Press release 02072025 SHAPE-THE-LIGHT International Online Masterclass Sustainability of (artistic) lighting products
Press release
July 2, 2025
Announcement by Project Partner KU Leuven
SHAPE-THE-LIGHT, art for light - light for art
Capacity Building Academy:
International Online Masterclass 1
“Sustainability of artistic lighting products"
This masterclass is related to the introduction of the sustainability principles on (artistic) lighting products. The masterclass will treat the application of the Eco-design rules in the design of (artistic) lighting products to make them sustainable, boost circular business in line with the European Green Deal and the New European Bauhaus strategies.
Coordination: KU Leuven (project partner Flanders region, Belgium) + Cluster Groen Licht Vlaanderen
Date: Tuesday 16/09/2025 1.30 - 5.30 PM
Programme
- Masterclass on 'Sustainability of artistic lighting products' by Teresa Selvaggio (LightingEurope)
- Current and future Ecodesign and Labelling rules for lighting – a focus on circularity
- Sustainability-related legislative files impacting the lighting industry
- Interactive showcasing by Greet Verhoeven (Etap Lighting International)
- Q+A
Location: Hybrid (online + in presence)
- Online: Teams Room System (link will be send after registration)
- KU Leuven, Ghent Campus (Ghent, Belgium)
Language: English
Price: This international online masterclass is free of charge. Registration is required via website cluster Groen Licht Vlaanderen.
Target audience: This international masterclass is open for all stakeholders active in lighting. Since the DEI strategy is applied, we encourage female stakeholders to become part of the audience and hope that participants from other EU and extra-EU countries, with a main focus on Ukraine, will also participate.
Stakeholders:
- Architectural & Lighting designers
- Lighting contractors, installers, calculators & engineers
- Interior designers
- Lighting artists
- Lighting Manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers
- Young engineers, designers, young artists & students
- Technology providers
- Members from Groen Licht Vlaanderen, Luce in Veneto, Cluster Lumière, Clúster d’il luminación de Catalunya, Polski Związek Przemysłu Oświetleniowego (ELCA Cluster organisations)
- Members Lighting Europe, Women in Lighting, IALD, ...
- Cultural associations and public entities
This masterclass is possible thanks to content contributions from LightingEurope and Etap Lighting International
More information about the project SHAPE-THE-LIGHT: https://www.groenlichtvlaanderen.be/activiteiten/projecten/shape-the-light-%2808/07/2024-07/07/026%29
Project partners:
Complete Agenda International Online Masterclasses SHAPE-THE-LIGHT: will be avaible very soon on website ELCA
- Masterclass 2: Art, Light and Planet: Performative Lighting for Environmental Awareness (coordinated by CICAT - 23 October 2025)
- Masterclass 3: Digitalization of Artistic Lighting Performances (coordinated by CL - December 2025 during Lyon Light Festival)
- Masterclass 4: Digitalization of Artistic Lighting Products (coordinated by LIV - 12 February 2026)