CLOCHE - Urban luminaire from recycled plastic

Lead Designers Alessandro Stabile

Entry Description

Cloche is a design urban luminaire that combines sustainability and functionality in urban lighting. Its lighting body is made of PSV-certified recycled plastic, which is itself recyclable. The use of secondary raw materials does not compromise product’s functionality as it gives the luminaire structural robustness:
• Resistance to UV rays
• Resistance to mechanical impacts, including falls from a height of up to seven metres
• Immunity to corrosion by atmospheric agents and pollutants
Cloche is an absolutely original and functional element for urban spaces in terms of shape, efficiency and concept, since it represents an environmentally friendly and future-oriented performing luminaire. From a design point of view, Cloche’s lighting surface is particularly recessed inside the dome, making it possible for the luminaire to further reduce glare and light pollution compared to regulatory limits. Thanks to its geometry, Cloche ensures excellent light control and prevents backscatter, making it a perfect luminaire for alleys and streets with poles more than 4 metres high. If wall-mounted, it is ideal for historically valuable city centres, while in the pole-mounted version it becomes a distinguishing element for pedestrian areas and cycle paths as well as for urban streets and roundabouts.

Sustainability Approach

Cloche, like all Lorelux luminaires, is made from PSV-certified recycled plastic. PSV stands for Second Life Plastic, which means that luminaires are made from secondary raw materials, with a post-consumer plastic content ranging from 50% to 98%, thus saving on the use of new resources. Cloche’s manufacturing process is environmental-friendly and the luminaire can be defined as circular because it is produced from green materials and it can be recycled at the end of its service life, a cycle that can be repeated an infinite number of times. What's more, luminaire can be upcycled by upgrading or replacing the LED engine once it has been installed at height, saving the environment about 15 kg of CO2 for each replacement avoided (source: LCA study). The result is the extension of its useful service life, which, thanks to the ultra-resistant material, can be up to 50 years.