AE 3651 - Building Illumination and Communications Design

• Identify requirements for all building low voltage control systems, including data, security, fire alarm, telephone, sound, time. Wiring methods will include both copper conductors and fiber optics
• Be familiar with basic physics of light
• Select proper lighting levels in a space for specified building uses
• Calculate lighting levels or lighting fixture requirements for specific rooms or locations using the Zonal Cavity Method, Visual Basic and Visual Advanced computer programs
• Understand the need for Emergency Lighting and Exit Signs. Be able to design such systems and comply with their special requirements
• Draw the wiring for light switches controlled from 3 or more locations
• Design lighting systems using 277V or 120V. Understand the advantages of each voltage
• Draw a room in plan view, indicating lighting circuits, conductors, and home runs to a supply panel

• Basic mathematics / pre-college level
• Basic power calculations from AE 3611  
• Basic lighting calculations from AE 3621  

• Introduction (1 class)
• Building Low Voltage Systems (8 classes)
• Guest Speaker: Light and Architecture (2 classes)
• Types of Lights (5 classes)
• Light Calculations (5 classes)
• Design (6 classes)
• Energy Efficiency (3 classes)
• Design Project (4 classes)
• Emergency Lights and Exit Signs (2 classes)
• Exams & Review (4 classes)