At the 17th Conference of the Parties of the led high bay light Convention on Climate Change (COP17), Energy Minister Dipuo Peters announced to ban incandescent lights in the next five years. It’s part of a partnership between the UN Environment Programme (Unep) and the Phillips and Osram lighting groups.
Although the energy-saving effects have not been quantified, Peters estimated that switching from incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescent lighting or LED bulbs could save enough power to light more than four million homes.
According to the International Energy Agency ,electricity for lighting accounted for close to 20 percent of global electricity production, and about 6 percent of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
But the figures are likely to be quite different for SA, where most electricity is used by heavy industry, and not for lighting homes and offices.
Although the energy-saving effects have not been quantified, Peters estimated that switching from incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescent lighting or LED bulbs could save enough power to light more than four million homes.
According to the International Energy Agency ,electricity for lighting accounted for close to 20 percent of global electricity production, and about 6 percent of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
But the figures are likely to be quite different for SA, where most electricity is used by heavy industry, and not for lighting homes and offices.
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