LED Lighting for a brighter future!

The concrete cold-war era Hardened Aircraft Shelters (HAS) under which the RAF's Typhoon fighters are stored received a thoughtful LED make-over. Senior project manager at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Jim Ellistone, in the high visibility jacket , helped to deliver  a project that was both efficient  and sustainable. Lux reports: The Typhoon Project delivery team at RAF Lossiemouth in north-east Scotland were tasked with designing, constructing and delivering a new headquarters building for the squadron based there, while adapting and refurbishing a number of Cold War-era aircraft support facilities. Despite facing severe budget restraints, a project has been delivered that is both energy efficient and sustainable and the RAF's decision to use LED lighting, for one of first times on a new project, played an important role. The building has been so well received within the defence community that it has been awarded the Ministry of Defence'

Scientist who discovered human centric lighting shares tips with Lux. PLUS: Lighting based indoor positioning set to revolutionise US stores. AND: Health fears makes city think twice about LED. Lux Today 24 January 2017 Visit www.novelenergylighting.com for more info

Ken Munro, the UK's leading 'ethical hacker' speaking at this year's LuxLive Companies are simply not doing enough to improve IoT security, security experts are warning. The UK’s leading ethical hacker has warned that the lighting industry needs to ‘wake up’ when it comes to Internet of Things (IoT) security, or risk the technology being turned into a Trojan Horse for hackers. ‘Lighting venders need to wake up and realise that what they are doing could be very insecure,’ Ken Munro, the UK’s leading ethical hacker told Lux in an interview that you can view below. IoT is viewed by many as being the lighting industry’s savior as revenues from luminaires start to decline. However, as companies rush to get IoT products to market, Munro fears that cyber security is being rushed for the sake of making a quick buck. ‘We’re opening Pandora’s Box, we are starting to see huge amounts of IoT devices being developed that are vulnerable and I don’t think it wil