Breaking news: Part L consultation released
LENI metric included as DCLG releases long-awaited consultation on proposed changes to Part L
Highway to China
Abacus has been contracted to manufacture and supply its patented raising and lowering lighting columns in China’s New Territories East region
Philips announces Q4 Results
Philips’ official 2011 fourth quarter results show a sales increase of 3 per cent, thanks to a 7 per cent growth in Lighting
BSPA and LUX-TSI create new test centre
Birmingham Science Park Aston (BSPA) and LUX-TSI are to create a new test centre for energy efficient lighting and photonics products
Recolight joins the fight against drugs
There is more to dismantling cannabis farms than the disposal of suspect herbs as West Midlands police discovered
OCG acquires Kudos Business Technologies
LED supplier, Kudos Business Technologies, has merged with Business commodity provider, Office Canopy Group
GE lights John Lewis
GE Lighting range specified as part of John Lewis’ new build and refurbishment programme
Shadow health minister backs new lighting technology
Andy Burnham is backing a new infection-control lighting technology developed by MHA Lighting
Lumenpulse and Lightitude enter partnership
Lumenpulse has entered into a partnership with UAE-based Lightitude
The Wandsworth Group appoints Alan Goode
Alan Goode has been appointed as area sales manager for Kent, Sussex and south-east London
Into welcomes Duncan Hamilton
Duncan Hamilton has joined 2011 Lighting Design Awards winner Into as an associate
Light Bureau appoints new design director
Tad Trylski has been appointed design director at Light Bureau
The numbers stack up
They say that once you work for yourself you never want to go back to working for someone else, but Thorn Lighting’s Nick Clark is the exception to the rule. Ben Cronin talks to the head of the manufacturer’s newly-formed Energy Solutions division about funding models for lighting upgrades
By their own lights: lighting designers and their homes
Two different lighting designers with discernibly individual styles. When it comes to their own homes have they practised what they preach and created a lit environment that reflects their own professional approach? Or, like the cobblers’ children that had no shoes, did that all go out of the window? Jill Entwistle goes through the keyhole to find out
Government is listening
With just a month to go to the release of the consultation document on the review of Part L, there are signs that ministers are warming to thebenefits of LENI. Lighting reports
Lighting Design Awards 2011: special supplement and video
Watch the video then read our special commemorative supplement for this year’s Lighting Design Awards
Joined-up lighting design
Successful integration of lighting into building design calls for close working among design teams on technical and aesthetic issues. Last month six architects and four lighting designers met to discuss strategic lighting design in a forum hosted by Lutron
Room with a view
The latest in the Lutron Forum Series saw a group of lighting experts gather in London’s St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel to discuss the issues pertinent to hotel lighting, Amanda Allen reports
