The European Commission has launched a consultation on the Directive on waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), including lighting equipment. The WEEE regulations were first adopted in 2002 to prevent or reduce its adverse impacts on the environment and human health. WEEE is one of the...
Signify, the industry’s biggest lighting company, has signed a deal to power its operations with wind power. The company teamed up with former owner Philips, brewer Heineken and Dutch chemical company Nobian to buy renewable energy from the huge Mutkalampi wind farm in Finland. The 10-year agreement...
UK lighting manufacturer LightGraphix has published TM65 and TM66 assessments and ratings for its 20 top-selling products. TM65, or Technical Memorandum 65, is a measure of the embedded carbon in a product devised by Cibse, while TM66 is a measure of a luminaire’s compatibility with the...
Office lights have been removed from a Cat A fit-out in a London office and reused in a craft college. Office design and fit-out firm Morgan Lovell asked lighting remanufacturer Silent Design to save the 300 linear metres of luminaires from a commercial office building on the...
Selux has unveiled a sophisticated technology for its luminaires which can tune the light distribution, colour and intensity according to an integral pre-programmed controller. It’s believed to be the first exterior light from a major brand to automatically adjust its light distribution during the evening and...
Bell Lighting has unveiled a fire-rated downlight manufactured to circular economy principles. The Firestay Sustainable Geo® modular downlight has a housing which is designed to remain in the ceiling for life, as any replacement of the light engine doesn’t require removal of the housing. The Geo-Mod® light...
A leading recycler of luminaires has spelled out how manufacturers can make their products easier to reprocess. Justin Greenaway, commercial manager of Kent-based SWEEEP Kuusakoski, one of the UK’s largest dedicated WEEE processing facilities, says there are simple measures light makers can do which would make...
Lucie Sidwell, Global Operations Director of Lucent Lighting, discusses the measures the company is taking to cut its environmental impact. One of the most effective ways we can reduce our environmental impact is by reusing and incorporating recycled materials into the design and manufacture of products,...
A major lighting design practice has set itself a target of achieving a minimum TM66 circularity rating of 2 for at least half of the luminaires it specifies over the next six months. Nulty – which has offices in London, Dubai, Miami, Bangkok and Pune – said...
At a press and stakeholder association event Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey applauded the huge steps taken by the lighting industry in adopting a circular economy. “Over the last three years, we have seen a step change in action on the circular economy in the lighting industry. ...