SNLL hosts The Path to Sustainable Lighting Event
(UK) - SLL is hosting The Path to Sustainable Lighting on Tuesday 15 August, both online and in person at Edinburgh’s Napier University. The aim of this event is to learn about how to recognise and quantify the circularity of lighting products together with how to increase their service life. The presentation will take a deep dive into metrics used to quantify the environmental impact of luminaires.
Presented by Stoane Lighting’s Ruairidh McGlynn, Dr. Irene Mazzei, and SLL Vice President Kristina Allison, the event will explore lighting’s role in the climate emergency and how a shift towards more sustainable lighting products will bring important benefits to the environment.
The talk will consist of discussions on the circular economy and how maintaining a product’s value for as long as possible is quintessential. Making sure the environmental impact of each life-cycle stage of a product is unequivocally quantified and kept at its minimum, and how this can be implemented by designers and manufacturers to meet the needs of low impact luminaire production.
Booking is now open and free to attend.
https://www.cibse.org/what-s-on/search-events/the-path-to-sustainable-lighting
Stoane Lighting Host Annual Park Event
(UK) - Stoane Lighting hosted its annual Park Event in London at the end of last month in Hackney, London. The company took over Frizzante Café to showcase new product, Mini G-Cat’ which was designed for Harrods Studio Frantzén with Lighting Design International.
A day sharing food, drink and opening conversations on dark skies lighting, decorative in-ground Mushrooms lit the path with a careful mix of red and amber LEDs; customisable to ensure the most nature friendly selection for a specifier’s location.
The highlight of the evening was a presentation by Roger Sexton with guests chronobiologist and neuroscientist Virginie Gabel from the Good Light Group, and UCL Professor Peter Raynham, who is supporting research that Stoane Lighting are currently undertaking in the light and health section. They introduced ‘The Workplace Light’ - practical response to inadequate indoor lighting; a problem that has a detrimental impact on the health of many. Virginie majored on sleep, why it is so important and how the right daytime light can help improve it.
LIA’s ‘Sustainability Illuminated’ Roundtable Sparks Insights for Sustainable Future
UK - The LIA announced the resounding success of its first ‘Sustainability Illuminated’ Roundtable, was held in conjunction with London’s Climate week 2023.
Held in June at Rotherick House, London, featured a panel of experts and was led by Bob Bohannon, Head of Policy and Sustainability at the roundtable. The experts contributed insights and ideas on addressing how to tackle the issues raised on environmental concerns, while maintaining lighting quality and performance.
Suggestions included that the industry should make improved use of available technology, design approaches, commissioning, and post-occupancy evaluation to effectively address environmental concerns. To do so, implementing technologies such as occupancy sensing and smart lighting can enhance energy efficiency.
Metrics such as standardised, cross-industry metrics such as lifecycle assessments and carbon footprint assessments should be adopted to assess environmental impact. TM66, a useful circular economy metric for street and urban lighting, provides steps for better environmental performance and is rapidly rolling out into other sectors.
Barriers and challenges were also identified during the discussions, such as lack of understanding and awareness of sustainability concepts among consumers and stakeholders, cost considerations of sustainable lighting and the gap between industry’s progress and marketplace perception. Other challenges may include finding solutions for repurposing or recycling legacy products and striking a balance between new technologies and supporting older products.
The panel decided that the direction of travel shall include aligning regulations with genuine sustainable products and embracing new materials and compositions. They will further implement modular approaches, drawing in young talent and considering design preference with consumer expectations. Control and enforcement are said to play a vital role in driving sustainability in the industry.
"The invaluable contributions of our expert panellists made the sessions exceptionally informative, inspiring, and reflective of a collective determination to drive positive change and embrace circularity within the lighting industry. I am eagerly anticipating the engagement and impact the videos from the roundtable will have on the wider industry. As we move forward, we look ahead to our next roundtable and extend an open invitation to even more LIA members to join us on this transformative journey towards a sustainable future" said Ayça Donaghy, CEO of the LIA.
