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Confirm for Street Lighting

Confirm from Siemens helps councils manage their street lighting assets more efficiently, supporting everything from inspections and maintenance to planning and reporting. The result...

ILP and DarkSky UK agree memorandum of understanding

The ILP has agreed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with DarkSky UK. This MoU sets out a framework of co-operation to enable the ILP and...

Artwork created from flags removed from lampposts

A huge union jack artwork has been created by repurposing unauthorised flags that have been removed from lampposts. Birmingham textile artist Clare Elisabeth told the...

Streetlights threatening bee populations – research

Streetlights are among a range of emerging threats to bee populations, research has suggested. The study by academics at the University of Reading concluded artificial...

New building safety standard launched

A new standard for building safety has been launched by the Engineering Council. The new UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment contextualised for...

Architecture and engineering among worst for ‘periods penalty’ for women

Architecture, engineering and the building trade are among the worst offenders when it comes to women feeling their progression and pay has been harmed...

‘Stories with light’

Award-winning lighting designer Michael Grubb has written a book, ‘Stories with Light’, with author and journalist Francis Pearce. The book, five years in the making,...

London boroughs ‘under-prepared’ for PFI expiry

Many London boroughs are not prepared for the expiry of their private finance initiative (PFI) contracts and may struggle because of a lack of...

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...

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Confirm for Street Lighting

Confirm from Siemens helps councils manage their street lighting...

ILP and DarkSky UK agree memorandum of understanding

The ILP has agreed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...

Artwork created from flags removed from lampposts

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ADEPT taking Live Labs 2 on the road

The ADEPT Live Labs 2 programme is launching a...

DALI Alliance to hold first summit in Utrecht in February

The DALI Alliance is set to host its first...
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