ENERGY
ENERGY SAVING LIGHTING nick clark, Director, lietcorp and energy Works
largely due to escalating prices forcing companies to reduce costs by ‘switching the lights off’ rather than utilising efficient technology available. While the Government is investing in promoting energy savings through initiatives such
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nergy consumption in the uK (ecuK) is at its lowest since 1990, with the industry sector alone reducing its usage by a third. However, this is
as the recently launched Green Deal cashback scheme, obvious routes to save energy such as energy efficient lighting are being largely ignored. lighting alone accounts for 20 per cent of energy consumption in britain. With a number of systems in place to reduce this figure, it is time businesses took advantage of the technology available to them. the move towards achieving carbon savings and csr goals has raised awareness of products available, but most companies are still largely unaware of the money being wasted on high energy usage through inefficient lighting. one lighting alternative, which is
growing in popularity, is leD – lighting emitting Diode. advancements in technology mean that superior leDs are often far more cost effective than traditional light sources. leD chips which are the integral part of an leD light fitting, are much more powerful, resulting in an increased lighting performance from a single lamp and with the use of optics a variety of beam angles can be achieved. unlike alternative lighting sources they also emit lower power output levels over a longer period of time, meaning that a quality leD is designed to last for up to 90,000 hours. switching an organisation’s lighting
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