Lighting manufacturers are experimenting with breakthrough carbon-free aluminium, made in a process which emits no greenhouse gases. The technology – which is being pioneered in a partnership by global aluminium giants and rivals Rio Tinto and Alcoa – is said to be the first smelting process ever...
Luminaires sold in the European Union look set to require a Digital Product Passport in the coming years after new Ecodesign regulations were approved by the EU Council. It is expected that luminaires will come into scope of the rules, meaning it will become mandatory to...
Austrian lighting giant Zumtobel has introduced a direct current version of its best-selling Tecton continuous row lighting system. It’s believed to the first time a major lighting brand has produced a DC variant. The DC variant is aimed at commercial, industrial and retail installations where renewable power...
An emerging product class in lighting is targeting fluorescent-to-LED upgrades in the commercial sector. The tubular LED fixtures are designed to replace T5 and T8 fluorescent lamps while addressing the problems normally associated with LED tubes. Technically, they are luminaires tested to luminaire standards and featuring double...
The lighting industry has broadly welcomed the draft standard for remanufacturing of luminaires and begun giving its feedback. British Standard BS8887-221 is in public consultation until Wednesday 17 July 2024 and will be published in February 2025. The aims of the new document are to standardise terms,...
A lighting industry executive who travels by public transport for sustainability reasons has just completed his 500th national trip by train. Despite the fact that Cliffe Tribe, UK specification sales manager for wireless controls brand Casambi, regularly criss-crosses the country visiting customers, he declined a company...
A campaign to stop waste lighting from Cat A fit outs has been launched. The pressure group – a lighting industry initiative – aims to highlight the continuing scrapping of new and nearly-new office luminaires at the start of tenancies and share information about sustainable alternatives. It...
The womenswear brand self-portrait has used 3D-printed and bio plastic spotlights at its latest outlet in Bicester Village. Sustainability was said to be central to the brief to interior designer and architectural practice IDL Group, which specified the 3D printed high efficiency Nort GS and Colt...
The lighting industry must urgently fill in the data gaps relating to luminaires’ environmental impact if it is to have useful and comparable information with which to base specifying decisions, says a study by three sustainability experts. A ‘key gap’ identified by the paper written by...
Stoane Lighting is this week celebrating winning a King’s Award for Enterprise and a King’s Award for Sustainable Development. In a statement, the Scottish manufacturer said it was ‘very proud’ of the double achievement. ‘Seeking acknowledgement for both Sustainable Development and for Innovation in the same...