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...
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...