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LEDs: Lighting the Clean Revolution

LIGHTING THE CLEAN REVOLUTION LEDS ARE BRINGING A LIGHTING REVOLUTION TO OUR CITIES NOT SEEN SINCE THE DAYS OF THOMAS EDISON. THE TECHNOLOGY REPRESENTS AS MUCH OF A STEP CHANGE AS THE MOVE FROM CANDLES TO INCANDESCENT LAMPS IN THE 19TH CENTURY. LIGHTING ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 20% OF THE WORLD'S ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION. THE 6% OF GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ATTRIBUTED TO LIGHTING IS EQUIVALENT TO 70% OF THE EMISSIONS FROM THE WORLD'S PASSENGER VEHICLES 20% THE 'LIGHTSAVERS' TRIAL: 12 MAJOR CITIES 15 TRIALS 27 PRODUCTS 500+ LIGHTS WE LEARNED THAT LEDS ACHIEVE THE EXPECTED 50% TO 70% ENERGY SAVINGS, AND REACH UP TO 80% SAVINGS WHEN COUPLED WITH SMART CONTROLS. .... BIRMINGHAM TORONTO LONDON NEW YORK TIANJIN GUIYANG THANE HONG KONG KOLKATA QUEZON CITY This is part of THE CLEAN REVOLUTION SYDNEY ADELAIDE LED PENETRATION INTO THE GENERAL LIGHTING MARKET IS EXPECTED TO RISE FROM 7% TODAY TO 64% BY 2020, REACHING AT LEAST US$70 BILLION IN LED PRICES ARE SET TO FALL BY MORE THAN 80% BY 2020. SOON IT WILL SAVE BILLIONS IN ENERGY AND MAINTENANCE COSTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. VALUE PER YEAR PRICES MARKET UP 800% DOWN 80% IF AN AVERAGE OF JUST 40% ENERGY SAVINGS WERE UNLOCKED BY LEDS ACROSS THE WORLD, IT WOULD SAVE... LLLL LLLL LLLLLLLLLL USS40-50 BILLION USSBO BILLION I L-10 $129 BILLION IN ELECTRICITY COST, THE TOTAL GLOBAL WIND AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MARKETS COMBINED 670 MILLION TONS OF CO. THE EMISSIONS RELEASED BY 642 AND COAL POWER PLANTS IF LEDS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, THEY COULD ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY ELIMINATE LIGHTING AS A MAJOR SOURCE OF GLOBAL EMISSIONS LEARN MORE ABOUT BY READING THE FULL REPORT, 'LIGHTING THE CLEAN REVOLUTION' AT THECLEANREVOLUTION.ORG/PUBLICATIONS SEE REAL CASE STUDIES OF THE CLEAN REVOLUTION IN ACTION AT WWW.CLEANREVOLUTION.ORG FOLLOW THE CLIMATE GROUP ON TWITTER @CLIMATEGROUP AND TWEET ABOUT THE CLEAN REVOLUTION USING #CLEANREVOLUTION THE CLIMATE GROUP © THE CLIMATE GROUP 2012 I WwW.THECLIMATEGROUP.ORG I [email protected]

LEDs: Lighting the Clean Revolution

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The Infographic highlights the efficiency and economic benefits of low carbon, LED lighting. Hopefully, the people with the power to accelerate scale-up of the energy-saving technology will see it –...

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