. A howl of anguish from an old friend who’s being asked by a contractor to match the performance figures provided in a consulting engineer’s specification. Everything goes swimmingly until we get to the box that says LOR – and the figure inside the box: 165%. Checking on the other luminaires in the schedule and,
LOR: let’s wind it up to 11! Read More »
According to all the house rules on writing articles like this, I’m supposed to let you know within the first paragraph what it is that I’m writing about. So here it is – I want to talk about on-site warranties – and how they are meant to work. And whether they do work. And who
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Measure – Target – Reduce: now that’s a declaration that works for everything from noisy populist politicians down to the wine count at the end of the evening. But in this context, I’m focusing on what is probably (Tony Blair Foundation’s desolate howlings notwithstanding) the single most important issue of our times: atmospheric carbon. .
Recolight Net Zero Conference: Measure – Target – Reduce Read More »
Circadian lighting has been an outlier in lighting applications for the past decade; there’s always been a feeling that there may be something in it, but it’s been difficult to put a finger on where the actual benefits lie. After all, circadian illumination is just outside the front door – isn’t that good enough? .
Circadian lighting – innovators in healthcare Read More »
. Our good friends at Recolight have emailed to remind us that there’s to be a webinar on new waste regulations on Thursday 27th March at 11.00am (until 12.30pm). Its free to attend and will contain information that probably affects everyone in the lighting industry – no matter who you are and what you do.
Recolight: an important webinar THIS WEEK Read More »
. . Its not that we haven’t been here before -or, at least, we think that we’ve been here before. But there is a growing difference between what we thought we knew about lighting and healthcare and what we’re now actually experiencing. The interaction between Science and Technology that both sides of that Great Divide
. The second Zero Carbon Lighting Conference, organised by Recolight, will be taking place in London at the end of April. . . So, where are we with Net Zero? It’s a topic – if you can call an existential crisis a ‘topic’ that is being heavily politicised by those with a different agenda than
Recolight: Net Zero Lighting Conference 2025 Read More »
. This is a conversation that I’ve been looking forward to for a couple years. I’ve found myself in the same space as Ayça Donaghy more often than seemed likely; not just the obvious LIA events, but random conferences and manufacturers’ shindigs as well. The ‘and what are you doing here’ was getting too boring
In conversation with Ayça Donaghy – Lighting Industry Association CEO. Read More »
If there’s one thing that I never thought I’d be involved in – it would be the creation of a new Standard, British of otherwise. Its been a real treat to sit round the virtual table with expert lighters who know a lot more about remanufacturing processes and this kind of procedural stuff than I
Remanufacturing: A new British Standard (BS 8887-221:2024) Read More »
. A few years ago, while enjoying a Xmas evening jolly at the local ‘Big House’ I delivered a version of ‘While Shepherds Watched . . .’ to the tune of The Laughing Policeman – complete with the belly-laugh chorus. The vicar clearly didn’t know where to put himself – which is interesting because all
Happy New Year – and I wish you Joy! Read More »
Recolight has launched a new in-depth workshop that explains LCAs (Life Cycle Assessment) and EPDs (Environment al Product Declaration), tailored specifically for lighting products, continuing to make inroads into the nature and quality of lighting specification, stretching its own remit in the process! . Before we start to think of Recolight as a think tank
Recolight: a new LCA – EPD workshop series Read More »
. ”Stuart wants to see you.’ Well, in that case I’d better go and find him. ‘That’s good – you can’t miss it.’ . Its the day before the first day of LiGHT24 and I’ve dropped into BDC to have a meeting with one of the resident companies there – or, at least, that’s what
LiGHT24: the light fantastic yet again . . . Read More »