A school in the north of England has become one of first in the UK to install a retrofit LED luminaire in the form factor of a fluorescent tube. At Hedon Inmans primary school in Hull, the facilities team has replaced 14W T5 fluorescent tubes with...
The UK’s largest lighting remanufacturer FUTURE Designs has announced that its longtime managing director David Clements is to become chairman while handing over the managing director role to his son Oliver. David will move away from the day-to-day running of the business to focus on strategic growth...
Top property developer JLL is on the hunt for for high-quality used materials including luminaires which could be used in its new headquarters at One Broadgate in London. Fit-out firm Overbury put out a plea for the pre-loved items on social media because it says a...
Signify has been awarded the highest Platinum rating from EcoVadis, which ranks businesses’ sustainability impact, for the fifth year running. The company achieved the highest possible rating since its IPO in May 2016. With a score of 84 points out of a possible 100, the rating...
Among sustainability professionals, B Corp is considered the gold standard of environmental certifications. It’s not easy to achieve: a business has to demonstrate high levels of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. The B Corp assessors look at diverse factors including raw materials, supply chain...
Glamox has remanufactured and upgraded luminaires which it supplied to the Oslo University National Hospital 25 years ago Rather than replace the ageing fittings, the company developed a custom LED gear tray – comprising the light source, driver and diffuser – to make it easy to swop out...
Recolight, the organiser of Circular Lighting Live, has unveiled its plans for the 2025 event. Next year the one-day conference and exhibition on sustainability in lighting will take place on Thursday 25 September at the new Minster Building Conference Centre in the City of London. It will...
Mitie has reused the pendant structures at Lloyds Banking Group’s building The Mound in Edinburgh rather than replace them. The company had the current T5 fluorescent, dichroic and cold cathode sources upgraded by local firm Stoane Lighting to LED with wireless mesh controls added, reducing energy...
Version 5 of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification is set to focus heavily on embodied carbon for products including luminaires. The move by LEED, the most popular environmental metric for buildings in the world, will increase the pressure on manufacturers to supply...
A range of surface and pendant downlights printed from plant polymers has been unveiled by UK firm LumiAdd. The variants are an addition to the Heilis family of 3D printed, plant polymer luminaires. The series blends unique finishes, sustainable materials and flexible installation options. The lights come in...