open scope and the WEEE regulations

The WEEE Regulations have got bigger!

The WEEE Regulations have applied to a closed scope of products since 2007. Unless a product was listed in the fourteen categories, then they were out of scope. A specific exclusion meant that household luminaires were also out of scope. In January 2019, The Regulations moved...

Stoane reuses stand

Stoane reuses exhibition stand at LIGHT 24

Sustainable luminaire maker Stoane Lighting is to reuse its stand at the LIGHT 24 exhibition in London. It will be the third year in a row in which it has deployed the rebuildable construction at the Building Design Centre. The move demonstrates to potential customers the firm’s...

Hedon Inman School Hull

School is first to upgrade with retrofit LED modules

A school in the north of England has become one of first in the UK to install a retrofit LED luminaire in the form factor of a fluorescent tube. At Hedon Inmans primary school in Hull, the facilities team has replaced 14W T5 fluorescent tubes with...

David and Oliver Clements of FUTURE Designs

UK’s biggest remanufacturer announces change at the top

The UK’s largest lighting remanufacturer FUTURE Designs has announced that its longtime managing director David Clements is to become chairman while handing over the managing director role to his son Oliver. David will move away from the day-to-day running of the business to focus on strategic growth...

One Broadgate

‘Give us used lights for our new office’, says JLL

Top property developer JLL is on the hunt for for high-quality used materials including luminaires which could be used in its new headquarters at One Broadgate in London. Fit-out firm Overbury put out a plea for the pre-loved items on social media because it says a...

Signify EcoVadis

Signify earns EcoVadis Platinum – again

Signify has been awarded the highest Platinum rating from EcoVadis, which ranks businesses’ sustainability impact, for the fifth year running. The company achieved the highest possible rating since its IPO in May 2016. With a score of 84 points out of a possible 100, the rating...

Top 10 sustainable lighting brands

Top 10 sustainable lighting brands

Among sustainability professionals, B Corp is considered the gold standard of environmental certifications. It’s not easy to achieve: a business has to demonstrate high levels of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. The B Corp assessors look at diverse factors including raw materials, supply chain...

Oslo Hospital

Glamox remanufactures 25-year-old luminaires for Oslo hospital

Glamox has remanufactured and upgraded luminaires which it supplied to the Oslo University National Hospital 25 years ago Rather than replace the ageing fittings, the company developed a custom LED gear tray – comprising the light source, driver and diffuser – to make it easy to swop out...

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