Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent has reconditioned and upgraded its 57 iconic ‘lighthouses’ which punctuated the main mall. The destination, managed by Landsec, is one of the UK's busiest retail locations, welcoming over 27 million visitors annually. With a commitment to maintaining its architectural integrity and enhancing...
Global environmental software platform OneClick LCA has published a guide to help specifiers and lighting designers read its Environmental Product Declarations. EPD are a standardised and internationally recognised form of environmental labelling for products. EPDs provide detailed information about the environmental impact of a luminaire. They are...
A US firm is manufacturing architectural luminaires from salvaged wood. Stickbulb, based in New York, makes a range of linear fittings, freestanding units and pendants using pin-oak, a popular tree in North America due to is fast growth and tolerance to pollution. The company says over 12,500...
The menswear brand Moss has used 3D-printed and bio plastic spotlights at its latest outlet in Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent. The retail designers specified 126 high-efficiency Nort GS spotlights from UK manufacturer Shoplight. The track-mounted luminaires offer 72 per cent reusable and recyclable components. The Nort is...
Engineering and lighting design consultancy Aecom has selected One Click LCA’s sustainability platform to help it decarbonise its projects. The collaboration enhances Aecom’s strategy that aims to deliver a 50% per cent carbon reduction on major client projects. The practice’s engineers will use One Click LCA’s...
The NHS Trust responsible for St Thomas’ Hospital in London has reused and upgraded luminaires on the site. Trojan Lighting reconditioned ageing fluorescent lights in situ, installing a LED gear tray with a MyMesh intelligent node. The engineer responsible for the project, engineering site lead David Crane,...
Recolight has unveiled an environmental data service for lighting manufacturers to help them create Life Cycle Assessments and Environmental Product Declarations for their luminaires. The organisation has teamed up with global software platform One Click LCA to streamline the process of measuring a light fitting’s carbon...
Ten US states have taken action to move lighting markets to LED lightbulbs. Policymakers from California, Colorado, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington – have passed ‘clean lighting bills’, advancing their transition to more efficient LED technology. Together, the ten states will...
Trojan Lighting has announced that it has introduced plastic-free packaging across its entire product range. The St Helens-based company – a specialist in energy saving and intelligent lighting and remanufacturing for the commercial, retail and public sectors – has instead adopted paper packaging to house its luminaires. ‘This...
A luminaire made from used vapes from the streets of London has been created by a designer fed up with finding the discarded electronic cigarettes in his neighbourhood. The ELFBAR vapes are disassembled, cleaned and reassembled by Matthew Kavanagh of Diplomat Design before incorporation in a...