Oxford Street’s Christmas lighting will be the most sustainable ever, the New West End Company has vowed. The LED illuminations for London’s shopping thoroughfare will be on a timer which will cut energy use by 67 per cent, and the lighting displays will be made from...
The amount of embodied carbon in a luminaire calculated with TM65 is around 68% higher than those calculated with LCA, a study has found. Researchers found that the weight of the products plays a crucial role in creating discrepancies between the two methodologies. The paper – published...
A leading distributor of lighting has said that it’s easier to sell new luminaires even when they’re more expensive than reconditioned. Rickard Lundell, sales and marketing director at Scandinavian distributor Rebel Light, says that even in projects where sustainable options are considered, ‘we still find that...
Signify has introduced a range of pendants manufactured from what the company terms ‘bio-circular materials’. At least 55 per cent of the Essential series is made from materials derived from waste and residues of biological origin from agriculture, forestry and related industries, such as tall oil...
A raft of lighting projects where lighting has been reused has taken top honours in the lighting category of the Build Back Better Awards 2024. It was an unrivalled year for Green awards, with a total of 13 awarded, reflecting significant investment in sustainability by the...
Circular Lighting Report editor Ray Molony selects a dozen exemplars of low impact lighting which challenge the current take-make-waste norms of luminaire manufacturing and point to an alternative sustainable future. These inspiring developments in materials, modularity, upgradability, replaceability, demountability, and reuse point to a future...
Upcycled luminaires rescued from the potential waste steam have been used to create a lighting landmark at Senate House Steps for the University of London. Lighting consultants BDP asked its suppliers for their discontinued stock and obtained a linear exterior tape which influenced the precise location...
Manufacturers who have published TM66 ratings for their luminaires will not need to recalculate for future editions, one of the co-authors of the standard has declared. Bob Bohannon, head of policy and sustainability at the Lighting Industry Association and, with Kristina Allison, one of the original...
Almost 200 luminaires have been reused in a lighting upgrade at Haberdasher’s Hall in London. The lights were upgraded by the luminaire remanufacturing firm Silent Design using control gear from Tridonic. The team at Tridonic UK were asked to provide wireless lighting solutions for the refurbishment of...
Electrical contractors dropping off end-of-life lamps and luminaires at wholesalers will no longer need paperwork. The Environment Agency has announced that it would no longer enforce certain documentation when customers drop off trade waste at collection points. The change is contained in a new Regulatory Position Statement...