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Energy Effective Lighting in the Indian Context Vijay Kirpal GE Apar Lighting Pvt Ltd, India Summary India has reached a "make or break" situation with regard to energy, environmental issues, effective use of resources, investment pattern, liberalisation and growth parameters. Demand-Side-Management is the most important issue to cope with the resources and energy crunch. Focus is necessary in propagating the use of "MONERGY" - Money and Energy-savers, in all areas of energy usage. Lighting load forms approximately 15.4% of the total electrical connected load-based on actual use. Out of the 300 Million light points: 60% are incandescent, 38% fluorescent and only 2% HID. The paper highlights the need to adopt energy effective lighting solutions by using retrofits, conversion kits and, in extreme cases, one-to-one replacement. Lighting is most convenient to up-date: least gestation period entire range of products available reduction of nearly 10,000 Megawatt in the connected load no need to add future generating capacity of 23,000 MW national pay-back period of only TWO months! However, there have been attitudinal, economic and technological barriers in executing this concept. To some extent, these were surmounted by lighting surveys leading to energy audits, workshop sessions/seminars, direct mailers, basically one-to-one contact with large consumers of lighting: machine shops, thermal plants, commercial establishments, textile mills and the like. (...) Back to Right Light Proceedings startpage Top of page