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Glamox unveils bird-friendly luminaires

Glamox has unveiled a range of luminaires designed to reduce the risk of harm to migratory birds. The lights – which feature blue-green wavelengths known to be less attractive to birds – are aimed at applications on wind turbines and oil and gas rigs. Offshore wind turbines pose...

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Solar lights eliminates need for 2km cable

The installation of two solar-powered exterior lights at a railway crossing in Cambridgeshire has eliminated the need for a copper grid connection of 2 kilometres. Up to now Rampton Crossing, north of Cambridge, has lacked adequate lighting and was assessed as posing a ‘significant risk’ of...

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Luminaires at Brent Cross Shopping Centre are remanufactured

The luminaires at Brent Cross Shopping Centre in north London have been remanufactured rather than replaced. Trojan Lighting retrofitting the lights, upgrading them from fluorescent to LED and adding wireless controls in the process. The project, commissioned by Hammerson, encompassed front-of-house and back-of-house areas, car parks, external...

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NVC unveils 1,500 EPDs for its luminaires

NVC Lighting has announced that it has created 1,500 Environmental Product Declarations for its luminaires. The milestone is part of a sustainability journey for the firm. In 2022, NVC Lighting announced that it has become carbon neutral for its UK operations. It achieved this by offsetting...

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Gail’s use 3D printed bio lights

Bakery chain Gail’s latest outlet in Southwark, south London features spotlights whose housing is 3D printed from biopolymer material. The store – housed in a former fire station – is seen as something of a ‘proof of concept’ store. It features a number of sustainability initiatives to...

Manufacturers should publish ‘like for like’ data says LightingEurope.

Manufacturers should publish ‘like for like’ data says LightingEurope.

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...

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Schneider is the ‘world’s most sustainable corporation’

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...

Trojan Lighting

UK remanufacturer expands into Europe

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...

Trump to protect ‘freedom to choose light bulbs’

Trump signs order to protect ‘freedom to choose light bulbs’

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...

Lights earmarked for reuse by Materials Index

Lights earmarked for reuse in London project

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...

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