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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...

From the edition – ‘ACCESS ALL AREAS?’

The roll out of EV charging infrastructure may be accelerating but the industry now needs to be having important conversations around inclusion, especially for...

Safe, well-lit spaces at heart of revised planning rules for England

The government has published revised planning rules for England, including the need for developers to be prioritising spaces that are safe, secure and inclusive...

GN01 in first update since 2021

By Allan Howard GN01 is the ILP’s most downloaded and referenced document and is a mainstay of all matters relating to obtrusive light across the...

More young women pursuing STEM careers, but work still to do – IET

Engineering is still struggling to attract female students, despite this week’s GCSE exam results showing that girls are excelling in STEM, the Institution of...

Council takes legal action to stop unofficial flags on columns

A county council has successfully taken legal action to prevent the informal attaching of flags to lampposts. Oxfordshire County Council gained a permanent injunction last...

Warning Burnham move on electricity bills could widen ‘EV charging gap’

New prime minister Andy Burnham’s move in July – on his first day in office, no less – to remove VAT from household electricity...

From the edition – ‘HISTORIC LEADERSHIP, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND PERSONAL FORTITUDE’

Past President, and the Institution’s first female President, Elizabeth Thomas was awarded with the Institution’s Centenary Medal at the Lighting Live gala dinner in...

From the edition –‘THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE ILP WILL NOT BE ABOUT RESPONDING TO CHANGE –IT WILL BE ABOUT LEADING IT’

Michala Medcalf stepped up as ILP President at the Birmingham Lighting Live Annual Conference. Here is an abridged version of her Presidential speech. By Michala...

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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

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From the edition – ‘TO DELIVER STRATEGY 2030 WE NEED YOU, OUR MEMBERS, TO ENGAGE’

The ILP has developed a new draft Strategy 2030...
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