Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation
The COP26 circus has dropped its big tent and the acrobats, jugglers and clowns are getting a new script (same […]
Drivers for Change: lighting for people, planet and profit
An online EVENT organised by Age of Light Innovationson Thursday 9th December, from 4pm – 5.30pm Register for Drivers for […]
What will Remanufacture look like – and how will it help the Climate emergency?
I recently provided an overview on the progress being made to develop a lighting specific version of BS8887 (Recolight webinar: […]
ILP: cutting through the Greenwash
The ILP is inviting the lighting industry to ‘cut through greenwash and make a genuine impact on sustainability issues’ at […]
Putting the Circular into the Economy
I’ve made the point elsewhere that you can’t just make a ‘circular economy’ light fixture; you have to enable a […]
Voltimum: Lighting Live, on 20th October 2021
The next edition of Voltimum’s Lighting Live happens on Wednesday 20th October, starting at 11am and running through until 4pm. […]
Circularity and the Right To Repair
The Royal Academy of Engineering hosted a webinar on 14th October, titled Right to repair – how can we end […]
Recolight: updating on sustainability initiatives
At a press briefing yesterday, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey gave an update the company’s sustainability initiatives. . . “Over the […]
Circular Economy or Greenwash – who’s telling us the truth?
There is really only one conversation that’s worth having (apart from all the others, of course) and that is the […]
Recolight: Improving the Rate of Streetlight Recycling
The recycling figures for redundant streetlighting lanterns are embarrassingly low – Recolight is doing something to improve the situation. Recolight […]
Recolight: ‘systemic change, needed to adopt circular economy principles
The lighting industry needs a systemic change if it is to fully adopt circular principles and practices. That was the […]
Philips: launch of 210lm/W filament lamps, but . . .
It was in Hong Kong at the 2016 International Lighting Fair where I saw my first LED filament lamp. Up […]