The below media by APEC, covers a critical issue of electric
lighting, not just domestic lighting, buildings and government properties, but most
important public street lighting and the role it plays in Climate Change.
The push is now on as we can see through
programs such as the Global Lighting challenge at http://www.globallightingchallenge.org/ to reduce the carbon foot print by changing light globes to high efficiency and LED globes - no doubt this is just another way public sector workers are fighting climate change through changes to "public and street lighting " , government energy policies and more, plus the ability to manage the electricity supply, all as part of the Climate Changes actions .
According to " Global Climate Change " ---
An overnight global transition to highly efficient LED lamps would avoid 801 Mt of CO2 emissions, equivalent to displacing 684 coal-fired power plants around the world.
This makes it " Electricity Energy Workers Business", from climate change to just transition!
The below article points to how these changes are these are being pushed by Governments and others , through the APEC Energy Working Group - the advice is from APEC
| http://www.apec.org/Press/ |
The ambitious target, known as the Global Lighting Challenge, was introduced during the COP21 climate talks in Paris last December. It builds on complementary, market-based measures being advanced by APEC economies to reduce their energy intensity by 45 per cent by 2035 and lower their carbon emissions to fight climate change. Energy officials and experts will convene next week in Taichung City to accelerate work toward this energy intensity reduction goal.
“Lighting accounts for 15 per cent of global electricity consumption, more than the electricity generated by all the nuclear power stations in the world, and five per cent of all carbon emissions,” said Dr Phyllis Yoshida, Chair of the APEC Energy Working Group, which guides policy collaboration in the region in support of clean and efficient energy development.
“A global transition to highly efficient lighting could eliminate more than 800 million metric tons of CO2 emissions, which is equivalent to displacing 684 coal-fired power plants for a year,” explained Dr Yoshida, who is also a Senior Advisor at the United States Department of Energy. “The Global Lighting Challenge fits well with work in APEC on lighting standards, lighting design centers and use of light-emitting diode lamps for street lighting.”
The development of efficient and affordable lighting technology has made considerable strides and offers opportunities for substantial reductions in energy consumption. It can furthermore be used to harvest solar power via light-emitting diode lamps, or LEDs, sparking the commercial market for off-grid solar lighting.
APEC’s endorsement of the Global Lighting Challenge provides impetus for deeper partnership between the region’s governments and the private sector to reduce barriers to the access and deployment of efficient lighting. This includes exchanges of technical expertise and capacity building assistance.
It also encourages individual APEC economies and the business community to make specific, voluntary commitments to achieve the large-scale application of energy efficient lighting. All commitments are recognized on the Global Lighting Challenge website.
“APEC economies are making real headway in their efforts to seek and deploy energy efficient lighting through collaboration on new ideas, best practices and breakthrough technologies,” Dr Yoshida noted.
“The large-scale adoption of energy efficient lighting would represent a major step towards fulfilling the APEC region’s energy and climate goals,” she concluded.
The proliferation of green buildings, new and renewable energy technologies, and improvements in energy efficiency and conservation will be points of focus of officials in Taichung City, moving APEC towards a more sustainable and resilient regional economy. Trade Ministers from the region will separately meet in Arequipa, Peru on 17-18 May to take actions that create enabling conditions for greater progress and sustainable growth.
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Read how APEC is working to bridge action on climate change and the promotion of trade and economic growth, and demonstrate their potential to become mutually reinforcing here.
