What’s believed to be the first bioplastic to pass the UK’s TP(a) and TP(b) flammability tests has been unveiled. The PC Lexan EX9332T – a polycarbonate made from ‘tall oil’ from wood –has been tested by Warringtonfire and found to pass both standards. The amount of the bioplastic...
Signify has reused all 1,800 lights in a major upgrade of the lighting at Dublin Port Tunnel. The company has reconditioned the 17-year-old luminaires in the five and a half mile shaft, replacing the high-pressure sodium lamps and gear with LED. Installers made use of the existing...
Thorlux Lighting has designed and engineered its latest luminaire in a bid to keep waste to a minimum. During the development of the SkyCore range, Thorlux engineers were tasked with dramatically reducing waste during manufacture. Through careful selection of steel sheet size and optimising the...
A French company is planning to commercialise bioluminescence as an alternative to artificial light. Glowee focuses on producing versions of urban furniture which currently include some sort of artificial lighting technology – such as signage and ambient lighting – that instead incorporate an appropriately sized and...
The City of London Corporation has thrown its weight behind the battle against light pollution by becoming a signatory of the Lighting Urban Community International (LUCI) pledge. As the governing body responsible for the Square Mile, this step solidifies the corporation's determination to wield its planning...
An innovative luminaire made from wood, wool and hemp is ‘challenging traditional luminaire design’ by omitting diffusers. Instead, US firm Lightly uses two light sources aimed at an arch finished in highly reflective eco-friendly paint to deliver a low-glare glowing illumination without needing plastic diffusers. It...
• Simon Fisher, host of Recolight’s sustainable luminaire design workshops, believes the phasing out of fluorescent light sources will alter the traditional payback calculations. Instead, why don’t we take the opportunity to move to carbon-based comparisons? Amendments to the RoHS directives will soon prohibit the manufacture...
The European Union is moving closer the making the mandatory carbon assessments of buildings compulsory. A reworking of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) has received the support of the European Parliament, setting the scene for the adoption of whole life carbon assessments (WLCAs) for...
A number of experts from across the supply chain are set to unveil their ideas for tackling waste from Cat A office lighting installations. A lighting designer, an interior architect and a sustainability specialist from the interiors sector are among the participants in a Recolight-organised webinar...
UK start-up LumiAdd has unveiled a range of luminaires printed in biodegradable plastic. The Origin series of pendants is made from polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA, a bioplastic that ‘fades back into nature’. PHA which is created by a naturally occurring process called fermentation. It's 100 per cent bio-based...