Festive fireworks for events such as New Year’s Eve could be replaced with more environmentally friendly alternatives, say experts. They point to a new generation of biodegradable displays, such as those pioneered by Dutch lighting designer and innovator Daan Roosegaarde. Roosegaarde successfully trialled his firework alternative – dubbed...
A family lighting business in Denmark has established a ‘circular business model’ and is now specialising in ‘keeping lights in the ceiling’. Copenhagen-based Fischer Lighting upgrades luminaires – both its own and rivals – in an effort to prevent waste, and have developed a number of...
A London-based design company says it has become the first in the world to 3D print lights from wood. Hagen Hinderdael prints the Cocoon range of pendant luminaires and table lamps from sawdust bound together with lignin, a plant-based polymer. The light source is an ultra-slim...
A slew of big industry brands have announced that they’re backing the dedicated sustainability event Circular Lighting Live 2023. Signify is the platinum sponsor, while gold backers include Feilo Sylvania, Glamox Luxonic, Trilux, Holophane Europe, Urbis Schréder, ASD Lighting, Bell Lighting, EGG Lighting, Silent Design, TRT...
The interior and lighting of a co-working office project have been designed with the circular economy at its heart. Impact Hub Berlin is a community and working space in the German capital which has been created as an incubator for entrepreneurs and start-up businesses in the...
Acuity Brands has committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2040. The company – one of the biggest lighting firms in the world – has signed the Climate Pledge and says its ambitious goal will benefit its employees and customers in the coming years. Atlanta-based Acuity...
Arfon Davies, UK Lighting Design Director at Arup, talks to Circular Lighting Report editor Ray Molony about the practice’s sustainability and circularity strategy. It extends to challenging clients about the fundamentals of the project itself and asking them to consider reuse and refurbishment as a starting...
Lighting company Skinflint is donating 20 per cent of its sale price to a range of charities under its Planet Pay Back programme. The Black Friday promotion gives the customer a fifth off the list price off one of its vintage lights alongside a promise that...
One of the first street lights to achieve an ‘excellent’ TM66 score for circularity has been unveiled by DW Windsor. The Pro S version of its long-established Kirium range scored above 2.5 in the assessment method, putting it in the top bracket. The luminaire was evaluated in...
UK-based start-up company Spared has unveiled a range of table lamps made from recycled plastic coat hangers, solvent-free gypsum and 3D-printed plastic made from sugarcane. The Xou lamp, its first lighting product, was created in collaboration with local lighting company houseof. The lamp is made from two...