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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...

THE EYES HAVE IT

The lighting team at Hoare Lea used the ILP’s ‘How to be brilliant’ in September to drill down into what we mean by visual...

New urban dark skies lighting templates

DarkSky International has launched a range of free lighting policy templates for use by municipalities and local and regional governments to help them tackle...

LED lights on surfboards may reduce shark attacks

The conversation around LED lighting and wildlife is often focused on how to reduce the use and impact of artificial light. However, research from Australia...

Three-quarters of women change exercise behaviour after clocks change

Nearly three-quarters of women (72%) change their behaviour during the darker winter months when it comes to getting outside and staying active, a report...

Study set to measure car headlight glare

The impact of bright lights on road users is being independently investigated by the Department for Transport (DfT). Consultancy firm the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)...

Ferry using LEDs to help hearing-impaired passengers

A ferry company in Norway plans to use lighting as a way to notify passengers who are hearing impaired when it is time to...

Grenfell report emphasises need for ‘robust regulation’, says CIBSE

The publication of the final report from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry last week is ‘a stark reminder’ of the ‘critical need for transparency, integrity...

CONCEPT CURATION

The ILP’s ‘How to be brilliant’ event at Clerkenwell Design Week in May focused on how to ‘curate’, or control and manage, your lighting...

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Council takes legal action to stop unofficial flags on columns

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

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