DEVELOPING LIGHTING TO MAKE BUILDINGS MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT

All over the world energy reduction and saving has become an obsession for both governments and businesses as well as for consumers. Although the latest estimates of availability of fossil fuels for energy, it is not an obsession but a necessity. The energy efficiency of buildings is a field that does not escape this need. Within this field, lighting is an important part. Traditional bulbs will be retired from European markets by decision of the European Parliament. But there are other types of lights that are normally used by customers: halogens, lowconsume lights, fluorescent lights, … In our supermarkets and obviously in the shops dedicated to light, LEDs are opening a new way to be “eco-light”, that is, to save energy when you are lighting a room or a space. In this paper we present a study for energy reduction in buildings through the use of this type of lights.