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

  The recent LAI AGM at the RDS Members’ Club in Dublin proved an enormous success with just over two-thirds of the 30 members in attendance. The new format proved highly-effective and, apart from getting through the agenda more swiftly and succinctly, it also facilitated extensive networking. Members had the opportunity to raise matters in...Read More

The challenge with better lighting is that it just doesn’t happen – it must be designed. With better lighting being key to achieving the twin goals of improving energy efficiency and indoor comfort and wellbeing, specifiers – including lighting designers, installers and architects – must play a central role in driving the European Green Deal...Read More

DIALux evo is the world’s leading software lighting design software. More than 750,000 professional users worldwide – including engineers, electricians and lighting designers – plan, calculate and visualise light for indoor and outdoor areas with DIALux evo. DIAlux evo training is essential for the worldwide standard in lighting design software and the forthcoming Lighting Association Ireland...Read More

CIBSE colour logo (CMYK)Two new CIBSE lighting guides are now available. One is LG22 – Lighting for control rooms (2022). Control rooms can be complex, having many operators with their often extensive arrangement of screens around them and perhaps large overview screens on walls in front of them. Many rooms operate 24 hours a day,...Read More