Lack of access to cleaner energy and the negative outwardnesses associated with energy consumption tend to cycle of poverty for poor households in developing countries. Because the poor lack access to, and often can not to afford cleaner and higher quality fuels and electricity and are therefore dependent on poor and inefficient burning biofuels such as wood and dung. (more…)

The sun and the wind provide us with solutions on how to cut down energy consumption. These are two great forces that are always available all year round. The most common and highly used alternative solutions today are solar panel systems and wind power systems. (more…)

The vision statement below was crafted by a group of government and industry experts in the lighting field. The developers of the vision statement explored market and technology trends and their implications for lighting. The vision statement reflects new opportunities for lighting based on these trends. This section of the roadmap provides information on each major trend.

Lighting Industry Marketplace Vision (more…)

It is a reasonable and sensible action to tighten our belts and cut spending as living cost are climbing nowadays. We have to make small sacrifices if we want to survive the economic crisis which we don’t know when it will be ended.

For some folks cutting down expenses are difficult, but actually it is not going to be hard as we thought. Starting with small changes like re-arranging your home power consumption to be energy efficient would be a good start. If you manage to save some bill on household power consumption a bit often, the accumulation effect over a length period of time will be enormous. At the end it can help you in better shaping your financial situation. (more…)