Trojan Lighting has announced that it has introduced plastic-free packaging across its entire product range. The St Helens-based company – a specialist in energy saving and intelligent lighting and remanufacturing for the commercial, retail and public sectors – has instead adopted paper packaging to house its luminaires. ‘This...
A luminaire made from used vapes from the streets of London has been created by a designer fed up with finding the discarded electronic cigarettes in his neighbourhood. The ELFBAR vapes are disassembled, cleaned and reassembled by Matthew Kavanagh of Diplomat Design before incorporation in a...
The LIA Successfully Launches its New Website, Online Learning Portal, and Member Engagement PlatformIt looks so, so good.” Suzanne Castine, Marketing Manager, Recolight Explore the New Features Today The LIA invites all members and Published by: Source: Read more...
American lighting manufacturer Lightly has followed up its acclaimed Butterfly luminaire with another ultra carbon conscious light, the Glow Direct. This suspended fixture is made primarily from wood and wool. Its housing and end caps contain no metal, plastic, or glass and are instead made from sustainably-harvested...
The environmental data specialist One Click LCA has announced that it has updated its software to comply with the latest standards from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. It says its platform will now enable design professionals to align with the new RICS whole-life carbon assessment professional...
A school in the English West Midlands has achieved lighting power efficiency of 97 per cent by using a direct-current Power-over-Ethernet connection for its lighting. Whitecroft Lighting collaborated with technology specialists Prolojik at the West Coventry Academy, one of the first Net Zero Carbon (NZC) schools...
Back in 2021, Recolight set a target to be net zero by 2030. And we also said that we would not use carbon offsets. To keep our focus on this most essential of targets, we also agreed annual carbon reduction targets. So how have we done?...
Nigel Harvey, CEO of Recolight, explains why the circular economy for lighting is both a moral imperative and a commercial opportunity...
Nigel Harvey, CEO of Recolight, ...
Erco has unveiled a guide to help specifiers and lighting designers read Environmental Product Declarations. EPD are a standardised and internationally recognised form of environmental labelling for products. EPDs provide detailed information about the environmental impact of a luminaire. They are focussing on resource consumption, energy consumption...