Award winning sustainable product

Applelec’s ECO Built Up Letters have been awarded Best Sustainable / Eco Friendly Product of the Year at the VM & Display Awards 2025.

While developed within a retail display context, this recognition highlights a wider shift in how products are being designed and specified — with sustainability now a key consideration alongside performance and visual impact.

For Applelec Projects, this award reinforces our ability to support schemes with more responsible material choices and considered system design, without compromising on quality or outcome.

Designed with sustainability in mind

The ECO Built Up Letters range has been developed using materials selected to reduce environmental impact while maintaining durability and visual consistency.

This includes:

• 100% recycled and recyclable closed loop acrylic faces

• Backing materials containing up to 80% reclaimed post production waste

• Recyclable aluminium or stainless steel fabrication

• Design for disassembly to support end of life recovery

Together, these elements contribute to a more considered approach to product design, aligned with circular economy principles.

Supporting specification led sustainability

For specifiers, architects and designers, selecting sustainable solutions is becoming an increasingly important part of the decision making process.

Through Applelec Projects, this approach extends beyond individual products to include:

• Guidance on eco conscious material alternatives

• Consideration of energy efficient illumination systems

• The ability to engineer solutions around project sustainability goals

This ensures sustainability is not treated as an add on, but integrated into the overall scheme.

Measured impact beyond the product

As part of the wider Applelec ECO approach, a tree is planted for every order placed within the environmentally conscious product range.

This helps extend the positive impact beyond the product itself, creating a tangible contribution alongside material and manufacturing improvements.

Recognised progress in sustainable design

Winning Best Sustainable / Eco Friendly Product of the Year reflects a growing industry focus on solutions that balance performance, design and environmental responsibility.

For Applelec Projects, this recognition supports our ongoing commitment to delivering specification ready solutions that consider both immediate performance and long term impact.

"Winning this award is an honour that celebrates the innovation, craftsmanship, and purpose behind our work. As bespoke manufacturers, we’re driven by the responsibility to deliver products that inspire visually, perform commercially, and respect the environment. This recognition fuels our passion to keep reimagining what sustainable design can achieve.

Working with like-minded suppliers such as GENLED Brands is key to our sustainability journey, their innovative and customisable illumination solutions empower us to eco-engineer our products in ways that enhance performance, reduce impact, and bring even greater value to our customers.”

Rachel Gould – Marketing Manager, Applelec