18 INtELLIgENt LIgHtINg soLUtIoNs
Specialist lighting solutions reap
economic rewards for industry
any companies are keen to prices by minimising energy use makes good
Lighting is a significant
reduce their energy use and business sense. Many companies overlook their
energy user and, in an
reap the financial and carbon footprint, since their operations don’t
effort to green their
Menvironmental benefits require huge amounts of energy. However, it is
activities further, many associated with energy efficiency. However, the the fabric of a factory that also causes energy to
companies are now
worldwide economic downturn means that be wasted.
reaping economic
industry has become increasingly wary of any A poorly-insulated factory lined with old-
rewards as they turn to
installations that might negatively impact upon style, inefficient strip lighting can leak substantial
innovative solutions.
finances and productivity. For this reason, amounts of energy. For example, though it is
Nicola Martin explains.
‘greening’ industrial sites, through a process of often overlooked, lighting is a significant energy
low-carbon retrofitting, is gaining popularity as a user, particularly if a large utility is filled with
La iluminación es un
cost-effective way to cut energy use. fluorescent lighting. About 19 per cent of global
consumo de energía
The European Union (EU) outlook on electricity generation is taken for lighting – in a
significativo, y en un mitigating climate change includes a sharp focus non-industrial environment this figure is doubled
esfuerzo por conseguir
on improving energy efficiency. The EU argues – and the biggest consumer is the fluorescent
que sus actividades
that reducing energy wastage is important for tube. Energy use in lighting can be halved simply
sean más respetuosas
competitiveness, security of supply and for by upgrading to energy-efficient lighting.
con el medio ambiente,
meeting the commitments on climate change Until recently, however, there were hidden costs
numerosas compañías se
están aprovechando de
made under the Kyoto Protocol. It has also involved in making even basic energy-efficiency
las ventajas económicas
committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions measures like upgrading fluorescent lighting. There
aportadas por soluciones
by 20 per cent by 2020. are physical and technical differences between the
innovadoras. Informa
In the past, the EU has concentrated its energy-efficient T5 lamps and the older, inefficient
Nicola Martin. efforts on energy-intensive industries, such as T8 and T12 lamps. In the past, this meant that, in
construction and large-scale manufacturing, order to install energy-efficient lighting, all the
which are subject to the EU Emissions Trading light fittings needed to be ripped out and replaced.
Beleuchtungen gehören
Scheme (EU ETS). Increasingly, however, This turned a simple ‘greening’ task into a real
zu den erheblichen
attention is turning to what non-energy-intensive headache. It meant added capital investment in the
Energieverbrauchern.
Bei ihrem Bestreben
sectors can do to reduce emissions. EU estimates form of purchasing new fittings, plus disruption
nach
show that small-scale emitters, including small and downtime. The wastefulness of this situation,
umweltbewussterem
industrial installations, currently represent some which involves substantial amounts of plastic and
Handeln werden viele
60 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions. metal from the old fittings being sent needlessly to
Unternehmen nun bei Legislation on limiting energy use differs from landfill, clearly undermines the apparent
ihrem Umstieg auf
country to country, but the bottom line remains sustainability of upgrading lighting. For this
innovative Lösungen
the same: safeguarding against spikes in energy reason, companies are instead choosing innovative
wirtschaftlich belohnt,
wie Nicola Martin
erläutert.
Fig. 1. The new
units plug into
existing lamp
fixture.
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