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Training & Development

All lighting professionals must demonstrate continuing professionalism and competence. Our programme of courses, seminars and events plays a key role in helping lighting professionals maintain and update their existing skills, acquire new skills and progress their career.

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Membership

The Institution of Lighting Professionals unites the skills of engineering, design and technology in order to deliver quality lighting for the built environment and to achieve public benefit.

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Regions & Groups

The ILP Regions are a flexible network of volunteer ILP members across the UK and Ireland, organising local Continuous Professional Development events and networking opportunities. Each Region has a main committee and an organising group, supported by ILP staff, to deliver quality educational events.

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Lighting Journal

The Lighting Journal is the official, monthly magazine of the Institution and is exceptional in delivering information on all aspects of the lighting profession. Issues include a lively mix from technical articles, developments, and detailed case studies, to new products and services, professional news, opinion and debate.

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Back Issues

ILP members can view all issues digitally in the My ILP members area on our website and can also access back issues in the library at Regent Place.

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Jobs

Do you have a vacancy in your business? Advertise here and get in front of the largest audience of lighting professionals in the UK. Contact Beverley Carter on 020 3137 8582 or [email protected]

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Consultant Directory

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Distributed nationally and internationally, Lighting Journal is highly regarded within the industry for its authoritative thought leadership on all aspects of the lighting profession.

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Contact the Lighting Journal

Lighting Journal’s content is chosen and evaluated by volunteers on our reader panel, peer review group and a small representative group, which holds focus meetings responsible for the strategic direction of the publication. If you would like to volunteer to be involved, please contact the editor. We also welcome reader letters to the editor.

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ILP Guide to the Lighting Industry


The UK lighting sector is blessed with a wide range of organisations, committees, and working groups that consider and lead on industry issues, advocacy, standards, regulation, and practice, not least, of course, the ILP.

As an influential professional body, we are consulted by the government on a wide range of issues, including legislation and regulations that affect the built environment.

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