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Promoting Energy-Efficient Lighting: The Need For Parallel Processing
Peter Boyce
Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy,
New York 12180-3590, USA
Abstract
Energy-efficient lighting is a noble cause. Electric lighting is essential for modern life but for many reasons - economic, environmental and ecological - it is desirable to minimize the energy consumed. Attempts to promote energy-efficient lighting have concentrated on new lighting technology and the regulatory and marketing activities necessary to get the technology into use. While the development of energy-efficient technology is valuable; alone, it is not sufficient to change lighting practice. This address provides an overview of the factors which need to be considered if behavior conducive to minimizing energy consumption is to be stimulated. In doing so, it suggests a number of activities which, so far, have been neglected in the quest for energy-efficient lighting.
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