Lighting Annex

The goal of the Lighting annex will be to assist policy makers in designing comprehensive lighting energy efficiency portfolios to address all important savings opportunities.

The 2006 IEA publication, Light's Labour's Lost: Policies for Energy-Efficient Lighting, identified that lighting accounts for 19% of global electricity consumption, more than is provided by hydro or nuclear power, and gives rise to 1900 Mt of CO2 emissions (70% of those from the worlds light duty vehicles).

The analysis further demonstrated that at least 40% of this energy use could be saved cost-effectively through the systematic adoption of higher efficiency solutions in all the main end-use sectors: nonresidential indoor lighting, residential indoor lighting and outdoor lighting. Moreover, significant amounts of energy could be saved in vehicle lighting and via programmes aimed at substituting offgrid fuel-based lighting with higher efficiency alternatives in developing countries.

The IEA has already supported research on integrating daylight into buildings under the auspices of Tasks 31 and 21 in the SHC and ECBCS Implementing Agreements and is currently conducting research into energy efficient lighting technologies in ECBCS Annex 45; however, there is a strong need to conduct cooperative activities to assist government with the development of lighting energy efficiency policy measures.

To this end it is proposed to develop a new lighting annex within this implementing agreement to assist policy-makers in designing comprehensive lighting energy efficiency policy portfolios to address all important lighting energy savings opportunities.