ASEAN member states have committed themselves to work together to switch to efficient lighting standards and policies, a move that will significantly reduce energy consumption in the region.

As speculated by experts and scientists, energy savings will contribute substantially to promoting a green economy for sustainable development. Therefore, the economical and efficient use of energy is of utmost urgency at the moment.

A project to replace 3.89 million street lamp bulbs with energy-efficient ones is expected to save Egypt 1.5 billion Egyptian pounds, the electricity minister said on Thursday.

According to statistics from the General Department of Energy (MOIT), currently, the power consumption for lighting accounts for 35% of total power consumption of the country. Meanwhile, this indicator in other countries only accounts for about 15-17%.

To implement the energy efficiency program, Binh Thuan Industrial Promotion Extension Centre in collaboration with Red Sun Energy JSC recommended the advantages of LED TUBE lighting products, while offering the co-investment program to Hai Nam Company Limited.

Irving A. Backman, recognized champion of environmentally friendly technologies and alternative energy, and Chairman of Integrated Systems International, LLC (aka ISI Energy Controls) in celebration of Earth Day 2015 announces breakthrough technology for users of High Intensity Discharge (HID) lighting units.

The research outcome "Modeling the control system of public lighting to save energy in Thai Binh" realistically applied in Thai Binh city has helped save energy, protect the environment and reduce costs of operation, management, and maintenance of the system.

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) reveals that in the framework of the International Exhibition of LED/OLED Technology and Lighting Equipment in Vietnam to be held in HCM City during May 7-9, 2015 there will be a presentation for Vietnamese businesses about the Project "Development and promotion of LED lighting technology in Vietnam".

Last month, we reported how clean tech company Pavegen had installed six people-powered kinetic energy tiles in the middle of a corridor in SNCF’s Innovation & Research office in Paris in order to illuminate the corridor’s LED strip lighting.

Mr. Le Tien Phuong , chairman of Binh Thuan’s People Committee had accepted power supply option to keep lighting up dragon fruit season in 2014 - 2015 in the form of 50% reduction of capacity in power substation.

Bộ Giao thông Vận tải đã chấp thuận cho Công ty SKC Lighting nghiên cứu Dự án sử dụng đèn LED chiếu sáng các tuyến quốc lộ do Bộ quản lý.

HalcyonTM wireless lighting saves more energy than standard LEDs by automatically turning off unneeded lights and reporting your energy use.

Domestic heating, hot water, lighting, cooking and household appliances account for more than 25% of all energy use in the UK.

Philips Lighting just announced that they were selected to conduct a massive overhaul of over 5,000 streetlights in Poland’s historic “floating garden” city of Szczecin. The city plans to replace over half its streetlights with LEDs. All told, the LEDs will provide energy savings of 70 percent, and reduce the city’s costs by EUR 360,000 each year.

The indoor tennis courts at the Pickering Recreation Complex recently received a major lighting retrofit expected to reduce operating costs for the City.

It is estimated that sustainable lighting could result in initial energy savings of 50-80 percent and lower annual CO2 emissions by 3,000 – 4,000 tons. Retrofitting will be equivalent to savings of $1.2 – $1.7 million per year in energy costs.

To top off the green changes, in another energy saving move, almost all of the lighting on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower has been converted to LED.

The state of Maharashtra is soon expected to have a policy on energy conservation which will promote the use of power saving LED lighting and building up of renewable energy sources.

North Central College in Naperville has expanded its commitment to sustainability by investing more than $200,000 to replace old fixtures with energy-efficient LED lighting. The newest upgrades are estimated to reduce energy consumption by 448,271 kilowatt hours annually.

LEDs use a semiconductor as its light source and are currently one of the most efficient lighting systems.