Scientists and manufacturers can't agree on a new method to measure color rendering. PLUS a sidesways look at common LED lighting mistakes. Lux Today Oct 6 2015

Lighting Council Australia has partnered with Queensland Government in a battery recycling trial. The EXITCYCLE initiative between the Council and Queensland aims to divert emergency and exit lighting batteries from landfill. 

Human centric lighting has got Gordon Routledge hot under the cauldron.

LuxLive Middle East 2016 will bring together the world’s leading lighting brands and key decision makers and specifiers from across the Middle East in a spectacular two-day lighting event. The show will take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on 13-14 April 2016.

Here they are: the standout lighting project and products that have made their way on to the shortlist for the Lux Awards 2015.

The European Commission has stuck with its decision to phase out mains-voltage halogen directional lamps from the European market in September 2016 following a review. The move has divided opinion among industry figures.

Lighting equipment test centre LIA Laboratories is advising lighting specifiers and installers to ensure the products they are considering for use have been subject to a meaningful, independent verification.

Lighting manufacturer FW Thorpe has seen sales soar to £73.5m for the year to 30 June 2015, up 19.9% from £61.4m a year earlier. Pre-tax profit also increased by 14.7% to £14.4m compared to £12.6m in 2014.

Viper Networks and partner Apollo Metro Solutions are gearing up for LED lighting projects across the Middle East expected to top $10 million in 2016.

A new way to measure colour rendering that is set to replace the traditional CRI metric has been unveiled and has won the backing of the US Government.

Leaders from cities including Tokyo, New York, London and Singapore will meet in Sydney on Wednesday 16 September for a C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group workshop designed to improve building efficiency.

Lux Today newscast 9 September 2015: A school in Norway has become the first in the world to pioneer tuneable light that changes to boost wellbeing and improve academic performance

Street lighting experts, specifiers and municipalities are gathering in Melbourne this week to ready the city for the smart lighting revolution.

A new school is Norway is pioneering groundbreaking circadian lighting in an attempt to improve pupils’ performance and wellbeing.

The government of India has announced that it is to replace all its streetlights with LED sources in next 24 months.