Arup’s lighting plan to breathe life into landmarks

Top engineering consultancy Arup has unveiled a new approach to illuminating heritage buildings and landmarks.
A wireless control network encompassing 15,000 luminaires is set to turn the City of London into a ‘smart city’.
DW Windsor, the British designer and manufacturer of outdoor lighting, has secured exclusive UK distribution rights for Ligman’s range of luminaires.
UK streetlight controls specialist Telensa has teamed up with Eaton Lighting to work together to deliver connected lighting for so-called ‘smart city’ applications.
A faulty floodlight which electrocuted a five-a-side footballer in Portsmouth had been repaired with Sellotape, an inquest heard.
A dramatic and innovative lighting installation has been unveiled at Broadgate in the City of London.
A set of ‘bat-friendly’ street lights have been switched on in Worcestershire.
A car park project has won an award for eliminating light pollution and improving the environment for the local bat population.
The implementation of the City of London’s lighting strategy is seeing widespread changes to the illumination of the Square Mile, with a blend of aesthetic and technical best practice.
A brutalist concrete viaduct at the University of Sheffield has been transformed into a colourful gathering space for students thanks to an innovative lighting scheme.
Four of the Thames’s most famous bridges have been transformed with the launch of the first phase of Illuminated River – the ambitious project for London that will eventually see up to 15 bridges lit.
Street lighting columns in a London street have been transformed into living green posts to promote biodiversity, purify the air and provide attractive focal points.
A park in Seville, Spain is one fo the first in the world to install Signify’s all-in-one solar street lights.
Signify has unveiled what it hopes will become the street light of future – a column bristling with high technology capabilities including Wi-Fi, 5G connectivity and Internet of Things sensors.
The Australian capital Canberra is set to become the country’s largest standalone smart city project when it connects all its street lights to the cloud.
Two big names in ‘smart city’ lighting have teamed up to drive up adoption of the technology across the world.