Light Up My Life

The future of better energy utilization starts with the youth of America. Where else but in classrooms across the nation is there a better place to begin? That is why the U.S. Department of Energy's Rebuild America Program collaborated with It's About Time and the National Science Foundation to create a new module on lighting performance, "Light Up My Life" for Active Physics.

The Active Physics team, with Project Director Dr. Arthur Eisenkraft, created the "Light Up My Life" module with the same approach and design as Active Physics.The focus of the module is to educate students about assessing lighting design and energy performance of their school, home, supermarket, restaurant or any other buildings in their community.

Students will:

• Analyze how well the existing lighting system provides the quantity and quality of light recommended for activities and tasks performed in the environment.
• Analyze the energy consumption and operating costs of the existing lighting system.
• Propose an improved lighting system which will
  provide the quantity and quality of light needed in the environment and which will consume less energy, while costing less to operate.