A product designer has created a series of luminaires made from waste coal ash and discarded ceramic. Rosy Napper, a ceramic specialist and a graduate of the Central Saint Martins art school in London, says that the recycled material has a unique translucent quality. She has created...
A fast and simple way to check the ‘mileage’ of a LED driver could lead to greater reuse of the devices, it is believed. An increasing number of apps allows lighting professionals to use a mobile phone to see the competed operating hours of compatible electronic...
Tridonic is set to be first electronics company to achieve Cradle to Cradle certification for both its LED modules and its DALI drivers. Here Circular Lighting Report editor Ray Molony talks to Tridonic UK Limited managing director Richard Strode about the company’s sustainability strategy, the...
A new series of workshops on how calculate circular and carbon metrics for lighting products has been announced by Recolight. The educational event explores the latest guidelines, standards, and legislation, Life Cycle Assessments and associated metrics. The focus is on practical delivery of TM66 and...
What’s believed to be the first bioplastic to pass the UK’s TP(a) and TP(b) flammability tests has been unveiled. The PC Lexan EX9332T – a polycarbonate made from ‘tall oil’ from wood –has been tested by Warringtonfire and found to pass both standards. The amount of the bioplastic...
Signify has reused all 1,800 lights in a major upgrade of the lighting at Dublin Port Tunnel. The company has reconditioned the 17-year-old luminaires in the five and a half mile shaft, replacing the high-pressure sodium lamps and gear with LED. Installers made use of the existing...
Thorlux Lighting has designed and engineered its latest luminaire in a bid to keep waste to a minimum. During the development of the SkyCore range, Thorlux engineers were tasked with dramatically reducing waste during manufacture. Through careful selection of steel sheet size and optimising the...
A French company is planning to commercialise bioluminescence as an alternative to artificial light. Glowee focuses on producing versions of urban furniture which currently include some sort of artificial lighting technology – such as signage and ambient lighting – that instead incorporate an appropriately sized and...
The City of London Corporation has thrown its weight behind the battle against light pollution by becoming a signatory of the Lighting Urban Community International (LUCI) pledge. As the governing body responsible for the Square Mile, this step solidifies the corporation's determination to wield its planning...
An innovative luminaire made from wood, wool and hemp is ‘challenging traditional luminaire design’ by omitting diffusers. Instead, US firm Lightly uses two light sources aimed at an arch finished in highly reflective eco-friendly paint to deliver a low-glare glowing illumination without needing plastic diffusers. It...