Aldi dims lights to keep prices low

The supermarket chain is reportedly reducing the number of lights in nearly 1,000 stores to maintain competitive pricing

Cornwall Council responds: Lights left on lead to staff training

Cornwall Council has responded to reports over lights left on at one of its buildings by announcing staff training to ensure lights are switched off

National Grid under fire for leaving lights on after staff go home

The energy giant has been criticised for pictures showing lights on in every office at its Warwick headquarters

New York passes law banning gas burning in new buildings

The legislation is part of the Mayor’s Green New Deal

Philadelphia told turn off lights to prevent bird strikes

Artificial lights are thought to distract birds and ultimately cause them to crash onto buildings

Carnaby Street’s Christmas lights illuminate the need for ocean conservation

The decorations used are made up of recycled, repurposed or reusable materials, including water-based, eco-friendly, vegan paint

Cod LEDs have their plaice in energy efficient fishing?

Green or blue LEDS could replace energy-intensive incandescent lighting used to lure fish towards bait

Londoners – stop leaving the lights on!

The capital’s inhabitants are the nation’s most likely to leave lights and appliances turned on when not in use

LED market to grow 21.7% per year to 2020

The LED industrial lighting market is forecast to grow by 21.7% per year until 2020. That’s according to the ‘Global LED Industrial Lighting Market 2016-2020 report’, in which experts cover the market landscape and its growth prospects in the short term. It analysed big firms such as GE Lighting, OSRAM, Samsung Electronics and LG Innotek. The report found […]

Festivals told to pick energy saving light towers

Anyone who’s picked their way through a field full of tents after a music festival knows how tricky campsites can be in the dark. But temporary lighting at festivals can be wasteful, powered by inefficient diesel or petrol generators. The European Festival Association has in the past issued a guide about going green and festivals […]