Menswear brand uses 3D-printed bio lights
The menswear brand Moss has used 3D-printed and bio plastic spotlights at its latest outlet in Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent.
The retail designers specified 126 high-efficiency Nort GS spotlights from UK manufacturer Shoplight.
The track-mounted luminaires offer 72 per cent reusable and recyclable components.
The Nort is made from plant-based polymers rather than traditional aluminium housing, allows the firm to reduce carbon emissions during manufacture by up to 95 per cent.
The Nort also boasts a patented cooling system to take the heat away from the LED sources.
Surplus plastic from the production of the luminaire is recycled using an onsite 3devo shredder. Once granulated, the plastic is reformed using an extruding machine ready to be repurposed as a new product.
The Nort GS is modular in design, allowing it to be repaired or upgraded quickly. At the end of life, it can be returned to Shoplight for a credit towards new bio-polymer products.
Peterborough-based Shoplight has also unveiled a take-back scheme for its bioplastic products, including the Nort. Dubbed Circu-light, it says it can reuse all major components and reform the plastic back into new products. The company says the new service will help contribute to the circular economy.
Shoplight also has a remanufacturing service for retailers and hospitality customers, dubbed Recycle. The company removes the luminaires from the store onsite and replaces them with temporary loaned replacements. It then upgrades the LED module and drivers and returns the upgraded light to the store. The luminaire has been tested and warrantied for five years.
Stoplight says the new LED module and driver will typically reduce the energy consumption by between 15 and 20 per cent due to the improved efficiencies of new LED modules.
• Circular Lighting Live 2024, Recolight’s flagship conference and exhibition, takes place on Wednesday 9 October 2024 at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Free to specifiers, Circular Lighting Live 2024 will feature leading experts, specifiers and policy makers who will share their insights into forthcoming standards and legislation, emerging technologies and new business models. More info: www.circularlighting.live
