Remanufacturing: The success stories | WATCH THE REPLAY

Panelists

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  Ray Molony Head of content for Build Back Better Award
  

  Ray Molony

  Head of content for Build Back Better Award

  An award-winning technical journalist and a highly experienced event organiser, chairperson, webinar host and public speaker.

  Ray Molony is the editor of the Circular Lighting Report, a Recolight initiative to inform the market of developments in sustainability in the industry. He’s also head of content at the Build Back Better Awards, an initiative to celebrate and reward environmental leadership, innovation, creativity and social purpose in the built environment, and the editor of Designing Lighting Global, a magazine for designers. He was co-founder of Lux magazine and the LuxLive exhibition. He’s also the award-winning author of the acclaimed book, Light: Re-Interpreting Architecture (Rotovision, 2014) which was translated into many languages. He studied engineering at Dublin City University.

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  Simon Fisher Founder & Director of F Mark
  

  Simon Fisher

  Founder & Director of F Mark

  Simon Fisher is a renowned and multi-award-winning lighting product designer who has successfully delivered solutions for lighting OEMs all over the world. He is the Founder and Director of F Mark, a design consultancy specialising in the sustainable design, development and engineering of lighting products and associated systems.

  Knowledge sharing and continuous development are core to Simon’s beliefs and he has participated in numerous webinars relating to product design, sustainability and the circular economy, subjects that he is very passionate about

  In late 2021, Simon conceived what has become The Regen Initiative, a collective of companies with an aim to refurbish existing lighting over replacing with new, focussing on carbon and waste reduction by keeping existing lighting products in use for longer

  Simon is a Fellow of the Society of Light and Lighting, is curator and presenter of the Recolight ‘Lighting Product Design for a Circular Economy’ and ‘Remanufacturing Lighting Products’ workshop programs

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  John Bowden Company owner of Silent
  

  John Bowden

  Company owner of Silent

  John is owner and director of Silent, a company founded by two people that are passionate about lighting and the environment. Silent was formed in 2019 after years of working in the commercial and theatre lighting industries.
  At silent our core value of “customer first” brings us to the forefront of our clients minds. Silent always strives to provide the best solution for your budget.
  We pride ourselves on designing and manufacturing some of the best commercial and residential lighting products in Britain and we always source the best performing components to produce great products.

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  David Clements Chief Executive at FUTURE Designs
  

  David Clements

  Chief Executive at FUTURE Designs

  David Clements founded FUTURE Designs in 1991 and organically it has grown to one of the top 5 privately owned U.K. lighting manufacturers in the office fit-out market.

  They supply across the UK Europe and the U.A.E. We opened the office in 2018 in Dubai and currently supply their luminaires to the UAE from there

  FUTURE Designs formed the carbon careful™️ initiative in 2022 based on the success of reusing existing luminaire carcasses on many major projects since 2010 and to date we have successfully reused these luminaire carcasses in over 3,000,000 sq ft of office space in London alone.

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  Sacha Abizadeh Associate Director at WSP in the UK | Head of Architectural Lighting & Strategic Growth
  

  Sacha Abizadeh

  Associate Director at WSP in the UK | Head of Architectural Lighting & Strategic Growth

  Sacha is a highly accomplished lighting designer and chartered engineer with over 18 years of experience. His expertise spans both interior and exterior projects, collaborating with renowned architects on high-profile international endeavor’s.

  Sacha’s fusion of artistic flair and technical proficiency has led to numerous awards and successful ventures across sectors like Commercial, Healthcare, Transport, and Cultural. Currently, he leads growth of the WSP Lighting & Energy Solutions business, fostering their development and contributing to the growth of the business.