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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...

Rayner pauses local government reorganisation

The government has dramatically paused local government reorganisation (LGR), in a move that is set to create even more uncertainty for local authority lighting...

From the edition – ‘A SANCTUARY TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT THOSE LIVING WITH PARKINSON’S’

Immersive but also reassuring and calming lighting was central to the success of designer Arit Anderson’s award-winning ‘A Garden for Every Parkinson’s Journey’ at...

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...

Rayner pauses local government reorganisation

The government has dramatically paused local government reorganisation (LGR),...

From the edition – ‘A SANCTUARY TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT THOSE LIVING WITH PARKINSON’S’

Immersive but also reassuring and calming lighting was central...

From the edition – ‘RAPID CHARGING’

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From the edition – ‘MEDCALF’S MEMO’

In her first Presidential update, Michala Medcalf reflects on...
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