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...
Three-dimensional printed luminaires are starting to gain acceptance in the Australian market, says local supplier Limelite. The company was founded after lighting industry executive Paul Hearne ttended a seminar on 3D printing at the Swinburne University of Technology. All of a sudden, Paul realised the flexibility...
What’s being acclaimed as the first professional lighting product made from linen has been unveiled by iGuzzini. The Italian brand says that the new linen version of its Light Shed is lighter and more sustainable than the others in the range. The company says it is the...
Ledvance has introduced a sub-brand responsible for its sustainability initiatives called Ledvance Loop. This model covers all efforts and measures across the company to help transform the lighting industry and improve its green credentials. Ledvance Loop also contains circular products under the EverLoop series. EverLoop luminaires have replaceable LED...
Fagerhult has upgraded 2,700 luminaires for reuse in an office building in Stockholm. Greenhouse is a modern workspace of up to 20,000 square meters in an old brick property. The goal of the project was to modernise it in a sustainable way, while still preserving the...