* Available free with Membership! Find out more
Energy-efficient lighting, defined as electric lighting systems that deliver the highest ratio of luminous energy output, in lumen-hours, per watt of electrical input, has excellent prospects within the global lighting industry. It can offer a high value to businesses, individuals and society at large by lowering operating costs and reducing carbon emissions. Demand for energy-efficient lighting has been largely driven by rising energy costs, utility rebates and public policies such as energy codes, product labelling and tax incentives.
This e-book provides a comprehensive overview of competing technologies fighting for space in this market, with long-term forecasts and scenarios to 2020.
Executive summary
Introduction and methodology
- Report scope
- Report objective
- Methodology
- Glossary of terms
The energy-efficient lighting industry
- Introduction
- Drivers
- Energy costs
- Government policies
- Product legislation
- Energy legislation
- Product labelling
- Energy codes
- Utility rebates
- Other incentives
- LEED and the sustainable design movement
- Barriers
- Initial cost and insufficient payback
- Commercial lease properties
- Lack of education
- Human factors
Emerging energy-efficient lighting technologies
- Introduction
- LED lighting
- LED lamp modules
- LED fixtures
- Replacement lamps
- Light-emitting plasma lamp
- Fluorescent ballasts
- Fluorescent lamps
- HID systems
- Lighting controls
- Lighting design
- Daylighting
End-use trends
- Introduction
- Residential
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Outdoor
- Retrofits
Outlook for energy-efficient lighting
- Introduction
- Technologies on the horizon
- OLEDs
- DC power distribution
- Impact of the green movement
- LEED
- Energy efficiency
- Lighting controls
- Light pollution
- Green building codes
- New applications and pockets of demand