Compliance News

LIA to launch industry-wide market surveillance initiative

Mar 08, 2017

The LIA initiative, which kicks off in 2017, aims to create a real differential to ensure the market, has access to compliant and quality lighting products.

Don’t get stuck in the dark

Mar 22, 2016

Possible power cuts means compliant emergency lighting is becoming still more crucial

Could The Selection Of ‘Equal And Approved’ Equipment Risk Lives?

Mar 22, 2016

There is nothing wrong with the literal interpretation of the phrase ‘Equal and approved’ as long as the selected equipment really is ‘equal’ to the equipment originally specified.

Emergency Lighting Conversions – Safe, not Sorry!

Mar 22, 2016

The re-engineering of standard luminaires to emergency use is a practice carried out far more in the UK than in any other parts of Europe. Get the conversion wrong however and the consequences for installers, specifiers and converters alike can be far reaching!

LIA Laboratories receives certification to ISO/IEC 17065

Feb 19, 2015

LIA Laboratories Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Lighting Industry Association, has been accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO/IEC 17065 “General requirements for the competence for product certification”, the main ISO standard used for certifying a products safety and performance.

State-of-the-art test laboratories approach readiness

Aug 13, 2014

Joining the Lighting Industry Association’s (LIA) new and very modern Telford lighting test lab is another leading edge test facility being commissioned in Milton Keynes by the British Approvals Service for Cables (BASEC).

LIA builds new £700,000 state-of-the-art lighting test laboratory

Apr 24, 2014

Today, the lighting industry is seeing exciting and dramatic changes, with new technological advances – mainly LED-based - arriving seemingly on an almost daily basis. This means that the demand for lighting testing is increasing fast, and one result is that the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) is planning a new, much larger and more advanced testing laboratory in Telford.

Don’t leave your customers in the dark – independent product verification provides peace of mind

Feb 19, 2014

Through its ISO 17025 accredited testing, verification and certification service, the LIA Laboratories provide lighting manufacturers with an independent ‘testimonial’ for their products, giving customers extra reassurance and peace of mind. The LIA laboratories work to build relationships with the supply chain from manufacturers and specifiers, to wholesalers and end users, meeting the needs of the lighting industry effectively.