Reuse websites.
The following websites feature new and nearly-new lights which are available for free.
This comprehensive website from the lighting industry environmental services body Recolight features thousands and new and nearly-new luminaires.
This searchable website features a plethora of equipment removed from buildings, including a lot of commercial lighting.
The Material Reuse Portal has its emphasis on construction materials, and it features a wide selection of surplus luminaires of all description.
Material Index works collaboratively with building owners, contractors and design teams to enable the reuse of material. It provides a range of circular economy services such as pre-demolition audits, reuse consultancy and materials brokerage.
Clearance companies.
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Portsmouth-based Traco UK will take away large quantities of luminaires and attempt to find a home for them.
Luminaire reconditioners and remanufacturers.
FUTUREdesigns specialises in luminaire upgrades featuring large quantities of luminaires. Most of the upgrades are new LED gear trays for fluorescent. For law firm Clifford Chance, FUTUREdesigns saved a staggering 56 tonnes of steel by reusing rather than replacing 22,000 luminaires during a lighting upgrade at its London docklands headquarters. The company also reused over 5,000 existing luminaires at Shell’s headquarters in London, saving the company the equivalent of 71 tonnes of carbon compared to a replacement.
​Glasgow-based EGG Lighting has been a pioneer in remanufacturing for several years, and is on a mission to prove it as a successful and environmentally sustainable business model. Its process is guided by the BS887 and is conducted in line with UK lighting industry and legal requirements. This allows the company to offer as-new warranties. It has a sting of successful projects to its with clients such as Hilton Hotels and Edinburgh Leisure.
Essex-based Coco’s background is in emergency lighting conversions, but it is rapidly earning a name in the industry for its remanufacturing service. Being an independent company it’s willing to work with different manufacturers. The firm has its own LIA-approved photometric test facilities within a BSI 9001:2015 QMS Framework and it can also test for EMC, electrical safety and thermal stability.​
​Founded in the early 1990s, this Buckinghamshire-based business offers turnkey lighting projects to commercial clients including design, supply and install. It boasts a hugely experienced management team and offers bespoke, remanufactured and upcycled luminaires to blue chip clients including the Bank of England, Tesco and Marks & Spencer.
Silent Design came to prominence with the Build Back Better Award-winning lighting refurbishment of the Building Research Establishment in Watford. Here, all its existing light fittings were upgraded from fluorescent to LED, saving 252 kilograms of luminaires’ bodies from removal and resulting in energy savings of up to 45 per cent and increases of light output to up to 35 per cent. Silent specified a Tridonic DALI lighting control system run on a wireless Casambi platform.
Revitalite is a sister company to commercial lighting manufacturer Synergy Creativ. At 71 Fenchurch Street in the City of London, Revitalite replaced fluorescent lamps and gear with LED modules, cutting energy use by 55 per cent in the process.
Conceived by F Mark and Coco Lighting, the Regen Initiative offers a lighting fixture refurbishment service. It breathes new life into existing fixtures, sourcing from a localised supply chain in line with Circular Economy principles.
DRK Lighting will remove Cat A luminaires and offer a rebate. It will then transfer that Cat A product to another Cat A site. Its aim is to achieve both energy efficiency and resource efficiency through sustainable practices. It prioritise reuse and refurbishment over new fittings.