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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...

New senior environmental lighting specialist at WSP

Congratulations to Hannah Holmes, who has joined WSP as a senior environmental lighting specialist. Holmes joins WSP from Cundall, where she started her career in...

From the edition – ‘CODE BREAKING’

One of the limitations on the rapid roll out of in-column EV charging points is confusion over the need for UMSUG codes. The lighting...

From the edition – ‘CHARGING CONFIDENCE’

The rapid, and accelerating, roll out of EV charge points has meant the technical standards have had to play catch-up. But they have been...

From the edition – ‘IT IS A WILD WEST OUT THERE’

From inconsistent DNOs through to a ‘Wild West’ of home and cross-pavement residential electric vehicle charging, lighting professionals are becoming seriously worried about what...

Petition urging Australian politicians to limit light pollution

Dark sky campaigners in Australia are urging the government to follow the lead of France and introduce legislation to limit artificial light at night...

Call for Europe to upgrade lighting to reduce impact of ALAN

LightingEurope has published a position paper on artificial light at night (ALAN). The paper has emphasised the importance of artificial light at night to health...

Industry urged to work with government to control EV home-charging risks

The lighting industry needs to get together with government to develop national technical standards and guidance for local authorities to better manage the rapid...

From the edition – ‘WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE EFFECT WE MANAGED TO ACHIEVE’

The ILP’s 2025 ‘How to be brilliant’ programme kicked off in April with a talk by Iain Ruxton of Speirs Major Light Architecture on...

Government £25m boost for cross-pavement charging of EVs

The government has announced extra funding for the home-charging of electric vehicles, including money to enable greater use of cross-pavement technologies and devices that...

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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...

ILP signs up to ‘Tomorrow’s Engineer Code’ to accelerate STEM outreach

The ILP has signed up to EngineeringUK's ‘Tomorrow's Engineer Code’ as...
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