UK retail lighting specialist Shoplight has unveiled a range of decorative pendants made from natural materials and recycled waste from industrial by-products. The company describes it as a range ‘that supports circular economy principles transforming by-products and waste into a creative resource’. The Autumn Naturals range is...
The remanufacture of 6,000 office luminaires at a building in London Bridge is saving the production of 7.9 tons of mild steel and reducing energy and carbon by 61 per cent. The lights at the 37,000 square metre office complex are being upgraded from fluorescent...
An emergency exit made with a housing of oak has 30 per cent less embodied carbon than a standard model. The DALI surface mounted version of the Arden from UK firm Philip Payne has an embodied carbon score of 29.87kg CO₂e. The firm says the wooden signs...
Fagerhult has unveiled a mini version of its long-established Streamer spotlight range which delivers 150 luminaire lumens/Watt. The company says it has reduced the embodied carbon, increased the operational efficiencies and enhanced the lit effect. The lumen output is high for this format of a luminaire from...
For the third time in a row, the Zumtobel Group has been awarded a gold medal by the independent sustainability rating platform EcoVadis. The company achieved a total score of 78 points. In an industry comparison, the lighting group is ranked among the top 1 per...
Global lighting maker Signify says it’s planning to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent across its entire supply chain by 2040. By 2023, it will achieve a 50 per cent cut. The reductions will in line with its SBTi -validated net-zero targets and be measured...
A so-called ‘lighting as a service’ project for a manufacturer of helicopters and defence equipment is set to cut carbon emissions by an estimated 725 tonnes per year. Defence contractor Leonardo is leasing the luminaires installed across 14 buildings at its site in Yeovil, Somerset, once...
Major lighting brands including Signify, Holophane, Glamox, ASD, Prime Light, Mymesh, Stoane Lighting, Bell Lighting and Llumarlite have thrown their weight behind Circular Lighting Live 2024. The companies have signed sponsorship and exhibiting deals for the one-day conference and exhibition, organised by lighting industry sustainability authority...
Lighting manufacturers are experimenting with breakthrough carbon-free aluminium, made in a process which emits no greenhouse gases. The technology – which is being pioneered in a partnership by global aluminium giants and rivals Rio Tinto and Alcoa – is said to be the first smelting process ever...
Luminaires sold in the European Union look set to require a Digital Product Passport in the coming years after new Ecodesign regulations were approved by the EU Council. It is expected that luminaires will come into scope of the rules, meaning it will become mandatory to...