Manufacturers of luminaires should publish ‘like for like’ data that can be easily compared, say the trade body LightingEurope. Specifically, the organisation wants brands to state their product’s initial performance, lumen maintenance factor at various useful life stages and the expected control gear failure rate. Observers say...
Circular Lighting Report editor Ray Molony talks to Spark and Bell founder Emer Gillespie about the company, its sustainability ethos and its membership of B Corp. https://vimeo.com/1058186684?share=copy#t=0 ...
Lighting and electrical equipment maker Schneider Electric has been named the World’s Most Sustainable Corporation 2025 by Corporate Knights and is the only company to rank first in the Global 100 twice. Schneider Electric previously topped the annual list of the most sustainable publicly listed companies...
UK lighting remanufacturer Trojan Lighting is expanding into continental Europe. The company has announced a new division based in in Arnhem in the Netherlands, which will serve as a central hub for its venture into key European markets. Jac van Megen, a seasoned industry leader with over...
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order which ‘safeguards the American people’s freedom to choose light bulbs’. The order, dubbed ‘Unleashing American Energy’, is designed to remove ‘burdensome and ideologically motivated regulations [that] have impeded the development of [natural] resources’. Its headline-grabbing action is the removal...
A specialist materials cataloguer has earmarked the lighting at a London project for reuse. The pendants, downlights and other luminaires at 2 Pancras Square in King’s Cross have been recorded by Material Index prior to an interior strip-out ahead of a refurbishment. Each light is prominently labelled...
The National Health Service has unveiled an ambitious plan to decarbonise its lighting and other services over the next 15 years. The organisation, which has a goal of achieving net zero by 2040, has through its Shared Business Services arm published its Decarbonisation of Estates framework agreement. This...
A striking 3D-printed pendant light, made from bioplastic, has been acclaimed by design critics. The creators of the Hedron chandelier say they have drawn inspiration from nature, with hexagonal geometry and renewable bioplastic material. The shade is an array of tapered cell walls, precisely angled to bounce...
Scottish company Blackmoon Lighting has set up a scheme in which luminaires removed from a Cat A fit-out are refurbished and donated to charities. The firm, which is based in Loanhead outside Edinburgh, even gives the fittings a five-year warranty. Blackmoon says it is often engaged in...
British firm Skinflint has supplied a range of pre-used vintage luminaires to a bar in New York, The Cornwall-based reconditioner of industrial and decorative lights provided Sir Henry’s bar on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan with products salvaged from the Czech Republic. The owners of the bar say...