waste luminaires

EU consults on waste regs

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...

Mutkalampi wind farm in Finland

Signify to power its operations with wind power

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...

LightGraphix luminaire is made to TM66

LightGraphix publishes TM65, TM66 for its top products

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...

Linear LED lighting in Building Crafts College

Cat A office luminaires are re-used in training college

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...

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