Gavin Edwards, Chair of Lighting Association Ireland (LAI), urges legislators, statutory bodies, architects and consulting engineers to look at lighting with a fresh perspective in an article in the latest edition of Building Services Engineering. See PDF of article at The right light approach!Read More

On Wednesday, 12 February, the European Commission unveiled its 2025 Work Programme, which focuses on strengthening EU competitiveness, advancing industrial decarbonisation, and ensuring regulatory efficiency. While the Commission has officially outlined its legislative and policy priorities for this year, the concrete steps of this new mandate are gradually unfolding. You will find an overview of...Read More

LightingEurope has published a visual guide to provide a complete overview of the correct installation and maintenance of emergency lighting, referencing the latest standards and relevant legislation. The aim of this visual guide is to inform installers about the specifics of emergency lighting applications, and also to support the compliant installation, operation and maintenance of...Read More

Lighting Association Ireland (LAI) recently held its AGM in the RDS Members Club with the usual excellent attendance. The meeting format takes place around a large table rather than in theatre style, and this makes for a more engaging and inter-active process. It was a very successful event with representatives from most of the 31-strong...Read More

The revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) was published earlier this year and member states now have two years to transpose the legislation at the national level. Healthy buildings are vital to the wellbeing of people and actively contribute to the productivity, creativity and safety of their occupants. By introducing the concept of indoor...Read More

Friday, 28 June marked the beginning of a new era in Ecodesign as the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) was published in the Official Journal of the EU. Following on from the European Commission’s legislative proposal in March 2022, EU co-legislators – the European Parliament and the Council of the EU – spent over...Read More

Modern Lighting Design for Efficiency and Practicality” was the theme of the recent CIBSE Ireland competition run primarily for young engineers. It attracted considerable interest, making the task of the final adjudicators – Stephen Weir, CIBSE Ireland Chair and Michael McDonald, TU Dublin lecturer and CIBSE Ireland Committee member – very difficult. In the end...Read More

Under the EU energy labelling requirements, lighting suppliers are legally required to register products placed on Irish market on EPREL. However, some LAI members find the EPREL registration process confusing and challenging. Consequently, LAI’s EPREL Committee recently participated in a half-day EPREL Workshop hosted by the Market Surveillance Authority (MSA) within SEAI, as MSA’s role...Read More

With lighting now recognised as having a major role to play in realising Ireland’s Net Zero objective, Building Services Engineering recently caught up with Gavin Edwards, newly-elected Chair of Lighting Association Ireland (LAI), to examine the contribution lighting can make by way of energy savings, sustainability, circularity and wellbeing. These, in fact, are the core...Read More

The Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) has published the latest revision of SLL lighting guide LG14: Control of Electric Lighting. First published in 2016, this is the second edition of LG14. It sets out a logical approach for the professional designer to consider the consultation, design, specification, commissioning and handover of a lighting installation...Read More