Circular Lighting Live 2025 is set to be the best yet

Now in its fourth year, Circular Lighting Live has become the defining gathering of the lighting supply chain to spotlight and champion the changes needed as the industry starts to embrace a circular economy.  A visit to the conference and exhibition shows just how far the lighting industry has come in the last few years – and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

The conference is organised by Recolight, the UK’s leading WEEE compliance scheme, a company which has become synonymous with bold and innovative action to make the circular economy a reality.  The event is chaired by Ray Molony, Editor of Circular Lighting Report, who has an unrivalled knowledge of the breadth and scale of sustainability activities across the lighting industry.

The unanimous feedback from the 300 delegates attending in 2024 confirmed that Circular Lighting Live, provides essential information and clarity in what is a both a vital, but also a rapidly changing landscape.

New for Circular Lighting Live 25

This year’s gathering sees a host of new features, all in a bigger and more prestigious venue in the heart of London. These include:

• The Build Back Better Awards 2025 will celebrate and reward creativity, innovation, social purpose and environmental leadership in a spectacular presentation ceremony in the main arena. 
• Innovations in Sustainability is a hands-on track which will focus on deep dives into technologies and innovations with a role to play in decarbonising buildings. These will include sustainable materials, components, controls platforms, luminaires and ground-breaking projects.  
• New formats include the Just One Thing’ micro presentations which will focus on inspirational stories of sustainability in action as well as expert panel discussions, keynote speakers and explainers on legislation, certification and more. 
• The expanded exhibition space will allow delegates to get up close with the latest developments in luminaires, materials, components and controls from a wide range of leading brands, representing a unique opportunity to see sustainable lighting products under one roof.

On the agenda

This year choose from eight specially curated sessions to get the most form the day. These will focus on areas where the whole supply chain can contribute and learn from each other. In each, expert speakers will share their actionable insights and experience while panellists will challenge and debate the accepted sector norms.

• Climate driven design – Creative design of products, projects and even processes, is the most powerful tool we as an industry, have to mitigate the impact of lighting.
• Smart remanufacturing – How the addition of intelligence during a lighting upgrade is adding extra services and functionality and changing the value proposition for clients.
• Creative Cat A – New lights in speculative Cat A office fit-outs often end up in the waste stream when a tenant moves in. Here we explore creative solutions to the problem.
• Logistics: closing the loop – How do we create a vibrant market for useable luminaires at the end of their ‘first life’ that keeps them operating and compliant with industry norms?
• The regulatory roadmap – The lighting industry is facing a complex set of both UK and EU regulations that will impact product design and circularity as well as company processes.
• Managing metrics – We unpack the raft of new sustainability metrics and standards, including EPDs, LCAs, TM66 and TM65.2. How can we make them work better?
• Innovations in circularity – We explore a host of exciting developments and ideas in the circularity of lighting products and processes. How can we harness them to drive change?
• Pioneering projects – A walk through of the most inspiring and ground-breaking sustainable lighting projects of recent times in the company of their designers and creators.

Location & booking

Circular Lighting Live 2025 will take place on Thursday 25 September 2025 at the Minster Building Conference Centre in the City of London.

The early bird booking rate ends on 31 July. Free places are allocated for independent fee-based lighting designers, architects, consulting engineers, wholesalers, and end-users.

Tickets are available to book at www.circularlighting.live