Lighting consumes an astonishing 19% of the world’s electricity generation. The resulting CO2 is equivalent to 70% of global emissions from passenger vehicles and is three times more than emissions from aviation. Also, lighting significantly contributes to the energy bill: In many commercial buildings lighting accounts for 40% or more of electricity costs.
What can you do in your building?
Fortunately, lighting offers several very convenient and effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint and energy bill. In fact, the installation of smarter lighting controls can reduce lighting energy consumption by 30-50% - sometimes more.McKinsey recently published a very insightful report on why energy efficiency improvements can contribute substantially to a business' bottom line and why implementing such improvements makes perfect business sense.