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Plan for mirrors in space raises light pollution fears

Researchers have warned that plans to install reflective mirrors in space and up to a million more satellites into low Earth orbit could have...

Alex Bittiner joins BDP as senior lighting designer

Congratulations to Alex Bittiner, who has started a new role as senior lighting designer at BDP London. Writing on LinkedIn, Alex said that he was...

From the edition – ‘HOW CAN WE GET DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN OUTSIDE OUR SCHOOLS?’

Despite most schools having flashing twin amber warning signs, too many drivers still fail to slow down at pick-up and drop-off times. With 1,200...

FROM THE EDITION – ‘JURY STILL OUT’

The Society of Light and Lighting’s ‘Illuminating the Future’ conference in March considered the links between darkness, crime and safety, and lighting, with Sheffield...

Study suggests blue-blocked LED better for psychiatric units

Research has suggested that exposure to light without blue wavelengths may be beneficial to patients in psychiatric units. A study in the academic journal PLOS...

‘WHY I DON’T LIKE DRIVING AT NIGHT’ (REVISITED)

At last year’s Centenary Lighting Summit, and in September’s edition of Lighting Journal, Allan Howard outlined the factors driving growing concerns around vehicle headlight...

LESS IS MORE

Two years in, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s innovative road safety and decarbonisation Live Labs 2 pilots are progressing at a pace – and...

SEND pupils often keenest to go into tech-based careers – poll

Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have a higher interest in technology-based careers than non-SEND pupils, research has suggested. The poll of...

LightingEurope LED guide gets update

LightingEurope has published an update to its guiding paper ‘Evaluating performance of LED based luminaires’. The update is the first since the paper was published...

DUTCH DEBATES

Stuart Mucklejohn reports from IEEE’s Sustainable Smart Lighting Conference held in November in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)...

Evidence building over ‘blinding’ LED headlights

Three-quarters of AA members have said they feel LED headlights on vehicles are causing them to be “blinded” while driving. The poll follows similar concerns...

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Plan for mirrors in space raises light pollution fears

Researchers have warned that plans to install reflective mirrors...

Alex Bittiner joins BDP as senior lighting designer

Congratulations to Alex Bittiner, who has started a new...

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Despite most schools having flashing twin amber warning signs,...

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East Riding of Yorkshire’s Karl Rourke returned to Lighting...
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