The backing of enhanced ‘right to repair’ legislation by the European Parliament could result in significant changes to the design of luminaires for the consumer market. European lawmakers have adopted a proposal on common rules promoting the repair of goods to support the objectives of the European Green...
Egg Lighting has signed the UK Repair and Reuse Declaration, a landmark commitment to reducing waste and promoting circularity. The UK ranked second globally in 2022 for electronic waste generation, averaging 23.9 kilograms per person. In the lighting sector, 42,000 tonnes of commercial lighting equipment are sold...
Redditch-based Tamlite Lighting has been awarded the EcoVadis Bronze medal for its sustainability policies and social values. ‘As a group we believe that a business's sustainability and social values should be at the core of its mission and values,’ Richard Wharrad, Tamlite group manager, told the...
The European Union must crack down on online suppliers of lighting equipment which doesn’t comply with the standards, the manufacturers’ trade body LightingEurope has declared, after it discovered that 95 per cent of products it purchased failed EU standards. The organisation carried out a so-called ‘mystery...
UK-based luminaire maker Future Designs has announced that it is to supply Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its core product range. The company says it has committed time and budget over the long term to the EPD certification process. As well as procuring BRE EPD software,...
A huge chandelier was among the period lights remanufactured at a classical building in central London. Eulum Design converted a range period fixtures and supplied wireless controls at the neoclassical-style Victoria House building in Bloomsbury. Located on Bloomsbury Square Garden in the centre of London, the...
The upgrade and reuse of luminaires combined with a reprogrammed control system has led to a 67 per cent reduction in running costs at a London office. WSP Specialist Lighting team provided consulting services and project management for a five-storey office in the City of Westminster,...
Signify has unveiled an ultra efficient LED version of a traditional SON-T lamp with an industry-beating efficiency of 210 lumens per Watt The Philips Master LED SON-T UltraEfficient A-class lamps are the first A-class HID lamps at 4,000K registered in Europe1, allowing easy replacement of conventional...
A webinar exploring the use of bioplastics in display lighting has been announced. The event – dubbed ‘An Industry Challenged — Our Solution to Cleaning Up Retail Lighting’ – will be hosted by the UK luminaire manufacturer Shoplight, which has pioneered sustainable materials in the sector in recent...
Some 147 of the world’s largest economies have agreed an effective ban on fluorescent lamps by 2027. The decision, taken in Switzerland at the Minamata Convention on Mercury –will effectively putting an end to the fluorescent lighting industry, with the limited exception of special uses like...