A luminaire designed to minimise waste has got an ‘excellent’ rating in the circularity metric TM66. Thorlux Lighting’s SkyCore family of luminaires achieved a score of 2.5 in Cibse’s TM66 Circular Economy Assessment Method (CEAM). During the development of the SkyCore range, Thorlux engineers were tasked with dramatically reducing waste...
Trilux has teamed with a manufacturer of reusable wooden buildings in a deal that will see its SO-Tube LED luminaire included included in the structures. The company is collaborating with with a Berlin-based start-up called Urban Beta which makes environmentally responsible buildings using recyclable wooden modules. Their...
An office luminaire has become the first Zumtobel product to receive the latest version of the Cradle to Cradle certification. The Artelea free-standing unit is made from up to 80 per cent recyclable materials. It was designed to Zumtobel's Circular Design Rules and is one of the...
Some 600 Fagerhult spotlights recovered from the renovation of a Debenhams department store in Manchester have gone on sale. The lights are part of a growing trend for light fittings to removed and reconditioned rather than go to a recycler. EGG Lighting, based in Glasgow, has...
Three prototype luminaires with strong sustainable credentials have been awarded a share of £1.65 million in the US Government’s L Prize. Signify, Lightly and Grid Interactive Efficient Building Alliance all shared the spoils with, respectively, a 3D printed light, an office luminaire made of wood, wool...
Jonathan Rush, director of Hoare Lea, talks to Circular Lighting Report editor Ray Molony about his practice’s need for data from lighting brands. Right now we'd take an EPD, we’d take a PEP, we’d take a TM65 or TM65.2. "We want to just keep moving manufacturers in...
Over 90 Erco spotlights are being upgraded from halogen to LED and reused at Heatherwick Studio in London. The design practice – headed by Thomas Heatherwick and famous for creating the new London Routemaster Bus, the 2012 Olympic cauldron and the Vessel in New York –...
Signify has achieved EcoVadis Platinum, the highest distinction in the international sustainability rating scheme. The company – the largest lighting brand in the world – reached a score of 84/100, making it the fourth year in a row in which it has maintained platinum status. This places Signify in...
Research shows that around 29 million LED, solar and decorative lights are ending up in landfill in the UK annually. The in-depth study conducted by Material Focus as part of the Recycle Your Electricals campaign reveals over half a billion what it terms ‘Fast Tech’ items were purchased in the...
Architect Rachel Hoolahan challenges some of the norms of the lighting industry in this video discussion with Circular Lighting Report editor Ray Molony. "Why can't lighting manufacturers warranty someone else's system?" Asks Hoolahan, associate at leading London architectural practice Orms. "Why is your system so different to...