WEBINAR | Demystifying LCAs and EPDs
Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) are becoming increasingly important for lighting brands as more specifiers and clients demand environmental data for luminaires and other equipment.
In this special webinar, Max Robson, Environmental Metrics and Training Manager at Recolight explores:
- What is meant by LCA and EPD – highlighting their importance in sustainable construction.
- The process of undertaking an EPD – why lighting manufacturers should undertake them and how the data can ultimately be used in building LCAs.
- How the Recolight LCA Service can help lighting manufacturers in their EPD journey.
- With an overview of One-Off EPDs with a walk through of a typical workflow for the service, including required data
We round up the webinar with a panel discussion and Q & A, joined by Nigel Harvey, and chaired by Ray Molony
Panelists
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Ray MolonyHead of content for Build Back Better AwardAn award-winning technical journalist and a highly experienced event organiser, chairperson, webinar host and public speaker.
Ray Molony is the editor of the Circular Lighting Report, a Recolight initiative to inform the market of developments in sustainability in the industry. He’s also head of content at the Build Back Better Awards, an initiative to celebrate and reward environmental leadership, innovation, creativity and social purpose in the built environment, and the editor of Designing Lighting Global, a magazine for designers. He was co-founder of Lux magazine and the LuxLive exhibition. He’s also the award-winning author of the acclaimed book, Light: Re-Interpreting Architecture (Rotovision, 2014) which was translated into many languages. He studied engineering at Dublin City University.
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Nigel HarveyChief Executive at RecolightNigel has worked in the Product Compliance Industry since 1990 in a variety of senior management roles covering marketing, business development, and operational management. Nigel joined Recolight as Chief Executive and Company Secretary in 2009. He is very active in both the lighting and WEEE sectors:
• Chair of the UK’s WEEE compliance scheme trade association, the WEEE Scheme Forum (WSF) since 2011, and a director of WSF Ltd since 2013.
• Nominated as a PCS guest to attend meetings of the Joint Trade Association (JTA) which works with producer trade associations including the LIA, to obtain a fair UK WEEE system. Has supported the JTA in the preparation of the proposals to operate the WEEE compliance fee which have been chosen by Defra in 7 of the last 8 years.
• Elected as a Director of EucoLight, the European trade association for lighting WEEE compliance schemes in 2015. Elected Vice President of EucoLight in 2017.
• Member of two BSI committees that include the review of WEEE treatment standards, and the development of a code of practice for the remanufacture of lighting equipment.
Nigel has published over 40 articles on WEEE and lighting over the last four years. He was named the first ever Lux Magazine Person of the year in 2012 and has been listed as one the UK’s 100 most influential people in the waste/resources industry for several years. He is also a climate activist. -
Max Robson PhDEnvironmental Metrics ManagerMax joined Recolight in June 2024 to head up Recolight’s LCA and EPD service.
Max has previously worked for as a Science and Research Consultant for ERM: Environmental Resources Management in the Product Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs team, based in the UK.
Here he undertook projects for private and public companies regarding the sustainability of products and services. Including carbon impact assessment of products and technologies/services.
Max was awarded a PhD in Chemistry in 2024 from the University of Bath. He worked on the fabrication of thin film semiconducting metal chalcogenides, primarily using chemical vapour deposition techniques.
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