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...
In an invited contribution, Erco proposes a reappraisal of the approach to lighting design in a time of high energy. Its manifesto is based on a laser-like focus on the 'effectiveness' of the light, and putting light only where human perception demands it, and nowhere...
AN ITALIAN start-up has unveiled a range of streetlights made from bio-based and recovered polyethylene, which is ultra resistant to corrosion, pollution and extreme weather. Lorelux says its lights are vandal-proof, 100% eco-sustainable and have a lifetime of at least 50 years. The material allows infinite custom...
ONE OF the lighting industry’s biggest brands has diversified…into honey. Leading German manufacturer Erco uses a colony of around 200,000 bees to produce the sweet substance. It’s packaged in Erco-branded jars with a bee and honeycomb graphic and the words ‘sommarhunig’or summer honey. The company has had five...
THE CHANDELIERS at Leeds Town Hall have been reconditioned and upgraded instead of being replaced in a recent refurbishment of the Victorian interior. The seven luminaires aren’t original. In fact, they have hung in the hall only since the 1960s. But the council and its contractor...
On the 10th anniversary of London 2012, we review the legacy of the ‘greenest Olympics ever’ with lighting designer Mark Sutton Vane. Sutton Vane created the distinctive look of the public realm at the games, including the striking ‘Memory Masts’. In this Circular Lighting Report video short,...
A HIGH BAY luminaire which folds up to save on space and packaging and is partly made with waste plastic, has been unveiled by RAB Lighting. The L34 features a collapsing wing design made up of two articulating panels that house the LEDs on either side...
UK lighting manufacturer Holophane Europe has unveiled an ambitious sustainability initiative. The EarthLIGHT initiative sets the company on a path towards a more sustainable environment, carbon neutral operations and the circular economy. It also addresses corporate governance and social issues. Holophane has taken the strategic decision to...
A SUSTAINABLE coffee chain has become the latest industry client to specify pre-used luminaires for one of its outlets. Origin, a B-Corp-approved company, insisted on second-life lighting for its cafe, roastery and food outlet in Porthleven, Cornwall. Vintage fluorescent fittings with updated LED sources are used...