The manufacturers representative organisation LightingEurope has criticised the vote of the European Parliament vote on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) as a ‘missed opportunity’. The body said that the plenary vote was a missed opportunity to correct some of the shortcomings in the original...
In a Circular Lighting Report video short, editor Ray Molony discusses the reuse of luminaires with leading lighting designer Maida Hot, managing director of London-based practice Equation. ‘Some clients are really hesitant on what these refurbished luminaires will be like and whether they will be good...
A total of 836 luminaires were reused in a major lighting upgrade at Barcelona’s famous Encants flea market. Local firm Lamp Lighting remanufactured the lights, which it originally supplied in 2012. The fittings were a mixture of its Shot and Step models, which used fluorescent lamps. The company...
Remanufactured bulkheads with a range of commercial and environmental benefits are currently being marketed by Scottish firm EGG Lighting. The pre-used luminaires – which have been upgraded from fluorescent to LED – have been assessed for their circularity under Cibse’s TM66 metric and have achieved an...
A special lighting version of Cibse’s Technical Memorandum 65 has been released. The lighting edition of TM65 – a widely-accepted metric for measuring embodied carbon – includse new materials, special definitions and acronyms from the lighting sector and product case studies from 18 luminaire manufacturers. CIBSE TM65.2 ‘Embodied...
Shoplight has unveiled a spotlight with a bioplastic housing. The Peterborough-based retail lighting specialist says that using plant-based polymers for the Nort rather than traditional aluminium housing allows it to reduce carbon emissions during manufacture by up to 95 per cent. Surplus plastic from the production of...
Italian lighting brand Artemide is using certified wood waste from the bottling industry to create its latest pendant. ALE.01 (Adaptive Lighting Experience) is a suspension lamp, 30 per cent of whose shell is made of a biocomposite material containing natural wood fibres, mixed with a base...
An upgrade project in the City of London using remanufactured luminaires has cut energy use by 55 per cent. Revitalite, sister firm to Hertfordshire-based commercial lighting firm Synergy Creativ, replaced fluorescent lamps and gear with LED modules at 71 Fenchurch Street, a building owned by Savills. The...
The Lighting Education Trust has unveiled its updated diploma syllabus for 2023 which will include new content on the circular economy, embodied carbon in luminaires and sustainable luminaire design. The new material – which also includes modules on human centered lighting, inclusive design, dark sky strategies...
The City of London Corporation Planning and Transportation Committee has agreed to adopt a ground-breaking initiative that will require developers to submit detailed plans to minimise light pollution at the early stages of their planning applications. The Lighting Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) will provide guidance for...