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...
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...