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A globaltransitionto efcientlighting

Rudy Provoost, CEO o Philips LightingMartin Goetzeler, CEO o OSRAM

 he demand or electricity is set to rise dramatically.For lighting alone, electricity consumption is

expected to increase by 60 per cent in the next 20 years. oday, lighting is responsible or 19 per cent o globalelectricity consumption and or six to eight per cent o global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Te good newsis that the technology is here to enable a global transitionto lighting efcient enough to slash emissions by hal.

 Te move to energy efcient lighting Lighting worldwide is responsible or 1,900 milliontonnes o CO

2a year meaning that the potential or

reductions in GHG emissions is enormous. Around 40per cent o uture global energy demand or lightingcould be avoided by switching to ecient lightbulbs.

 Te shit rom inecient incandescent bulbs to energy ecient compact uorescent (CFLs) or light-emittingdiodes (LEDs) would cut world lighting energy demandsignifcantly, saving countries, businesses and householdsconsiderable sums in reduced electr icity bills. Few actionscould reduce carbon emissions as cheaply and easily as thephase-out o inecient lighting.

Market orces are not sucient to achieve therapid transormation needed in the lighting marketto respond to the climate change challenge. Instead,a multi-stakeholder global partnership is required tosupport countries as they embark upon ecient lightingtransormation programmes. As two o the biggestlighting manuacturers in the world, we have chosen toocus our eforts on transorming the lighting marketin partnership with UNEP through its en.lighteninitiative. With its unparalleled global network, UNEPcan provide leadership by inspiring and enabling nationsto prioritise ecient lighting and reap the benets o lowered energy costs.

 Whereas activities aimed at phasing out inefcienttechnologies have been introduced in recent years in a

number o countries, experience indicates that global co-ordination is required to assist countries as they embark upon efcient lighting transormation programmes.Support is necessary to provide countries with therequired know-how to make the transition successul,both in terms o the economic gains and the associatedreduction o GHG emissions.

A number o countries and regions in the worldhave initiated successul steps in order to move to

ecient lighting. In 2009, the EU banned traditionalincandescent bulbs o 100 watts or more, a decision that will save about 32 million tonnes o CO

2a year. Together

 with energy eciency regulations, the ban will saveabout €11 billion a year (US$15.3 billion). In Australia, where the legislation o eciency standards will resultin a ban on incandescent bulbs this year, more than30 terawatt hours (TWh) o electricity and 28 milliontonnes o GHG emissions are expected to be savedbetween 2008 and 2020.

 With the above activities as examples o what ispossible, the UNEP en.lighten initiative has seizedthe opportunity to lead the engagement required withdeveloping and emerging countries, governments and the

private sector to achieve a global market transormationto efcient lighting.

Private sector and the UN inpartnership to en.lighten the world

 Te UNEP en.lighten initiative was created in 2009 as apartnership between UNEP, Philips Lighting and OSRAM,

 with support o the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Te initiative addresses the challenge o accelerating globalmarket transormation to environmentally sustainablelighting technologies by developing a global strategy insupport o the gradual phase-out o inecient lighting.

 Tis will reduce global GHGs rom the lighting sectorand also reduce mercury released rom coal combustion.

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 Te initiative aims to strengthen country, government andprivate sector capacity to lead successul lighting markettransormation programmes through:

• the development o a global policy strategy to gradually 

eliminate inecient and obsolete lighting products;• the promotion o high perormance and ecient lighting

technologies in developing and emerging nations;

• the substitution o traditional uel-based lighting withecient alternatives.

 Te en.lighten initiative has created global taskorces where international experts rom developing, emergingand developed countries and sectors are working on aglobal approach to phase out inecient incandescentlamps. Another key element o the initiative is thedevelopment o strategies to assist countries inestablishing sound collection and recycling systems, anarea where we have many lessons and experiences to share.

Of-grid lighting: a solution to theplight o millionsMore than 1.6 billion people around the world do not haveaccess to grid-based technology and use over 77 billionlitres o kerosene each year or lighting, emitting morethan 190 million tonnes o CO

2per year in the process.

Kerosene is dangerous to its users and to the environment.Medical experts warn that kerosene smoke is unhealthy and the open ame lanterns are dangerous.

 Te presence o artifcial light can extend the hours o productivity, oten leading to job creation as retailers canstay open longer, construction can continue into dusk,small local industries can thrive and evening education

classes become more viable. According to the WorldBank, poor inrastructure is responsible or a growth ratereduction o at least two per cent in Arica.

“Te challenge o this generation is to deliver energy tothe billions o people around the world without access tothe grid in a way that does not contribute to humanity’sglobal environmental ootprint, including impact on theclimate,” said Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary generaland UNEP executive director. “o do this we needinnovative and creative solutions and partnerships thatbring together governments, businesses and communitiesin common cause.”

 Te private sector has become involved with variousprojects such as the OSRAM ‘Umeme Kwa Wote’,meaning Energy or All, an of-grid project whichbegan in April 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya. Te ecientlighting project has seen the establishment o energy hubs around the Kenyan shores o Lake Victoria and inUganda. Te hubs ofer customers with a leasing modelor solar-charged mobile lighting systems that can replacekerosene lanterns both or night shing and home use.Additionally, the energy hubs ofer the service o chargingmobile phones and selling clean drinking water that hasbeen treated by a solar-powered UV-ltration plant.

Philips has been working with NGOs in Ghana ondomestic solar-powered lighting solutions since early 2008 and in November 2009 announced the world’s frstsel sustaining solar- powered LED ootball oodlightingsolutions. For the frst time, in both Kenya and South

Arica, communities were able to enjoy games o ootballin the evenings in areas which had never witnessedelectric light beore.

 Trough the UNEP en.lighten initiative and on the basis

o the successul experiences we have gained in Aricancountries, we aim to provide support to developing andemerging countries in setting the appropriate rameworksneeded to accelerate the spread o of-grid lightingtechnologies, bringing light to those who need it.

 Martin Goetzeler is President & CEO o OSRAM.He joined OSRAM as CFO in Italy and became  Managing Director o OSRAM UK in 2001. From 2002he was the CFO o OSRAM SYLVANIA in Danvers,USA. Since May 2005 Martin Goetzeler is the President & Chie Executive Ofcer o OSRAM, one o the twolargest lighting manuacturers in the world.

 Rudy Provoost is Executive Vice-President and CEO o  Philips Lighting, member o the Board o Management,Royal Philips Electronics and Chairman o the PhilipsSustainability Board. Mr. Provoost joined Philips inOctober 2000 as CEO o the European regional sales and was appointed CEO o the Consumer Electronics division in 2004 and to the Board o Management o Philips in 2006.

 Philips Lighting is a leading provider o lighting solutions or homes and workplaces to public spaces, sports arenasand the outside lighting o architectural icons. In 2009,

the company pledged to improve the efciency o its overall  product portolio by 50 per cent by 2015 and double both itsrecycling rate and use o recycled materials in new products.

OSRAM was ounded over 100 years ago and is head-quartered in Munich. It ocuses on high-tech efciencyand over 66 per cent o sales are generated rom energy-efcient products. OSRAM’s work in helping amiliesin developing countries switch to energy-saving lampswon approval as a UN Clean Development Mechanism(CDM) or its contribution to cutting CO

 2emissions.

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