Lighting Journal April 2018

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April 2018

WOWING THE LAWN How Paddington Station’s ‘The Lawn’ has been transformed CITY PLANNING Where cities are going right, and wrong, in making the transition to smart lighting

NIGHT LIVES Rethinking our night-time urban environment for today’s 24-hour society

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Contents

06 CITY PLANNING

Two research reports have tried to pin down where cities are going right, and going wrong, when it comes to making the transition to becoming smart

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12 SHAPING THE CITY

If we want to make intelligent technology a joined-up, accepted, mainstream reality on the ground, perhaps we all need to be asking smarter questions, argue Miguel Lira and Amy Barker

16 GROUND WORKS

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From safer traffic around schools through to festive lighting displays, CMS is becoming the key enabler that makes connected lighting a day-to-day reality on the ground, explains John Fox

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20 HOME ECONOMICS

Lighting professionals don’t need convincing about smart lighting, but encouraging the public to embrace connectivity and home automation remains a challenge, writes Glen Krise

22 DAY TIME

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Next month, on 16 May, the world will celebrate the first International Day of Light, organised by Unesco. Lighting professionals can do their bit to help spread the word

24 NIGHT LIVES

Britain is increasingly a 24-hour society, with London’s night-time economy alone worth £26bn. Yet our urban infrastructure remains predominantly designed for daytime living and working.

Hannah Vickers argues for a rethink

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WOWING THE LAWN

A new lighting scheme has transformed the ‘Paddington Lawn’ retail, restaurant and meeting area at Paddington Station in London, and that’s even before the arrival of the new Crossrail Elizabeth line station later this year

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LEICESTER LIVING

De Montfort University in Leicester has undertaken an ambitious £136m LED-led ‘campus transformation’

38 EDWARDIAN SPLENDOUR

A once-landmark Edwardian department store in Brixton, south London, has been transformed from a derelict shell into a vibrant, creative space for entrepreneurs

KNOW30 FULL BEAM AHEAD 40 MAKING LEDGE COUNT Adaptive automotive lighting is advancing at a pace. The next big thing is set to be LED headlights that can adjust so they do not dazzle oncoming drivers, warn pedestrians when a car is approaching and even project warnings on to the road

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?

What will ‘light as a service’ or light simply as a conduit for technology mean for brands and brand values?

Dominic Meyrick investigates

The ILP’s Exterior Lighting Diploma has just gone through its biggest overhaul in 15 years. The ILP needs your help in developing it still further, says Anthony Smith

42 DIAMOND LIFE

After Kyoto in 2016, the biennial International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting is coming to Sheffield this year in June. Here is what you need to know

44 GET THE CPD HABIT

A key focus of this year’s ILP Professional Lighting Summit will be encouraging newly-qualified lighting professionals to engage with the CPD, writes Colin Fish

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WOWING THE LAWN How Paddington Station’s ‘The Lawn’ has been transformed

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CITY PLANNING Where cities are going right, and wrong, in making the transition to smart lighting

NIGHT LIVES Rethinking our night-time urban environment for today’s 24-hour society

February’s Light School at the Surface Design Show, supported by the ILP, gave lighting professionals an opportunity to showcase the industry to a non-lighting audience, many of whom were there specifically to source new lighting solutions

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Editor’s letter

Volume 83 No 4 April 2018 President Alan Jaques IEng FILP Chief Executive Tracey White Editor Nic Paton BA (Hons) MA Email: nic@cormorantmedia.co.uk Editorial Board Tom Baynham MEng MA (Cantab) Emma Cogswell IALD Mark Cooper IEng MILP Kevin Dugdale BA (Hons) IEng MILP Graham Festenstein CEng MILP MSLL IALD Nathan French John Gorse BA (Hons) MSLL Alan Jaques IEng FILP Gill Packham BA (Hons) Nigel Parry IEng FILP Richard Webster Art Director Adriano Cattini BA (Hons) Email: adriano@matrixprint.com Advertising Manager Andy Etherton Email: andy@matrixprint.com Published by Matrix Print Consultants Ltd on behalf of Institution of Lighting Professionals Regent House, Regent Place, Rugby CV21 2PN Telephone: 01788 576492 E-mail: info@theilp.org.uk Website: www.theilp.org.uk Produced by

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ack in February, the London Assembly highlighted that the capital’s night-time economy now contributes somewhere in the region of a whopping £26bn to the UK’s economy [1].

This economy directly supported 723,000 jobs, or as many as one in eight of all London’s workers, and many more indirectly, it argued, citing a 2016 study by business group London First [2]. This had increased by more than 109,000 between 2004 and 2016, and was set to grow by £2bn (or 66,000 jobs) a year between now and 2020, it forecast. And that, remember, is just London, let alone our other big urban centres.

The assembly was using the research to feed into arguments around night workers’ pay and conditions. But these are figures that should also make lighting professionals sit up and take notice. This is because, as Hannah Vickers of the Institution of Civil Engineers highlights in this edition, our urban infrastructure remains predominantly designed for daytime living and working.

Whether it be more limited transport options, accessibility issues that exclude people with disabilities, or simply forbidding or unwelcoming public spaces, how we plan and illuminate our night-time environment needs to be rethought, the institution debated at a recent event. Our night-time spaces need to become, and be made, just as attractive and welcoming as their daytime counterparts, it argued.

This, of course, doesn’t just mean flooding our built infrastructure with light. As Professor Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, highlighted in a report in March, light pollution is one of a ‘daily cocktail’ of pollutants that health professionals are becoming increasingly concerned about [3]. We’ll be looking at Dame Sally’s report in more detail in next month’s edition of Lighting Journal.

Limiting energy waste, reducing light pollution, and preserving dark skies are also set to be key themes of next month’s International Day of Light on 16 May, alongside celebrating and showcasing the power and potential of light and lighting technologies.

Therefore solutions will need to be nuanced and thoughtful, sympathetic, and economically and socially sustainable – and that means lighting professionals will need to be at the heart of this difficult balancing act.

It is clear that our urban space and infrastructure design needs to meet the growing demand and importance of our night-time economy and increasingly 24/7 society. But this has to be done in a way that doesn’t mean we lose the beauty of our night skies or which negatively affects nocturnal quality of life, both human and animal.

Nic Paton Editor

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REFERENCES

[1] Rewrite the night: the future of London’s night-time economy, The London Assembly Economy Committee, February 2018 [2] London’s 24-Hour Economy: the economic value of London’s 24-hour economy, by London First in association with EY, August 2016 [3] Health Impacts of All Pollution –what do we know?, Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2017, Department of Health and Social Care, March 2018

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CASE STUDIES The Philips Lighting/SmartCitiesWorld report included case studies where the company has been working with cities around the world to help them move to smart, connected lighting solutions www.theilp.org.uk

BUILDING CRITICAL MASS – JAKARTA (above)

When it comes to creating smart cities, momentum can be critical.

For example, Philips oversaw the replacement of conventional street lighting within Indonesia’s capital city Jakarta – including many wasteful mercury-vapour lamps – with nearly 90,000

street luminaires with energy-efficient LED in just seven months.

Each day around 430 light points were connected to the system, making it the fastest street lighting retrofit and remote management project the company has ever carried out.

By using the company’s CityTouch connected lighting man-

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Two research reports have tried to pin down where cities are going right, and going wrong, when it comes to making the transition to becoming smart and connected

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agement platform, staff in the city’s lighting office can now match illumination levels to need in particular districts. For example, they have already found they can save energy by reducing lighting levels by 50% in the evenings after the city’s rush hour is over.

With access to status updates and automatic notifications of

failure, staff can send repair crews out only when and where they are required.

INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUS – BUENOS AIRES

Much of the rhetoric around the development of smart cities is focused on new systems of automation, the Philips report makes

he road to smart cities starts with a new mindset, not new technology.’

‘The factor that would make the biggest difference to the success of smart city programmes… is not technology or funding but visionary leadership. That is what 55.7% of executives are crying out for.’

‘If smart cities are to become the “new normal”, managers need to remember that success isn’t defined by technology, but by outcomes.’

Spot the common thread here? These three soundbites are not the ILP talking – they’re taken from a research document and survey published by Philips Lighting and SmartCitiesWorld in February, Smart cities: understanding the challenges and opportunities.

These arguments are, in fact, ones that have been articulated within Lighting Journal for some time now. Yes, smart cities and the digital revolution in lighting is being driven by technology. But it is about much more than that. If smart cities are to become a reality – that elusive ‘new normal’ – something much more profound has to happen in terms of how we think about our cities and urban environment, what we want and expect from them, how we join everything up, how this agenda is led and governed and, of course, who pays for it.

As report author Paul Simpson argues, the route to ‘smart’ encompasses the navigation of hugely complex areas, including technology, communications, data and security. The costs can be difficult to predict and projects can (and often will) grow in complexity. There will be internal and external political and governance challenges to overcome. Most of all, the ‘buy in’ of citizens and communities has to be an integral part of the process if it is to go anything beyond limited pilot projects here and there.

Yet, as Simpson also puts it: ‘The ultimate purpose of the “smart city” concept goes beyond such modest, if beneficial, initiatives as free Wi Fi on public transpor-

clear. For many cities, however, the more realistic and pressing issue is how to upgrade legacy systems and infrastructure with smart technology.

This was very much the political and financial reality in Buenos Aires in Argentina. The city’s challenges included budgets being under pressure (after the elim-

ination of electricity subsidies), public works exacerbating traffic congestion and citizens becoming increasingly frustrated with the quality of their daily life.

City administrators, led by mayor Mauricio Macri, therefore set out to turn Buenos Aires into a smart city by using the IoT to improve infrastructure, upgrading

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tation, traffic calming and making doctor’s appointments online. Cities already consume more than 70% of the world’s energy supply. By 2050, 6.5 billion of us will live in urban areas – 2.5 billion more than today.

We need to use the “Internet of Things” to create efficient, sustainable cities if we are to live in an efficient, sustainable world.’

Philips has not been alone in trying to generate debate and discussion around how we get to the smart city destination, how we make this transition a reality. Another report that has tried to tackle this complex question is The Smart City Playbook: smart, safe, sustainable strategy by Jeremy Green, principal analyst at research consultancy Machina Research.

The report may not be the newest piece of research on the block, given that it was published back in November 2016. But its aim was to illustrate ‘the experience and learnings from a number of cities at different stages on the smart city journey’. As such it goes to the heart of much of the current discussion and conversation about smart cities within the lighting community, and is worthy of more extensive investigation. Over the following pages we will look at some of the key conclusions reached by both reports.

CLARITY, COHERENCE AND EXECUTIVE BUY-IN

The Philips report emphasises the importance of having simple goals that can be clearly articulated and understood, good communications infrastructure, and executive commitment. Buy-in from the top, from municipal or political leadership, is crucial. This could be a metropolitan mayor, someone perhaps like Sadiq Khan in London or Andy Burnham in Manchester, or someone like Barcelona’s chief technology officer Francesca Bria, who has been one of driving forces behind that city’s commitment to smart transformation.

It is important that initiatives have a sense of coherence. As Philips puts it

legacy applications, developing citizen-centric systems and using new analytics to create insights that could be turned into action.

A key element of this was a public-private partnership with Philips Lighting to install 91,000 streetlights, including 51,000 energy-efficient LED luminaires,

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(again about Barcelona): ‘Other initiatives – meters that monitor and optimise energy consumption, parking apps – impressed respondents but, underlying the praise, was a sense that these developments were being integrated into a coherent vision of the city’s future.’

When it comes to street lighting, the twin drivers of sustainability and more efficient use of resources has already prompted hundreds of local authorities across the world to invest in smart LED street lighting, the report concedes. ‘Yet smart lighting can do such more, providing the foundation for an eco-system of data that can help people make better decisions – whether they are managers delivering public services or ordinary citizens wondering how best to get home after work,’ it says.

‘Revenue-generating opportunities include – but are not limited to – digital signage for advertisers, electric vehicle charging and supporting cellular networks,’ it adds.

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USE, STORAGE AND SECURITY OF DATA

The Philips report recognises that data – its collation, use, storage, security, ownership and so on – will be one of the key issues that needs to be resolved if the smart city ‘journey’ is ever to accelerate.

For example, it cites Brenna Berman, chief information officer for Chicago, as saying: ‘Every city has to tackle privacy more directly now, because we manage, share, and collect data in a more publicly visible way than ever before. As residents become more savvy about data usage and IoT solutions become more expansive, cities need to get serious about telling residents how data is being used and how it is being protected. The best way to do that is through resident engagement.’

There is also growing acceptance of the need for technology to be free to use and in standard formats. ‘Data cannot be shared – and smart cities cannot fulfil their potential – if systems cannot work with other sys-

which has renewed 70% of the city’s lighting stock. The CityTouch platform, again, controls this network.

Working with SAP, there is a 360-degree view of data on the SAP HANA platform.

The platform collects data from different departments, such as

street lighting, waste management and traffic, and shares it through a single dashboard. With CityTouch, each light point in the network can be remotely monitored, switched and dimmed.

The advantage of this approach was that it has allowed the city to implement new appli-

cations while working with existing infrastructure, argues Philips.

ENGAGING WITH CITIZENS – CARDIFF

Again using CityTouch, Philips has been installing more than 14,000 connected Luma LED streetlights in Cardiff. The project,

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tems. With technologies and standards constantly, and rapidly, evolving, many cities recognise the need to avoid getting locked into a single vendor’s integrated solutions which lead, inevitably, to siloes of information and services and make it much harder to share data with citizens, developers and other cities,’ the report states.

‘Open data cannot work with closed minds. To engage with citizens is to empower them and that loss of control, in organisations that have historically made top-down assumptions about what users need, remains a cultural challenge. Innovative local authorities already recognise that creating a smart city goes beyond automating existing processes and launching new apps,’ it adds.

IMPORTANCE OF CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT

The Philips report hammers home the argument that citizens will only engage and buy into the smart city agenda if they believe it will make a positive, meaningful difference to them. ‘In an era when public trust in the state – and politicians – is at historic lows, this is more critical than ever.

Making a difference can mean any tangible improvement in people’s lives – from spotting and filling in potholes (a popular initiative in Boston) to consulting about new traffic schemes (as Moscow does through an app) to integrating public transportation (Atlanta links its transit app MARTA to the Uber app Go). The improvement of public transportation – which necessarily involves the integration and digitalisation of the service – is, in many cities, the most powerful proof that the authorities are listening, acting and determined to make citizens’ lives better and easier,’ it points out.

THREE ROUTES TO SMART CITIES

The Machina Research ‘playbook’ report, meanwhile, identifies three key routes that cities/municipalities can follow to become smart. The first is what its author Jeremy

like most LED transitions, is expected to deliver massive energy savings and efficiencies.

The network, controlled remotely by CityTouch, provides Cardiff with a scaleable digital infrastructure that can be upgraded to provide additional services.

The installation element of the

project has been carried out by contractor Centregreat. Each light point is connected wirelessly to the CityTouch platform, which is then used to monitor, control and manage the entire lighting network.

This enables lighting managers to dim or increase the brightness of streetlights to meet the needs of

the city at any given moment, for example increasing brightness levels near busy crossings or to help emergency services.

To determine the impact of lighting on the lives of its citizens, Philips and Cardif f Cit y Council, along with consultancy Jacobs, researched and gauged

public views on the city’s current street lighting.

This also involved consultation with people with visual and hearing impairment, as the new system allows the council remotely to adjust lighting levels for partially-sighted citizens who may want brighter lighting outside their home.

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Green describes as the ‘anchor’ route.

This is where a city adds working applications in series. ‘Such cities have sought to deploy one or more stand-alone applications, ensure that these are working properly, and then think about how they might be extended and/or integrated with each other,’ Green points out. ‘These cities have a clear and pressing need for the “anchor” application, to which others are then added as priorities dictate,’ he adds.

The second route is what he calls the ‘platform’ route. This is where the city focuses on deploying infrastructure first so that a number of applications can be delivered later. ‘Platform cities have tried to get the network infrastructure – and/or a common platform for different applications – in place first, and then to sort out how applications can be added or existing services integrated with it,’ Green argues.

The third route is what he calls the ‘beta city’ route. This is where the city continues to experiment with multiple applications without a finalised plan for how to bring these pilots to full operational deployment.

‘Beta cities accept that the currently available technologies and business models can only be provisional and prioritise hands-on experience over short-term or medium-term tangible benefits,’ says Green.

NO ‘SILVER BULLET’

The Machina report is at pains to emphasise that each of these routes has pros and cons – none of them is a silver bullet ‘right’ answer. ‘Each has something to recommend it, and which one fits best will depend on the city’s resources, issues, and priorities,’ says Green. ‘A “beta” approach may deliver more visible “easy wins” quickly. An “anchor” approach might be absolutely determined by a single issue, such as preparations for earthquakes, which dwarfs all others.

‘Few cities are pursuing an absolutely pure form of one of these routes. Most have something of more than one route; either

MONITORING POWER AND ENVIRONMENT – LOS ANGELES (ABOVE)

Los Angeles has been one of the pioneers of the use of digital, connected lighting, in part through converting 140,000 of its 215,000 street lights to LED and

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they are hedging their bets or are in the process of shifting from one route to another. Several are at such an early stage that they have not yet settled down into one route or another,’ he adds.

This ‘mix and match’ approach can be seen in how being or becoming a smart city has developed in practice on the ground.

‘Some cities have focused on improving the operational efficiency of their own municipal services such as street lighting, waste collection and parking services. Others have given priority to engaging with citizens, including “citizen” sensing via smartphone apps and the web, participatory planning and engagement with the city’s departments,’ points out Green.

‘While many cities argue that smartness is about making the best use of data, others are keen to provide cultural or technology-based services (such as free public Wi Fi) so as to become more attractive places to live and work. Cities vary according to how far along their smart city journey they have travelled, with some at a very early planning stage, others in pilots and trials, and a few with fully operational deployments of applications. It is tempting to segment cities in to early adopters, fast and slow followers, and late developers.

‘A mature smart city would enable individual citizens, businesses, NGOs and the municipality itself (including its business processes and its IT systems, and sensors attached to its physical assets) to both contribute and extract data, and to create and make use of applications (including automated controls) based on that data,’ he adds.

Some cities have deployed stand-alone applications and then thought about integration. Others have focused on getting the infrastructure or common platforms in first.

Nevertheless, the challenge remains moving from pilot to full deployment. ‘Relatively few implementations of smart city applications are fully deployed, operational, costed and budgeted solutions,’ points out Green.

intelligently monitoring and managing 110,000 of them through the CityTouch platform.

Together, these innovations have reduced the city’s energy usage for street lighting by nearly two-thirds (63%) and saving at least US$9.5m annually in operational and maintenance costs.

KEY CONCLUSIONS

Machina Research concludes that: •Data matters. So does sharing it, on the right terms. Cities therefore need to put in place rules to make sure they get the most benefit from data assets.

•The co-ordination of smart initiatives across different departments doesn’t just happen. Getting it right therefore requires forethought and leadership.

•Ultimately, it’s citizens who are paying, so vendors and authorities need to engage them to make benefits visible.

•Procurement departments need to be better educated. This will enable them to evaluate bids more effectively and allow for new kinds of relationship.

The city is now exploring new smart city applications that build on this connected lighting infrastructure. The ability to add new applications and data streams to an existing digital ‘ecosystem’ demonstrates the power of open systems, argues Philips.

Innovations being tested in-

clude monitoring the lighting power grid to allow the city’s public lighting department continuously to assess the quality of the network’s power supply.

Columns equipped with CityTouch connector nodes and additional equipment collect and collate key power quality parameters con-

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11 •Smart city solutions can help to revive declining cities or districts, and this can build support and mobilize resources for projects.

•The best project structures enable cities to work with technology vendors without locking into proprietary ecosystems.

The Philips Lighting/SmartCitiesWorld study concludes that: •Singapore, London and Barcelona are the three best smart cities in the world •Open data/sharing of data, citizen engagement, and enhanced services for citizens are the three most critical requirements for a smart city. However, ‘a connected lighting infrastructure’ is also up there in the top ten

tinuously, so allowing the Bureau of Street Lighting to assess more effectively the quality of the power supply to its lighting network.

This means faults can be restored faster, while tracking power quality over a luminaire’s lifetime alerts street lighting managers about upcoming main-

•Inter-operability of systems, city-wide connectivity, and security are the three key components of a smart city •The ‘Internet of Things’ will have three key roles: revolutionising the collection of data, revolutionising communications for accurate service delivery, and managing strain on urban resources •The three things that would most ease or facilitate implementation of smart or connected cities are: visionary leadership, greater collaboration between agencies, and a smart cities taskforce •The three factors that most inhibit implementation of smart cities are: budget limitations, short-term mindsets, and a lack of supporting infrastructure

tenance needs, so making planning more efficient and lowering operational costs.

Environmental noise monitoring using a network of acoustic noise sensors (microphones) means the city’s Bureau of Street Lighting can actively monitor sound levels on the street to un-

FIND OUT MORE Smart cities: understanding the challenges and opportunities can be found at https://smartcitiesworld.net/whitepapers/ smart-cities---understanding-the-challenges The Smart City Playbook: smart, safe, sustainable strategy can be found at https://onestore.nokia.com/ asset/200700/Machina_Research_Smart_City_Strategy_ Report_EN.pdf

derstand activity levels, check compliance with regulations, and support the health and wellbeing of citizens.

Visualisation software creates real-time and historical timelines using this data, along with map and list views of code violations and alerts. This use of technology

helps the city to maintain code compliance, assess urban policy, and respond adequately to noise complaints. Furthermore, by sharing this noise data with the public, the city can raise greater awareness about noise pollution and ways to mitigate it, argues Philips Lighting.

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If we want to make intelligent technology a joined-up, accepted, mainstream reality on the ground, perhaps we all need to be asking smarter questions about what is it cities, councils and citizens really want?

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t’s been said before, but we need to say it again; it’s time to turn the concept of smart cities on its head and ask the question: ‘what are we really trying to achieve here?’.

Many of us have spent time at smart city exhibitions, trawling the aisles, listening to thought leaders and looking for inspiration. We’ve all attended meetings to discuss how we make our own city or town smarter. But as we are listening, looking and discussing these things, can we be sure we are asking ourselves the right questions and looking in the right places for the answers?

For so many towns and cities, the idea of becoming ‘smart’ is a far-off dream.

Budgets have been cut and day-to-day concerns are far more mundane than the

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technology elite may suggest. We still have to worry about how to fix the day-burner that was reported a week ago

by Mr Brown on Mayville Road. A far cry from the bright lights that a smart city promises.

We all understand the concept of what a central management system (CMS) does and how it can control a network of lights, helping to save energy, money and time. But, with limited budgets and massive growth targets to meet, how do local authorities take advantage of ‘smart city’ technology in an affordable and realistic way?

THINKING BACK-TO-FRONT?

It could be argued, that by using the very term ‘smart city’, we are thinking about the application of intelligent, connected

technology in a back-to-front manner.

Let’s look at a typical scenario. Most towns have an accident ‘blackspot’. And it would be a surprise if the subject of technology hadn’t been discussed as a possible solution. Or indeed that consideration hadn’t been given to how better lighting control might help. But if we think outside the immediate and obvious issue, we might see that at the heart of the problem is ‘inefficiency’.

It might be that the accidents are occurring because up ahead a set of traffic lights is causing a queue which means drivers have to break suddenly. Or a narrow road runs next to a popular cycle route and drivers become frustrated at having to drive slowly. In fact, at the heart of most troublesome hot-spots, whether it be pol-

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lution, flooding, over-crowding – we will find that it is because our towns and cities are not efficient.

And if our towns and cities are not efficient, then Mr and Mrs Marshall may choose the town next door because they know they can get around much easier and faster. If our towns are not efficient, then productivity will be lower and investors will look elsewhere.

ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

So maybe the question is not ‘how do I make my city smarter?’. Or even ‘how do I make it more efficient?’ In fact, the question we all have a duty to ask is ‘how do I help to make my city more competitive, and be a place people choose to live, work and play in?’.

And if we start with that question, we have to think about more than just the remit of street lighting. Implementing CMS across our cities may help keep the lights on at the right time – but if it isn’t forming the foundations for a wider, competitive strategy, then we risk wasting precious budget and not future proofing our investment – and Mr and Mrs Marshall will choose to set up shop somewhere else.

This is a challenge for all of us: engineers, planners and technology providers. We all have a responsibility to think creatively about how we use intelligent technology to improve our productivity and contribute to our council’s long-term visions. None of us can expect individually to develop a complete solution. But collectively and collaboratively, we can inspire some powerful thinking and impactful ideas.

Those with a stake in street lighting arguably have a greater responsibility to ensure we are planning for the future.

Given that lighting infrastructure is the ready-made backbone for the implementation of wider benefits such as sensors, cameras and other types of controls, the need to work with different stakeholder groups is vital. Not only does it help create clear purpose and aligned focus, but close collaboration across different areas also provides a platform for innovative thinking.

A practical example might be to consider the opportunities surrounding big property developments. Depending on the impact that the development has on the surrounding area, there may be opportunity to receive funding from the developer to put towards a lighting control system that in turn, will enable a

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communications network to connect air pollution sensors, waste bin filling rate alerts or monitor the drainage system condition. Of course, these sorts of opportunities will vary council by council. But without opening up the dialogue between departments, we can’t even begin the conversation.

Better collaboration also ensures that the vision for a more competitive and efficient city supports the need for diverse connectivity under one integrated management environment.

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The idea of having a single, physical communication network to support all aspects of a highly productive town is an outdated school of thought. Supporting diverse connectivity, however, means supporting multiple networks, subnetworks, connection interfaces, ranges, bandwidths, topologies and so on.

Eventually these will all have to coexist in order for us to truly reap the benefits of smarter living. After all, we no longer purchase a smartphone with only cellular connection. We also require Bluetooth, Wi Fi, NFC. Exactly the same expectation must be applied when considering the hardware and software that is required to achieve the vision for our cities.

Asking simple questions before deciding on a technology solution can help to future-proof the investment and ensure it is flexible enough to scale up and adapt. For example: •Does the product have the physical space to add in new chips or tech in the future?

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•Does the technology have a multi-purpose or function? For example, does the lighting control system not only control lights but also capture and analyse data from other sensors, so the cost can to be spread across all departments that benefit from the system?

•If it is a physical product, how feature-rich is it? Even if the need or funding is not immediately there for a particular feature, ask if you can purchase products with functionality switched off, and then switch it on in the future.

Or is the firmware upgradable remotely to accommodate new features?

•How compatible are the products with other manufacturers and network providers? For example, can the node talk to multiple networks? If it only needs to talk to one now, how easy is it to upgrade it in the future?

In return, we technology providers, must be considering the longevity of our solutions. We must ensure we are doing all we can to provide options for those with small budgets but have long-term growth ambition. We must be striving to offer this level of flexibility so local authorities can invest with confidence, knowing their solution will grow with them.

The final part of the jigsaw is to consider what happens when we start to reap the benefits of our improving environment. Do we all pat each other on the back and say ‘good job, that new CMS system was implemented perfectly’, and

then go back to working in our silos? Let’s hope that doesn’t happen. Because one of the biggest and often most immediate benefits of any intelligent system is the flood of data and information that it brings to our finger tips.

And if our objective is to build a more competitive, more efficient and productive environment for our citizens, then surely the biggest prize is the ability to sustain those advantages through the analysis and interpretation of the data being captured.

In order to achieve this, we must consider how efficiently the data is disseminated to all stakeholders. To keep innovation alive, we must not be precious with the data that is captured or the trends that are identified. It is so easy to assume no one else will benefit from understanding the optimal dimming profiles for our town centres. Or the manhours we have saved by being able to operate a targeted maintenance programme. Instead we must readily share these learnings with other departments, with the technology provider, with universities and professional bodies so we can obtain the maximum ROI. It might be unrealistic to ditch the phrase ‘smart city’ when we’ve only just begun to understand it. But let’s make sure that the word ‘smart’ is more about how we, the leaders, manufacturers, planners, engineers, are working together to leverage the benefits that technology brings. If we can do that, then we really can claim to be a truly smart city.

Miguel Lira is innovation and development director and Amy Barker is marketing manager at Urban Control

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From safer traffic around schools through to festive lighting displays, CMS is becoming the key enabler that makes connected lighting a day-to-day reality on the ground for many communities, as one manufacturer explains

By John Fox

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s the Internet of Things (‘IoT’) and digitalisation now dominate almost every aspect of modern life, there is a growing need for the development of solutions that interconnect in a way that makes cities more responsive.

The switch to LED has helped to drive this movement within the lighting world, making homes and businesses alike more energy efficient, while opening up endless opportunities for further technological enhancements. www.theilp.org.uk

In the street lighting industry, connected solutions have been evolving for almost a decade; long before the LED phenomenon. Central management systems (CMS) that use enabling hardware alongside an online interface for manageable and measurable street lighting control are triedand-tested methods that improve efficiencies and reduce costs.

From taking control of spend by monitoring the behaviour of lighting networks, to improving citizen safety with sensors

that augment lighting, the possibilities are endless and enable local authorities to respond to individual city needs.

And local authorities need all the help they can get. Local authorities are fighting a constant battle between meeting efficiency requirements and working to the constraints of stringent budgets.

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have a great benefit to councils by way of a low initial outlay. From simply managing dimming and monitoring energy use, to improving citizen safety in specific areas of a borough, connected streetlights can be used for more than just lighting the way; they can help to energise communities.

IMPROVING ROAD SAFETY

One way that local authorities are enhancing citizen quality of life is via the utilisation of existing CMS to improve road safety. Councils across the UK, from Lancashire to Lincolnshire, have been utilising CMS to program lights to help reduce speeding in residential areas. Using existing or additional infrastructure, resident safety can be improved with the introduction of advisory speed warning signs outside schools or other areas with high pedestrian footfall.

Using an intuitive CMS, councils can easily control and programme lighting patterns that run at school opening and closing times only. The system can be managed from a dashboard via any internet-enabled device and links to bespoke streetlights that house instructional signs, warning motorists of the speed limit by flashing amber lights.

ENHANCING FESTIVE LIGHTING

From improving road safety to enhancing the way communal spaces are lit, CMS solutions have the capacity to control a number of variables within a single area.

Using a CMS to carry out many tasks keeps outlay low and makes street lighting management easier. This is down to a number of key features that are available within one CMS platform. Many councils have benefited from grouping and programming features aesthetically to enhance public spaces, while keeping them safe.

Throughout the UK, using CMS means a number of lighting networks can be programmed to suit the unique seasonal event schedules of local authorities. Each borough is different, with different lighting requirements depending on use, term times and geographic location. The grouping feature, in particular, helps councils to programme a series of lighting networks to behave in different ways.

For example, with festive lighting schemes, communal areas within a city or town can be illuminated effectively in the evening, while festive lighting adds seasonal sparkle. All of this is manageable from a single user interface that can be controlled from any location either via mobile phone text message or a CMS dongle connected to a website, allowing quick and simple

switching throughout the scheme.

This is only possible via the use of a series of enabling hardware solutions, such as control boxes and nodes, alongside CMS platforms. Councils such as Bolton and Cleethorpes have utilised these systems to create a festive backdrop with lights on trees, cross-street displays and seasonal focal points, while regular street lighting helps illuminate the area in dark winter evenings to improve citizen safety.

A SMARTER LIGHTING JOURNEY

As technology advances, illumination isn’t the only function lighting columns are tasked with. Their ubiquitous position throughout all major UK cities and road networks means columns can host more intelligent solutions, beyond simply lighting the way.

Lighting columns have the advantage of being in a ubiquitous position, not only throughout urban areas, but along major road networks across the UK. Their height and frequent roadside location means that they have the potential to do more than illuminate transport routes – they can collect data and monitor a number of variables to improve efficiencies while considering the safety of road users.

DRIVING DOWN COSTS

Road Lighting currently accounts for 70% of the total energy consumption on highways [1]. Photocells optimise power saving by dimming or switching lights on/off at certain times of the day, reducing the instance of day burning. In more recent times, LEDs have become commonplace thanks to their long life expectancy, low energy consumption and resulting low costs; which can work alongside photocells for even bigger savings.

A CMS provides highways organisations with a means to control lighting and reduce energy consumption even further, whilst maintaining adequate light output to guide motorists. Traditionally, in the respect of highways, these systems work on a pre-programmed pattern determined by seasonal change and daytime light levels.

A BESPOKE HIGHWAY SOLUTION

The difference between conventional CMS and the systems used by highways operators is that they must also take into account real-time traffic conditions to ensure lighting levels are reduced both safely and efficiently. These systems can reduce energy by up to 30%, by dimming motorway lights when traffic is light.

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in the enhanced applications that make lighting more intuitive.

For example, working with specialists from the UK highway industry, we have developed a range of lighting solutions that ensure compatibility with both the HARLiCS (Highways England’s Highways Agency Lighting Control System) and MoRLiCS (Motorway Road Lighting Control System) currently used in the field.

Using a series of collectors and nodes that work together, real-time traffic data can be gathered and fed back to the CMS (integrated with HARLiCS or MoRLiCS), which can be further monitored and analysed. This information is then used and compared against historical data to assess whether it is safe to dim lights or switch them off completely, rather than relying on a pre-programmed sequence.

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As the focus towards smarter, more responsive cities grows, it is becoming evident that one of the major focal points for development is mobility. While existing systems (such as HARLiCS and MoRLiCS) help to solve the problem of energy efficiency throughout road networks, more attention is now being made to the citizen and the measures to meet their needs.

For example, congestion is a pain point in most urban spaces, both for the citizen and for city leaders; this is only expected to grow as urbanisation booms. To solve this problem, a number of systems must work together to better understand the cause and effect, before a solution can be developed. This is where data becomes crucial.

Data gathered by sensors can give great insight into the way a city behaves. From traffic monitoring and parking through to air quality, sensors provide the raw information required to develop actionable insights that will shape the way an urban space becomes smarter. For smarter mobility, being able to monitor traffic flow and compare this against historical data and real-time citywide scenarios will allow city leaders to develop initiatives that truly respond to the needs of the citizen and create measurable value.

In most cases, these solutions are made possible via the hardware installed within intercity infrastructure. Where lighting control is concerned, either via photocells, or more advanced CMS, a number of products are required to work together; hardware is an enabler to the smart software systems that control them.

John Fox is managing director of Lucy Zodion www.theilp.org.uk

BOLTON SCHOOL SPEED SIGNALLING Local authorities can manage roadside school lights throughout a single borough to ensure all are working how and when required, including with the ability to isolate faulty or failing systems for quick repair or replacement.

In the case of Bolton Council, an existing Vizion CMS system was used alongside new, bespoke lighting columns, to improve road safety outside over 50 schools. Ultimately this system fulfilled the following objectives: •Safety – the council’s key objective was to increase road safety within residential school areas. With 120 advisory 20mph warning signs installed outside 56 schools throughout the borough, pupil safety is increased by warning motorists of the speed limit with both flashing lights and roadside signs.

•Programming – to ensure the safety of staff and pupils at crucial times, the CMS can be remotely programmed to switch flashing lights on and off during a number of periods throughout the day. This means traffic flow is affected only in school hours, reducing the instance of congestion in busy commuting hours. Another advantage is that energy supply is only used as and when lights are in operation, so increasing efficiency and reducing any additional running costs.

•Control – as the lights are centrally controlled and monitored by council staff, all lights can be managed and programmed to work in a sequence that relates to the opening times and dates of schools within the borough. With the ability to pre-programme lighting patterns, councils can ensure lights will be working at the critical hours required to enhance safety. The CMS is also able to monitor performance, which means faults can be found remotely and repaired more effectively. Running costs can also be calculated more accurately for further budgeting requirements.

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e all know smart technology is a rapidly growing market, increasing by an annual 29% within the UK. However, many homeowners are still either not aware of what it can actually offer, or are hesitant to invest.

Technology now allows us to control our lighting, heating and home entertainment systems from a smartphone, computer or by verbal commands. These new technologies, like home automation, have been developed to accommodate our fast paced, modern world – so why do 76% of people within the UK have at least one concern about using smart technology in the home [1]?

FEAR OF ‘UNKNOWN’ TECHNOLOGY

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Advancing technologies such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home – hands-free Bluetooth speakers with built-in microphones that connects the user to Amazon’s Alexa or OK Google’s voice service – are leaders in smart automation. The voice control platforms are capable of controlling many aspects of the home, including light switches, power outlets and heating thermostats.

However, their ability to be connected to devices over the internet and to always be listening for commands is often cited as a cause for concern. These devices could be potentially vulnerable to electronic hacking, but manufactures of these smart systems are aware of the issue and are constantly developing them to ensure the highest level of security.

The 76% figure highlighted above came from a recent UK survey by insurance comparison site MoneySuperMarket, which also found that more than half of respondents were worried about data being collected without their knowledge. A similar 51% were worried that technology could be hacked by criminals. Public awareness of the development and advancements manufacturers are making in the security of smart systems will therefore need to be part of reassuring the public that these devices are safe and secure.

At Megaman, for example, we use ZigBee protocol across all our smart-enabled devices. The security features supplied by Zigbee Alliance are considered to be the most robust in the industry. For example, the encryption feature – which scrambles text to make it unreadable by anyone other than those with the keys to decode it – is based on a well-known algorithm for data encryption and authentication, making it extremely difficult to hack. www.theilp.org.uk

HOME ECONOMICS

Lighting professionals don’t need convincing about smart lighting – but your average homeowner still probably does. LED lighting may be becoming increasingly mainstream in the home, but encouraging the public to take the next step and embrace connectivity and home automation remains a challenge

By Glen Krise

For the homeowner to have a smart system, most of the time they need to make the shift from traditional incandescent bulbs to more energy-efficient lighting, notably LED. Not only can LEDs enable various technologies that allow advanced home automation systems to work, there is a growing acceptance of LEDs as a viable, energy-efficient alternative for domestic lighting.

However, for those homeowners who

are hesitant to embrace LED technology, there are alternatives. Our INGENIUM ZB range, for example, again uses ZigBee protocol, but is compatible with a range of lamps and does not require LED-specific lights, so making the initial cost cheaper and installation easier.

THE CHALLENGE OF COMPATIBILITY

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common problem remains compatibility.

When two different protocols or technologies are installed, the system becomes inoperable. By introducing systems that are compatible with several different protocols, we therefore alleviate the need for bespoke solutions – making home automation systems much easier and more accessible to homeowners.

Some manufacturers are rising to this challenge and are now producing these types of systems. However, the real challenge is to make smart systems compatible with all the major protocols available and only then will home automation begin to be connected and integrated.

To highlight, again, what we’re doing in this area, we provide two different ranges of smart solutions. The first is the upgraded INGENIUM BLU Generation 2, which applies Bluetooth 4.1 technology to control light fixtures in a home. It employs a mesh network topology, which is a key network architecture that has extended the coverage area when compared to the first-generation model.

It has the advantage that it is very simple to use. For example, it will switch lighting on or off, dim lights, set lighting scenes, and control the timing, However, it only operates on a local level and cannot be controlled from a distance over Wi Fi. However, our INGENIUM ZB range, which again uses ZigBee protocol, can be linked to Wi Fi. This enables users to control multiple devices simultaneously via Amazon Alexa, Google Home. The range also has sensors and dimmer/relay modules to convert existing circuits, without needing to invest in multiple smart light sources as the whole circuit is upgraded with the simple addition of one component.

By consistently investing in the development of smart systems, we can ensure they become much more accessible and functional for users. However, as quickly as technology evolves, smart systems and components can just as easily become outdated.

While the design process for new smart solutions is rigorous, as the technology incorporated within the system develops so does the overall smart home automation technology – making new options available that were not before. This is a vital process, as the majority of new technologies go through many refinements before they reach a stage of being widely accepted.

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lations. By developing the compatibility and ease of installation through smart modules, manufacturers are making automated systems more accessible to the general homeowner.

LACK OF UNDERSTANDING

Many consumers still do not know how to integrate smart lighting into existing systems and do not understand the variety of benefits on offer.

Education on the many benefits of smart technology needs to start with lighting companies, like ours. Smart lighting not only reduces the energy use of an average household by 50%, it also lasts longer [2]. A typical incandescent bulb lasts an average of 1,000 hours, while a smart light bulb can last up to 40,000 hours, according to Smart FX [3].

Making an impact on the domestic market is very difficult because it is a lifestyle choice. But one of the best ways to reach the consumer is through the designer, who can share the benefits of smart automated systems and the ease of integrating it within the home to the end user.

Given our increasingly hectic lifestyles and general enthusiasm for new, time-saving gadgets in the home, it is surprising

there is still a relatively low take-up of home automation in the UK. The answer is to develop easy-to-use smart home-automated lighting that makes the homeowner’s life easier, and is fully explained to them. By ensuring the myths of smart lighting are expelled, eventually smart home technology will become a common feature in UK homes.

Glen Krise is managing director of Megaman

REFERENCES [1] ‘Connected homes’, October 2017, https:// www.moneysupermarket. com/home-insurance/ connected-homes/ [2] ‘Gartner Says Smart Lighting Has the Potential to Reduce Energy Costs by 90 Percent’, July

2015, https://www. gartner.com/newsroom/ id/3093717 [3] ‘How much does smart lighting save?’, https:// www.smfx.co/blogs/ smartfx/97770118-howmuch-money-does-smartlighting-save

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The International Day of Light

The ILP will also be endorsing a dark skies interpretation panel that has been put up by Chichester Harbour Conservancy at West Itchenor, near Chichester, West Sussex. Two more panels are set to go up at Chidham and Thorney Island, both also in West Sussex.

ILP operations manager Jess Gallacher said: ‘The International Day of Light is an opportunity for our industry, and lighting professionals individually, to engage with the public around the power, potential and value of good lighting and lighting design.’

DAY TIME Next month, on 16 May, the world will celebrate the first International Day of Light, organised by Unesco.

Lighting professionals can do their bit to spread the word about how light and lightbased technologies touch everyone’s daily lives

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hree years ago, in 2015, the ILP got stuck in celebrating the International Year of Light with, among other events, a keynote lecture by Professor Russell Foster, professor of circadian neuroscience at Oxford University.

Scroll forward, and next month sees the inaugural International Day of Light being organised around the globe by Unesco (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).

On 16 May, we will see conferences, displays, exhibitions, workshops and children’s events taking place, and all designed to celebrate and showcase light and the role it plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, in fields as diverse as medicine, communications, and energy.

From now on, in fact, the day will become an annual event, held on 16 May to mark the anniversary of the first successful operation of the laser in 1960 by physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman.

The ILP has, once again, put its weight behind this worthwhile initiative. For example, last year it ran its ‘Lighting for Good’ event to mark the one-year countdown to the day.

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tive in this world through lighting. How could we, the lighting community, use our skills and technology to contribute to a better world, one year before the International Day of Light?

So, now that the day is nearly upon us, how can you, as a lighting professional, get involved?

LOCAL EVENTS

First off, it is perfectly possible of course to organise and arrange your own events locally, perhaps a school or community event. If you feel you’ve left it too late for 2018, why not use the interest that will be generated this year as a springboard to putting something in place for 2019?

There are also events listed on the International Day of Light website, https:// www.lightday.org The ILP itself will be using the day to raise awareness of the importance of light, even though this is, of course, something permanently high on the ILP’s agenda.

As part of this, the ILP is endorsing an updated version of the Good Practice Lighting Guide, published by the Thomas Pocklington Trust.

The guide is designed to help foster best practice in terms of lighting for people with sight loss. It will be able to be found online at http://www.pocklington-trust.org.uk

SOME EVENTS TO WATCH OUT FOR

Society of Light and Lighting LR&T Symposium As well as the inaugural International Day of Light, 2018 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Lighting Research & Technology Journal. The Society of Light and Lighting will as a result be publishing a special 50th edition at its Lighting Research & Technology Symposium, which is also being held on 16 May at UCL in London.

More details from https://www.cibse. org/training-events/event?id=a1E0O00001SIVdwUAH Actual Reality – ‘Camera obscura exploration and construction’ This may not be taking place precisely on the day, but the Real Photography Company is holding an event for families on the following weekend, on Saturday 19 May, to celebrate the day. People will be encouraged to come along and make or explore a selection of camera obscuras, including the chance to make your own ‘actual reality’ headset. It is a free event sponsored by the Institute of Physics and is being held at the St Paul’s Learning Centre in Bristol.

More details from https://www.realphotographycompany.co.uk/events Launch of London Institute of Advanced Light Technologies London Light, or The London Institute of Advanced Light Technologies, is a multidisciplinary research network that brings together scientists and industries who work on emerging photonic technologies.

The launch event will coincide with the International Day of Light.

More details can be found at http://london-light.org/

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NIGHT LIVES Britain is increasingly a 24-hour society, with London’s night-time economy alone worth £26bn. Yet our urban infrastructure remains predominantly designed for daytime living and working. Urban space design needs to be rethought to make our night environment just as attractive and welcoming as our daytime spaces

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oo often, city infrastructure is a clock-face stuck between the hours of 7am and 7pm. It focuses on the morning rush-hour, the needs of workers, business and industry during the day, and then the rush-home once standard 9-5 office hours end. While designers and engineers focus on meeting the strenuous needs of peak demand, it is easy to forget the differing needs of those active outside of those hours.

At a recent conference on building inclusive cities, the Institution of Civil Engineers discussed how engineers and city planners can support a 24-hour city for all.

Ensuring everyone who wants to live, work and play at night can do so requires a fundamental shift in how designers and engineers think about urban planning in the built environment. Considering how urban environments are perceived by the user is a must if we are to have cities inclusive of individuals who have very different needs and lead very different lives.

Not everyone who goes out at night is there to have a good time. It might surprise you to learn that the largest employer of night-time workers is logistics, followed by the NHS. Hospitality, including the things most people would associate with typical evening and night-time activities, is only the third largest sector employer for night-time workers. www.theilp.org.uk

The night-time economy is worth £26bn in London alone. This is 40% of the night-time economy in the UK as a whole, yet is more than the entire budget for the Department for Transport. A total of 723,000 night-time workers in the capital are employed outside traditional office hours, supporting a further 1.25 million jobs reliant on the night-time economy.

POOR NIGHT-TIME INFRASTRUCTURE

These workers face significant difficulties when travelling and working in a city with infrastructure designed for the day. Nighttime public transport options, with lowered capacity at best or simply non-existent at worst, meet only a fraction of need. It has long been policy in cities to encourage individuals to cycle or walk. These modes of travel may be fine during the day but become foreboding, even hazardous, for women, the disabled and other vulnerable groups at night. For many NHS nurses, carpooling is the only option available.

Night-time workers feel safer when their routes to work are illuminated and people are encouraged to socialise more when they feel public spaces are safe.

Parks might be used extensively during the day but, without light, they become urban black holes at night, seen as unusable and unsafe by local residents. Urban spaces should be well-lit so they can be used

throughout the day and night by everyone.

Accessibility should not be a part-time concept. Disabled people are particularly excluded from fully participating in night life. Reduced transport options, the need to use accessible entrances, increased waiting times in the dark, and perceptions of ability can all but trap someone with a physical disability into only being active during the day.

Even where a venue has properly considered the need for a well-lit entrance hall, the accessible entrance around the side is too often an afterthought.

ROLE OF DATA

Part of the reason for poor night-time infrastructure is a lack of data. Data has driven efficiencies in design and an increasing understanding of how our infrastructure works, but when it comes to analysis outside of work hours, usable data is all but non-existent. Partly, this is because data capture has not been seen as a priority; partly, this is because it is simply harder to gather data. Fewer owners are willing to meet the additional expense because night-time workers are more disparate and much less likely to be organised or working in offices together.

It is not enough for planners to say that the additional expense is not justified; the value of the night-time economy more than justifies the costs. This is equally true for any additional running costs incurred in improving night-time infrastructure. The combined adoption of lower wattage bulbs, affordable energy storage units, and increasingly competitive micro generation renewables could make the running costs of lighting almost cost neutral in the future.

Making our cities welcoming and attractive at night would help to boost economic activity, create jobs and stimulate our towns and cities on a social level. Half of any given day is spent in darkness and, for a growing number of our fellow citizens, daily life happens at night. The explosion in the number of 24-hour gyms in recent years shows there is demand. Policy-makers should support the night-time economy and the people who inhabit it by encouraging cafés and shops to follow suit.

Urban space and infrastructure design needs to meet demand during both day and night, provide safety at all times, and support workers and partygoers alike. By doing this, we will ensure a built environment that is economically sustainable, socially sustainable and inclusive for all.

Hannah Vickers is head of policy and public affairs at the Institution of Civil Engineers

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A new lighting scheme has transformed the ‘Paddington Lawn’ retail, restaurant and meeting area at Paddington Station in London, and that’s even before the arrival of the new Crossrail Elizabeth line station later this year

By Nic Paton

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s anyone travelling to the south west in recent months will be fully able to attest, London’s Paddington Station is currently undergoing perhaps its most significant transformation since the completion of the original Victorian terminus building in 1853.

One of the biggest changes is due to be the arrival of the new Crossrail Elizabeth line station this December just to the south of the iconic Brunel original. This new station will span three levels and have two entrances; it will boast a 90m clear opening covered with a steel and glass canopy 8m above the ground, which is designed to maximise the natural light coming on to the platforms.

But it is not just Crossrail that is bringing change. The retail and meeting area Paddington Lawn has also recently been transformed, as the first commission under Network Rail’s retail architects’ framework, including the introduction of a new lighting scheme by BDP.

STATION MASTER’S GARDEN

Paddington Lawn has a venerable history.

It was originally the garden of the station master’s cottage before being incorporated into the original Brunel design, and has since become one of the busiest gateways in London.

It was formerly designed as a BA checkin facility, but has since been repurposed for retail, dining and circulation. It is a very distinct space but, in lighting terms at least, had become tired and in dire need of updating.

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Top: an important aspect of the scheme has been to increase footfall and visibility of the Lawn from the platforms. Above: large bay pendants have been replaced with discreet downlights, which also minimise the contrast between day and night-time. Right: the timber feature wall is highlighted with a warm radiance, so increasing its visibility from the station concourse

customer retention. This, of course, would ultimately add commercial value to the tenants and so too to Network Rail as landlord.

‘The original lighting had been superseded by high bay pendants, so your first impression was of a lot of pendants cluttering the space. It was a very busy space and the light was quite uneven,’ explains BDP lighting design Lora Kaleva, who led on the project.

‘It is triple height, with a ground floor, mezzanine and then a first floor. But on the first floor the cafes were very close to the skylight. So, at night you had this very dark ceiling, and powerful high bays 2m from people’s heads, which created intense hotspots within the area. There was a big contrast between the overly bright floor, and too low vertical/eye-level illumination.

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was to warm everything up and to bring the scale down to something more manageable, more human and welcoming. We wanted the whole space to feel a lot warmer, and to become visible from the station concourse,’ she adds.

Now reordered shops and restaurants have restored the beauty of Brunel’s original design, with transparent glass enclosures housing the retail space, with the whole space fully reopening to the public in January last year.

DISCREET DOWNLIGHTING

The large bay pendants have gone, instantly decluttering the ceiling and have been replaced with discreet downlights, also minimising the contrast between the daytime and night-time experience.

‘The new downlights visually look the same but have a variety of beam angles and light outputs to make sure every level of the Lawn is adequately illuminated. We used narrower and more powerful lumi-

naires for the triple height space and lower output and wider beam angles for the first floor. The light now falls more evenly throughout, rather than there being hot-spots; it just works a lot better,’ explains Lora.

All significant vertical surfaces are washed with light to increase the overall sense of spatial brightness during the day and to enhance a sense of warmer intimacy during the night.

The timber feature wall has been highlighted with a warm radiance, increasing its visibility from the station concourse.

The listed vierendeel structure has also been given more prominence, as have the Lawn’s glass bridges.

‘The illumination of the feature wall really makes the wood come out, even during the day. For the glass mezzanine bridges we put in 5000K bright white LED strips, which make the glass floors sing and, once again, became a very nice feature,’ says Lora.

‘The improved general lighting coupled with the bright feature walls and the stair detail created a varied lighting scheme that responds well to the daytime-night time shift. The Lawn is visible from the platforms, it encourages visitors to enter and spend time there.

‘For me, it was all about learning to collaborate effectively with the architect. This was my first complete project, my first overseeing of a project from beginning to end, and some of it had to be redesigned on the spot – there were a few things that ended up being quite last minute – so there were times when it was challenging. But everyone has been very pleased with how it has come out,’ Lora adds.

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Future concept

FULL BEAM AHEAD

As we move towards ever-more autonomous vehicles, adaptive automotive lighting is advancing at a pace. The next big thing is set to be LED headlights that can adjust so they do not dazzle oncoming drivers, warn pedestrians when a car is approaching and even project warnings on to the road

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utomotive giant Continental has joined forces with Osram to develop a new generation of adaptable LED vehicle lights that automatically change their shape and beam depending on where and how you’re driving, it has emerged.

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lights that automatically warn pedestrians and other vulnerable road-users that a car is approaching, or even use hologram or laser projections to create warning signs on the road to help reduce accidents.

The technology is not totally new, with Osram back in 2016 revealing an adaptive forward-lighting prototype as part of a joint research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and

Research (BMBF). But Continental has said it now hopes the technology will become available commercially from 2020, with both sides illustrating their commitment through the joint venture.

The Eviyos prototype is, according to Osram Opto Semiconductors, the world’s first ‘hybrid’ LED and, it argues, ‘represents major progress toward the first market-ready smart controllable high-resolution LED.’ As soon as oncoming traffic is detected, appropriate pixels are automatically switched off so drivers of oncoming vehicles are not dazzled.

‘As an example, a black pixel can be introduced to the LED beam to stop the light from hitting specific windows on buildings the car is passing, while increasing the beam on other parts, such as pedestrians crossing,’ explained Annette Hebling, product marketing manager for Continental.

As well as Eviyos, Osram is working on biometric technologies that can measure when drivers are stressed or drowsy, a ‘DMD’ laser light source for both light and symbol projection on the road ahead, ambient interior car lighting that can adjust to match or enhance mood, and ‘LiDAR’ (light detection and ranging) laser-based ‘ad-

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Left: the ‘LiDAR’ (light detection and ranging) laser-based ‘advanced driver assistance’ helps to scan objects around the vehicle and avoid collisions. Below: the DMD laser light source can project symbols on the road ahead

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vanced driver assistance’ technology designed for autonomous or semiautonomous vehicles.

SENSOR TECHNOLOGY

The joint venture will operate under the name Osram Continental and be based in the Munich region. Osram will transfer its automotive solid state lighting module business over to the joint venture, while Continental will do the same with its light control business.

‘By joining forces, we will be in an even better position to drive forward innovations by working closely with the automo-

tive industry to integrate lighting, sensor technology and electronics seamlessly in a single application,’ said Hans-Joachim Schwabe, chief executive of Osram’s specialty lighting business unit.

‘This will allow us to drive forward new intelligent light functions, such as the combination of lighting and sensor technology in a module or light-based communication between the driver, other road users and the vehicle surroundings,’ he added.

More widely (and in a collaboration with Swiss automotive manufacturer Rinspeed), Osram is also working on a concept car called ‘Snap’.

Advances here include iris scan and facial recognition technology to allow for secure access to the vehicle and passenger profiling. This, in turn, can mean car settings such as lighting preferences, information and entertainment settings are able automatically to be adjusted to the driver.

The collaboration is also looking at the use of UV light-based disinfection to reduce health risks, such as the spreading of viruses and bacteria, and human-centric lighting that adjusts to passengers’ biorhythms and could be connected to wearables such as smart watches or fitness trackers.

Other advances, and similar to the Continental partnership, include projection systems based on LED or laser technology, which allow for visuals can be projected on to the glass panes of the car or on to the ground.

However, Osram isn’t the only company pioneering this sort of technology. Texas Instruments demonstrated a similar innovation at the CES technology show in the US in January.

Its digitally programmable headlights can be used to ensure oncoming drivers are not blinding oncoming drivers or can even project text, graphics or animations on to the road ahead.

Car manufacturer Audi also unveiled similar ‘Matrix System’ laser-based adaptive headlight technology last year. www.theilp.org.uk

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hink of a brand. Go on, just do it! Who or what pops into your mind?

The power of a brand is well established and carries weight in our modern, interconnected, world. But when the companies behind those brands don’t adapt to a changing marketplace they can fall by the wayside, disappearing into the annals of time.

Woolworths, Blockbuster and BHS are just a few that spring to mind. Each has its own story of woe relating to an online competitor, legacy routes to market or just downright mismanagement.

What has this got to do with lighting?

Well, having been in lighting for more than 25 years, I have seen the demise or takeover of many brands – Wotan and Concord Lighting to name but two – and you would be right to say that this is just part of an ever-changing market. However, this ‘natural selection’ exploded in 2003/04 with the development and mass production of the white LED. When I first came into the lighting industry in 1989 the people with the most market share made and sold both the artificial light generators – the lamps, and the luminaires. We only have to look at history and the story of Sir Jules Thorn, whose success in establishing Thorn Electrical Industries can largely be attributed to the fact he came up with the idea of selling both the lamp and fitting together, the ubiquitous fluorescent baton.

There were issues for a firm that didn’t make lamps – and by lamps, I mean legacy technology, such as tungsten, fluorescent and HID. Buying them in or not supplying them at all was difficult – it was another thing someone else had to do. It also affected the cost of a product as it was difficult for a manufacturer who did not supply lamps with their fittings to compete with a manufacturer who did.

LED GAME-CHANGER

The LED revolution prompted a shake-out of lighting brands that failed to adapt, and the digital revolution threatens to do the same. What will ‘light as a service’ or light simply as a conduit for technology mean for brands and brand values? And how can good lighting design ensure it doesn’t get lost in the maelstrom?

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Then everything changed with the arrival of the solid-state light generation. LED manufacturers pushed to achieve bright ‘usable’ light and, from around 2003, high levels of saturated colours – reds, blues and greens – allowed for lighting design schemes using colour-changing LEDs. However, white light was still not on the table, and we are all familiar with the horrendous white light stories which came about when fittings that promised much did not deliver. It wasn’t until between 2003-2008 that LEDs were able to emit a white light with sufficiently high output

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The Apollo Victoria Theatre, London. This was an LED game-changer from 2003. The design for the auditorium feature lighting used 82,920 LEDs in 160 controllable groups using 643 DMX channels. Each group had four channels: red, green, blue and dimmer, taking advantage of the effects engine in theatre desks (writing up a four-channel fixture profile for the LED fittings). Lighting design by Hoare Lea, photography by Philip Vile

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and lamp life to really start the solid-state lighting revolution.

The white light LED was a game-changer, and the ‘big’ brands reacted in different ways. One or two suppliers, such as Philips, were decisive, and quickly committed to LED (the famous ‘letter to customers’ of 2008 stating they would, from then on, only sell LED fittings). But the majority of luminaire and lamp manufacturers did not foresee LEDs – or, as some saw it, the infamous destructive technology coming of age – they were cautious and tied to leg-

acy products. And with that caution, golden opportunities were lost for some while, for others, a new sector was born.

Other firms, unfettered by the shackles of lamp legacy products, raced to enter the lighting market and started to sell LEDs. So, like Amazon in retail, new brands such as Color Kinetics, Lightgraphix, NJO Technology and Orluna appeared.

At the onset, these businesses were mostly small and nimble – and they had to be, because lumen packages were changing at least every 18 months, often halving

in wattage and doubling in output.

The question was: would new technological know-how outweigh brand awareness? Would specifiers opt for a firm they hadn’t heard of but which promised something amazing, or would they stick with the tried and tested brand?

Some firms managed to adapt. But many established companies rested on their laurels, selling their legacy products and thinking that, being a recognised brand, people would continue to buy from them.

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p Top: Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. This utilised bespoke LED fittings for a bespoke building form. Lighting

design: Hoare Lea, photography by John Cairns. Above: Old Hall, Queens’ College, Cambridge. The use of LED allowed minimal intrusion into this heritage space; the design is all about the visual impression of the interior, rather than the light fitting. Lighting design: Hoare Lea, photography by Dan Paton. Below: Park Theatre, London. Its big and bold lighting contributes to the branding of the building.

Lighting design: Hoare Lea, photography by Redshift

seen under those light-emitting diodes.

Some brands crashed or got brought out and then adopted by another firm, as in the case of Siteco, while others simply don’t exist anymore, for example Marlin Lighting, where I started my career more than 25 years ago. The firms that adapted offered the best of both worlds – combining new technology with trusted familiarity.

TECHNOLOGY’S POOR RELATION?

So, a question now is what of the new brands entering the lighting market? The current market is one where tech giants now run the once-symbiotic relationship between lamp and luminaire manufacturer. Those pre-LED brands that have survived have steadied their ships, shedding their old products in the process, and embraced solid state with a passion. But with LED a firmly established, if an ever-maturing, technology, how are the new brands taking on LED technology competing with the not-so-new kids on the block?

The answer is, frankly, disappointing. As www.theilp.org.uk

a lighting designer I want technological advances to create opportunities for better-lit environments, and am on record as saying that, while I love light, I dislike ‘look at me’ fittings which, at best, adequately light a space without enhancing it, and at worse detract from its architectural integrity.

There is also the possibility that the lit impression of an interior will become a secondary requirement to the luminaire, as the giant tech brands look at the lighting market to deliver Li Fi services in a world hungry for better connectivity.

Let’s look at a case in point. Samsung makes phone and electrical goods; it also makes LEDs, but lighting is not its primary business. What does it mean for lighting design when an electrical component manufacturer makes light fittings? And if light fittings are seen as a means of broadcasting Wi Fi, could lighting become a poor relation?

This article therefore comes with a warning to those considering entering a

market they don’t understand or who think about light as a ‘service’, like air-conditioning, or in terms of ‘good looking’ fittings. Such firms should be mindful of the rise of independent lighting design services and the discerning clients who hire them. Their drivers, after all, are subjective lit impression, health and wellbeing, and interior and architectural integrity.

Understanding and supporting these factors is the way for a new brand to succeed.

So, what’s in a brand? From the stack ‘em high and sell them cheap to the ‘gold circle’ lifestylers, each is just trying to earn a buck and, obviously, everyone’s market is different. But light, well, light is universal, and LED is just the current flavour.

Perhaps we should move our gaze from the generator of the light – in this case the LED – and go back to the basics of good lighting design? Ultimately, after all, this is what sells the space to the user. Visual impression is all important.

So where is the next brand war going to take place, the next ‘LED’ frontier? My prediction is control technology.

At the LuxLive exhibition in November, there appeared to be a marked reduction in luminaire suppliers and an increase in firms specialising in control. It seems that this is where the next battle of the brands will take place – and, as with LEDs, new firms will emerge, and others will disappear. There is no new thing under the sun, whether generated by SOX or LED.

Dominic Meyrick is a partner at Hoare Lea

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Lighting in education

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LEICESTER LIVING

De Montfort University in Leicester has been undertaking an ambitious £136m ‘campus transformation’, including switching to LED across much of its built infrastructure

By Nic Paton

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ith some 27,000 students, Leicester’s De Montfort University is the UK’s sixth fastest-growing educational and research establishment and in April last year was named as one of the 150 most promising ‘young’ universities internationally by the Times Higher Education Supplement.

As well as focusing on the quality of its education, the university has been investing heavily in improving its built infrastructure through an ambitious £136m ‘Campus Transformation Project’.

The centrepiece of this project has been the replacement of its former Fletcher building with a new state-of-the-art ‘Vijay Patel’ building, which is home to the Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities.

Lighting, and LED lighting specifically, has naturally been a key element of this upgrade and investment process, both to reduce energy and maintenance costs and to improve the quality of the lit and learning environment.

When it came to transforming the building’s ‘Food Village’ kitchen and eating area, De Montfort turned to Dextra Lighting,

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along with installers Lowe Electrical of Leicester, as sole suppliers for the project.

VARIABLE LIGHTING DEMANDS

The large open-plan dining area is designed for a capacity of up to 350 students and features a number of self-service, kitchen and buffet stations, surrounded by an extensive seating area. The challenge therefore was to provide appropriate lighting for both front- and back-of-house areas, supporting food preparation, service and dining equally.

The project was based around the use of LM80-verified Philips Lumileds, offering 90% LED lumen maintenance at 60,000 operating hours.

For the front-of-house dining area, Capo LED pendant luminaires and Protec LED downlights were used for the adaptable, architectural approach to lighting they offered.

The Capo LED pendant luminaire includes an anodised spun rear housing, opal refractor and translucent collar. The compact housing means all dimming and emergency control gear is neatly enclosed

without compromising the look and feel of the luminaire design.

For the front-of-house area, the luminaire was provided in a 2992llm version (although 3847llm was also available), featuring Lumileds chip-on-board source designed to provide a similar performance to 70W HID equivalents, yet halving energy expenditure and eliminating the need for frequent lamp replacements.

The aim has been to bring a softer, less direct light above the dining tables to create a relaxed eating and dining atmosphere, with the luminaires suspended using 3m cables attached to the top of the ceiling, which were supplied to facilitate installation.

SUSPENDED RAFTS

Alongside the Capo LEDs, Protec LED downlights installed on suspended rafts of varying shapes and sizes hovering above the service points.

These were supplied in a 2000llm version with specular reflectors, offering a crisp and narrower distribution as well as raising the lux levels in the targeted areas.

When it came to the kitchen area, Dex-

tra’s Impervia luminaire (IMPR) was chosen for its sturdy steel housing, ABS frame and polyurethane gasket. This provided an IP65-rated solution ideal to cope with the kitchen’s more demanding conditions as well as, again, the usual energy-efficiency and low-maintenance advantages of LED. To achieve the CIBSE-recommended light level of 500 lux and uniformity for food preparation areas, a 4909llm variant was used. This has provided both task-appropriate lighting conditions and extra comfort for staff.

For the back-room office areas, the Dextra MODLED Office LED was used, as it combines high-performance LED with a dual-optic design that controls glare and light intensity though a central micro-prism optic and high-transmission diffuser.

Using a combination of 4400lm and 5500lm output versions, each office met the 400 lux required and BSEN12464 glare limitations for both the 3,000 candelas per sq m above 65deg and UGR19 for areas where computers are in use, whilst consuming approximately 60% less energy than a typical HID or fluorescent installation.

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A once-landmark Edwardian department store in Brixton, south London, has been transformed from a derelict shell into a vibrant, creative space for entrepreneurs and small businesses

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riginally built in 1906 and the site of the UK’s first purpose-built department store Bon Marché, ‘The Department Store’ in Brixton, south London, has recently been transformed from a run-down, dilapidated shell into a series of collaborative workspaces for 220 staff, as well as creative, retail and community-use spaces.

The architectural practice for the project, Squire and Partners, turned to StudioFractal for the lighting design, and Atrium for the luminaires, in the process creating an array of eclectic bright spaces.

The design aesthetic is ‘derelict chic’. By stripping the building back to its raw state, the architects were able to reveal the decaying grandeur of the building and then highlight

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floor, with workspaces on the first to third floors supported by a series of meeting and breakout areas.

Elements such as the original 111-yearold mahogany and teak parquet flooring, a grand tiled central staircase, a series of cast iron radiators and a remarkable patina of colours which document the building’s history were all preserved. But a series of voids was also cut through the building to create dramatic volumes and provide vistas between levels.

MAGNETIC TRACKS

these elements in their found ‘ruined’ state.

For the exterior, the designs focused on reversing years of neglect to reactivate the street level through animation and display. Incrementally-added shopfronts and layers of paint were removed to reveal the original brickwork, stone, marble, and terracotta. A new rooftop level was added, comprising a series of oak-framed pavilions with copper shingle roofs, and a crafted glass dome to replace a dilapidated existing cupola.

At ground level, a reception area and active model shop now animates the street, while a triple height void and central landscaped courtyard provides breathing space. There are generous social and event spaces at lower ground and on the fourth

The lighting scheme therefore needed to work around various ceiling heights, with fixtures and fittings designed to fit within the space and suspension points customised to avoid ceiling beams while maintaining a symmetrical visual appearance.

Suspended frames of Running Magnet 2.0 by Flos Architectural in a Regency 3 anodised gold finish (special finish) ensure consistency with the colour palette of the building and continuity with the structural elements, while allowing the track to ‘disappear’ into the fabric of the building.

The magnetic track offers flexibility within the working environment, as fittings can be easily repositioned to meet the needs of an evolving space. The track was used together with the UT Spot 157, also by Flos Architectural, because of the high colour rendering and output offered by the fitting. Its minimal design also made it attractive as this ensured a reduced impact on the aesthetic of the space while ensuring optimal performance was achieved.

The Smart family, from Modular Lighting Instruments, was used as surface, recess and pendant spotlights to keep uniformity, creating elegance within the space.

‘Being part of the team responsible for reviving such a landmark building and restoring a creative hub was very exciting. It was a key design component to highlight the ceiling heights and original features to enhance the environment but not distract from the fabric of the building,’ explains Dave Moyise, project manager for Atrium.

‘The scheme we implemented with StudioFractal was composed of sleek and subtle lighting that blended well in to the design using the magnetic track technologies to allow the lighting to evolve with the building,’ he adds. www.theilp.org.uk

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Lighting education

MAKING KNOWLEDGE COUNT The ILP’s Exterior Lighting Diploma has just gone through its biggest overhaul in 15 years to respond to the high speed of change within the industry.

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s lighting professionals, we all know we’re only as good as our last job.

The revolution we’ve seen in lighting and lighting technologies in the past few years with the arrival of LED, and now both the opportunity and challenge posed by digital and connected technologies, means lighting professionals can never afford to rest on their laurels.

Education and continuing professional development are key parts of this, with the ILP, quite rightly, at their heart. This article is to bring you up to date on what’s happening and changing within the ILP’s education portfolio.

One area where there have been big changes is the ILP’s Exterior Lighting Diploma, which has just gone through its biggest review and overhaul in 15 years.

The new diploma has a completely restructured course, with three parts covering more distinct areas. These are: •Module A: illuminance. This module includes the fundamentals of the exterior lighting industry and also focuses on the principles of highway lighting design associated with lighting for subsidiary roads www.theilp.org.uk

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Tunnel lighting is one area covered by the revamped Exterior Lighting Diploma

and high mast.

•Module B: luminance. This module focuses on the lighting of traffic routes and high-speed roads, along with column design, passive safety, tunnel lighting, and variable lighting as key topics.

•Module C: specialist lighting design, reports and strategies. This module covers architectural lighting principles and associated reports as well as, developing strategies, impact assessments and CDM. This new format is now well up and running, with the first Module A (being) launched in February.

We have worked hard to structure the course in such a way that anyone part-way through the previous structure can easily move to the new format with no additional time needed or duplicated content.

The evening sessions have become very much hands-on, with a real emphasis on vocational learning. You can find out more about the diploma on the ILP’s website, www.theilp.org.uk

INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE

What else is changing? The International Certificate in Highway Lighting is developing, with courses being delivered in Ireland for the third year and a successful course in Honk Kong in the last quarter of 2017, as highlighted in Lighting Journal in February. We also have interest from other international bodies.

One-day courses are continuing to be a success, with our ‘Exterior Lighting TR22’ and ‘Fundamental Lighting’ and ‘Fundamental LED’ courses becoming regular, and popular fixtures, alongside our ‘Electrical Know-How for Architectural Lighting Designers’ course. We are also in the process of reviewing our ‘Fundamental Lighting Electrical’ course.

Further to all this, we have a working group looking into the way institution

members and industry in general can better demonstrate and assess competency.

But, for our education to continue to grow, evolve and improve, the ILP needs your help.

As such, as Education VP, I am looking for volunteers from anywhere within the membership to put themselves forward to take an active role within education.

I am hoping to form small sub-groups within the education committee to assist in looking at specific elements and tasks.

These are likely to include the following supporting roles: •Supporting roles: •One-day training development •Exterior Lighting Diploma development •Apprenticeships •Competency Additionally, there is a need to try and improve links with other organisations to allow us to work ‘smarter’ and with less duplication. This means there are likely to be a number of liaison roles opening up, and we are also looking to develop joint marketing and delivery opportunities. These liaison roles would encompass working with: •The Highway Electrical Association •The Lighting Industry Association •Engineers Ireland Finally, we are looking to expand the team of lecturers and trainers, if you feel you have experience and knowledge you want to pass on and know you can be professional and impartial get in touch.

If you do wish to put yourself forward for one or more roles, I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to email me at vp.education@theilp.org.uk

Anthony Smith IEng FILP is the ILP’s Vice President Education and director at Stainton Lighting Design Services

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International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting

DIAMOND LIFE After Kyoto in 2016, the biennial International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting is coming to the UK this year, and will be held in Sheffield in June. Here is what you need to know

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une is always a busy month for lighting professionals, not least because it now contains the highlight of the ILP’s CPD calendar, the Professional Lighting Summit, which this year is being held on 13 and 14 June.

But this year there is even more for lighting professionals to get excited about, because the Sixteenth International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting is being held the week after in Sheffield, from 17-22 June.

The symposium dates back more than 40 years, from the first in Loughborough in 1975. Since 2012 it has been held every two years, with Troy, New York (2012), Lake Como (2014) and Kyoto (2016) being the last three destinations.

Sheffield University’s award-winning £81m The Diamond undergraduate engineering facility (pictured below) will be the suitably appropriate venue. The symposium is designed to bring together scientists and engineers from around the world, from both academia and industry,

to share and exchange the latest progress on the science and technology of lighting.

The symposium will combine morning and afternoon plenary sessions as well as tutorial courses and workshops.

EVOLUTION OF SOLID STATE LIGHTING

Key discussion points this year will be the significant progress on III-nitride semiconductor and organic LEDs in the past two decades and the evolution of solid state lighting technologies.

Indeed, the renowned Professor Sir Colin Humphreys, Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science at Cambridge University, will be one of the keynote speakers, presenting a workshop on ‘III-nitride semiconductor materials for lighting’.

He will be joined by Dr Sujan Rajbhandari, lecturer in Coventry University’s School of Computing Engineering and Maths, who will present a workshop on ‘GaN LEDs for Li-Fi’.

Other confirmed speakers over the week include Ling Wu, secretary-general of the China Solid State Lighting Alliance, Professor Yoichi Kawakami of Kyoto University, and Professor Mariana G Figueiro, director of the Lighting Research Center and professor of architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy. The opening lecture of the symposium will be delivered by marine signals consultant Ian Tutt.

If you’re interested in attending, don’t leave it the last moment, however. The final date for bookings is 2 June and the cutoff for discounted ‘early bird’ rates is 10 May. To find out more and how to book your place, go to http://www.ls16.org/

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT: Sixteenth International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting WHEN: 17-22 June, 2018 WHERE: The Diamond, Sheffield University HOW TO BOOK: go to http://www.ls16.org and follow the links. The standard early bird registration fee is £450.

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ILP membership and competition

When: 10 May 2018, 11:00 – 15.00 Where: University College London, The Bartlett, Faculty of the Built Environment, Lecture Room 225, Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1H 0NN

HAVE YOU UPGRADED YOUR MEMBERSHIP? IF NOT, DO YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED IN ORDER TO DO SO? YLP is organising a one-day event to support all the members and non-members of the ILP to upgrade their membership and follow the required process in order to obtain their EngTech, IEng or CEng registration through the Engineering Council

• Are you under 35 years old?

• Do you have an interest in any aspect of lighting?

• Do you want to share your passion, your ideas, and your work with other professionals of the lighting industry?

The YLP invites you to enter the YLP Mini Paper Competition!!! All you need to do is submit a 500-word

abstract of your work as a Young Lighting Professional to ylp@theilp.org.uk. Your work will be assessed by a panel of competent lighting professionals and four finalists will be invited to present their work in front of the assessment panel and other lighting professionals at the YLP AGM in November.

The winner will be announced

Details: The event will start with presentations from • Vice President Membership Development, •ILP members who have completed their upgrade following either the standard route or the individual route •One member of the ILP Assessment Panel that will give you the insights of a successful application and interview After the presentations, we will be hosting a one-to-one membership guidance session from the ILP membership team.

•We will provide an opportunity for individuals who are looking to join or upgrade their membership to obtain one-to-one guidance from those who have been through the full membership process.

Members of the ILP membership committee will also be in attendance, and this will be an informal opportunity to discuss any obstacles that you are encountering.

Interested? Contact ylp@theilp.org.uk

at the end of the YLP technical event and he/she will have the opportunity to publish their work in the Lighting Journal. Prizes for the winner to be announced shortly.

Dates: • 01 July 2018 – Submit your 500-word abstract to ylp@theilp.org.uk • 01 September 2018 – four

finalists announced • November 2018 (exact day TBC) – final 15-min presentation at the YLP AGM in London • November 2018 (exact day TBC) – Winner announced

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The 2018 ILP Professional Lighting Summit

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A key focus of this year’s ILP Professional Lighting Summit will be encouraging young and newly-qualified lighting professionals to be engaging with the value, and importance, of CPD

By Colin Fish

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hen ILP members gather in Thame in Oxfordshire in June for this year’s Professional Lighting Summit, it will be one year – to the day – since the horrific tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire.

The fallout from Grenfell remains very much a ‘live’ political issue, and rightly so.

In terms of our profession – both lighting and engineering more generally – the debate and learning from the fire is still ongoing, and I fully expect it to be an important discussion point among members as we mark that tragic anniversary.

But what can members look forward to in Thame from 13-14 June?

Much of the speaker line-up was still being finalised as this edition of Lighting Journal went to press in March, though do look out for an update in next month’s edition and online, at www.theilp.org.uk

FROM FINANCE TO LIGHT FESTIVALS

This year, as every year, we’re looking to offer a Summit that provides papers of high interest for all our membership, from our core members from a street lighting background through to our architectural lightwww.theilp.org.uk

ing colleagues and everyone in between.

There will be papers around how people are financing the replacement of their lighting, and how that process can be streamlined.

One paper that has caught my eye will be looking at the ins and outs of putting on light festivals – what the process is, where they can be held, and the often significant benefits such festivals can bring to a local economy.

FREE TECHNICAL UPDATE

One change this year will be the technical committee’s update on the final day of the Summit, from 2.30pm.

The ILP is all about high-quality CPD and, if we want our members to have access to CPD and technical services as a core membership benefit, then we need to make that available to all our members, especially those up-and-coming within our industry.

To that end, we want to encourage members and employers to send their younger staff to this session. To encourage this, the paid-for element of the Summit will therefore now finish before the technical com-

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mittee reports and the technical session will, for the first time, become an open, free-to-attend session for everyone.

EMBEDDING CPD IN THE PROFESSION

From next year, CPD will become a mandatory requirement of being Engineering Council-registered.

Even before the Grenfell disaster, this was going to change the whole onus of CPD; it was going to make CPD more regulated and audited. Post-Grenfell – which has put a fiercely sharp spotlight on competency within everything from cladding through to the manufacture of white goods – the importance of mandatory, measurable CPD is only going to become even more pronounced.

Nevertheless, I am hopeful this change will also bring positive side-effects. It has the potential to make all walks of engineering more professional and accountable and, even, more highly esteemed once again.

Events such as The Professional Lighting Summit can only enhance this change.

With the baton of the ILP Presidency passing from Alan Jaques to me at the Summit, the core message I will be looking to get across in Thame is that our world and industry is changing, our Institution is changing, but CPD will – and always must – remain at the forefront of being a lighting professional. I very much look forward to seeing you in Thame.

Colin Fish IEng MILP is the ILP’s Senior Vice President and is lighting team leader north at Atkins

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT: The 2018 ILP Professional Lighting Summit WHEN: 13-14 June WHERE: The Oxford Belfry, near Thame, Oxfordshire HOW TO REGISTER: www.theilp.org.uk

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Light School 2018

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February’s Light School at the Surface Design Show, supported by the ILP, gave lighting professionals a golden opportunity to showcase the industry to a non-lighting audience, many of whom were there specifically to source new lighting solutions

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ore than 5,000 visitors attending February’s Surface Design Show, with around a fifth (20%) estimated also to have hot-footed it to Light School.

According to organisers Light Collective, the Light School theatre was ‘full, if not over-flowing’ during the three days of light-led CPD presentations.

Lighting was the second most sought-after product cited by visitors to the show, with 45% saying this was a key reason for them attending. A total of 37% said they were looking to source illuminated surfaces.

The fact that just 7% of visitors were lighting designers clearly illustrated the reach Light School can have in terms of bringing lighting, new lighting technologies and lighting professionals to a much wider audience beyond the industry.

GROWING RELEVANCE

As well as the ‘Light Talks’ CPD ‘lessons’, exhibitors from across the industry showcased their wares at Product School, with some 12 Light School exhibitors attending the show this year.

The Light Talks programme was sponsored by LED Linear and Light School as a whole was supported by the ILP, as it has been since the initiative was launched five years ago.

Darrell Barrs, head of lighting at Applelec, said of this year’s Light School: ‘We

attend and exhibit at Surface Design Show every year. 2018 has been well organised and busy as always. We meet a good mix of potential clients, partners and exhibitors each year and the growing light focus ensures we speak to relevant people.’

Speakers this year included Christopher Knowlton, of 18 Degrees; Rebecca Weir of Light IQ; former ILP VP Architectural Mark Ridler, of BDP; Farhad Rahim, of BuroHappold; Nick MacLiammoir, of Arup; Theo Paradise-Hirst, of ChapmanBDSP; Peter Veale, of Firefly Lighting Design; Ellie Grierson, of Studio EG; and Jonathan Rush, of Hoare Lea. Watch out for next month’s Lighting Journal, where we will be bringing you an abridged version of the fascinating presentation by Jonathan Howard of DHA Designs on the evolution, and future, of aviation lighting.

The ILP has also committed to supporting next year’s Light School which will, again, be held at London’s Business Design School and will run from 5-9 February, 2019.

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Consultants

This directory gives details of suitably qualified, individual members of the Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) who offer consultancy services.

Steven Biggs

Allan Howard

Alan Tulla

Skanska Infrastructure Services

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BEng(Hons) CEng FILP FSLL London WC2A 1AF

T: 07827 306483 E: allan.howard@wspgroup.com

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Award winning professional multi-disciplinary lighting design consultants. Extensive experience in technical design and delivery across all areas of construction, including highways, public realm and architectural projects. Providing energy efficient design and solutions.

Professional artificial and daylight lighting services covering design, technical support, contract and policy development including expert advice and analysis to develop and implement energy and carbon reduction strategies.

Expert witness regarding obtrusive lighting, light nuisance and environmental impact investigations.

Simon Bushell

Alan Jaques

Michael Walker

SSE Enterprise Lighting

Atkins

McCann Ltd

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www.sseenterprise.co.uk Professional consultancy from the UK’s and Irelands largest external lighting contractor. From highways and tunnels, to architectural and public spaces our electrical and lighting designers also provide impact assessments, lighting and carbon reduction strategies along with whole installation packages.

IEng MILP

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Professional consultancy providing technical advice, design and management services for exterior and interior applications including highway, architectural, area, tunnel and commercial lighting. Advisors on energy saving strategies, asset management, visual impact assessments and planning.

Lorraine Calcott

Tony Price

it does Lighting Ltd

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Award winning lighting design practice specialising in interior, exterior, flood and architectural lighting with an emphasis on section 278/38, town centre regeneration and mitigation for ecology issues within SSSI’s/SCNI’s.Experts for the European Commission and specialists in circadian lighting

BSc (Hons) CEng MILP MSLL Oxted RH8 9EE

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www.vanguardiaconsulting.co.uk Chartered engineer with wide experience in exterior and public realm lighting. All types and scales of project, including transport, tunnels, property development (both commercial and residential) and sports facilities. Particular expertise in planning advice, environmental impact assessment and expert witness.

Mark Chandler

Alistair Scott

MMA Lighting Consultancy Ltd

Designs for Lighting Ltd

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Exterior lighting consultant’s who specialise in all aspects of street lighting design, section 38’s, section 278’s, project management and maintenance assistance. We also undertake lighting appraisals and environmental lighting studies

Professional lighting design consultancy offering technical advice, design and management services for exterior/interior applications for highway, architectural, area, tunnel and commercial lighting. Advisors on lighting and energy saving strategies, asset management, visual impact assessments and planning.

John Conquest

Anthony Smith

4way Consulting Ltd

Stainton Lighting Design Services Ltd

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IEng FILP

Stockton on Tees TS23 1PX

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Providing exterior lighting and ITS consultancy and design services and specialising in the urban and inter-urban environment. Our services span the complete Project Life Cycle for both the Public and Private Sector

Specialist in: Motorway, Highway Schemes, Illumination of Buildings, Major Structures, Public Artworks, Amenity Area Lighting, Public Spaces, Car Parks, Sports Lighting, Asset Management, Reports, Plans, Assistance, Maintenance Management, Electrical Design and Communication Network Design.

Stephen Halliday

Nick Smith

WSP

Nick Smith Associates Limited

EngTech AMILP

Manchester M50 3SP

IEng MILP

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Public and private sector professional services providing design, technical support, contract and policy development for all applications of exterior lighting and power from architectural to sports, area and highways applications. PFI technical advisor and certifier support, HERS registered personnel.

Specialist exterior lighting consultant. Private and adopted lighting and electrical design for highways, car parks, area and sports lighting.

Lighting Impact assessments, expert witness and CPD accredited Lighting design AutoCAD and Lighting Reality training courses

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www.alantullalighting.com Site surveys of sports pitches, road lighting and offices. Architectural lighting for both interior and exterior. Visual Impact Assessments for planning applications. Specialises in problem solving and out-of-the-ordinary projects.

MILP IEng CMS.

Nottingham NG9 6DQ M: 07939 896887 E: m.walker@jmccann.co.uk

www.mccann-ltd.co.uk Design for all types of exterior lighting including street lighting, car parks, floodlighting, decorative lighting, and private lighting. Independent advice regarding light trespass, carbon reduction and invest to save strategies.

Asset management, data capture, inspection and testing services available.

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Go to: www.theilp.org.uk for more information and individual expertise

Neither Lighting Journal nor the ILP is responsible for any services supplied or agreements entered into as a result of this listing.

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Diary

THE DIARY 01 May

Fundamental LED course Venue: ILP, Regent House, Rugby

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17-22 June – the 16th International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Light, which will take place at The Diamond at the University of Sheffield. The last booking date is 2 June

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LSE regional technical seminar Venue: London Canal Museum

17 April

Midland AGM and technical meeting Venue: Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham

25 April

‘How to be brilliant’, with Sally Storey from Lighting Design International Venue: Body & Soul, Rosebery Avenue, London

26 April

North East Region AGM Venue: Inn on the Lake, Glenridding, Cumbria

Electric know-how for architectural lighting designers Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London

03 May

Lighting Design Awards Venue: London Hilton, Park Lane

09 May

Fundamental Lighting Course Venue: ILP, Regent House, Rugby

14-15 May

Horticultural Lighting Conference 2018 Europe Venue: Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands

23 May

‘How to be brilliant’, Lisa Hammond from Gravity Design Associates Venue: Body & Soul, Rosebery Avenue, London

13-14 June

Professional Lighting Summit Venue: The Oxford Belfry, near Thame

17-22 June

Sixteenth International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Light Venue: The Diamond, University of Sheffield

20-21 June

Lighting Fixture Design Conference 2018 Cavendish Conference Centre, London For full details of all events, go to: www. theilp.org.uk/events

16 May

International Day of Light Worldwide

22 May

Emergency Lighting Conference Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre, London

IN THE MAY ISSUE TAKING FLIGHT

How aviation lighting has evolved, and what it could look like in the future

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HEALTH MATTERS

Why light pollution is in the firing line of England’s chief medical officer

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