Sales have soared at Cancer Research UK stores across the UK following a refit to LED to achieve higher-quality light output and lower energy bills. The Armley store to the west of Leeds saw sales rise 49% during the first year after the refit was completed.

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.

Canary Wharf Group carries out major lighting upgrade to retail areas.

Bahrain introduces efficacy requirements for non-directional household lamps on 5 September.

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

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

A unique chandelier crashes to the ground in India; the world's longest LED tunnel is unveiled and Bayern Munich's stadium gets a colourful makeover.

The Jeddah Mall in Saudi Arabia has become the latest retail centre in the Middle East to go LED in a move that will cut energy consumption by 60 per cent.

The Cadbury temple to chocolate has had a total LED makeover - here's why.

The Department of Defence is installing what will be the single largest solar lighting project in Australia.

Governments will consider everything from 'no action' to rewriting more stringent energy requirements for fluorescents.