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Two-thirds of women want better-lit streets at night

Nearly two-thirds of women (63%) want to see more lighting on streets to make them feel safer at night, government-backed research has found. The survey...

France’s Hervé Descottes honoured with American Academy Architecture Prize

French lighting designer Hervé Descottes has been awarded the Architecture Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the first time this prestigious...

York among European cities to join ‘Art of Darkness’ project

York has been named as one of 11 ‘follower cities’ joining the European ‘Art of Darkness’ project. It will mean the city, which is aiming...

Committing to apprenticeships within engineering does pay – report

Investing in apprenticeships can bring valuable payback for employers – of as much as £2,500 and £18,000 per apprentice per year, an engineering charity...

Cyber-attack leaves streetlights burning day and night

A cyber-attack on a council recently led to streetlights being lit day and night, highlighting the potential vulnerability of public realm infrastructure to this...

TALKING THE TEMPERATURE

For the first ILP ‘How to be brilliant’ event of 2024, Jade King and Graham Rollins of Lighting Design International showed how effective use...

Birds more likely to collide with buildings lit by blue light – study

Night-migrating birds are at greater risk of colliding with buildings lit up with high levels of blue light at night, research has suggested. A study...

CONSULTATION ON FUTURE SKILLS WITHIN ENGINEERING

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has launched a consultation to try to get a sense from industry of how engineering knowledge and skills...

ILP ON STAGE AT CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK

This month’s Clerkenwell Design Week will see ILP members taking to the stage to discuss all-things lighting. The week, which runs from 21-23 May, includes...

Ground-breaking industry partnership to tackle skills gaps

The ILP’s Lighting Live event in February saw the announcement of a ground-breaking Memorandum of Understanding between the Institution, the Lighting Industry Association (LIA)...

‘THE POLITICAL EQUIVALENT OF TUMBLEWEED’

The government has published its response to the Lords Science and Technology Committee report into light and noise pollution. And it could hardly be...

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Two-thirds of women want better-lit streets at night

Nearly two-thirds of women (63%) want to see more...

France’s Hervé Descottes honoured with American Academy Architecture Prize

French lighting designer Hervé Descottes has been awarded the...

York among European cities to join ‘Art of Darkness’ project

York has been named as one of 11 ‘follower...

New senior environmental lighting specialist at WSP

Congratulations to Hannah Holmes, who has joined WSP as...

Gary Thornton to be Nulty’s first ever director of education

Global lighting design consultancy Nulty has appointed Gary Thornton...
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