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Research highlights benefit of retrofitting to LED rather than wholesale upgrading

Transitioning to LED does deliver significant benefits around lower energy and maintenance costs, but replacing entire lighting installations need not always be necessary or...

Engineering Council updates its guide to professional registration

The Engineering Council has published its latest Guide to Professional Registration for 2026-2027. The guide aims to provide guidance on how engineers and technicians can...

Call for papers for next year’s three Lighting Live events

ILP members are being urged to submit papers for next year’s three Lighting Live events. The call for papers is to gather in ideas for...

‘THIS IS GOING TO TRANSFORM LIGHTING PROCUREMENT’

Delayed from last autumn, the government’s new Procurement Act is finally set to come into force next month. It could change profoundly how lighting...

Retrofitting can help drive net zero – report

A report from the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) has outlined how retrofit schemes can help to make indoor environments healthier, safer and more...

Construction workers four times more likely to die by suicide – report

Construction workers are four times more likely to die by suicide, with 7,000 lives having been tragically lost this way, a report has said. The...

Government warned that skills shortages, including of electricians, could stymie house-building aims

The UK does not have enough construction workers to build the 1.5 million homes the government has promised, industry leaders have told the BBC. Tens...

Campaign launched to ‘champion’ daylighting in buildings

MPs have been urged to get behind calls for better incorporation of daylighting in buildings. The #DaylightChampion campaign was launched at the House of Commons...

Labour’s new towns must be public realm-friendly, argue think-tanks

The government's plans for a “generation of new towns” in England should be pedestrian- and public realm-friendly, two think-tanks have argued. Labour pledged in its...

Online mental health tool for engineers

An online ‘Mental Health Check-In’ tool has been launched by Foothold, the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Benevolent Fund, aimed at enhancing mental health...

Think-tank calls for ‘robust’ strategy for preserve access to rare earth materials

An engineering think-tank has called on the government to implement a “comprehensive and robust” strategy for managing the country’s continuing access to rare and...

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Research highlights benefit of retrofitting to LED rather than wholesale upgrading

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Call for papers for next year’s three Lighting Live events

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Lighting Live Annual Conference 2027 to move to July

The dates for next year’s Lighting Live Annual Conference...

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