About Us
The key purpose of the ILE is to promote excellence in all forms of lighting. This includes interior, exterior, sports, road, flood, emergency, tunnel, security and festive lighting as well as design and consultancy services. The Institution is a registered charity, a limited company and a licensed body of the Engineering Council. The ILE has a very strong regional network covering the entire UK and Ireland. Regional meetings are held regularly around the two countries giving members a chance to see presentations on the latest issues in the lighting community. The ILE offers many other ways for members to keep their Continuous Professional Development up to date, by organising a wide range of conferences, seminars and courses. The ILE's annual conference goes from strength to strength with delegates attending each year to discover more about how to continuously achieve excellence in lighting. The ILE organises one day Lighting Roadshows around the UK to promote its message.
There is an old saying that people are only aware of lighting when it is not working. The ILE is dedicated to raising awareness about the important contribution of lighting to road safety, crime prevention and the environment. Good lighting promotes a feeling of security and well being; bad lighting kills people, places and jobs. By targeting schools and colleges the ILE seeks to show how for relatively little financial outlay, the whole lifestyle of housing estates, town centres and industrial areas can be transformed to have a high profile visible impact on the quality of life for their inhabitants. The ILE has proven that tremendous improvements can be achieved at small cost. The Institution lobbies central and local government to this effect and seeks to raise public awareness particularly among the young about the crucial role of lighting in everyday life.
By providing the best possible service to members, and consistently addressing the important issues within lighting, the Institution of Lighting Engineers proves time and again that it is indeed 'The Independent Voice of the Lighting Profession'. |
The Institution of Lighting Engineers (ILE) is the UK and Ireland's largest and most influential professional lighting association, dedicated solely to excellence in lighting. Founded in 1924 as the Association of Public Lighting Engineers, the ILE has evolved to include lighting designers, consultants and engineers amongst its 2,200 strong membership.
The 'Lighting Journal', produced bi-monthly by the ILE, is widely acknowledged as the best lighting publication in the country. All members receive a free subscription to the 'Lighting Journal' and the ILE also supplies the magazine to subscribers throughout the world. Other services available to members include access to the ILE's technical library and free technical advice from the experts in each field of lighting. A wide range of technical publications is available, with members guaranteed generous discounts on regular prices. There are various grades of membership within the Institution, and members have the option of registering with the Engineering Council through the ILE. Anyone with an interest in lighting can become an Affiliate of the ILE, at an annual cost of less than £100.00. This entitles members to immediate access to all of the benefits of membership previously described.
Recent initiatives supported by the ILE have focused on informing young people about the importance of lighting and encouraging them to consider a career in the profession. The ILE's comprehensive campaign has targeted 5-7 year olds by supporting the 'Today's Engineers' competition and secondary schools students with its involvement in the 'Young Engineers for Britain' challenge. Last but not least the ILE catered for GCSE and A Level students by arranging a special lecture by Adam Hart-Davis 'Casting Light on the Curriculum', together with a careers exhibition.