Everyman Cinemas specify reused lights

Everyman Cinemas specify reused lights

The Everyman Cinema chain has become the latest company to reuse vintage lights rather than buy new. The luminaires, sourced by specialist salvage firm Skinflint, have been installed in the bars of two of the cinema group latest outlets at Egham in Surrey and Northallerton in...

Yarm School, Yorkshire

Yorkshire school upcycles luminaires

A private school in North Yorkshire has reused and reconditioned the luminaires in its auditorium rather than replacing them. Yarm School, near Middlesborough, had the fluorescent-based fittings upgraded to LED by Durham-based Artech Lighting. The latter has a specialist remanufacturing service, dubbed ‘Revive’. The Artech team designed, developed,...

How sustainability is changing the lighting designer’s role

"Lighting designers need to get away from seeing a pretty light, making sure the photometrics work, putting it in the space, getting a good picture and calling it job done."   "We need to look more deeply at where products come from, where they're going, who's making...

bird-friendly lights for offshore marine applications

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...

Rampton Crossing DW Windsor lighting solar

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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