About the ECOSLIGHT Project

The construction sector faces new challenges in order to provide smart, energy efficient and sustainable lighting environments for infrastructure, cities, buildings and the industry, in order to follow the 2050 low-carbon economy roadmap of the European Commission. Thanks to the growing demand for energy-efficient lighting systems, building on smart technologies, as well as the striving efforts to reduce the ecological footprint and at the same time promote healthy and safe living, the Smart Lightning Market is expected to grow at a 20%.

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Our ECOSLIGHT MOOC is now open for registration!

ECOSLIGHT consortium is happy to announce that the registration to its MOOC training program - Essential Skills for Environmentally Conscious Smart Lighting Professionals - is now open to all interested stakeholders!

MOOC, which is freely accessible by anyone, aims at supporting lighting and wider construction industry professionals, or aspiring ones, to improve their lighting, digital, green, entrepreneurial, and life competences. It will offer specific learning modules aimed at enhancing know-how and skills in the fields related to:

  • innovative, sustainable, and human-centric lighting systems and products,
  • digital technologies for co-creation processes,
  • entrepreneurial mindset and critical thinking.

ECOSLIGHT MOOC schedule

  • Start date October 17, 2022
  • Break November 14-20, 2022
  • End date December 22, 2022

Ready to enroll? Please complete the online registration form here.

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Mapping the skills supply and demand of the lighting-related construction sector ECOSLIGHT implemented the first European level survey (quantitative and qualitative) and identified the status of play and the upcoming needs for the human capital of the lighting sector.

A gap analysis reveals significant findings, valuable for professionals, companies, organizations and the academia. Click Here November 2021 Emerging Job Profiles for ECOSLIGHT Professionals related to lighting design and lighting technologies ECOSLIGHT implemented the first European level survey (quantitative and qualitative) and identified a set of seven (7) emerging job role profiles for the lighting sector. Click Here November 2021 Modular VET curricula Based on the survey results, ECOSLIGHT selected four (4) emerging job role profiles for the lighting sector and developed the respective curricula. These curricula include lighting, digital, green, entrepreneurship and life competences, all of them originating from the state of the art and European frameworks.

This document is ongoing and the results of the emerging modular VET curricula will be evaluated later during the project development.
 Click Here November 2021 Methodology for realizing VET curricula The VET curricula identified by the ECOSLIGHT project will be implemented following a rigorous and sound methodology, based on the principles of adult learning and the needs of the stakeholders engaged. This includes (a) a MOOC, (b) Specialization courses on the selected job role profiles, including blended and work-based learning. Click Here November 2021

News & Events

Read more about news and events of the ECOSLIGHT project here

March 15, 2023
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Specialization courses for the job profiles of Smart Lighting Systems Technician, Lighting Consultant, Lighting Systems Assistant Engineer, and Landscape and Street Lighting Technician

ECOSLIGHT is pleased to announce that a new training programme for the specialization in the four job profiles listed below in the Lighting Sector is now […]
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