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Essential Install | CEDIA Designing The Future CEDIA outlines some of the ways its courses are helping installers meet the demands of the expanding and evolving smart home market. An efficient, ultra-modern smart home requires a well-designed integrated residential electronic system. CEDIA understands that for this to be possible, designer skills should be a core focus for every company practising in the home technology industry. To help fulfil this, CEDIA offers a number of courses that focus on lighting design, home cinema design and system design. Lighting The Way xxx picture caption text in here xxx Lighting control can be a profitable area for home technology professionals. However, systems need to be designed, installed and documented correctly for long-term reliability. Recognising the importance and increased market demand for lighting design and energy conserving solutions, CEDIA offers this two-day Lighting Design Package to help installers offer the best application of lighting to clients. Day one – Introduction to Lighting Fundamentals – will take students through the theory of lighting and the science behind the ‘art’ of lighting before moving onto more practical sessions. In accordance with current electrical standards, attendees will test different dimming control types, including resistive dimming, LED,DALI and DMX. Building on the lighting fundamentals discussed on day one, day two provides a more in-depth understanding on lighting. Residential Lighting Control focusses on the practical applications of lighting control, including common pitfalls to avoid, different types of dimming available and regulation and safety standards – BS7671 and Part L compliance. Using hands-on sessions, attendees will leave this course with a strong understanding of the complete technical solution for lighting control systems. Sketching Out Cinemas As a cornerstone technology of the residential installation market, home cinema is a common feature within the home technology industry. The technical design of a high performance home cinema is not just about a series of subjective decisions. For every parameter, there is a standard that should be achieved in order to offer a truly immersive and secure home entertainment experience. The Home Cinema Designer Package focusses completely on the art of home cinema design. Day one – Home Cinema for Designers – explores the principals involved in highperformance design, and the science and calculations required to create a complete design for both audio and video. During the Home Cinema Design Workshop on day two, attendees will encompass the entire design process, examine the industry standards and insight into designing home cinemas and how to implement the industry standards engineering calculations, rather than subjective guesswork. The next available dates to enrol onto CEDIA’s two-day Home Cinema Designer Package are December 6, 2016 and April 12, 2017, both held at the headquarters of CEDIA member, Pulse Cinemas, Stansted. Back To School For the ultimate immersion into integrated residential electronic system design, CEDIA’s five-day Designer School and Certification Exam course, which includes an ESC-D certification exam, will formalise attendees existing knowledge and focus on developing a structured, scalable and profitable design methodology. The course is suitable for individuals who are either CEDIA ESC-T certified, or who have at least three years industry experience. It is also excellent preparation for the CEDIA ESC-D Designer certification exam. The course is split into five days as follows: Day 1 – Customer Relations and Needs Analysis Day 2 – Design Process and Documentation Day 3 – The Principles of Project Management Day 4 – Sub Systems Design and Integration Day 5 – The ESC-D certification exam City & Guilds The above courses form part of CEDIA’s City & Guilds Smart Home Designer track. Those participants who successfully complete the training programme and pass the ESC-D certification exam are awarded a City & Guilds accredited certification. More information: CEDIA +44 (0)1480 213744, www.cediaeducation.com, [email protected]. CEDIA courses are evolving and offer installers the chance to home key skills 34 | November 2016 CEDIA.indd 34 21/11/2016 09:54