{"id":5135,"date":"2025-12-03T11:16:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:17:09","slug":"tm-30-and-lp-30-at-lightovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=5135","title":{"rendered":"TM-30 and LP-30 at Lightovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IES is about to publish ANSI\/IES LP-30 Lighting Practice:\u00a0 A Comprehensive Guide to Specifying Color Rendition \u2013\u00a0 Concepts, Criteria, and Implementation<\/em>, which is essentially a user’s guide to TM-30. \u00a0The IES Color Committee worked on it for over two years to create an easy to read, comprehensive, phase-by-phase guide to integrating TM-30 into a designer’s work flow.<\/p>\n

On January 11th I’ll be giving a presentation<\/a> on TM-30 and LP-30 at Lightovation<\/a> at the Dallas Market Center. \u00a0There will be a book signing afterward, with the first 40 attendees receiving a free copy of my Designing with Light, 2nd Edition<\/em>. \u00a0Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n

\"Lightovations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The IES is about to publish ANSI\/IES LP-30 Lighting Practice:\u00a0 A Comprehensive Guide to Specifying Color Rendition \u2013\u00a0 Concepts, Criteria, and Implementation, which is essentially a user’s guide to TM-30. \u00a0The IES Color Committee worked on it for over two years to create an easy to read, comprehensive, phase-by-phase guide to integrating TM-30 into a … Continue reading TM-30 and LP-30 at Lightovation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,18,21,19],"tags":[27,79,68],"class_list":["post-5135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-color","category-design","category-education","category-lighting-profession","tag-color-rendering","tag-lp-30","tag-tm-30"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gZSw-1kP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5264,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=5264","url_meta":{"origin":5135,"position":0},"title":"TM-30 Users Guide Now Available","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"February 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm delighted to announce that ANSI\/IES LP-30 Lighting Practice: A Comprehensive Guide to Specifying Color Rendition \u2014 Concepts, Criteria, and Implementation is now available in the IES Online Lighting Library and the IES Store. 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