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Lighting legislation is changing around the world. Many governments have accepted the need to promote new lighting systems such as LED light bulbs, in order to reduce energy bills and protect the environment. Most of this legislation focuses on incandescent bulbs. These bulbs convert just 10% or less of electrical energy into light; they disperse the rest as heat. This means incandescent bulbs are highly energy-inefficient. From September 2009, the European Union has phased in leg …

For hundreds of years, people have been landscaping their gardens. Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown is probably the most famous landscape gardener of all time, and examples of his work still exist today. In the 1700s, electricity was unheard of – let alone energy efficient LED light bulbs; imagine the possibilities for a genius like Capability Brown if he’d had access to this sort of technology! In more recent times, people have realised the benefit of using outside lighting. This has …

LED lighting is no longer confined to commercial settings and is increasingly used in all manner of applications in the home, including track lighting. Modern track systems come in a variety of designs, from sleek nickel finishes to stark white. They are not just straight. Tracks can now be bent and adapted to rooms of any shape and size. The lights themselves can be fixed or moved along the track, and they can be swivelled to focus on different parts of the room. A track system’s …