Lighting
December 2011
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Cardboard creation
Fresh with the glow of our recent foray into designing with cardboard, and having found W.H Skinner, a company who can make our cardboard dreams come true, we embarked on our next card creation -
Glow in the dark surfing
A very early wake-up call last Thursday saw a select group of surfers light up the waves of Bondi Beach, Australia before the sun could -
HEA awarded ISO 9001 accreditation
The Highway Electrical Association (HEA), formerly ASLEC and HEMSA, has been successfully awarded with ISO 9001 -
Lighting in extra care homes falls short
New research has found that lighting in many extra care housing schemes does not comply with specialist guidance -
Lumenpulse opens new headquarters in UK
Lumenpulse has announced the opening of a new EMEA sales headquarters in London -
MITIE hosts LED lighting seminar
Several retailers and major high street brands attended a seminar-workshop showcasing the latest energy saving LED technology help by MITIE and Philips recently -
New CEO for OSRAM Opto Semiconductors in Asia
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Asia has appointed Louis Lam as its new CEO -
No Christmas tree, no Christmas tree
South Korea to light three Christmas tree-shaped towers dangerously close to its Northern border on December 23 -
Philips announces LED lighting deal in Africa
Philips is to supply 200,000 of its MasterLED lamps in one of the largest energy saving LED lighting deals in Africa -
Philips increases lifetime of CosmoPolis lamp
Philips launches the upgraded CosmoPolis Xtra lamp, extending lifetime and reducing replacement and maintenance costs -
Scrap metal thieves target street lighting
A stretch of dual carriageway in Leeds was plunged into darkness last month after scrap metal thieves stole more than £200,000 of street lighting cable -
See the old in a new light
Ben Cronin visits an opening ceremony at the Louvre, celebrating the completion of the first phase of Toshiba’s contract to replace 4,500 xenon light fittings with LEDs -
Taking the plunge
Wonderbra launched its new Ultimate Plunge bra with a projection of model, Adriana Cernanova on to the side of Battersea Power Station -
The Merry Marine
The Marine Pub in Eastbourne lures patrons from over 100 miles away with its infamously extreme Christmas lights -
The ultimate test
Junction temperatures, aesthetics, colour rendering and lifetime claims were all on the agenda as the product judges for the 2012 Lighting Design Awards met to decide upon the shortlist for this year’s entries. Ben Cronin was there to watch the industry’s finest suffer a grilling from the panel -
Young Lighter of the Year 2012 opens for entries
The Society of Light and Lighting is now accepting submissions for their Young Lighter of the Year Award, 2012
