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Alexandra Hammond is responsible for the environmental impact of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital - and lighting is a significant part of that Lux  met Alexandra Hammond, associate director of sustainability from Essentia, at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London. Here's her view on lighting. The hospital cares about its impact on the environment and society I work for Essentia, which is part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. I’ve worked for Guy’s and St Thomas’ for the past six years as head of sustainability. That role continues, and we are also able to offer our expertise to other public sector organisations. I look at everything to do with environmental and social impact for the hospital. And lighting is a big part of our energy strategy. Upgrades are a challenge – but also an opportunity I would say the biggest challenge we face is upgrading in areas that are quite sensitive, for example patient areas. Also making s...

Gordon Routledge, lighting expert and publisher of Lux, investigates a widely held belief about insects’ lighting preferences. Ultraviolet light has been exploited for years to lure ­flies to an early death by electrocution – as can be seen in the bug traps at any supermarket’s fresh meat counter. Over the years I have heard from numerous sources that, because LEDs don’t emit ultraviolet light, they don’t attract insects. "Given a choice between no light and a white light, do insects give up and go home, or do they ­fly merrily around your head, laughing at your feeble LED fittings and making the occasional landing on your neck to suck your blood?" At first glance the statement seems to pass the common sense test. I didn’t start to really question it until I left a retrofit LED bulb switched on to test in the garage for six months, during which time the diffuser accumulated a significant number of corn flies. If there’s no UV, what is it about LEDs that’s so irres...

Like every national retailer, Wm Morrisons has energy and carbon reduction at the top of its green agenda. Head of Energy at Wm Morrisons, Stuart Kirk, has a target to reduce energy expenditure by £17 million while maintaining high quality lighting, which is so integral to the shopping experience. In May 2012 Stuart approached Thorn to request a bespoke retrofit LED luminaire, which could be easily mounted into the Thorn Arena Trough system. The recessed system had been installed in most of the traditional Wm Morrisons stores for over 20 years using fluorescent T8 lamps and HF control gear. Stuart therefore saw an LED solution as a quick-win to reducing the overall lighting load. Bespoke designs put to the test Thorn worked with Ian Jagger, Electrical Services Projects Manager at Wm Morrisons and project management and installation partner, IES to develop a bespoke LED luminaire for the high level shop floor lighting which would replicate the distribution of the T8 l...

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Thorn Aquaforce II LED: An IP65, dust and moisture resistant, LED luminaire. Electronic, fixed output control gear. Class I electrical. Canopy: light grey polycarbonate. Diffuser: polycarbonate with linear prisms. Toggles: stainless steel. For surface or suspended mounting. Quick-fix brackets supplied for surface mounting. Mounting kits for conduit, chain suspension and catenary suspension are available as accessories. Complete with 4000K LED. Available in 2 outputs: -  42W, 4300LM, 1300mm L, 96241869 -  62W, 6400LM, 1600mm L, 96241871 Integral 3HR Emergency versions of both products are also available Buy it now from Novel Energy Lighting - see product listings here .

Are your electricians qualified? When awarding contracts for electrical work, you might have checked the company has the necessary certification or competent persons registrations, but how do you know if the person carrying out the electrical work is qualified? Just because a contractor is registered as a company with industry organisations, it doesn't mean that the person turning up to do the work on your property has the industry approved skills and qualifications. The Electrotechnical Certification Scheme is the registration scheme for the electrical industry run by the Joint Industry Board and affiliated to CSCS. If an electrician holds an ECS gold card you know they are qualified to the in...

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Did you know you could be sent to prison if your emergency lighting doesn't comply with the law? Experts from Lux's Emergency Lighting Conference explain how to stay out of trouble. Featured in this video: Alan Daniels, P4 David Wright, ELP and ICEL Richard Beesley, Mackwell Steve Dilloway, ABB Emergi-Lite

Legalities Lux Reports...The principal legislative requirements for hospitality and leisure facilities in the UK lie in the relevant Building Regulations. These are now separated out between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and while there are some core elements, each has its own nuances so make sure you have the right guidance document for where your building is. For lighting, the main crux is the part dealing with conservation of fuel and power. In a nutshell, it’s energy efficiency. Hospitality has always been a bit of a grey area where the building regulations are concerned as it includes ‘general areas’ as well as ‘display lighting’, which has much less stringent efficacy demands. The third section is for ‘office, industrial and storage’ where luminaire performance instead of lamp efficacy, is the driver, with additional facility to bring in lighting controls. The Building Regs, the HSE’s guide to lighting at work and theEsos regulations. Pay attention, ...

The builder of this new residential development in northwest London has installed five thousand LED lamps from Megaman. The lamps are in the same format as the traditional halogen lamps that have become ubiquitous in living room and kitchen ceilings up and down the land. But because they're LEDs, they use far less energy, generate less heat and last much longer – these ones are expected to keep going for up to 50,000 hours. The development at 243 Ealing Road – a joint venture between construction firm Hill and Network Living – includes seven blocks of new apartments overlooking the Grand Union Canal. It’s a key part of the regeneration of the Alperton area, which also includes plans for shops, green spaces and business premises. Installer RB Emerson used around 5,000 Megaman Professional LED GU10 lamps in the development, in non-dimmable 4W and dimmable 6W versions. Both options provide warm white light, with a beam angle of 35°. The lamps have been installed...

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Philips LED: The behavior of light, shows how easily programmable “light behaviors” can enhance the role lighting plays in supporting our everyday activities, indoors as well as outdoors, and for both personal and public applications New forms of light, focuses on innovations that are revolutionizing the way in which spaces are lit, de-cluttering the lighting infrastructure and providing new visual and even acoustic experiences, through the use of textiles and connected light sources. . #lightingwebinars #lightingacademy