120lm/W rule

Time running out to comment on 120lm/W rule, industry warned

Lighting manufacturers and specifiers are being warned that time is running out to comment on the UK Government’s proposed minimum efficacy requirements for light sources. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is proposing a minimum energy performance standard (MEPS) for light sources and lamps...

City of London lighting ban

Turn off lights, City tells building owners

The City of London is telling building owners and tenants in the Square Mile to reduce their lighting to cut unnecessary energy use and light pollution. According to newly published planning guidance, the City of London Corporation is to create special ‘brightness zones’ in which mandate...

Flos To-Tie

Flos joins ultra-minimal trend with stark table lamp

Italian lighting design giant Flos has joined the trend towards minimalist luminaires with the launch of a range of adhesive-free table lamps which are easily demounted and recycled. The To-Tie light has been reduced to its minimal components, says its designer Guglielmo Poletti. It comprises three distinct...

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