Energy Efficiency: LED Lighting (Ohio T&M)
Credit: 4 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Lee Layton, P.E.
In Energy Efficiency: LED Lighting, you'll learn ...
- How light is produced, projected and measured
- Two aspects of energy efficiency to consider when specifying LED lights
- Key aspects of lighting quality associated with LEDs
- LED types, applications and standards
Overview
To meet the Ohio Board's intent that online courses be "paced" by the provider, a timer will be used to record your study time. You will be unable to access the quiz until the required study time of 200 minutes has been met.
Credit: 4 PDH
Length: 55 pages
This 4-hour course provides an overview of the lighting market in the United States and how LED lighting can help reduce energy consumption now and in the future.
The course reviews the fundamentals of lighting, how LEDs work, and the advantages and disadvantages of different types of LED lighting. Finally, the course discusses LED lighting standards, as well as the most appropriate uses for LED lights in residential, commercial, industrial, and outdoor lighting applications.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Lighting energy consumption relative to other energy users
- The different lighting controls in use today
- The physics of LED lighting and theories of light propagation
- Where LED lighting currently fits in the residential, commercial, industrial and outdoor lighting markets
- How reflection and transmission of light impact the design of lighting materials and the predicted lighting levels in a space
- Operating principles, advantages and challenges associated with LED lighting
- Why LEDs are so efficient for colored light applications such as traffic lights and exit signs
- Methods for achieving white light with LEDs
- The relative merits of LEDs vs. organic LEDs
- LED lighting standards, types, and applications
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 25 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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