Industry and manufacturing operations in the UK can save £1.4 billion a year on their energy spend and 10 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually according to a paper released by Vita Energia. This saving is enabled by the replacement or refurbishment of legacy lighting systems with more energy efficient alternatives, which can be funded by the Carbon Trust Implementation Services and Siemens Financial Services. Many old lighting systems have not been upgraded since the 1950s and are not nearly as efficient as modern T5 fluorescent solutions. Even recently-installed lighting systems, just a few years old, can reap similar benefits.
Vita Energia conducted in-depth, on-site surveys to study the industrial lighting at over 500 companies employing over 100 people in the UK’s manufacturing and warehousing sector. The results showed that industrial lighting energy usage can be cut by an average of 58.6 per cent.
Duncan Stevens, director at Vita Energia says keeping lighting up to date “is a proven saving for our pressurised manufacturing industry, with an average return on investment time of under 15 months”.
