Technology

CIE: new Position Statement on use of UV radiation to manage the risk of Covid-19 transmission

At the end of March CIE made two of its key publications concerning the use of UV for disinfection freely available […]

Light and Colour: in perfect harmony

Could I write something about the relationship between Light and Colour?Probably . . . . Let’s talk about the relationship […]

Online training for asset managers and street lighting engineers launched by Institution of Lighting Professionals

Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) Guidance Note 22, Asset-Management Toolkit: Minor Structures – ATOMS is the key document for everyone who has […]

The Circular Economy: avoiding the GreenWash

These are difficult times to be a lighting manufacturer; or a lighting distributor; or a lighting agent. You might just […]

Richard Hayes asks: is that light OFF?

“What does off mean?” In the good/bad old days you turned off your lights with a physical switch. This device […]

Arup launches Luminaire Broker, and a new way of working

This is how lighting specification usually works. A designer has a very good idea of what’s wanted for a specific […]

The Circular Economy – but how will it work?

Lighting manufacturers are rightly embracing the principles of the Circular Economy and we’re looking forward to seeing lots of new […]

Urbis Schréder: Taking Control

We have been speaking in this series about where Public Realm lighting has come from and where we think its […]

Explainer: Software as a Service (SaaS)

What is Software as a Service (SaaS) When you purchase software, it comes on a CD-ROM or DVD, right? Though […]

Bluetooth lighting – renaissance or another false dawn?

Fred Bass turns his investigative eye onto the uncertain world of Bluetooth-enabled lighting. When the first Bluetooth LED lamps were […]

The security of Connected Lighting.

Jasper Hijink of lux-it Lighting Technology asked me what we’ve done to promote security in connected lighting systems . . […]

Are LED lifetime figures a ticking timebomb?

There is a conversation underway about how we can check the rise of inferior products, poor installations and . . […]