Recolight has confirmed dates for five new webinars in 2022, which aim to ‘help the lighting industry adopt circular economy principles’.
Sessions will be chaired by Build Back Better Awards’ Ray Molony, each on looking at what is being achieved to move to a more sustainable business model. Topics and dates are as follows:
- How to be a sustainable lighting manufacturer – 24 March
- Innovations in sustainability: Six lights for a circular future – 28 April
- Remanufacturing: How to rebuild a light fitting – 9 June
- Your guide to lighting regs 2022 – 20 September
- Sustainable lighting projects: Making it happen in the real world – 20 October
Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said: “I am delighted that so many sustainability leaders from across our sector have agreed to present on the webinars.
“We hope that they will provide insights in how to become more circular, the impetus for lighting manufacturers to make the change, and the inspiration for end-users to properly prioritise circularity in their specifications.”
Ray Molony added: “Over the last two years, our Circular Economy webinar series has been attended by over 1000 individuals from the lighting industry and beyond.
“To create the programme for 2022 we held workshops with panellists from previous events and reviewed key threads arising from each webinar. The result is another series that will spotlight good practice in luminaire and project design, and great sustainability in lighting manufacture.”
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