| About 7% of total US energy use is required for lighting. Lighting is the single largest source of electricity consumption in commercial buildings. 38% of total electricity consumption is required for lighting, accounting for 25% of commercial energy required...
69% of overall commercial lighting is produced through standard fluorescent lamps. The efficacy of a fluorescent lamp typically ranges between 50-67 lm/W including optical and ballast losses...
Fusion Optix is able to produce LED Light Engines that help to achieve up to 75 lm/W fixture efficacy...
This means that a 30% increase in average energy efficiency can be realized with current LEDs on the market if the system is designed properly...
If all commercial buildings in the US converted from fluorescent lamps to 75 lm/W SSL fixtures today, there would be a 19% reduction in electricity usage, and almost a 4% reduction in the total energy bill...
This would result in a 0.6% reduction in overall energy demand in the US, which is the equivalent to increasing fuel efficiency on all gasoline vehicles from an average of 20.2mpg to 26.4mpg. |
