve on cutting-edge lighting technology advances and design trends.
Legacy Training Programs
The LS-I and LS-II training programs provide companies in the lighting industry with a measurable and systematic way to help educate staff, recognize their achievements and strengthen their knowledge of lighting fundamentals. Learn more…
The LS-I program helps build staff confidence and competence in talking with customers about lighting products and guiding their buying decisions. Learn more…
LS-II takes your lighting expertise and sales skills to the next level to transform course participants from “product providers” to trusted lighting solutions professionals. Learn more…
Continuing Education
LS-Evolve is NAILD’s exclusive online training program featuring a semi-freeform modular structure where learners are empowered to pick and choose which module(s) they wish to study, on-demand.
Learn at your own pace and keep coming back for continued access to all the latest modules as we regularly add more great lighting knowledge to help grow your business to the next level!
New LS Evolve Modules
Get a Grip on Lighting
The Official Podcast of NAILD
You will remember Dr. James from episode 291 in December 2022. She’s written a couple of books about light and health since then (see below). Light and its relation to circadian health keeps popping up on this podcast. There’s no doubt there’s something to it. But even Dr. James will tell you, the best way to deal with it is to go outside and let the rays from that big light in the sky hit you. Dr Shelley James is an international expert on light and well-being, TEDx and keynote speaker, Author, WELL Advisor and Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art. She is also a trained glass artist and electrician. Shelley is on a mission to inspire others to harness the power of the humble lightbulb to be healthier, happier and help to save the planet too. Clients include global lighting and technology brands and regulators, healthcare and education trusts, architects and designers, academic institutions and museums. A recent social media campaign to raise awareness of the impact of light on teens was translated into three languages and reached over 2.5 million people around the world. Her TEDx talk was the third-most watched in the world in the month following the launch.
Connect with Dr. James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shelley-james-53592229/, https://www.facebook.com/DrShelleyJames/https://twitter.com/DrShelleyJames/https://www.instagram.com/drshelleyjames/www.ageoflightinnovations.com
Restoring Darkness
A Podcast about Light Pollution and the Importance of Darkness
The Darkness News Update is a biweekly series that explores current events in light at night – be it biological research, new developments in lamps, actions by advocates, and changes in policy. This series is sponsored by Evluma.
Highlights from this episode:
- Space Race
- Rat Race
- Flock and Flyways
- Protests
Intro and outro music by Doctor Turtle
Headlines and Sources can be found on restoringdarkness.com
Lighting Controls Podcast
Discussing the intricacies and unique challenges of lighting controls in commercial applications
This one covers a lot of ground. Avi Mor, Founder and CEO of Morlights, a design firm in Chicago, speaks his mind on interoperability, protocols, dimming, CAT5, Dali, specifications, and… elevators. Using elevators as an analogy, Avi would like to see open protocols for controlling luminaires allowing designers to replace fixtures rather than ripping out the controls system.
Founding Principal, Avraham “Avi” M. Mor has been practicing lighting design for over 20 years. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a BFA in Theater Design with an emphasis in Architectural and Theatrical Lighting Design, he moved back to his hometown of Chicago to further his craft. Avi has grown his business from a small operation with only a handful of clients to a bustling firm with projects of all sizes located around the nation.
Connect with Avi: https://www.facebook.com/Avmisterhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/avrahammor/ Morlights – https://www.facebook.com/Morlights/https://www.instagram.com/morlightsdesign/https://www.linkedin.com/company/morlights/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC94SRUUcmQ0cXSvCBk7mbpA Sponsor: mwConnect www.mwconnect.us