Spanish luminaire giant Lamp has unveiled a light renewal and upgrading service aimed at promoting what it terms ‘a genuine circular economy’. Dubbed CircLight, the offer will result of savings of 15 to 30 per cent compared to the expense of purchasing and installing new luminaires,...
The industry’s biggest luminaire maker Signify has been included in an ‘A-List’ of top companies who have exceptional sustainability measures and are open about their climate impact. The company appears on the Carbon Disclosure Project’s climate ranking for the seventh consecutive year. The register– based on data...
TRT Lighting’s tunnel luminaire X-Range has been rated with an ‘excellent circularity’ after it achieved a TM66 score of 2.5. The light – whose rating is verified by the Lighting Industry Association’s assurance scheme – is designed for arduous conditions while still maintaining high luminous efficacy...
Tamlite Lighting has been re-awarded the Planet Mark certification for its commitment to sustainable best practice throughout its operations. The Planet Mark framework offers external verification of Tamlite’s carbon reduction of 13.5 per cent relative to turnover. Planet Mark is a global sustainability certification that recognises businesses...
The lighting industry has completed the latest revision of the rules governing Environmental Product Declarations for light fittings. Trade body LightingEurope says the work to finalise the product specific rules mean that specifiers and others will have access to comparable and verifiable information on the environmental...
The luminaires at Saint Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh have been upgraded on site using a mobile lighting workshop. The chandeliers – which used traditional light sources with halogen technology – were refitted with LED technology by engineers from Stoane Lighting in a truck converted for the...
UK retail lighting specialist Shoplight has added a track mounted spotlight to its bio-polymer product range. The Nort GS is the third product in the range, along with the original Nort and Colt Bio downlight, all forming part of our Circulight system. They are modular in design, allowing...
An IP66 luminaire with a housing partly made of bio-based polycarbonate derived from waste products has been unveiled by Spanish light maker Zalux. Both body and diffuser comprise 70 per cent bio-based materials with biomass origin, produced from renewable sources. The material is ISCC certified. The luminaire...
A range of pendants made from bio materials including the pasta by-product wheat bran, potato starch and cornstarch has been unveiled by Polish firm Greenfill 3D. The company says that the 3D-printed Eco Lamps range is fully biodegradable under industrial conditions or compostable at home. The Eco...
A breakthrough in the battle against the greenhouse gas methane is being seen as a sustainable and commercial opportunity for the lighting industry. For the first time, scientists have used UV light and and chlorine to lower the amount of methane in air. The discovery – by the...