open scope and the WEEE regulations

The WEEE Regulations have got bigger!

The WEEE Regulations have applied to a closed scope of products since 2007. Unless a product was listed in the fourteen categories, then they were out of scope. A specific exclusion meant that household luminaires were also out of scope. In January 2019, The Regulations moved...

Circular Lighting Live 2025 is set to be the best yet

This year’s gathering, the UK’s largest event dedicated to sustainable lighting, sees a host of new features all in a bigger and more prestigious venue in the heart of London. These include the Build Back Better Awards 2025, the new Innovations in Sustainability track, exciting new...

Cree and Lumileds have teamed up to develop an LED lamp with the characteristics of high pressure sodium lamps.

Sodium is back: Cree and Lumileds unveil 1900K lamp

Cree and Lumileds have teamed up to develop an LED lamp with the characteristics of high pressure sodium lamps. It will have the same correlated colour temperature of 1900K, a similar colour rendering index of 50 and a near-absence of blue. The companies say the light source...

Royal Hall Bridlington Spa

Lights at Royal Hall in Bridlington are remanufactured

The distinctive pyramid lights at the historic Royal Hall in Bridlington Spa in Yorkshire have been remanufactured and upgraded to LED. Sustainable lighting specialist The Regen Initiative developed a bespoke solution for the luminaires. Working directly with the electrical engineering team at East Riding Council, the site...

Philips Copenhagen

Signify streetlight hailed for its sustainability

The Philips Copenhagen LED Gen2 exterior light has been hailed for its sustainability by the environmental metric platform One Click LCA in its Low Carbon Manufacturing Awards. The Copenhagen LED Gen2 reduces its product-stage (A1–A3) carbon footprint by 28 per cent — saving 25 kg CO₂e per unit...

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