Retail illumination specialist Shoplight says it has received the first return of its Nort biopolymer lights under its take back scheme. The Peterborough-based manufacturer said that 63 spotlights were sent back by designer shopping mall Bicester Village in Oxfordshire after a refurbishment. Shoplight said the spots ‘had...
Lighting manufacturer Dextra has reused luminaires at the office of an education provider in the East Midlands while delivering energy savings of 60 per cent. The company replaced the T5 fluorescent lamps and associated components with LED gear trays and wireless controls in the existing housing. The...
A report into Jersey's refurbished Opera House found its lighting system uses an ‘unethical’ amount of energy. It said the traditional technology was ‘completely incompatible with a modern requirement’ using up to 83 per cent more electricity than LEDs. The tungsten sources, which require hefty phase control...
A new generation of sustainable streetlights with a rated life of 100,000 hours and an efficacy of over 200 lumens per Watt has been unveiled by major Chinese brand Sansi. The company, a pioneer of ceramic-on-chip LED modules, says its units can maintain 85 per cent...
A luminaire manufacturer which has been pioneering sustainability in the United States has unveiled a standardised LED gear tray for upgrading fluorescent office lights. Wisconsin-based Apprime Lighting, which launched in 2024, unveiled what it terms the Modular ReLite Chassis. The company says it’s the first tool-less...
An upgrade of bulkhead luminaires in two care homes has demonstrated significant savings and a lower environmental impact than replacing with new lights. Egg Lighting says its remanufacturing of the 10 generation one LED fittings and 26 emergency lights has saved £4,500 compared to buying new...
A striking trend in lighting in recent years has been for luminaires with wooden housings. From spotlights to streetlights to emergency lighting signs, they’re all getting a natural makeover with sustainable materials. Here Circular Lighting Report editor Ray Molony selects a dozen exemplars of the...
A reusable lighting packaging system developed by Whitecroft Lighting has eliminated over two tonnes of waste from the supply chain at Fife Learning Campus, Scotland’s first net zero college. The innovative Geopak™ solution replaces traditional single-use cardboard and plastic packaging with modular, GPS-tracked polypropylene totes. Designed...
Industrial giant Schneider Electric has published 50,000 environmental product declarations for its products in what’s believed to be a record for the industry. The EPDs, which include lighting and lighting accessories, have been released on the OneClick LCA platform, taking the number of mechanical, electrical and...
Lighting rafts originally designed for T5 fluorescent lamps have been reused and upraded to LED in a sustainable project at a Manchester office. For P&A Projects, the company tasked with the upgrade, this represented a challenge as none of the rafts was identical, and each one...