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...

Recolight announce a new One-Off EPD Service

Recolight have launched a new one-off EPD service to make EPDs as accessible as possible. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are becoming essential in the lighting industry, with momentum driven, in part, by the EU Green Deal requirements in addition to growing market demand for rigorous environmental...

Signify myCreation Highlight

Signify unveils high bay printed with bio plastics

Signify has unveiled a prismatic-style high bay luminaire that’s 3D printed using either recycled or ‘bio-circular’ plastics. The Highlight – from the myCreation additive manufacturing division – is printed on demand for customers and is highly personalisable in terms of shape and colours. It has an efficacy...

Everyman Cinemas specify reused lights

Everyman Cinemas specify reused lights

The Everyman Cinema chain has become the latest company to reuse vintage lights rather than buy new. The luminaires, sourced by specialist salvage firm Skinflint, have been installed in the bars of two of the cinema group latest outlets at Egham in Surrey and Northallerton in...

Yarm School, Yorkshire

Yorkshire school upcycles luminaires

A private school in North Yorkshire has reused and reconditioned the luminaires in its auditorium rather than replacing them. Yarm School, near Middlesborough, had the fluorescent-based fittings upgraded to LED by Durham-based Artech Lighting. The latter has a specialist remanufacturing service, dubbed ‘Revive’. The Artech team designed, developed,...

How sustainability is changing the lighting designer’s role

"Lighting designers need to get away from seeing a pretty light, making sure the photometrics work, putting it in the space, getting a good picture and calling it job done."   "We need to look more deeply at where products come from, where they're going, who's making...

bird-friendly lights for offshore marine applications

Glamox unveils bird-friendly luminaires

Glamox has unveiled a range of luminaires designed to reduce the risk of harm to migratory birds. The lights – which feature blue-green wavelengths known to be less attractive to birds – are aimed at applications on wind turbines and oil and gas rigs. Offshore wind turbines pose...

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