Greenlight Australia - A strategy for improving the efficiency of lighting in Australia 2005-2015

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Background

This Strategy was prepared for the National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Program (NAEEEP). It reflects the position of the Australian Ministerial Council on Energy, with New Zealand officials also examining the plan for possible adoption in that country.

The Strategy was developed by Mark Ellis & Associates with Steven Beletich Associates and input from Russell Kenery + Associates. Greenlight Australia was approved and released by the Ministerial Council on Energy in December 2004.

The Greenlight Australia - Work Plan for the Triennium 2005/06 to 2007/08 was also released in April 2005.

Summary

Lighting generates almost 25 million tonnes of greenhouse emissions each year in Australia. It is responsible for about a third of the greenhouse emissions from the commercial sector, and is a significant contributor to both residential and industrial sector emissions. Lighting also costs the community over $2 billion in electricity each year.

These statistics clearly show why improving the efficiency with which Australians use energy is a priority of the Ministerial Council on Energy (MCE). Greenlight Australia, a ten-year strategy to reduce the energy consumption from lighting, is part of a package of measures being implemented under the National Framework for Energy Efficiency and is the outcome of consultations with stakeholders in both Australia and New Zealand.

These extensive consultations established the lighting technologies and market sectors to be included in the strategy, the voluntary and mandatory measures that will be used; and priority areas and products targeted for action in the first three years. Greenlight Australia has the support of both industry and government. The strategy sets out immediate and future priorities for consideration of specific lighting products. Lighting Council Australia supports the strategy, and has suggested a target of 20% reduction in energy usage over business as usual over the course of the strategy.

This page last modified 23 February 2006