LEDs

The grant will cover around one third of the cost of installing energy efficient lighting

The new public infrastructure could use up to 70% less energy than conventional units

A British energy efficiency firm has signed a deal to implement LED streetlight upgrades in Lagos

  Walmart has reduced its energy costs by more than $100 million (£72.5m) over the past decade as part of an ongoing commitment to energy efficiency. The world’s largest retailer says a significant part of its savings were generated from replacing existing lights with 1.5 million LEDs across more than 6,000 shops, car parks, warehouses […]

  Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in London is claimed to have been rated the world’s most sustainable office building. It has achieved an ‘Outstanding’ rating by BREEAM, the body in charge of awarding green credentials, with a 98.5% score – the “highest to have been achieved by any major office development”. The US media and […]

  More than 1,600 street lights have been replaced with energy efficient ones at a UK motorway. The improvement works took place on the M62 near Huddersfield and Halifax – junction 22 to 25 – and the M621 near Leeds. The new lights are believed to be 53% more efficient, saving the equivalent energy of […]

The City of Rio de Janeiro is to install energy efficient LEDs. The IFC, part of the World Bank Group, is to help the government develop a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to upgrade nearly 425,000 lights. The project will help Rio reduce its energy bills as well as emissions and provide improved visibility for people […]

Millions of energy efficient lights are to be installed in streets and homes across India. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India have signed a $200 million (£160m) loan to finance the installation of LEDs as well as energy efficient water pumps. The project is expected to lead to energy savings of […]

The Welsh Government is providing funding worth more than £7 million to boost green growth in the country. Monmouthshire Council has been granted £4.5 million for the Oak Grove Solar Farm, which has the potential to generate enough green power for 1,400 homes. The project is expected to save more than 2,000 tonnes of carbon […]

Manchester Airport has become the first organisation of its kind in the UK to achieve the carbon neutral status. It has invested more than £7.5 million in energy efficiency projects over the last decade in a bid to reduce its energy use. That includes installing more than 25,000 LED lights throughout the airport, which helped […]