At the ‘Moonshot Panel’ Paul took the floor alongside alongside industry experts Hattie Emerson (Sustainability Consultant), Gilli Hobbs (Director & Co-founder at Reusefully), Adrianna Barr (Senior Lighting Designer at WSP), and Nigel Harvey (CEO of Recolight). In this dynamic discussion, the panel considered a range of ambitious approaches and both creative and disruptive ideas to accelerate the lighting industry’s transformation into a circular economy.

In the ‘Creative Cat A’ session, Paul asked ‘What if Cat A lighting could be rented and reused?’. He shared the story behind 18 Circular — a radical rethink of the Cat A lighting supply chain anchored in circular economy principles. From the earliest concept to practical pilot projects and stakeholder buy-in, Paul charted the project’s evolution and the real-world hurdles faced along the way.

Waste and low utilisation of luminaires remains one of the biggest environmental challenges in lighting. Through 18 Circular we’re working to change this in a way that creates value for our clients and the industry.