Nic Paton

Guide on designing greener sports venues

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has published a report exploring how the design of sports venues can be used to reduce carbon emissions, improve...

Profession gearing up for ‘Tomorrow’s Engineers Week’ next month

The second week of next month, 11 to 15 November, will be ‘Tomorrow’s Engineers Week’, the annual awareness-raising week designed to spark enthusiasm and...

Elizabeth Line wins 2024 Stirling Prize

London’s newest transport network, the Elizabeth Line, has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize. The prestigious architecture award was made earlier this month and celebrated...

‘If we come together, we can mainstream good lighting’

Lighting professionals will be urged to redouble their efforts to tackle light pollution and obtrusive light in urban areas at an ILP event next...

SEVENTIES CHIC

Peterborough’s updated Longthorpe Footbridge is unusual in using SON-equivalent 1800K LED to replicate the ambience of its original 1970's lighting. Originally constructed in 1970, a...

PFI EXPIRY ‘FLASHING RED’

The ticking deadline that is the expiry of street lighting PFI contracts was discussed at the Centenary Lighting Summit, with asset management and column...

LIGHTING LIVE IS BACK!

If you haven’t yet found an excuse to buy your 2025 diary, now’s your chance – as Lighting Live will be returning to Daventry...

FLASH CORDON?

The view from Toby's parents' house showing the irritating flashing light

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