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May 28, 2021 Facility Executive

Four Reasons to Consider LED Lighting Retrofits

Long-lasting, durable LED lighting has consistently proven to be a much more sustainable, low-impact lighting solution compared to legacy systems across virtually every application and use case. Here are four ways energy efficient LED lighting can help a facility achieve its sustainability goals.

May 17, 2021 Observer

Hanover makes switch to LED lights

Lime Energy has decided that shifting and retrofitting old fixtures to LED lighting would provide the greatest opportunity for savings, at the lowest costs.

May 17, 2021 American Made Challenge

American-Made Challenges; Lighting Prize

The Lighting Prize (L-Prize) is designed to advance the U.S. clean energy economy for next-generation LED lighting, encouraging innovators and researchers to engage in advanced lighting system development that leads to transformative designs, products, and impact. The L-Prize will reward innovations that move rapidly to improve lighting performance, resulting in energy, carbon, and cost savings for American businesses and consumers

May 16, 2021 Lusaka Star

African Countries Lead in Efforts Towards Eliminating Toxic Lighting Materials

Broken or discarded bulbs haphazardly release the toxic substance mainly into the air, where it can accumulate and affect the food chain, posing a risk to human health, wildlife, and the environment.

May 13, 2021 Debugger Medium

I Swapped My Home’s Lightbulbs for LEDs and Saved $1,384

Today’s LED bulbs come in a wide range of styles, are cheap, superefficient, and potentially safer than CFLs. They’re the obvious choice if you’re replacing bulbs today. An electrician told me that most LEDs either fail immediately (this happens with about 5% of the bulbs) or burn reliably for 30+ years. Once you replace your home’s bulbs with LEDs, you’ll often never have to change a lightbulb again.

May 12, 2021 Climate Change News

Innovative lighting can contribute to sustainable farming and fishing in Europe

"With our LED lighting we help customers to improve the efficiency of sea-based salmon farms, enhance feed conversion rates, reduce food costs and lower risk of infection"- Bill Bien, Leader of Signify’s Agricultural Lighting business.

May 12, 2021 This Day Live

Nigeria Rolls out National Action Plan for Mercury Use, Solid Waste Mgt

The document also serves to promote the exposure of vulnerable populations, particularly children and women of child-bearing age, to mercury in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) and providing information to to artisanal and small-scale miners and affected communities.

May 11, 2021 Bio Vision Africa

Bio Vision Africa, Zero Mercury and CLiC applaud Africa’s stand on Toxic Lighting

“In Uganda mercury that goes into other forms of waste before becoming a problem have been identified to include consumer products with intentional mercury content; such as fluorescent lamp, we therefore applaud the proposed amendment by the African Region to phase out most fluorescent lamp” says Geoffrey Kamese, Bio Vision Africa an environmental NGO in Uganda.

May 10, 2021 Financial Energy Review

African Countries Lead in Global Effort to Eliminate Mercury-Based Lighting

"In terms of the overall impact of this global dumping and its human health impact, Nigeria is top on the highest risk category in Africa and our government must play a leading role in pushing for the proposed amendment and its eventual implementation, having ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury. In addition, investments into LED manufacturing are a sustainable frontier for boosting Nigeria’s ailing economy.” Dr Leslie Adogame, Executive Director, Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADeV Nigeria)

May 10, 2021 Ecogreen News

Clean Lighting Coalition, Zero Mercury back proposed amendment by African region to phase out most fluorescent lamps

Ahead of the fast approaching fourth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP 4), the Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) and the Clean Lighting Coalition (CLiC) have applauded a proposed amendment by the African Region to phase out most fluorescent lamps at the meeting.