Producers of lighting equipment have an opportunity to review their WEEE scheme at the end of each year. The WEEE regulations require producers to commit to membership of a scheme for a whole calendar year. But some of the WEEE schemes used by lighting producers...
An office luminaire has become the first Zumtobel product to receive the latest version of the Cradle to Cradle certification. The Artelea free-standing unit is made from up to 80 per cent recyclable materials. It was designed to Zumtobel's Circular Design Rules and is one of the...
Some 600 Fagerhult spotlights recovered from the renovation of a Debenhams department store in Manchester have gone on sale. The lights are part of a growing trend for light fittings to removed and reconditioned rather than go to a recycler. EGG Lighting, based in Glasgow, has...
Three prototype luminaires with strong sustainable credentials have been awarded a share of £1.65 million in the US Government’s L Prize. Signify, Lightly and Grid Interactive Efficient Building Alliance all shared the spoils with, respectively, a 3D printed light, an office luminaire made of wood, wool...
Jonathan Rush, director of Hoare Lea, talks to Circular Lighting Report editor Ray Molony about his practice’s need for data from lighting brands. Right now we'd take an EPD, we’d take a PEP, we’d take a TM65 or TM65.2. "We want to just keep moving manufacturers in...
Circular Lighting Live 2023 brought together 290 registered delegates for the most comprehensive review of circular economy progress in the lighting industry. 35 speakers and panellists provided a fully comprehensive review of the legislation, and actions that companies in the UK and elsewhere are taking...
“The reuse of reconditioned light fittings is starting to become mainstream. Major commercial real estate developers, their architects and design teams are beginning to either reuse luminaires from a retrofit project itself and, in an increasing number of cases, use luminaires from a completely different...
Over 90 Erco spotlights are being upgraded from halogen to LED and reused at Heatherwick Studio in London. The design practice – headed by Thomas Heatherwick and famous for creating the new London Routemaster Bus, the 2012 Olympic cauldron and the Vessel in New York –...
Signify has achieved EcoVadis Platinum, the highest distinction in the international sustainability rating scheme. The company – the largest lighting brand in the world – reached a score of 84/100, making it the fourth year in a row in which it has maintained platinum status. This places Signify in...
Research shows that around 29 million LED, solar and decorative lights are ending up in landfill in the UK annually. The in-depth study conducted by Material Focus as part of the Recycle Your Electricals campaign reveals over half a billion what it terms ‘Fast Tech’ items were purchased in the...