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The T8 and T5 Ban: What Replaces What?
T8 and T5 tubes are banned from sale in Great Britain. Use this like-for-like trade lookup to match every common fluorescent fitting with its LED swap.
Fluorescent Is Finished: The UK Retrofit Guide for Contractors and Building Owners
Fluorescent tubes are no longer sold in Great Britain. This trade retrofit guide covers the ban timeline, gear trays, battens, panels and sector plans.
School LED Energy Savings: The £10,000 a Year Claim, Built Up Room by Room
A typical secondary school saves over £10,000 a year on lighting energy after a full LED refurbishment, which compounds to over £100,000 across 10 years. That claim deserves to be shown, not just stated. This [...]
Using CIF and SCA Funding for School Lighting Projects: Spending This Round Well and Winning the Next One
The Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) 2026 to 27 outcome was announced on 22 May 2026: £450 million across 813 projects at 684 academies and sixth-form colleges, including electrical works, with around 40% of applying schools [...]
Emergency Lighting for Schools: BS 5266-1 Duties, Testing and Exit Signage Explained
Schools must provide emergency lighting that allows safe evacuation when normal lighting fails, designed to BS 5266-1 and tested under the regime set out in BS EN 50172. In practice that means emergency luminaires along [...]
DALI Dimming for Assembly Halls, Theatres and Sports Halls: Scene Control That Earns Its Keep
DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) is a standardised digital protocol that lets each luminaire be addressed, dimmed and grouped individually over a simple two-wire control bus. For school halls, theatres and sports halls, it means [...]
