6 – 7 June 2019: a 2-Day Symposium at BRE, Watford How can nature-inspired design foster office occupant wellness? What are the key interventions that can capitalise on the return on investment in an office refurbishment? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in this launch event for BRE’s Biophilic Office, a world
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An ultra modern, slimline, luminaire with a powder-coated white outer surface. The cubic black reflectors provide extremely good glare control of the direct light component. Additionally, it features indirect light, making it perfectly suited for offices, especially above desks. Or why not use it over a kitchen island? Supplied with 3-metre cable and adjustable
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For the first time, the proven Visual Timing Light (VTL) for daylight tracking has been integrated into a cosy free-standing luminaire. The VIVAA FREE offers biodynamic light for supporting its performance during the day and for improving sleeping quality at night. The free-standing luminaire is immediately ready for use and can be flexibly integrated into
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This event in London on 26th March 2019 was the first SCSS Facilities Manager Supplier Day to focus on the issue of Wellbeing in building design, construction and operation. Four speakers looked at the issue from four different angles: Miles Brown, Head of FM for Grosvenor Estates gave us the end-users view of designing wellbeing
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The government has recently launched a major review of waste packaging legislation. The proposals could result in producer costs for waste packaging increasing up to ten times, by 2023. The Government’s objective is to ensure that producers pay the full cost of the collection and recycling of consumer packaging, and to incentivise improved environmental outcomes.
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The offer of more efficient, cost-saving, almost failure-free street lighting, all thanks to the favourable conjunction of new LED sources and the Internet of Things has been too much for many cash-strapped local authorities to resist. Happy to be early adopters of an essentially unproven technology, the UK has spent millions of pounds investing in
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The stated aim of Futurebuild is “to explore and tackle the biggest challenges impacting the built environment and beyond. In fact, our new identity is a reaffirmation of our commitment to championing true innovation and sustainability across the built environment.” But from what I’ve seen at ExCel, there are fewer than half a dozen lighting
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Let me set the scene: a low-rise residential block, probably three or four floors of flats, with a common-parts, concrete, staircase, and fully glazed from top to bottom. When the block was originally built twenty years ago, it was decided that there was no need for escape lighting on the staircase – what with the
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A couple of weeks ago, I introduced you to Lys Technologies and their Light Diet. Read about it in ‘Wellness: taking care of your circadian rhythm‘. Since then, I’ve been wearing their . . .er . . ‘wearable’ (you see what happens when you mess with language!). I can now report on my findings. But
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The UK lighting design community is rich in talent. The Lighting Tree is looking forward to introducing you to many of those people who make UK lighting design such a thrilling environment to work in. Stuart Alexander is an Associate with Michael Grubb Studio in Bournemouth. 1. What was the fascination with lighting that drew
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The Electrical Distributors Association (EDA) has introduced a series of Product Knowledge Modules to help wholesalers improve the product knowledge of their staff. But maybe it has a broader appeal? Michael Gove (UK Member of Parliament whom history will not remember well) once said that ‘Britain has had enough of experts’. The on-line response was
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. The building is a marvel of modern construction with its stunning interior space designed by John Pawson and illuminated via a multi-faceted lighting scheme employing Concord luminaires from Feilo Sylvania. The roof of the original 1960s Grade II* listed building has remained whereas the rest of the building has been remodelled. The new building
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