Zumtobel’s IZURA Luminaire Wins German Sustainability Award for Circular Design Innovation

The IZURA concept luminaire focuses on customizable design, allowing users to adapt the housing with any desired color and surface texture. Whether specific Pantone shades, intricate patterns, personalized text, or photos, the pendant luminaire can be tailored to meet diverse user preferences.

(IN BRIEF) Zumtobel’s IZURA pendant luminaire has won the German Sustainability Award 2025 in the Product + Resources category for its innovative circular design, resource-efficient production, and use of recycled materials. Featuring a modular structure and digital product passport, the luminaire ensures transparency across its lifecycle, supports personalized designs, and promotes sustainability with low-energy production methods. This recognition highlights Zumtobel’s leadership in driving the transformation toward circular economy practices in the lighting industry.

(PRESS RELEASE) DOMBIM, 29-Nov-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — The IZURA pendant luminaire by Zumtobel has been recognized with the German Sustainability Award 2025 in the Product + Resources category, highlighting its groundbreaking approach to sustainable design and resource efficiency. Crafted from recycled steel and biocomposite materials, IZURA embodies Zumtobel’s Circular Design Rules, emphasizing minimal environmental impact from production to end-of-life.

Featuring a modular design with only 40 components, the luminaire is fully customizable, enabling personalized aesthetics such as colors, patterns, and even Pantone-matched shades. Its digital product passport provides transparent lifecycle data, including maintenance, disassembly, and recycling guidance, further extending the product’s lifespan. The system’s integration of modern DALI drivers enables wireless control and seamless building system integration, showcasing the blend of innovation and eco-conscious engineering.

The jury of the German Sustainability Award commended Zumtobel for setting industry benchmarks in circular economy practices, describing IZURA as a “beacon” for transformation. Unveiled at Light + Building 2024, IZURA reinforces Zumtobel’s commitment to sustainability, innovation, and individuality, earning accolades for driving progress in environmentally responsible lighting solutions.

About Zumtobel
Our passion is to create quality lighting solutions that deliver total perfection. We are driven by a conviction that the right kind of light can create the right atmosphere in a building at any time of day or night. When tailored to people’s individual needs, light becomes something of an experience. We are always exploring new ways to come up with inimitable and timeless designs and are inspired by a unique creative ambition. When working on the lighting of tomorrow, we are driven by our innovative corporate philosophy of continuously improving the aesthetics of light. With passion, a sense of beauty and a
forward-looking approach, we are constantly seeking to use light to help improve people’s quality of life. The Zumtobel brand is part of Zumtobel Group AG, based in Dornbirn in the Vorarlberg region of Austria.

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