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  • Craig Bernecker

    Professor of Lighting Design

    Email
    berneckc@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    Parsons Faculty Hotseat

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    Craig Bernecker

    Profile

    Craig A. Bernecker is founder and Director of The Lighting Education Institute , Philadelphia, PA. From 1981 to 2001 he taught lighting fundamentals, electrical systems, environmental controls, and architectural lighting studies in the Department of Architectural Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Bernecker is the past President and a long-standing member of the Board of Directors of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, a United States representative and Board Member of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Lighting Research Institute . He has published extensively in journals inluding Lighting Design+Application, Lighting Research and Technology, and Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society, and has authored a number of volumes in the IESNA Lighting Education series. He has been a technical and peer reviewer for the Department of Energy, and has presented papers and workshops on lighting-related topics across the United States and internationally. Bernecker holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and a Master of Science in Architectural Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.

    Current Courses

    Lighting Design Criteria
    PCID 0201, Summer 2026

    Future Courses

    Lighting Studio 4: Thesis
    PGLT 5004, Spring 2027

    Principles of Lighting 1
    PGLT 5111, Fall 2026

    Thesis Preparation
    PGLT 5126, Fall 2026

    Past Courses

    Admin Co-Dir
    PGLT 9140, Fall 2025

    Designing a Lighting System
    PCID 0202, Fall 2025, Spring 2026

    Lighting Design Criteria
    PCID 0201, Fall 2025, Spring 2026

    Lighting Fundamentals & Tech
    PCID 0200, Fall 2025, Spring 2026

    Lighting Studio 4: Thesis
    PGLT 5004, Spring 2026

    Principles of Lighting 1
    PGLT 5111, Fall 2025

    Thesis Preparation
    PGLT 5126, Fall 2025

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