Entopia Building lighting

BDP reuses 350 lights from London fit-out in Cambridge building

Some 350 luminaires removed from a London office fit-out have been reused in an exemplar sustainable building for Cambridge University. BDP upgraded and reused the lights in the transformation of a 1930s telephone exchange into the £12 million Entopia Building, a new headquarters for the Cambridge...

Tala Lighting B Corp

Tala becomes a  B Corp

London-based lighting brand Tala has become a B Corporation. The company – known for its distinctive oversized lamps – scored 89.7 in its first B Impact assessment, exceeding the industry certified average of 87.1 and becoming only the sixth UK-based lighting company to join the non-profit network. The company...

MOL Campus lighting

Lighting at flagship office uses 3W per square metre

A Norman Foster-designed office in Budapest has set a new standard for large premium workplaces with an installed lighting load of just 3W per square metre. The 27-storey building for the oil and gas company MOL Group uses linear LED lighting to deliver a general illumination...

Experts who will be gathering

Remanufacturing experts to gather for lighting event

Experts in the remanufacturing and reconditioning of luminaires are set to gather in London next week for the industry’s first dedicated event on the topic. Organised by the Recolight, the waste compliance body and authority on sustainability in lighting, the one-day conference will explore the opportunities...

Nos Sphere 28 Diplomat laughing gas light luminaire

How I turned teenagers’ trash into designer chandeliers

A range of upmarket chandeliers aimed at top hotels and restaurants are being made from the laughing gas canisters discarded by teenagers. London firm Diplomat Design collects the distinctive nitrous oxide (N2O) cylinders from the streets of the capital and uses them to create luminaires with...

Graca 3d design Signify

Signify in 3D print collab with top designer

Signify’s 3D printing division has an announced a collaboration with the prominent textile designer Aleksandra Gaca. The designer has created a distinctive version of the firm’s ‘Coastal Breeze’ collection of sustainable pendant luminaires which use so-called ocean plastic manufactured from waste rescued from the sea The range...

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