Hess sells Vulkan in continued restructuring
Beleaguered German manufacturer sells all of its shares in exterior lighting manufacturer as part of continued restructuring
MHA Lighting teams up with New Zealand firm
MHA Lighting enters partnership with Solar Bright to distribute its products in New Zealand
PhotonStar receives DECC grant
British LED manufacturer gets grant to be bring wireless smart lamp to consumer market
Abacus Lighting sale saves 150 jobs
The sale of Abacus Lighting, shortly after going into administration, has saved 150 jobs
Helvar joins EnOcean Alliance
Lighting controls manufacturer becomes member of energy harvesting and wireless monitoring alliance
LEDs could save US $37 bn in energy costs
An overnight switch to LEDs could save the US $37 billion in annual energy costs, according to a new report
Toshiba buys Bridgelux's GaN-on-Si assets
Japanese manufacturer is buying Bridgelux’s gallium nitride-on-silicon technology and related assets
IALD awards are ‘most diverse ever’
The winners of the 30th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards are announced
People
Mackwell's marketing expert to help promote DALI
Mackwell’s marketing manager becomes co-chair of the DALI marketing working group
A lesson from the history girls
Lighting speaks to Geraldine O’Farrell, senior building services engineer and Caroline Cattini, senior building services engineer and energy manager at English Heritage
Mackwell's marketing expert to help promote DALI
Mackwell’s marketing manager becomes co-chair of the DALI marketing working group
Know-How
Driving a hard bargain
Lighting designers and retailers discuss colour quality and warranties in a roundtable event sponsored by Xicato. Angeline Albert reports
Parisian dome lit with 4,480 LEDs
A Paris art and dance centre has been fitted with 4,480 LEDs by London-based lighting designer Tiphaine Treins
App-titude for control
Remote Controlled Lighting’s iDirect has won a Lighting Design Award but why did this iPad app excite LDA judges? Angeline Albert reports
Know-How
One man and his digs
When John Bullock moved into a converted barn, he became the owner of a dated lighting scheme. In the first of a series of articles, he highlights the problems he wants to tackle
What's with the halogens?
Lighting systems that are designed for halogen lamps now will have to be retrofitted with LEDs further down the line. It’s high time we started designing for LEDs from the ground up blogs Iain Ruxton




