Renewed awareness for research, application and information quality may be useful for the field of lighting as well. When designing a lighting system/scenario to fulfil human lighting demands, the designer continually needs to understand the essence of the challenge to facilitate the proposal of an appropriate solution. Over the years, researchers have investigated how light affects human visual performance and perception. In collaboration with (industrial) practitioners and engineers, this knowledge is applied and tested while designing luminaires or windows and creating light environments. The discovery of effects beyond vision and their interaction with vision has expanded the complexity of knowledge and application requirements. Additionally, the lighting world is increasingly technologically advanced with new products and assessment tools; hence, an academic lighting qualification is more needed than ever. Students recently started a new academic year. Within lighting education, we incorporate the awareness for research, application and information quality when we try to bring a new generation one step closer to become an ‘academically trained lighting designer’. Students study and think about the processes behind information gathering. Knowledge can be discovered using various scientific methods, like using fundamental research as well as evidence or practice-based design; each with their pros and cons. Information, necessary to get knowledge, is not only offered via classroom education anymore but originates increasingly from industry, society or the internet. Therefore, one of the most crucial skills to be trained in today is to assess the quality, credibility and suitability of information before it can be successfully turned into knowledge and applied to a product, service or environment. Expanded knowledge about the impact of light on humans and the environment has increased the recognition of the lighting designer’s expertise. The renewed awareness for research, application and information quality may bolster the case for educating academically trained lighting designers; students who can study, think and apply knowledge. However, training never finishes, as new information and knowledge require lifelong learning which means academically training lighting professionals continuously. Where the COVID-virus is trying to keep us at a physical distance from each other, a closer interaction between lighting science, education, industry and society – focussed on information quality – can contribute to the creation of an academically trained lighting design community. So, to quote Aristotle, ‘it is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light’.

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社论：受过学术训练的照明设计师

重新认识研究、应用和信息质量也可能对照明领域有用。在设计照明系统/场景以满足人类照明需求时，设计师需要不断了解挑战的本质，以促进提出适当的解决方案。多年来，研究人员一直在研究光如何影响人类的视觉表现和感知。与（工业）从业者和工程师合作，在设计灯具或窗户和创造光环境时应用和测试这些知识。视觉以外效应的发现及其与视觉的相互作用扩大了知识和应用需求的复杂性。此外，随着新产品和评估工具的出现，照明世界的技术越来越先进；因此，比以往任何时候都更需要学术照明资格。学生们最近开始了新的学年。在照明教育中，我们将研究、应用和信息质量的意识融入到我们努力让新一代更接近成为“受过学术培训的照明设计师”的一步。学生学习并思考信息收集背后的过程。可以使用各种科学方法发现知识，例如使用基础研究以及基于证据或实践的设计；各有优缺点。获取知识所必需的信息不再仅通过课堂教育提供，而且越来越多地来自行业、社会或互联网。因此，今天要培训的最重要的技能之一是评估质量，信息在成功转化为知识并应用于产品、服务或环境之前的可信度和适用性。关于光对人类和环境影响的知识的扩展提高了对照明设计师专业知识的认可。重新认识研究、应用和信息质量可能会支持教育受过学术培训的照明设计师的案例；能够学习、思考和应用知识的学生。然而，培训永远不会结束，因为新的信息和知识需要终身学习，这意味着不断对照明专业人员进行学术培训。在 COVID 病毒试图让我们彼此保持物理距离的地方，照明科学、教育、专注于信息质量的行业和社会可以为创建受过学术培训的照明设计社区做出贡献。因此，引用亚里士多德的话说，“在我们最黑暗的时刻，我们必须集中注意力才能看到​​光明”。