October 2018 Lighting Journal
Contents
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COLOUR CHANGE
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Can human-centric lighting be a viable option for road and street lighting? In an effort to find out, Helsinki in Finland has installed nearly 2km of LED streetlights that change colour temperature during the night, as Nigel Parry explains
10 CODE READ?
The new Well-Managed Highway Infrastructure: a code of practice comes into force this month. Are you ready for its arrival, questions Allan Howard
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GAS POWER
Pudsey Diamond’s work in breathing life back into Sheffield’s Victorian sewer lanterns sparked so much interest it led to a new heritage retrofit challenge. Chris Angell reveals all
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20 LIVING BUILDINGS
There are few tools available to help lighting designers evaluate and anticipate how a building is likely to be used post-occupancy. Yet, as Ruth Kelly Waskett argues, this can have a significant effect on daylight and artificial lighting
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24 LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
The ILP and Carbon Reduction Technology are undertaking a nationwide survey of local authorities to gauge the scope and scale of conversion to LED. Ian Jones maps out the project
26 FAIRY TALE ENDING?
Many of Britain’s coastal communities could do with a bit of regeneration TLC, and innovative new lighting schemes can be one answer. But is our love affair with fairy lights a help or a hindrance, asks Emma Cogswell
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SEASIDE PRIDE
A multi-million-pound waterfront regeneration scheme is aiming to breathe life – and light – back into the faded glories of the Welsh resort of Rhyl
36 SPACE MISSION
Osram is working with NASA to gauge how ‘smart’ horticultural lighting could help to keep astronauts fed and healthy in space, whether on the International Space Station or, longer term, for a manned mission to Mars
38 DIGITAL DILEMMAS
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TELESCOPIC VISION
Scotland is embracing the Internet of Things (IoT), cars of the future will be IoT hubs and our railways networks will be transformed by IoT, it was announced over the summer. But there is still a job to be done to overcome consumer scepticism
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HEALTH CARE
40 LIGHT LEARNING
Tenerife in the Canary Islands has installed ‘astronomy friendly’ streetlights designed to minimise sky glow A Danish lighting company is creating tuneable hospital and care home lighting schemes that can help with the interpretation of test results as well as improve patient care and recovery, explains Benny Nielsen
Light School will be returning to London’s Surface Design Show next February, and the ILP will once again be backing this important opportunity for lighting professionals to showcase their expertise
42 BOOK REVIEW
Francesca Barnes on Mary Guzowski’s book The Art of Architectural Daylighting
44 EXPERT KNOWLEDGE
Registration is now open for next month’s LuxLive, and Charlotte Hendy looks at what’s in store for lighting professionals this year
46 YOUNG LEADERSHIP
YLP chair Sofia Tolia reflects on her year at the helm before handing over to John Sutcliffe next month, while John outlines his hopes for the year ahead
50 DIARY
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The Teide Observatory, Tenerife, under a spectacular night sky. Signify (formerly Philips Lighting) is installing an innovative ‘astronomy friendly’ street lighting system on the island. Picture credit Daniel Lopez, IAC
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