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What the delegates said… “I think this has opened a lot of eyes to the magnitude of the task ahead, and also shown that it is not an impossible goal.”


Gareth Davies, principal lighting consultant, Stantec


“All products being installed need to


be repairable and re-useable.” Andy Rogers, M&E manager, City of London


“The move to refurbished lighting could be the next biggest opportunity for Lighting Manufacturers to add real value to the industry since the adoption of LEDs.”


Matt Hill, CEO, LUX-TSI Ltd


“Suppliers have an important role to play in the design of sustainable light fittings. Increasingly they are using recyclable and in some cases recycled materials, and using shorter supply chains to reduce transport carbon and introducing end of life take back.”


more sustainable lighting was tackled by two panels, both composed of five experts, drawn from across the industry.


The need for remanufacture Several presentations focused on the need to prioritise remanufactured and reused product over recycling. Although there have been some great examples of success, it was clear this is still in its infancy and needs to become mainstream.


TM66 - a measure of circularity in lighting products


One of the main takeaways of the event was the value of TM66, the CIBSE and SLL specification for circularity in the lighting industry. TM66 is increasingly being seen as a useful tool to allow specifiers to identify lighting products that are properly designed with circular economy principles. Once finalised, TM66 has the potential to drive change, by clearly differentiating those products that are designed for a circular economy.


Embedding circularity in real world projects


Colin Ball of BDP gave an inspiring presentation which gave examples of creative lighting solutions


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with sustainability at their heart: The right amount of light, in the right place and at the right time. He spoke of the application of new daylight metrics enabling to combine and fully optimise artificial and natural lighting design, reducing the amount of lighting needed to be installed. LED technology is now seeing the advent of wireless mesh solutions that deliver a more responsive, individually tailored control that consumes less and enhances user wellbeing.


Conclusions from the conference The conference demonstrated that the lighting sector has circular knowledge and guidelines. The implementation of a circular model needs better demonstration of the commercial benefits for clients, to help move them to purchase or rent durable solutions instead of continued reliance on the linear economy, short-term financial savings and short life products.


Ultimately, the success of this conference will be the change in our industry – more remanufactured and reused product, more use of recycled raw materials, more products that fully embrace circular economy principles, more manufacturers reaching net zero, and lighting designs and specifications that fully prioritise all of these.


“Circular Lighting Live delivered on its promise of bringing the circular economy to the forefront of the lighting industry. As an industry we have to take notice and do more,


and this event was a great first step.” Alex Ings, technical manager, Synergy Commercial Lighting


“An incredible insight into the drive and passion in the lighting specifier community for innovation and creativity without compromise to


our planet’s future.” Mark Bonner, KAM, Signify UK


Recolight


Recolight is the leading UK WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, taking on responsibility for its members’ WEEE compliance, giving their customers access to the UK’s most comprehensive free lamp collection and recycling service, and helping to ensure that as many lamps as possible are kept out of landfill. Recolight go beyond recycling, by offering circular economy services to facilitate reuse of lighting equipment, and to avoid the unnecessary recycling of surplus new lighting.


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