THE £50 million refurbishment of the Grand Hotel in Birmingham has seen its huge inventory of original lights restored and reused. The iconic grade II listed building had been closed for 20 years and fell into a state of dilapidation and disrepair. Refurbishment contractor Michael Nugent appointed Fritz...
Fritz Fryer is a 40-year-old British lighting manufacturer which has long championed sustainable manufacturing principles, from short supply chains to offering a take-back service at end of life. In this Circular Lighting Report video short, editor Ray Molony talks to director Simon Wallis-Smith about the company’s...
GERMANY is to ban the illumination of public buildings from 10pm to 6am for the next six months. The prohibition, designed to cut the country’s dependence on the importation of Russian gas, comes into effect in September. Additionally, advertising spaces should not be lit during these times. Exceptions...
THE LIGHTING industry is turning to a recent crop of bioplastics as an environmentally friendly alternative to current materials. Interest has especially been raised by Durabio, a corn starch-based polycarbonate with excellent optical properties from Mitsubishi. Recently, a light-diffusing grade was introduced, pictured right, and a number...
NVC Lighting has announced that it has become carbon neutral for its UK operations. The company has partnered with Carbon Neutral Britain, a consultancy and offsetting organisation, to achieve the milestone. With its help and using international standards, NVC calculated its greenhouse gas emissions in the period...
A SCOTTISH leisure centre operator has had lights from of its venues remanufactured and moved to a second venue seven miles away. Edinburgh Leisure asked local firm EGG Lighting to remove 40 low bay luminaires from its centre in Gracemount, remanufacture them to ‘as new’ standard...
A SWISS firm has unveiled a series of sustainable microprismatics for luminaire optics made from 90 per cent recycled PMMA. Zurich-based Jungbecker says its Greenline will make an important contribution to sustainability in the lighting industry. Crucially, the hot-embossed microstructures made from recyclate retain the highly transparent...
ORLUNA has unveiled a range of downlights manufactured to circular economy principles and supplied with a 20-year repair and reuse guarantee. The company says that’s approach with the Origin and Origin Natural downlights has been to save virgin materials. It has reformulated its entire business along circular...
A UK start-up has began using bio plastics to print luminaires to order. Leeds-based LumiAdd uses polylactic acid, or PLA, for the bodies of its lights, a material which produces 97.5 per cent less Co2 emissions than aluminium sourced in the Far East and 92.7 per...
SIGNIFY has launched an ultra efficient LED tube with an efficiency of 210 lumens per Watt. The MASTER LEDtube UE meets the criteria of the ambitious new EU energy labelling and eco-design framework for an A rating. Under these updated rules, lighting products need energy efficiency of...