Fundamentals of Lighting, 4th Edition, takes a practical and integrated approach to the study of lighting and design. Specifically, the text focuses on how interior lighting designs can address the healthy building movement, human-centric lighting design, and international green guidelines and standards for energy efficiency. Now with case studies and sample lighting plans, learning becomes hands on. This comprehensive textbook is divided into two parts and is organized sequentially to develop a fundamental understanding of how to design quality lighting environments. Part One explores the principles of lighting design. Part Two focuses on lighting design applications and the design process, in both residential and commercial environments. New to this Edition -Focus on healthy building movement using human-centric quality lighting design -Inclusion of international green guidelines and standards for energy efficiency for up-to-date industry practices -Enhanced student learning activities, including case studies and lighting plans STUDIO Includes -Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips -Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary Instructor Resources -Instructor Guide to help integrate text content to classroom and online learning platforms -Test Bank covering key concepts and learning benchmarks -PowerPoint® slide decks for each chapter -CIDA Standards Matrix to help show how key concepts can be integrated and adapted into CIDA standards

This comprehensive text examines the technical, practical, and aesthetic aspects of lighting design. With its focus on quality, it demonstrates how lighting designers provide functional, safe, and aesthetically pleasing designs for both residential and commercial interiors. The author's extensive research integrates developments in the field with an introduction to lighting systems, giving readers a foundation for applying design principles to lighting projects.

"Sustainable Design for Interior Environments, " 2nd Edition, builds on the first edition's premise that the interior design profession has a social and moral responsibility to protect the health, safety, and welfare of people and the environment. The text equips professors, students, and practitioners to design sustainable interiors by addressing LEED certification, environmental concerns, ecosystems, ethics, values, worldviews, and the ways in which science and technology can be used to address environmental challenges. Through content, organization, and pedagogical features, the book integrates complex sustainability topics directly into the design process, thereby enabling readers to apply the concepts of sustainability with the same ease as they do the elements and principles of design.

The interior designers of tomorrow require a professional practice text that is contemporary and innovative enough to prepare them for the rapidly evolving landscape of the 21st century workplace. Professional Practice for Interior Designers in the Global Marketplace arms students of the Millennial Generation with the know-how they'll need to launch and evolve their careers. It emphasizes the essential skills and knowledge required to work in a firm as an entry-level designer, while providing an overview of what is involved in starting, owning, and operating an interior design business. Although rooted in fundamentals, the book incorporates up-to-the-minute developments including globalization, changing demographics, the rise of networking technologies, sustainable design, social responsibility, and global economics.

Fundamentals of Lighting, 2nd Edition builds upon the first edition's need to have a textbook on quality lighting from a design perspective and has pedagogical strategies that have particular appeal to the millennial generation. The 2nd Edition also emphasizes the sustainability characteristics of daylighting and electrical lighting. To conceptualize and design a quality lighting environment requires an understanding of how daylight, luminaires, electrical sources, and control systems will affect people and the built environment.

Students who are preparing to become interior designers in our global economy must learn how to solve problems from an integrated and holistic perspective. To help prepare students for the global interior design profession Global Interior Environments: Mid-1800s to the Present offers an integrated survey of global interior environments written to explain significant design styles and movements. In addition to knowing the characteristics and designers of a particular style or movement, students will be engaged in understanding why and how an interior environment develops. Covering various interior environments, including Africa, Central/North Asia, East Asia, Europe, Mexico/Central America, North America, South America, South/Southeast Asia, and Oceania, this book will aid students in retaining information, fostering critical thinking skills, and developing an understanding of how to apply the results of historical research in practice. Features: -- Organizational structure provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History -- Key Concept inset boxes will reflect contemporary practice of the chapter's era -- Chapters include objectives, a timeline in table format, a summary, key terms, and exercises -- Appendix with complete timeline of chapter timelines, glossary and bibliography -- Instructor's Guide that includes a wide range of activities and assignments for teaching -- PowerPoint(r) Presentation provides outlines and ideas for lectures; compatible with PC and Mac platforms