Real World Lighting Design

Discover the best practices for determining what type of  lighting is best for an amazing residential kitchens and bathrooms:

• How to ask and answer the right questions
• The NKBA Guidelines & Accessibility Standards
• Living in Place Design Criteria
• Enhanced As-Built measuring techniques
• Best practices to using lighting for kitchen & bath design using Chief Architect
• Process of creating construction documents
• and much more...

Course Objectives:

This course will help designers gain applicable knowledge of lighting design.

You will understand watts, lumens, and candle power and how this knowledge will determine your lamp and fixture selection.  You will apply this knowledge to your kitchen and bath designs.

This course will help you to be able to incorporate the time saving cad skills in your Design/Construction Plans

In this course, you will come away with what you need to better recommend the best materials and products for your clients and how to present your ideas using Chief Architect software.

You'll also receive many templates, symbols, recordings, and other content to help you set up and optimize Chief Architect. By offering recordings of these topics we can focus more on the importance of Lighting in the Art of Kitchen & Bathroom Design in our live sessions and less time on setting up Chief Architect.

Your Instructors

Robin Fisher

Kitchen Design Specialist CMKBD/CAPS/CLIPPS

In Robin’s 30 plus years in the industry, she has been a founding partner of both a Portland design/build remodeling firm and an independent residential design firm. Her true love is designing kitchens and baths.

• Certified Master Kitchen and Bath Designer (CMKBD)
• Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS).
• Speaker & educator with NKBA,
• Co-author “Sustainable Design for K&B Designers”
• Sustainable Design Specialist and Advocate
• Teaches K&B design at Portland Comm. College

Robin will share her experiences of the principles and best practices for designing bathrooms.

Dan Baumann

Chief Architect CAD Software Specialist

Dan fell in love with Chief Architect v1 in June of 1993 and used it in his construction business before making the transition from contractor to Chief Architect user, trainer, coach, and full-time cheerleader. 

• Chief Architect certified user and trainer
• Was a remodeling contractor for over 20 years
• 19 years of using and teaching Chief Architect
• Has drawn 1000's of plans using Chief Architect
• Creator of templates and other content for Chief Users
• Always on the lookout for better uses of Chief

Dan will show you how to create great-looking and accurate plans using Chief Architect

Real World Lighting Design for Kitchens and Baths

• All sessions will be recorded
• 4 Sessions / 2 hours per session
• Time: 12 noon Pacific / 2 CST/ 3 EST

Session 1 – Introduction to Lighting

• Types of lighting
  • What is light
• Lighting Terms
  • Understanding how lumens & Candlepower apply to good lighting design
• Luminaires

Session 2 – Introduction to Photometric Charts

• Lumen & Candle power requirements per room
  • The Math and design layout
  • Lamp & Fixture Selection

Session 3 - Putting it all together

• Lighting for Kitchens, Baths, Dining Rooms,
• Lighting controls

Session 4 – Incorporating Lighting with Chief

Real World Lighting Design for Kitchens and Baths 

The Ultimate Course for Essential and Functional Lighting Design

Full-Course Access

Get The Full Course And More:

• Access to all 4 Live Sessions
• All recordings
• Session handouts
• All of the bonuses
• Custome Templates
• Custom Libraries

All For Only... $695

Common Questions

How long will I have access to this course?
You will have access to all of the recordings, content, downloads, and community for one year upon completion of the course.

How long does each session last?
The Q&A Zoom sessions will last approximately 90-minutes, and the Full Sessions will go from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM with a 30-minute break. Sessions may go longer if there are a lot of questions.

Are these sessions recorded?
Yes. Each session will be recorded, edited with time codes, and posted in the member's library.

Are course materials available to download for each session?
All course materials will be available for download as long as you have access to this course.

How do I add multiple people from my company to these courses?
We offer volume discounts to companies and other organizations. Don't hesitate to contact [email protected] for details.

Satisfaction Guarantee

Attend the first two live classes and if you're not delighted with them, simply ask for a full "no questions asked" refund. We want to make sure this is right for you.