• Clear project brief template to define goals, success metrics, scope, and budget.
• Lighting fundamentals: ambient/task/accent layers, lux targets, CCT and CRI guidance.
• Human‑centric lighting strategies for circadian alignment, blue‑light management, and transition design.
• System architecture patterns: sensors, gateways, edge vs cloud tradeoffs, and fallback behaviors.
• Data inputs and mapping: room geometry, reflectance, daylight profiles, and calibration routines.
• AI models and algorithms: forecasting, constrained optimization, MPC, and safe personalization methods.
• User profiling and consent flows: onboarding, progressive profiling, multi‑occupant conflict resolution.
• Scene and routine engineering: taxonomy, transitions, overlays, and testing checklists.
• Hardware selection checklist: tunable fixtures, sensors, drivers, protocols, and procurement tips.
• Smart home integration: calendar, voice, presence, APIs, and secure permission models.
• Prototyping and simulation workflow with digital twin guidance and AI stress tests.
• Installation and commissioning checklists for wiring, sensor placement, and field tuning.
• Validation and measurement protocols: lux mapping, glare metrics, A/B trials, and dashboards.
• Personalization loop: conservative learning rules, feedback channels, and audit trails.
• Energy and cost optimization: daylight harvesting, TOU-aware control, and ROI analysis.
• Privacy, security, and ethics checklist: local processing, consent, firmware signing, and incident playbooks.
• Maintenance and troubleshooting playbooks: telemetry, tiered support, and graceful degradation.
• Scaling and multiroom coordination: zoning, sync, network design, and role‑based access.
• Vendor selection RFP template and scoring rubric with contractual protections.
• Future roadmap: federated learning, spectral advances, standards, and future‑proofing checklist.

Includes concise checklists, sample configurations, scene templates, commissioning forms, and decision rubrics to move from concept to deployment quickly.