Over the last decade there has been a laser-like focus on in-use lighting energy efficiency, driven both by economics (a return on a lighting investment delivered by reduced energy costs), and increasingly, the move to low or zero carbon buildings in the face of man-made climate change. The result has been a boom in replacing...Read More

Lighting Association Ireland (LAI) held a very successful DIALux evo training course recently with a capacity attendance participating in each of the two, 2-day courses – foundation level and intermediate level – held from 1 to 4 March. The course presenter was Iain Macrae, internationally-ac expert, and those in attendance included lighting designers, technical personnel,...Read More

Significant changes and updates are contained in IS 3217:2013 + Amendment 1:2017 Emergency Lighting, the newly-revised lighting standard enacted recently following consultation and extensive work by members of the National Standards Authority of Ireland Fire Safety Standards Committee. Here, Gearoid McKenna, the Lighting Association Ireland representative on the committee, outlines the key changes.Read More