Work has finished on a huge extension of the roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system at Thorlux Lighting’s headquarters in Redditch, Worcestershire. The original solar installation came on-line in 2019 and supplied around 225,000 kWh of electricity annually. The expanded solar grid on the roof of its factory will now deliver...
Construction giant Skanska has become one of the latest clients to reuse and upgrade luminaires rather than replacing them. The company take advantage of a take back scheme from Trilux to re-purpose the original luminaires, re-using all salvageable material and upgrading to the latest LEDs and...
A Recolight web platform which matches donors of surplus and used luminaires with recipients has won a Build Back Better Award for its contribution to sustainability. Circular Place, an online luminaire exchange designed to prevent new, nearly new and pre-used luminaires from being recycled or ending...
The industry is Europe is facing an ‘avalanche’ of environmental legislation, the outgoing chief of LightingEurope has warned. Orania Georgoutsakou, secretary general of the manufacturers’ organisation, says that these are currently at least nine proposals, either new or revisions of existing EU laws, making their way...
A modular range of downlights designed to be demountable and upgradable has won a Build Back Better Gold award in the Circular Economy category. Every single element of Linea Light Group’s series of EVO downlights has been designed to be assembled and disassembled without using any...
Some 350 luminaires removed from a London office fit-out have been reused in an exemplar sustainable building for Cambridge University. BDP upgraded and reused the lights in the transformation of a 1930s telephone exchange into the £12 million Entopia Building, a new headquarters for the Cambridge...
London-based lighting brand Tala has become a B Corporation. The company – known for its distinctive oversized lamps – scored 89.7 in its first B Impact assessment, exceeding the industry certified average of 87.1 and becoming only the sixth UK-based lighting company to join the non-profit network. The company...
A Norman Foster-designed office in Budapest has set a new standard for large premium workplaces with an installed lighting load of just 3W per square metre. The 27-storey building for the oil and gas company MOL Group uses linear LED lighting to deliver a general illumination...
Experts in the remanufacturing and reconditioning of luminaires are set to gather in London next week for the industry’s first dedicated event on the topic. Organised by the Recolight, the waste compliance body and authority on sustainability in lighting, the one-day conference will explore the opportunities...
A range of upmarket chandeliers aimed at top hotels and restaurants are being made from the laughing gas canisters discarded by teenagers. London firm Diplomat Design collects the distinctive nitrous oxide (N2O) cylinders from the streets of the capital and uses them to create luminaires with...