Sustainable Lighting
The development of this catalogue was supported by the “Innovation til marked” campaign by Realdania.The world’s first catalogue for sustainable, reclaimed lighting
This is the world’s first light fixture catalogue focused on reclaimed lighting for the professional market. It is a showdown with the linear economy which not only honours Danish design heritage, but proves that great design solutions can be sustainable and cost-competitive.
About the catalogue
Lighting fixtures for commercial and public construction are currently designed to suit a linear economy where the solutions have a limited lifespan and cannot be repaired. At the same time, millions of existing light fixtures made of high quality materials are discarded simply due to the interior electronics being outdated. This results in unsustainable resource expense, which contravene the goals of the Paris Agreement.
By reusing light fixtures, we can conserve a number of valuable resources and save a significant amount of CO2. It is therefore a part of waste reduction in construction and the mitigation of over-consumption along with its negative effects.
Our catalogue focusses on the highest quality vintage fittings which are themselves, design classics. We rejuvenate these fittings with our patented LED systems that are modular and updatable.
When a new solution is required, we use the reclaimed lamps for the basis of new fixtures with a updated appearance and technical performance
All our fixtures are low energy, high quality and designed for disassembly and exchange. By salvaging the highest quality parts, we can compete on price with other companies’ fixtures that are less sustainable, and lower in quality.
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) from DTU has shown that reuse and conversion of existing light fixtures saved 43% extra CO2. versus the purchase of an equivalent new fixture at the point of installation*.
NB. Construction and demolition waste is one of the most voluminous, heavy and resilient waste streams in the EU.
Benefits of sustainable lighting
Better and healthier light Lower capital costs and overheads A more sustainable solution Sustainability certification points
We focus on delivering the right quality, tone and wavelength of light at the right time. Much of our performance, mood and sleep habits are influenced by the way light is delivered. We are specialists in circadian system design and implementation. Ask us about how we can help with human-centric lighting systems.
Our lighting systems are great value regarding quality and price, but our designs have two distinct advantages for the long-term. Our patented fittings are designed for change and updates as your needs change, eliminating the risks of obsolescence. Our low-energy LEDs save money on the power bill, and our high quality systems improve work and sleep, ensuring your most valuable commodity remains in great shape.
While most LED suppliers claim to be sustainable, Fischer Lighting is the only company that reclaims fixtures before demolition, saving not only material waste, but also the massive amounts of energy embedded in the lamps themselves. Our products are also unusual because the parts can be exchanged or replaced without throwing away the fixture. This is surprisingly uncommon, but makes perfect sense.
Sustainability rating systems, such as DGNB can be greatly influenced by choices in sustainable lighting. In the DGNB rating system, for example, the lighting products in this catalogue can influence over 46% of the available points on offer. Fischer Lighting has developed EPD’s for our most popular solutions providing the necessary documentation for the majority of certifications incl. DGNB
Sustainable lighting from a 100% Danish owned family business
About Fischer Lighting
Fischer Lighting is a Danish family business with a circular business model. We recycle existing light fixtures and produce sustainable LED solutions that offer all the functionality, light quality and energy-saving technology found in other LED fixtures, just in a more durable and future-proof design.
We can further install the latest health-promoting LED technology, which creates healthier and more productive people. We are not only working with upgrading
the technology. We also collaborate with leading architects about lamp design to produce a whole new aesthetic expression.
Everything can be adapted to your needs, aesthetics and desires for lighting design.
FISCHER LIGHTING
- For a brighter future
“Embarking on this journey towards a new kind of circularity with Fischer Lighting has been a wonderfully creative experience. When creating the catalogue, we had to invent new terms that describe what we do. The products that we designed required a new kind of creative process: one that which imagines future possibilities while learning from the original creators.”
— Enlai Hooi, Head of Innovation, Schmidt Hammer Lassen ArchitectsFrom a linear to a circular economy
Linear economy
lighting manufacture
Circular economy
lighting manufacture
In our circular lighting approach, we rescue existing light fixtures from demolition sites, and reinvest them with replaceable components, assuring a capacity for repeated up-cycling and reuse.
Circular economy
Our resources
Our solutions are made from reclaimed fixtures, collected from demolition and renovation projects, as well as sustainable materials such as recycled fishing nets and PET bottles.
The Basics
Our Approaches
Fischer ReUse®
Used lamps and fixtures from renovations and demolished buildings in a classic design. Renovated and upgraded to LED just as good as new.
Fischer ReDesign®
A new appearance and performance for old lamps. The ReDesign project uses old fixtures, but creates an entirely new design based on salvaged light housings. This range honours the history and lineage of the original designer, and adds to the story with new features, and technologies. In the re-imagination of these fixtures we seek to honour the qualities of the original creators in the remix.
Fischer ReCreate®
New sustainable design solutions made of recyclable materials and designed using circular principles such as design for disassembly. These products fill a market gap where equivalent products do not exist.
Lighting Range
Quarto
Pastille
Mento
Skot
Thor
Helios
Judd
Frigg
Trifillet
Natural History
Sunrise
The Whole Cigar
Big Industry
Small Industry
Out of the Fog
GAIA
UpMag
Light of Fashion pendant
Venus
Zeus
August
Light of Fashion spot
On the following pages, the savings basis for our lamps/fixtures must be seen in relation to purchase of new comparable products.
Quarto
Pastille
Mento
Skot
Thor
Helios
Judd
Frigg
Trifillet
Natural History
Sunrise
The Whole Cigar
Big Industry
Small Industry
Out of the Fog
GAIA
UpMag
Light of Fashion pendant
Venus
Zeus Light of Fashion spot
August
The Basics
ReThinKit
Fischer ReThinKit ®
The unique technology that drives the entire Fischer Lighting range of ReUse and ReDesign lights is called ReThinKit. We have developed a range of proprietary technologies that allows existing lights of all forms to be converted into LED lamps.
This creates immense savings in resource that would otherwise be dedicated to producing new lamp housings. Furthermore, the ReThinKit methodology ensures that the LED solutions inserted today continue to be circular, as each part is designed for disassembly and refit as technologies change and parts expire. This aspect sets Fischer Lighting apart from competitors whose LED systems are non-replaceable.
The unique technologies behind our sustainable approach
ReThinKit Downlight
ReThinKit Downlight is a patented system for upgrading spotlights, round pendants and recessed ceiling lamps.
Based on a cleverly adjusting bezel, the LED insert may be fitted and adjusted to various dimensions of lamp-housing.
This system forms the basis of August, an award-winning lighting system developed in partnership with GXN
ReThinKit Panels
An infinite variety of LED panels are made with flexible, rapid manufacturing processes. These can adapt to any fixture, allowing complex replacement solutions to be made on demand, suited technical requirements of the design
1. Before remodelling.
We remove the old electronics from the fixture, leaving only the shell. We can remodel all traditional downlights, pendants, box fixtures and built-in fixtures.
2. New insert is installed.
Our patented LED technology is installed. We can supply the luminaires with the desired brightness and colour temperature, with or without control.
3. After remodelling.
The luminaire is now converted to LED and has all the functionality one would expect from modern LED luminaires. The luminaires are also future-proof and can continue to be used when new and improved technology comes on the market.
System design for Human centric lighting
Sleep, rest, productivity, mood and awareness are intricately linked to the production of melatonin, according to daily light cycles.
This approach has been shown to assist with productivity, insomnia, mood-learning, seasonal affective disorder and other patterns of behaviour*.
Rather than using a single quality of light during morning day and evening, varying the wavelength and intensity of light across daily cycles allow the body to synchronize it’s biochemical cycles with the daily rhythm of work, rest and sleep*
Fischer Lighting’s ‘Human-centred Lighting Service’ employs our expertise in designing and programming circadian control systems can be employed to offer benefits to health, sleep and productivity.
*PR Boyce, Human Factors in Lighting, 2014ReUse & ReDesign range
Designer options
Adaptability
Fischer Lighting’s solutions are designed according to sustainable principles such as modularity which means that all our solutions consist of a number of “building blocks” that can be easily replaced.
This also means that our solutions are flexible and we are able to change everything from CRI (Ra), colour temperature, light distribution, LED type, etc. Just as we have solutions that can be installed in almost all types of ceilings, fixtures, etc.
Choice of Colour & Finish
In addition to the standard colours and finishes below, the entire ReDesign and ReUse range can be customised according to the customer’s needs. Select from any number of RAL and custom finishes by contacting us directly.
We are therefore able to customize a solution to suit your exact wishes and requirements, and offer maintenance contracts for the future.
Technical Specifications
All fixtures are by standard delivered with L80B10 60.000, MacAdam 3 step, CRI/Ra>82, flicker free and 5 years warranty.
Controls: Fixtures can be delivered with Dali, Philips EasyAir, and Human Centric Lighting
Standard finishes
ReDesign
Anthracite
RAL 7016
Matt, medium textured finish with a metallic sparkle.
Matte White RAL 9016
Deep matte, fine textured finish. Slightly warm white.
Light Grey RAL 7035
Deep matte, fine textured finish. Neutral tone.
Sand Blasted, Clear Lacquer
Base metal tones. Clear Ultra-matte lacquer.
Rust and Lacquer
Base metal tones, rust, clear gloss lacquer.
Raw Patina
Base metal tones. Clear gloss lacquer.
ReUse
“ We are able to customize a solution to suit your wishes and requirements.”
Surface-mounted Lighting
Quarto
Classic & elemental
This design classic originally produced by Focus Lighting is still in production today and serves a wide variety of uses both indoor and outdoor. Its elemental simplicity and distinctive form make it suitable for many architectural settings, from historical to ultra-modern. This lamp is perfect for wall washes and situations where indirect, reflected light is preferable. Cafe lighting, hallways, bathrooms and exterior walls and entryways all benefit from this kind of fixture. Extra levels of waterproofing is optional for exterior use.
Pastille
Versatile & resilient
A spun aluminium lamp of superb quality, this classic vintage light fixture form the 60’ is not only re-purposed but improved by LED technology creating an aesthetic quality that was not possible before the introduction of LED technology. The face of the lamp now uses a micro-lenticular system that provides a perfectly flat and even light thanks to a customised LED circuit-board. Suitable for hallways and stairs, this lamp’s essential geometry transgresses the boundaries of architectural style and utility.
Mento
Classic & elemental
This fixture originates from Mærsk headoffice at Esplanaden in Copenhagen. It can either be suspended or surface mounted against the top.
It is refitted with new LED technology and can either be delivered in a raw version or with the original white paint.
The fixture fits perfectly over a conference table, in foyers or event spaces.
Skot
Resilient industrial
The Skot has become an institution in the Scandinavian lighting world. The industrial, nautical form is at home in both old and new fit-outs where an appearance of solidity and robustness are keys. Equally at home in the exterior and interior, the light adorns driveways, stairwells, hallways, entrances and gardens. They have been refit with exchangeable LEDs to ensure that the design remains relevant and in service for years to come. Available in fully or semi-glazed versions as well as with original patina.
Thor
Universal & adaptable
This fixture uses minimal material for the purpose of delivering high-quality, tunable linear light. The ability to create a low profile, recessable fixture is highly demanded in interior fit-outs. It’s design for disassembly is valuable for the short life-span of many interior refits, and the flexibility of its implementation and use means that the fixture can have future lives by remaining in the market cycle for multiple uses. Thor is made from Hydro Circal, which is the most sustainable aluminum on the market, where a minimum of 75% of the aluminum is scrap metal.
Helios
Ambient lamp in sustainable design
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios is the God and personification of the Sun. Fischer Lighting have designed Helios as an ambient lamp with the power to simulate the rhythm of the sun from sunrise to sunset. It can make almost any room feel warm, and truly inviting, and adds a cozy atmosphere to the room. With simple controls it is possible to change the temperature of the light and alter the mood in the room.
The lamp is based on the principles of circular economy and made from metal scrap from facade panels.
The lamp is expected to be launched in Q2-2023.
Suspended Lighting
Understated & iconic
This fixture originates from retail stores and is a potential classic. It can be suspended or surface mounted against the top or side surfaces to create a wall-wash or a downlight. The form of the object suits modern, industrial and minimal architectural contexts, and its proportions and unapologetic dimensions make this object an iconic yet understated feature in any interior. The classic design of the fixture creates a large, illuminated surface, which reduces glare and gives the perfect conditions for any indoor environment. A deep cavity in the housing permits it to be fitted for both wall wash and downlighting. Named after the artist whose oeuvre demonstrated the potential in such forms, the lamp is fitted with refined industrial components, diffusers and details that take inspiration from his work.
Judd is also found with the original white colour in a basic version.
Frigg
Versatile & sturdy
Frigg is a linear light fixture with many mounting options. The dimensions and versatility of this fixture does not exist in old housings from the pre-LED era. Like Thor, it’s design for disassembly is valuable for the short life-span of many interior refits. Frigg is made from Hydro Circal, which is the most sustainable aluminum on the market, where a minimum of 75% of the aluminum is scrap metal.
Versatile & characteristic
This fixture, harvested from schools and universities, is unlike most on the market as it can be hung in angles to create a wall-wash, as well as facing downward as a pendant. The functional versatility of this lamp means that a single lamp type can replace a range of fixtures in a single space. It’s characteristic form has high aesthetic value, and the replacement of a standard grille with a specialised optical acrylic diffuser, allows for high control of the lightsource, while completing the volumetric form of the lamp. The case contains an up-lighting capacity which creates more perceptual space in areas with low ceilings.
Natural History
Culture re-imagined
Salvaged from the Natural History Museum in Copenhagen, the function and aesthetics of the original lamp is improved with the introduction of a recessed translucent diffuser which converts an otherwise standard looking fixture into a refined and better performing lamp with regards to light spread and glare. The new diffuser elegantly recedes into the lamp housing, allowing the iconic form of the lamp to take precedence, and its fine-grained elements create a more even and higher quality light output.
Sunrise
Simple & elemental
Sunrise is a high-quality solid steel fitting with an elemental geometric basis, suitable for Deco, modern, postmodern and industrial spaces, depending on finish. They are reinterpreted from classic elementary school fixtures in Denmark. The housing is treated to create an industrial patina, or refinished surface, and a special high performance film diffuses and transmits light efficiently. The depth of the form permits a wide beam without inducing glare, making it an efficient typology for office and institutional use.
The Whole Cigar
Directional linear lamp
Borrowing from the form of the Sunrise lamp, An iconic Cylindrical form begged to be perceived. This lamp elucidates that potential converting the form into an entirely different pendant extending it to an entirely new array of applications.
Innovative details allow the light to be angled toward walls or ceilings, and a variation of the lamp emits light upward and downward.
Pendants
Big Industry
Industrial heritage
Originally seen in several Danish factory halls. Today, a staple fixture for industrial conversions and boutique HoReCa, these rescued industrial pendants are a highly sought-after fixture in the market. Equipped with the latest LED tecnology and lighting control.
Small Industry
Industrial heritage
Originally seen in several Danish factory halls. Today, a staple fixture for industrial conversions and boutique HoReCa, these rescued industrial pendants are a highly sought-after fixture in the market. Equipped with the latest LED tecnology and lighting control.
Out of the Fog
Elegant vintage
This is a design classic originally by Fog & Mørup which is aesthetically versatile and suitable as a decorative pendant for historical architecture, Deco and certain contemporary styles. The large volumetric glass diffuser reduces glare and distributes light evenly across its surface, making it equally suitable for small-space lighting and as a softly glowing aesthetic feature in larger areas.
Distinctive acoustics
The development of GAIA is based on a belief that design can - and must - contribute to improving our world. GAIA is a product that visibly illuminates creating a pleasant atmosphere, and at the same time, attenuates noise assisting focus and contemplation.
GAIA is designed with a focus on three primary elements: Visual impact – Designed with a unique human centric lighting with a circadian rhythm that creates a cosy, calm atmosphere. Acoustic impact – Acoustic properties of the material which enables the pendant to improve sound in its surroundings. Circular Economy – Designed for Disassembly while utilizing a uniform recycled material which illustrates how a simple waste product can be transformed into a beautiful object.
GAIA reduce problems of poor acoustics, while emitting a beautiful and health-promoting light. The lamp is suitable for offices, meeting rooms, foyers and common areas full of people and where noise level creates challences for a healty and confortable indoor climate. The acoustic material is made from 75% upcycled post-use PET from drink bottles and can by standard be produced in 4 different colours. The acoustic panals are also available in other colours (requires a minimum purchase).
UpMag
ReDesign
High Functionality & Craft
Once a surface-mounted fixture, the UpMag is now converted into a multifunctional pendant and surface-mounted spot-light.
Featuring new additions to the suspended shield which protects the eye from glare, Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s re-visioning of the fixture allows the lamp to be repositioned and focused in various ways, extending the technical functions of the light into new realms. This makes it suitable where directional spot-lights add value to a space, including classrooms, galleries, offices and foyers, and furthermore extends their applicability in hotels, restaurants, cafés and industrial refits.
The ballast of the lamp is as standard deliverd with upcycled marble in the colours green or white.
Light of Fashion pendant
A lamp with a unique story
Light of Fashion originates from a retailers global fashion stores. Now transformed into a new fashion lamp by removing original paint and enhancing the quality of the materials of the spot while adding new effective LEDtechnology, making it a unique feature in any interior.
It comes in a version with the original handle painted black or with leather strap.
POWER
Recessed & Technical Lighting
ReDesign
Breaking the grid
Venus is an antidote to the ubiquitous 60x60cm recessed ceiling light designed for modular acoustic t-rail ceilings but often also used in gypsum ceilings. This fixture is made from reclaimed housings that save up to 7.5 kg of steel per unit and comes in dephts from 50-127 mm depending on the original design. No matter which type of reclaimed housing it always delivers the same look and light.
The simple move to convert the square grid into a round light fitting breaks the monotony of the grid and delivers an even lighting surface for ambient lighting conditions for offices and workplaces.
This product has been awarded for its capacity to scale into new markets, making a big shift in sustainable outcomes. The Solar Impulse Foundation has proclaimed Venus one of the world’s 1000 most sustainable solutions.
Zeus
Niche application
Zeus is specifically designed as a shelf-light for bookshelves and libraries, but may also be used in bathrooms over mirrors and for storage lighting. It occupies a rare position in the marketplace. It’s design for disassembly is valuable for the short life-span of many interior refits. It is as standard delivered with intelligent controls, which dims the light in areas without movement. Developed in collaboration with Hillerød Library.
Innovative modularity
August an award-winning design by GXN is the only fixture on the market that is retro-fittable to a large range of recessed fittings. It creates a new appearance in place of the old fixture and has multiple performative benefits including colour blending, glare reduction, and diffusion. The introduction of this fitting into old, recessed fixtures permits a new range of aesthetic and functional options that not only saves the original lamp housing but also the ceiling in which it is mounted. August is composed of circular materials and technologies, and its patented reflector forms the basis for a family of new fixtures.
The diffuser housing is made from broken fishnets. A leftover from the fishing industry.
Light of Fashion spot
A lamp with a unique story
Light of Fashion originates from a retailers global fashion stores. Now transformed into a new fashion lamp by removing original paint and enhancing the quality of the materials of the spot while adding new effective LED technology, making it a unique feature in any interior.
The handle makes it possible to adjust the spot in a 90 degrees angle. Light of Fashion comes in track as well as a suspended pendant version.
Case
Greenhouse Office in Roskilde
Saving Carbon & Sea Life
Sustainable Seas
The purchase of fishnets for recycling provides incentives to treat the left-over waste as a resource. This prevents them from being cast out to sea as ghost-nets, which account for the deaths of thousands of marine creatures including dolphins, sea turtles and whales. But also because the fishnets kill the marine ecosystems and when they decompose they secrete microplastics, which are dangerous for us humans to ingest.
The first accessory of the Fischer Family ‘August’ range is a diffuser-housing made from broken fish-nets left over from the fishing industry.
Rather than being incinerated these nets are up-cycled into lighting products, where the material is constantly reused or re-melted as feedstock for more lamps. Reusing Fishnets for plastic products preserves fossil-oils, significantly reduces the amount of energy used in producing plastic parts and generates 5.5 times less CO2 in production.
A new circular way to illuminate the World
Energy Saving
Healthy Light
A brighter future
Our goal is to create lighting systems that make people healthier and more comfortable while positively contributing to the ecology. There are many benefits to using re-purposed fixtures and we focus especially on UNDP Sustainable Development Goals 3, 7 and 12, which have positive effects for other UNDP goals as well.
We have developed a circular business model where we not only recycle the material from existing lighting fixtures, but also re-use housings and components salvaged from demolition sites. Renewing is better for the environment and usually simpler and cheaper than buying new. That is why we produce innovative LED solutions for installation within reclaimed lamp-housings which offer all the functionality, quality and energy-saving technology obtained with modern LED fixtures. Unlike most LED lamps on the market, ours are designed specifically to enable the interchange of parts such as LEDs and drivers without discarding the whole fixture.
Our new solutions are designed in collaboration with leading architects. Working together, we find or develop sustainable solutions that suit your needs and desires.
Better and healthier light
Fischer Lighting offers advanced controls, on-site service, design, programming and implementation of human-centric lighting. Most of the fixtures in this catalogue can be provided with a Human-Centric-Lighting (HCL) option. The availability of this option is listed in the technical table for each lamp.
A healthier light with multiple benefits
The modern human-being stays indoors 90% of the time, and this presents challenges for our health, as the daily cycles of light play an important a role in moderating our body’s functions such as digestion, mood and sleep. Light is essential to our circadian cycles and the production of important hormones such as melatonin, cortisol and serotonin.
The productive benefits of a better light in terms of increased comfort, well-being and work environment can far exceed the financial savings that can be found as a result of lower energy consumption. Therefore, it is important not only to consider energy savings, but also the health and productivity benefits of Human Centric
Lighting (HCL).
Fischer Lighting works with the latest knowledge and research in the field in collaboration with DTU Fotonik, among others, and can therefore offer solutions with integrated HCL, as well as the latest intelligent controls.
Life-cycle cost
When purchasing LED products from manufacturers, there are two risks worth considering:
Firstly, there is a risk that a replacement fixture is no longer on the market when needed after several years, and you have to make another large investment.
Lastly, when a small part break there is risk of throwing away the entire fixture because of the fact that the
What happens when the fixture stops working after the warranty expires?
product are not designed for service and disassembly. Choosing a sustainable solution can save a great deal of money by avoiding a further large expenditures after a product guarantee expires.
The table on the left represents the relative life-cycle costs of benchmarked industry standards versus an equivalent Fischer Lighting proprietary solution.
Reusing fixtures saves tons of steel and aluminium
Steel and aluminium production requires large quantities of energy and raw minerals, involving vast mining and waste disposal sites.
As a result, steel production generates a significant amount of atmospheric pollutants, solid by-products and residues, as well as waste water sludge. The pollution can take many forms and impacts do not occur only in a local area, but act on regional and global scales.
The production of steel and aluminium also use large quantities of water.
To put the figures in perspective, a person needs approx. 2 litres of fresh drinking water per day. Recycling a standard suspended ceiling fixture saves a person’s equivalent need for water for 19 months. The same fixture uses 90% less metal and contributes to a significant embodied energy saving.
The aluminium and steel Industries have significant impacts on the global ecosystem.
LCA from DTU shows a significant difference between reusing a fixture and producing it from virgin material.
The Basics
A lighting catalogue for the Circular-economy
We are proud to introduce the world’s first catalogue of lamp fitting that is specifically based on circulareconomy principles. Up-cycling rather than recycling wherever possible. No other commercial catalogue covers such a wide variety of commercial uses with reclaimed fixtures.
Reducing waste also makes economic sense. We use only the highest quality reclaimed fixtures that would be expensive to produce from virgin materials, saving both the material cost and the process cost of fabrication. Instead we focus on delivering the highest quality finishes and LED components.
The market for circular goods is growing due to sustainable certifications, however it its not just the sustainability of these products that makes them stand out.
Clients see an opportunity to both incorporate a connection to the history of prior buildings and let the old soul live on as part of the story of a building design. This catalogue makes circular-economy attractive and visible, creating a new aesthetic aspiration for what customers consider ‘premium’.
Our Catalogue is built around long-term value. Each lamp supplied is recouped at the end of its life-cycle and metabolised into components or materials which are recycled to make more lamps, providing opportunities for more local economies. The material supply is ethically sourced using healthy materials, while components are mechanically connected and reused in a continuous life-cycle.
We see this catalogue as a start of a healthier, more equitable, environmentally positive way to do business that is most importantly, competitive and appealing!
All components can be replaced at their end-of-life or when new and better technology comes to market.
“Fischer Lighting solutions are future-proofed”
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