Glamox has announced that it has started to switch from using virgin aluminium to recycled aluminium in its luminaires as standard. The company has already made the switch for one of its most popular luminaires and is preparing to extend it to other families. ‘We’ve already implemented...
Hertfordshire-based commercial lighting firm Synergy Creativ has become the latest UK firm to launch a dedicated reconditioned lighting service. Dubbed ‘Revitalite’, the division aims to provide cost-effective and environmentally friendly luminaires to customers in the commercial, industrial, and large-scale residential sectors. Revitalite offers remanufactured lighting fixtures which...
Accelerating investment in energy efficiency is essential if the UK’s commercial property sector is to meet the strengthened Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) that came into force this month, says lighting manufacturer Tamlite Lighting. Introduced eight years ago, the MEES legislation stated that property owners or...
The Society of Light and Lighting is planning a special version of the circular lighting measure TM66 for facility managers. TM66 CEAM Manage will guide those responsible for lighting in buildings is how to keep their installations sustainable. The metric complements TM66’s other two approaches, CEAM Make, ...
A range of pendant luminaires made from beach waste such as fishing nets and washed-up plastic bottles has been unveiled by US firm LightArt. The Coil Seagrass and Sea Foam pendants represent an expansion of the company’s sustainable design manufactured from waste. LightArt is something of a pioneer in sustainability. It...
Staffordshire-based lighting and electrical equipment manufacturer Scolmore Group has been recognised for its sustainability efforts with a bronze medal awarded by EcoVadis. EcoVadis is one of the leading providers of business sustainability ratings and its sustainability scorecards provide a detailed insight into the environmental, social and...
Caterpillars are one of the main victims of artificial light at night, say scientists. The increased illumination gives their predators – insects and birds – an unfair advantage, leading to falling populations of moths. The researchers from Cornell University in the USA placed placed more than 550...
After 12 years and 180,000 trees, the final sapling has been planted at the Thorlux Carbon Offsetting Project at Devauden in Wales. The last one was put in the ground by retiring FW Thorpe group director David Taylor, pictured above, at the 215-acre site. The woodland – ...
Inspired by the dynamic colour-changing skin of organisms such as squid, researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a multilayered fluidic system that can reduce the energy costs of heating, cooling and lighting buildings. The platform, which optimises the wavelength, intensity and dispersion of light transmitted...
Leading European lighting manufacturer SG Lighting has installed 2,000 solar panels on the roof of its factory in Lillesand, Norway. The photovoltaic installation – which covers 7,200 square metres – represents one of the most ambitious PV projects in the industry. The panels have an estimated annual...