Luminaire remanufacture retains metal and plastic components in "waste" luminaires while upgrading key electronic components to the latest technology. This unlocks step-change reductions of 15-30% in materials costs and 25-70% in embodied carbon compared to manufacturing all new products. This approach has the potential to radically reduce metal and plastic waste in the lighting industry, estimated at £165m/year recoverable value, thereby retaining value in the UK supply chain. EGG is working to support the development of the UK lighting remanufacture sector, that will collect and remanufacture used commercial lighting to customer specifications, underpinned by digital manufacturing and digital passports. Our 2020 whitepaper with the University of Strathclyde offered the industry the core models and terminology needed and we are now taking a leading role in the drafting of a British Standard for luminaire remanufacturing. This industrial research project aims to develop and test a Parametric Remanufacturing Configurator for Lighting (PRCL); a tool which will allow us to offer a remanufacturing model fit for the digital age. The PRCL will enable radically shorter lead times on customer orders, will significantly improve our efficiency and will therefore make possible the first credible remanufacturing service aimed at the mass-market for commercial luminaires. This highly ambitious project presents a new vision for the way in which luminaires are made and remade, as well as for remanufacture itself -- it will disrupt the UK lighting market in favour of circular economy approaches and highly skilled UK operators, and will be a valuable case study for the broader remanufacturing sector.

EGG Lighting and Reath are investigating a luminaire data management system to accelerate and de-risk the industry's transition to "remanufacture not replace". This system will keep a "digital twin" for every light, providing any approved remanufacturer the necessary information on-demand. This digital technology will enable the UK lighting industry to remanufacture and upgrade good-quality luminaires instead of recycling used lights and importing more new ones -- saving 60 tonnes of waste per year by 2025\. With Reath's asset data management system, luminaire remanufacture can be safe, compliant, 30-40% cheaper and 50% less environmentally damaging than buying new lights. At a time when businesses are looking to reduce capital and energy costs as well as environmental impact through circular economy practices, this project will urgently overcome the barriers to adoption across the UK lighting industry. The approach will enable approved remanufacturers to easily share data with previous and future users, suppliers and retailers; de-risking and streamlining the remanufacture process and strengthening their confidence in adopting circular economy business models. Remanufacturing is the best available technique in the circular economy and restores luminaires to new condition or better - with a warranty and guarantee to match. This approach will create at least 15 full-time jobs by 2025 and generate revenue from this undervalued waste stream -- simultaneously giving more businesses access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality lighting. As well as reducing waste and saving costs, data-driven remanufacture strengthens the domestic supply chain by retaining value in the local economy. This encourages a move towards high-quality luminaires; which the UK industry excels at but are often substituted by cheaper imported products. With climate change and the covid-19 pandemic, it's more important than ever that we look for innovative sustainability and cost-saving solutions to make our supply chains smarter, more resilient and less wasteful. This study aims to measure the value of the proposed digital technique and its ability to mitigate the technical, economic, logistic and compliance challenges the remanufacturing supply chain will encounter at scale, as well as defining the resources required to develop to market and implement this system.

Through close collaboration with stakeholders and existing customers, this project will utilise technical and business model innovations to maximise energy savings from lighting and minimise associated material waste and embodied carbon. The specific theme this project addresses is "decarbonising energy, business and industry". EGG Lighting believe Bluetooth mesh is the digital catalyst which can enable a circular economy business model to be realised. Bluetooth mesh technology offers an enormous opportunity for using automated lighting controls to deliver and measure energy consumption savings, to improve the visual environment and other valuable services. A business model based on circular economy principles and research can extend product lifetime indefinitely through upgradeable modular design, preventative maintenance and service-based contracts in which the supplier retains ownership. This project seeks to exploit this novel technology to not only deliver energy cost savings to businesses recovering from the pandemic disruption, but to offer a service contract in which customers pay a monthly fee and are not prohibited by the capital cost of the products to generate the savings. EGG Lighting have been heavily invested in transitioning to the circular economy and Bluetooth mesh for over 3 years. EGG Lightings experience and commitment has been celebrated through the following awards: Winners of the Global Game Changers Award in 2018 for the Circular Breakthrough category, sponsored by Circular Glasgow. Also receiving a commendation for bringing the circular economy to customers with our modular upgradable luminaire 'The Stroma' at the November 2018 Lux Awards. In 2019 EGG lighting won Best Circular Economy Initiative at the Scottish Resources Conference Awards, the Innovation in Business award sponsored at the Glasgow Business Awards and the Research Business Award commendation at The Herald Pioneers Awards. At the 2020 CEED Industry Awards, EGG Lighting were awarded the Circular Economy prize for utilising a modular product strategy to extend lifetime and improve material efficiency.