LUMINAIRE designers from across Europe gathered in London this week for the latest Recolight workshop on product design for a circular economy. Hosted by industrial designer Simon Fisher of F Mark, the CPD-accredited event explored the design criteria, regulations and standards to help lighting manufacturers apply...
A realisation that its business model of importing and distributing luminaires in the Nordics wasn't sustainable in a circular economy has led Rebel Light to introduce an ambitious reconditioning and reuse scheme. Rickard Lundell is Sales and Marketing Director of Rebel Light, an award-winning lighting distributer...
Recolight has unveiled a news service specialising in sustainable lighting. The Circular Lighting Report is set to become the lighting industry’s online hub for all sustainability matters. It is an independent news and information resource, edited by the experienced lighting journalist Ray Molony. As well as...
THE REUSE of over 5,000 existing luminaires at Shell’s headquarters in London has saved the company the equivalent of 71 tonnes of carbon compared to a replacement. The petrochemical giant wanted to upgrade the 10 year old fluorescent luminaires at the 26 storey building to maximise...
A LUMINAIRE designer has created a range of decorative lights made from mushrooms. Danielle Trofe has just ‘grown’ her first range of fabric shades from mycelium, the root system of fungi. Trofe compares the manufacture of the MushLume luminaires to gardening, which requires hands-on work, trial-and-error, and...
I’ve long been an admirer of Recolight. As a customer of mine when I ran Lux magazine and the LuxLive exhibition, they were great to work with. And I’ve long admired their achievements. After all, recycling over a third of a billion used lamps isn’t shabby...
TAMLITE Lighting has eradicated more than 51 tonnes of plastic from its operations over the last four years, the equivalent to over a million plastic bags. The Midlands-based luminaire manufacturer has also reduced consumption of new plastics by a 80 per cent – down from 14.5...
A RANGE of luminaires are made with a bio-epoxy resin manufactured using byproducts from the agricultural industry. The Aura lights, the result of a collaboration between British brand Established & Sons and Rotterdam-based designer Sabine Marcelis, consist of a range of two linear pendants made from cylindrical...
THE UK’s first major event dedicated to sustainable lighting has been launched. Circular Lighting Live 2022, an ambitious one-day conference and exhibition taking place in London on 22 September, is organised by Ray Molony and Recolight, the industry’s leading environmental compliance authority. It’s designed to bring the...
LEADING lighting design practice Hoare Lea has drawn up a set of principles for its projects that it believes will help tackle the climate crisis. The North Star strategy will, says Hoare Lea project director Juan Ferrari, be its guiding star for all future projects. The key...