Lighting buyers certainly don’t lack choice. That much was clear from the sheer scale of April’s Light + Building exhibition

This is my first post as editor of Lux, as Ray Molony moves to our new international sister title Lux Review. And in the short period I’ve so far spent in the world of lighting, there’s one thing almost everybody I’ve spoken to has said: this is a time of huge change.

Any move to axe red tape has to be welcome, right?

The Eurocrats must know the drill by now, says Ray Molony, Lux editor

From the editor, Ray Molony

The first electric lighting seen in Europe – that used carbon arc lamps known as Yablochkov candles – was installed at the Grands Magasins du Louvre in Paris in 1875.

So energy prices are soaring. Good

The latest report on the LED market lands with a thud on my desk, almost spilling my latte. ‘Don’t tell me what happens in the end,’ jokes Robert, our facilities guy.

The day Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison stopped arguing in 1883 and joined forces to form the Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company was the last major strategic shift that happened in this industry