Green IQ Introduction

Energy efficient lighting is at the forefront of today’s eco-conscious issues as the energy consumed by lighting in the UK by an average household takes up 35% of their yearly electricity bill. Traditional light bulbs such as the GLS tungsten produces 8000 times more green house gases than that of the newest energy efficient lamps and therefore they are due to be banned in the UK by 2010. They are already banned in Australia, New Zealand and in the State of California.

With a disappearance of traditional light sources we need to find new ways to be eco-friendly in our lighting, while trying to achieve the same types and quality of light for lighting designs. Fluorescents and LED’s have greatly advanced in technology and become superior to the traditional light sources due to the low energy consumption, long lamp life and soft warm light they can create. Fluorescents have dramatically developed from the hospital wards everyone remembers them from.

To view our range of popular energy efficient lighting, please go to the energy efficient product section.  All of these fittings have been used in energy efficient lighting schemes and have demonstrated that design does not have to be compromised to ensure regulations are kept.

Light IQ believes that we can be conscious of the earth’s needs whilst fulfilling our own. We are proactive in finding new ways to reduce our environmental footprint both in our design process and our company ethos.

This section of our website provides you with information on the new building regulations, the range of energy efficient lamps available as well as lamp recycling. Our interactive page provides an energy calculator which compares the running costs between traditional filament and the new 'energy efficient' lamps. This will enable you to see both the environmental as well as the cost benefits of switching to eco-friendly lighting.

Our lighting designers actively promote 'energy efficient' lighting. We strongly believe that the new technological advances in the lighting industry have led to major breakthroughs ensuring that there are no compromises when creating energy efficient schemes.

In house, we recycle 90% of all our paper and promote an eco-conscious attitude throughout our workforce. Our Light IQ vehicle is a ‘green’ LPG gas van helping us to lead by example. 

LightIQ offers interior designers and architects a series of RIBA approved seminars throughout the year focusing on how to combine both inspirational and 'energy efficient' lighting. For further information please do not hesitate to contact us.