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LED lighting has been on every 'big this year' forecast ever since the technology really broke through, becoming affordable for businesses and homes alike, in 2009. But as Arlen Schweiger reports from the CEDIA Expo in Indianapolis, the rate of innovation in the field of LED lighting could see an avalanche of new products hit the market Read more...

Street lighting in Sheffield is set to undergo a transformation after a five-year plan to improve the streets, pavements and roads in the city was announced by council authorities. Sheffield Council will work with contractor Amey on the £2 billion Streets Ahead scheme, which aims to overhaul the inner-city streets and roads by 2017. Areas Read more...

Electric lighting is, it has to be said, pretty important for your home. Unless you spend a lot of your time reading Victorian classics by a roaring fire or wallowing in a bath by candlelight, be it a gloomy day or an early evening, electric lighting is probably going to be illuminating your way. And with around five per cent of the average Read more...

With the British summer being what it is, outside lighting is always going to be useful: when the grey clouds overshadow your garden party or barbeque, it's always worthwhile to have a little illumination to cheer you up in the drizzle. However, lighting a garden on the odd occasion the weather holds out long enough for you to throw a get- Read more...

The much cited advantage of LED light bulbs is that they provide more lumens per watt than traditional bulbs - meaning that they provide more fractional units of illumination for each watt used to power them, and so use less energy to light the same space. That, paired with the more easily recyclable materials used in their construction, is what Read more...

Anyone who hasn't spilled paint on their carpet at one time or another is either gifted with the catlike reflexes of a ninja or they are plain old, straight-up lying through their teeth. And while DIY mishaps - from prying a lid of paint off too overenthusiastically to hitting a livewire while fitting switches and sockets and subsequently Read more...

Businesses are exposing themselves to serious consequences, both legal and potentially personnel-related, if they do not adhere to government enforced safety measures, according to one industry expert. Phil Bates, senior policy and technical adviser at charity and non-governmental organisation the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (Iosh Read more...

LED lighting giant Cree has announced a new bulb that delivers enhanced performance on just 7.3W of electricity. The firm's claims that its latest lab prototype could deliver 170lm/W were confirmed by independent testing service OnSpeX. LED light bulbs' efficiency is measured in units of lumens per watt (lm/W), which indicates how Read more...

We take free-flowing electricity supplies for granted in the UK, but in many parts of the world, such ready access to power is not a day-to-day reality. However, one industry expert has said that the various benefits of LED lighting - such as the low heat output, comparatively small voltage needed to run a bulb and the long lifespan of each Read more...

Widespread adoption of LED lighting in commercial buildings could well be on the horizon, as more tools become available to building management teams and technical improvements gather apace that make such installations more cost-effective long-term and more affordable short-term. That's according to IDC Energy Insight's Casey Talon, who Read more...