Advanced Roadway Seminar

A 2½-day program designed for roadway lighting designers, engineering consultants and specifiers. This program is registered for 9 Learning Units (HSW) with AIA, 9 PDHs with NCEES, and qualifies for 9 NCQLP Lighting Education Units.

Description :

A multi-level exploration of roadway lighting fundamentals, concepts and design intended for DOT engineers, consultants and others involved with specifying roadway, tunnel and high-mast lighting.

Each attendee will receive a copy of IES’s RP-8-00, Roadway Lighting, and RP-22-05, Tunnel Lighting.
Guest Speaker :

Dr. Ronald Gibbons is an expert in lighting and visibility issues and serves as the Lighting and Infrastructure Group Leader within the Center for Vehicle and Infrastructure Safety at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI).

He is currently the principle investigator on multiple projects including studies on the impact of lighting design on crosswalk visibility and the wet night visibility of pavement markings.

Dr. Gibbons is the author of several published papers on roadway lighting, photometry and target visibility. Dr. Gibbons will be describing the on-going research at VTTI’s “smart road” project.
Dates:
Monday, September 22, through Wednesday, September 24, 2008.
Topics Covered :

— Lighting and Vision Fundamentals
— Evolution of Roadway Lighting
— RP-8 Current Practice
— Optics & Photometry
— Visibility issues
— Lamps overview
— Ballasts overview
— Environmental Issues
— Roadway Lighting Products
— High-Mast Lighting Design Process
— High-Mast Products
— Tunnel Lighting
— AASHTO Update


Itinerary:
Location

All sessions are held at the Light & Vision Center at Holophane in Granville, Ohio.

 
Monday

Arrive no later than 4:00 PM, September 22. Reception and dinner followed by an evening lighting outdoor demonstration.

 
Tuesday

Full-day session and dinner.

 
Wednesday Full day session, ending at 4:00 PM.

Expenses:

Holophane will provide a travel credit up to $250.00. Holophane provides all hotel, meal, and transportation amenities once you arrive, including airport arrival and departure service.