Why LEDs struggle to break into prisons
LEDs have yet to make their way into prison lighting specifications. We take a look at what's required to satisfy the Ministry of Justice.
LEDs have yet to make their way into prison lighting specifications. We take a look at what's required to satisfy the Ministry of Justice.
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.
When should you use fire-rated downlights, and when you must, what one do you select. We bench test and rate the latest products.
A lighting company is found guilty of fiddling its LED performance figures. We tell you what’s going on and what questions you should be asking when you're reading an LED spec sheet.
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?
There is a dark side, literally, to the in-ground uplight, and that is its propensity to fail on a regular basis. It really is one of the most irritating pieces of lighting technology around.
Here’s the seven biggest headaches, and the fixes…
Lux's technical editor Alan Tulla looks at three ways to approach lighting for kitchens in luxury building conversions.
Lance Stewart charts the end of analogue controls and the inexorable rise of digital dimming.
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.
Have we reached the point where specifiers, installers and users of emergency lighting will accept LED unquestionably as the light source of choice?
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.
Witton Lodge Extra Care Facility is benefiting from significant energy savings following the installation of Aura Light’s LED luminaires with occupancy sensors.