A French firm has won the contract to supply internet-over-lighting technology on the Paris Metro. The ambitious project – which will allow over two million daily commuters to use lights as a form of Wi-fi, dubbed ‘Li-fi’ – now looks firmly on track. Already La Defense station has been successfully equipped with the tech.
Our Value Proposition looks at the benefits of upgrading from traditional fluorescent tubes to LED arrays in a typical car park scheme, using IP-rated luminaires.
Every other Wednesday a growing number of lighting professionals are sitting down to enjoy an hour of information and technical entertainment with the Lux Webinar Series.
There must be things that the hard-pressed facilities manager can do to make their job just a little bit easier, and maybe save a bit of money for better things. Here’s a list of actions that shouldn’t take too much effort to work out and which should see immediate benefits.
John Bullock reports back from Frankfurt Licht + Bild.
The Circular Economy is a design strategy that can revolutionise the way that we make light fittings. But will we take it on?
Lux's technical editor Alan Tulla looks at three ways to approach lighting for container parks.
Smart cities are happening and they will transform exterior lighting companies into flexible, high technology electronics suppliers. That’s the view of Fadi Shanaah, general manager of Schreder’s operations in the Middle East.
After a day basking in the sun, a luminaire may not have time to cool down before it’s heated up again by its own light source. Alan Tulla looks at seven hardy floodlights and streetlights
Watch what happens when our crack team of reporters don't exactly follow the script. Lux Today for 22 December 2015 presented by Courtney Ferguson.
Lux has stepped up its programme of webinars for 2016, offering something for everyone, from hot topics such as the Internet of Things and human-centric lighting, through to lighting for specific applications such as rail, schools and prisons. There’s even a session on how to light for bats.
Havells India is to sell an 80% stake in Sylvania to Shanghai Feilo Acoustics Co Limited, a listed company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. State-owned Inesa is one of Feilo’s key shareholders.
Philips and Cisco have formed a global strategic alliance that will combine Philips’ LED based connected lighting system with Cisco’s IT network to address a global office market estimated to be worth EUR 1 billion.
Gooee has announced it is now working in association with five more lighting equipment manufacturers ahead of LuxLive 2015, where it is launching its ‘Gooee Inside’ technology.
Solar power has the potential to transform the lives of millions of Africans. But there's a big problem: disease-carrying bugs. Mark Booth, senior lecturer in epidemiology at Durham University, reports.
Los Angeles is the world’s first city to deploy Philips’ SmartPole streetlighting with built-in 4G LTE wireless technology from Ericsson. The move will see 100 SmartPoles used to improve network performance in dense urban areas.
