Women in Lighting: Light On The Brain - The Science of Light and Learning in Lockdown
Women in Lighting host Dr Shelley James for an insightful and informative session, in which she shares some of the latest research on the powerful long-term impact of light on the growing eye and brain. Throughout the session, she suggests how we can make the most of these insights to make healthier choices for our homes and schools.
Dr James also introduces her latest project - a global public engagement campaign to raise awareness of how light affects health and wellbeing among people, building on a successful webinar series last year. This campaign is supported by an international network of scientists and education experts.
Video courtesy of Light Collective.
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DALI Lighting Awards Virtual Presentation
The winners of the first ever DALI Lighting Awards, organised by the DALI Alliance (DiiA) and held in association with arc magazine and the IALD, have been announced during a virtual ceremony.
The awards aim to celebrate the best use of DALI control solutions in international lighting projects, as well as recognising the value of delivering quality illumination to clients and end-users.
A broad range of commercial, architectural and industrial lighting projects linked with DALI technology were nominated, with entries spanning across the globe. The competition selected winners in five different categories across indoor and outdoor lighting applications, alongside a separate category for projects employing outstanding use of Zhaga-D4i products.
Valmont: Time to rethink what a light pole can do
Lighting columns from Valmont Structures offer exquisite design for creating outdoor spaces that combine beauty and functionality with innovation and sustainability. The company's unique wood pole line delivers an exquisite look and it holds the largest decorative steel and aluminium column portfolio in the industry. Valmont Structures has the materials, colours and engineering expertise to make your vision a reality. It’s time to rethink what a light pole can do.
Recolight announce record new member growth for WEEE compliance.
(UK) - 18 companies joined the scheme in 2020, with a further three joining in 2021.
In 2020, a total of 18 companies joined the Recolight WEEE scheme, while from the beginning of 2021, a further three companies have transferred to Recolight from other schemes.
the three companies transferring their compliance to Recolight from January include ZG Lighting UK, which supplies brands such as Zumtobel and Thorn; Ark Lighting, a manufacturer of external lighting; and Serious Brands, a manufacturer of precision reading lights.
"We are delighted that 18 new members have joined the Recolight WEEE compliance scheme over the last year," said Nigel Harvey, Recolight CEO. "We pride ourselves on giving the customers of all our members the most comprehensive lamp and luminaire collection and recycling service. We very much look forward to supporting them and their customers to maximise the recycling of lighting equipment."
Recolight goes beyond the strict legal obligations of the WEEE Regulations by providing a recycling service for all business lamps and luminaires in scope - a service that is free for Recolight's Producer Members and their customers.
The organisation does not ask for proof of payment for business luminaire installations that generate waste for collection and recycling. Instead they ask the relevant member to verify that the company asking for the collection is a customer. This approach ensures that the collection process operates in a smooth way, making it easier for the customers of Recolight members.
To date, Recolight has funded the recycling of more than 333 million lamps and light fittings. This is more than all other UK WEEE compliance schemes combined. This has been made possible by the commitment of our Lighting Producer Members, and we welcome our new members to the scheme; helping to drive up recycling of WEEE lighting.
Stoane Lighting: ZTA.50
ZTA is an idea that embodies the core values of Stoane Lighting. Equipment is designed to last, to be repaired, upgraded and eventually recycled. ZTA is designed to allow future upgrade and as far as possible avoid future obsolescence.
ZTA.50.Zoom is one of the latest additions to the range (alongside ZTA.70). It uses the Xicato 6mm LES XOB (875lm min, 90 CRI) and offers a clean, focusable beam from 13.7-48.1 degrees. The beauty of ZTA's modular approach is Zoom can be added to any fixture, whether it be surface mounted, track mounted, or even pole mounted using a clamp.
DALI Lighting Awards winners revealed
(Online) - Inaugural DALI Awards winners announced via online ceremony.
The DALI Alliance (DiiA), the global industry organisation for DALI lighting control, has announced the winners of its inaugural DALI Lighting Awards during a virtual ceremony.
Held in association with arc magazine and the IALD, the awards celebrate the best use of DALI control solutions in international lighting projects, as well as recognising the value of delivering quality illumination to clients and end-users.
A broad range of commercial, architectural and industrial lighting projects linked with DALI technology were nominated, with entries spanning across the globe. The competition selected winners in different categories for indoor and outdoor lighting, alongside a separate category for projects employing outstanding use of Zhaga-D4i products.
Judges for this year's DALI Lighting Awards included arc editor Matt Waring; Tad Trylski, an active member of the IALD and former chair of its industry liaison group; and Scott Wade, Technical and Certification Manager for the DALI Alliance.
"The inaugural DALI Lighting Awards have been a huge success, with a substantial number of project entries in a wide range of sizes and applications across the world," said Paul Drosihn, GM of the DiiA. "The nominations showcase plenty of creative and technical merit with DALI being utilised to solve many unique lighting control challenges.
"Many thanks to those who participated, and huge congratulations to all of our winners."
The winners of the 1st DALI Lighting Awards are:
Best large indoor lighting control project (using more than 500 luminaires)
Laing O'Rourke - Manchester Airport Terminal 2 Extension and New Piers (UK)
Best medium indoor lighting control project (using 65-500 luminaires)
Schuler Shook - The Leonardian Auditorium at St. Leonard's College (Australia)
Best small indoor lighting control project (up to 64 luminaires)
Morlights - Chicago History Museum Crown Lunchroom (USA)
Best use of DALI in outdoor lighting
Helvar - Column of the Immaculate Conception (Italy)
Best use of Zhaga-D4i
Comlight - District Road 51 from Tengs to Bjerkreim (Norway)
For more expansive summaries and photography of the winning projects, and further information about the DALI Awards, visit the DALI Alliance website here.
SLL publish specialist lighting guide for FMs
(UK) - SLL Lighting Guide 20 addresses key lighting tasks for facilities managers.
The Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) has published its first guidance document designed specifically to address the key lighting tasks required of facilities managers.
Lighting is a critical element in providing a safe and productive work environment, and much of the management required to procure, maintain and optimise lighting systems falls on facilities managers. The SLL Lighting Guide (LG) 20 sets out a logical approach for non-specialists in lighting to identify and undertake the tasks required in order to "provide the right amount of light in the right place for the right amount of time".
The guide explains the three critical aspects to meet this objective; firstly, quality of light - lighting levels, uniformity, unified glare rating (UGR) and colour rendering; secondly the quantity of light - watts and lumens, colour temperature and fidelity, useful life expectancy of LED light sources; thirdly is timing and lighting controls.
LG20 also includes guidance on energy consumption and assessing the maintainability of existing lighting installations. This information is often required in relation to service level agreement, or can create a compelling argument for upgrading lighting systems, in terms of investment in energy savings, reduced carbon footprint and increased reliability.
The guide features three case studies, each helping to provide practical examples and context. These look at lighting for a data centre; upgrading emergency lighting in a 6-storey building; and the circular economy and repurposing luminaires. There is a growing interest and need for a circular economy approach, meaning that future lighting installations may be made up of refurbished or even leased products.
Written by Sophie Parry, vice-chair of the SLL Technical and Publications committee, in conjunction with the CIBSE Facilities Management group, LG20 is designed to be supportive of facilities managers with knowledge of electrical services, but whose work may occasionally involve lighting or related decision making.
Regarding the aims of the guide, and in developing communication between related disciplines, Parry said: "As the construction industry aligns with the increasing drive to net zero carbon by 2050, one of the methods being considered to reduce embedded carbon within a building's fabric is to re-furbish existing buildings where possible, rather than demolish and re-build. The refurbishment scope and complexity will vary on a project by project basis, but in many instances will require local knowledge and input from the incumbent facilities manager. it is therefore imperative that facilities managers have the correct knowledge level/access to knowledge of many construction disciplines to add value to such projects."
LG20 is the latest addition to a series of application-specific Lighting Guides, produced by CIBSE and the SLL. A full list of publications is available via the SLL website, including the SLL Code for Lighting and the Lighting Handbook.
Entries open for 2021 Casambi Awards
(Finland) – Winners to be announced at Casambi Summit on 4 March 2021.
The entry process for the 2021 Casambi Awards is now open. The award winners will be announced at the Casambi Summit on 4 March 2021.
Returning for a second year, the judges for the 2021 Casambi Awards are Kai Piippo, Head of Design at Light Bureau, Pavlina Akritas, Associate Lighting Designer at Arup, Andrea Nava, Managing Director of Erco Italy, Marc Juarez, Technical Director at Seoul Semiconductor, and [d]arc media Managing Director, Paul James.
To enter the awards, participants are invited to fill in a form on the Casambi website here, and submit it together with 4-10 photographs.
Casambi stated: “You are free to nominate any types of architectural lighting projects that include Casambi technology, and it can be as many projects as you like. The project has to be at least in the final installation phase, if not completed, and there are no categories nor any restrictions on the project’s location. You can also nominate projects as a group.
“It doesn’t matter if you are a lighting designer, electrical consultant, architect, interior designer, commissioning engineer, or just a general influencer, as long as you are passionate about the project and know how the project came about.”
The awards are free to enter, and entries will be open until 15 February 2021.
The Light Retreat launched to offer escape and support
(UK) – Initiative seeks to boost positivity and encourages taking time out.
Jess Gallagher and April Dorrian have launched The Light Retreat – a social media campaign promoting escapism and positive mental health.
The Light Retreat, which can be found on Instagram at @the_light_retreat, came about from conversations the pair had about days when “it all got too much and about where as a result we would rather be” – a sentiment that many can relate to in these stressful times.
“We have been friends for more than 15 years, well known faces in lighting, heading up various initiatives and projects. But this was the first time we had done something together just for us, with no formal associations to a brand. We were committed to offering comfort silently at a chaotic time, firstly to each other and then to others.”
Through the account, Gallagher and Dorrian hope to give a glimpse of forgotten home comforts, creative or craft projects, and offer “warm mugs of tea and kindness”.
“We increasingly felt that life needed to slow down, we needed to breathe out, we wanted people to use less block capitals, less neat sound bites and bulletens. We recognised people needed to retreat, we simply offered a safe place to go.”
The Light Retreat therefore looks to offer a virtual safe space, encouraging people to take time out to enjoy the simple pleasures in life – craft, cooking creativity, and most importantly, community and friendship.
Jess Gallagher said: “The Light Retreat is a place for good things you have noticed rather than press releases or project shots. April and myself are not striving to ‘hit the market aggressively’, we are not ‘smashing it’. We have simply come together to offer Retreaters a warm welcome, in a special place, where they might find a glimpse of Retreat regulars merrily going about their days blissfully free of any thoughts of the Pandemic.”
April Dorrian added: “One of my personal favourite Retreaters is our Hackney Hound. There is something quite magical to me, in an increasingly complex and anxious world, about escaping to a place where true happiness is found on the paw, ears pinned back, seeking large sticks for the Retreat ‘finds shelf’ and dreaming, legs twitching mid snore, of chasing squirrels up trees. I rather think we can all take something from a life in the day of our Hackney Hound.”
Find The Light Retreat on Instagram at @the_light_retreat.
eldoLED: Mastering the Human Centric Lighting Experience
In this technical webinar, presented by Gé Hulsmans of eldoLED with guest speaker Paul Drosihn of the the DALI Alliance, in association with arc magazine, you can learn how to achieve the optimal human centric lighting experience. The presenters will highlight the requirements of a reliable lighting control system, LED driver and light technology.
Nulty appoints Gary Thornton
(UK) - Thornton joins the studio's UK office as Associate Lighting Designer.
Lighting designer Gary Thornton has joined Nulty's UK team as Associate Lighting Designer, the practice has announced.
Thornton has extensive knowledge of the lighting industry, and has previously been responsible for the delivery of an array of high-profile projects, from Bluewaters Island in Dubai, to Toronto's Four Season's Hotel. He joins the team at an important state in Nulty's evolution, as the company gears up to celebrate its 10th anniversary later in the year.
"I'm over the moon to be joining Nulty at such an exciting time in their journey. I am looking forward to delving into their current projects, being able to creatively input and take projects forward to completion, as well as seeing to bring new project work into the company," Thornton said.
Paul Nulty, Founder of Nulty, added: "I am thrilled to welcome Gary to the Nulty team. We are entering a new year with an exciting work load and I know Gary will be an asset in the delivery of our projects. His experience and creative attitude is the perfect fit for all of us at Nulty."
Technilum: La Croisette, Cannes
French manufacturer Technilum has developed chic tailor-made lighting structures for the La Croisette promenade in Cannes. Imagined by Belgian designer Alain Gilles and lighting designer Vincent Thiesson (Agence ON), these high-end lighting systems now equip the beach entrances of Cannes.
Created to ease congestion and to enhance the public realm, this extremely elegant lighting furniture is also incredibly smart, with the integration of 10 additional features, including dynamic and texturised lighting, alongside signage, CCTV, speakers, menu-holders, mailboxes, etc.
