Harsher penalties are being introduced for those who dispose of mercury-containing fluorescent lamps unsafely.

Havells-Sylvania is set to add an internet-enabled lamp to its range following the signing of an exclusive distribution deal with LiFX, the internet-sensation that started off as one of the fastest-funded Kickstarter projects of all time.

Loss-making LED luminaire maker Lietcorp and its parent company Ocean-LED have been bought out of administration.

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has undergone an energy-efficient upgrade, with 400 luminaires changed to LED.

Lighting manufacturer Aurora may have to pay damages to Collingwood Lighting for infringing a patent used in Collingwood’s FireLED luminaire.

Philips and Ericsson are working together to bring mobile broadband connectivity into streetlight columns.

A pool of at least £20 million will soon become available for companies wanting to embark on energy-saving projects. 

Tapping in to the internet of things will bring security and interference issues for lighting, but the threat needs to be put into perspective, said panellists at the Smart Lighting Controls Europe conference last week.

Philips' lighting sales were flat in 2013, but LED product sales were up again, the latest financial figures reveal.

Manufacturing bosses are increasingly taking direct control of energy efficiency decisions, according to a survey released by manufacturers’ organisation EEF and energy supplier Npower.

A new charitable initiative aims to put last season’s lights to good use, donating outdated models of lighting fixtures to deserving community projects.

Philips is piloting a Li-Fi system for retailers, which allows ‘intelligent’ LED lights in shop ceilings to communicate with shoppers through a smartphone app. 

Cree is the latest manufacturer to enter the growing market for wireless lighting controls, with a new system on sale in the US and Canada.

Better lighting in A&E departments could help reduce incidents of violence and aggression, new advice from the Design Council suggests.

Virgin Trains has announced plans to upgrade lighting in thirteen of its stations to LED, with a massive expected energy reduction of 90 per cent.

The Climate Group and Philips have begun a global project to ‘identify and overcome the hurdles’ that prevent cities from adopting LED streetlighting.