We welcome Phil Copland to The Lighting Tree.Nominated by Juliet Rennie, Phil is a senior designer with Nulty+.For those of you who are new to The Lighting Tree, its quite simple. Nominees are suggested by the previous nominee – and they need to be differently gendered. That’s it.Oh, and its really about the FUTURE of
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At a recent EDA Regional Business Forum in Exeter, the delegates were received with an update on the situation regarding counterfeit electrical product. Presented by Chris Stammers, Compliance Services Manager with BEAMA, it made for very scary listening. The global picture Counterfeit product generally falls into two categories: Companies making false or misleading claims as
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If we accept that ‘biophilia’ describes our love for nature, then how far does that love go? Day Two of the BRE Wellness and Biophilia Symposium opened up some potentially inconvenient truths for designers, specifiers, manufacturers and suppliers. The question that needs to be asked is, at what point do we stop being in love
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This planet has, or had, a problem, which was this. Most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time . . . Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake coming down from the trees in the first place, and some said that even
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We’ve been looking for a term that encompasses the approach that we need to take to achieve a healthful lighting environment. ‘Human Centric Lighting’ is all but discredited since its been picked up by marketing departments and used as a convenient tag for anything containing tunable white LEDs, so we’re obliged to look for something
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Why are we talking about plants in offices? Its not the first time that we’ve been fascinated with sharing our working lives with plants; most of us have spent time surrounded by dead geraniums sitting on the top of filing cabinets. At a different scale entirely, the Bureaulandschaft movement in Europe, from the late 50s
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Vexica Technology is pleased to announce that 4D Lighting is our newly appointed representative in the Southwest of England. Steve Sutcliffe, Founder & MD of 4D Lighting has been part of the lighting community for over 20 years, and having worked closely with Vexica on projects in the past, the synergy between our two companies
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They say: ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’ They also say: ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions.’ So maybe: ‘the road to hell begins with a single step.’ The Light Review 7-Step Programme to Good Lighting I’ve identified Seven Steps that are crucial to a Good Lighting
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Our objective is to deliver the best possible lighting to office premises and administration buildings. Good illumination helps people to see better and contributes to their sense of well-being. We have accomplished this goal with the DOTOO.line suspended luminaire and the DOTOO.fit and DOTOO.spot flush-mounted luminaires, both in technical and in visual terms. Efficient lighting is guaranteed. DOTOO.LINE SUSPENDED
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The strapline for this book is “Evidence-based lighting design for the built environment”, which should be warning enough not to expect just another ‘how to’ guide to lighting design. Yes, there are elements of the book that could easily be read as a guide on how to achieve good urban lighting, but the underlying premise
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The latest addition to The Lighting Tree is Juliet Rennie. As we all know, Juliet is coordinator for the Society of Light and Lighting and received a 40under40 trophy at the 2019 Lighting Design Awards, awarded to ‘the most talented and promising individuals working in the lighting design industry ‘. Congratulations, Jules!Juliet was nominated for
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Maurice Spee of Signify appointed chair of Recolight board of directors Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for lighting, is pleased to announce the appointment of Maurice Spee from Signify as Chair of the Recolight Board. Maurice, Director for Collection & Recycling at Signify (formerly Philips Lighting), has been with the company for almost 20
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