Lighting
Work-light balance: key changes to workplace lighting guidance
The most influential guide to lighting the workplace has had its first update for a decade. Helen Loomes…
January 2022
Lighting
Black to the future: BDP’s ‘hygge’ office lighting design
There has been a shift to lower light levels and use of darkness in the workplace, according to…
December 2021
Lighting
Dark matters: SLL’s Guide to protecting the night time environment
The SLL has published its first, full-blown lighting guide on illumination and the night-time environment. Co-author Benedict Cadbury…
December 2021
Lighting
Module 186: The importance of optical control for exterior lighting
This module considers how optical performance impacts the implementation of exterior lighting applications
September 2021
Lighting
Module 176: LED luminaire optical control for office and educational applications
This module considers the technical demands and challenges in selecting appropriate LED luminaire diffusers in office and educational…
February 2021
Lighting
Ambient Lighting Manifesto: the response
In December, CIBSE Journal published an ‘ambient lighting manifesto’, written by four highly respected lighting academics who are calling…
February 2021
Lighting
The ambient lighting manifesto
Leading lighting academics Peter Boyce, Kit Cuttle, Kevin Kelly and Peter Raynham are calling for a fundamental change…
December 2020
Lighting
Module 173: Assuring the performance of LED luminaires
This module explores the standard metrics used to measure performance of LED luminaires and how to interpret them
November 2020
Lighting
Leading light: ensuring effective use of UV technology in buildings
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation has been used for many years to mitigate the spread of measles and tuberculosis. It…
October 2020
Lighting
Module 169: Advancing towards ‘smart’ lighting control for the built environment
This module explores the latest wireless lighting-control system technology and what it offers for building applications
October 2020
Lighting
Tuning into the body clock: spectrally tunable lighting systems
For the first time in a real office setting, a study has been carried out into the impact…
November 2019
Lighting
Alight and well: lighting for healthcare environments
Lighting of healthcare environments is moving beyond clinical necessity. Andrew Bissell examines the critical need to consider the non-visual,…
November 2019
Lighting
Module 156: A spotlight on the 2018 SLL Lighting Handbook
This module looks at the new chapters that have been introduced in the revised 2018 edition of the…
November 2019
Lighting
Evaluating dynamic lighting
Dynamic ‘circadian’ lighting varies in colour and intensity during the day, but does it improve alertness and help…
May 2019
Lighting
Module 147: Lighting the way for occupant wellbeing
This module explores how the human eye processes light and the impact of artificial lighting on wellbeing
May 2019
Lighting