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Barrier Removal for Efficient Lighting Products and Systems in China (China Green Lights)
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Project details
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Leading Organization:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Implementing Agency:
Government of China, SETC/Department of Resources Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization (DRC)Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
Government of China, SETC/Department of Resources Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization (DRC), China International Centre for Economic and Technical Change, Chinese Lighting IndustrySummary:
As the world’s largest manufacturer of lighting products, China holds the key to lowering the cost and uptake of high quality, energy-efficient lighting throughout the world – which would mark a major step in reducing the output of greenhouse gasses. By volume, China supplies 80 per cent of the world’s lighting requirements. However, due to low or inconsistent quality, this is significantly less in terms of actual dollar value.
Strengthening China’s lighting industry and providing access to quality markets will also assist poverty alleviation in the country by providing new sources of income. At the same time, many millions of families living on very low incomes in remote areas will benefit from the provision of low-cost domestic lighting.
The China Green Lights project is a joint initiative of the Chinese government and UNDP/GEF to improve the quality and efficiency of Chinese lighting products and to stimulate the demand for these products nationally and internationally.
The overall objective of the project was to save energy and protect the environment by reducing lighting energy use in China by 10 percent by 2010 (relative to a constant efficiency scenario). Specific objectives included upgrading Chinese lighting products; increasing consumer awareness of and comfort with efficient lighting products, and the establishment of a vibrant self-sustaining market in efficient lighting products and services.
Project Components:
Selected Project Awareness Raising Activities -
- Two TV series were developed – one with CCTV-10 and another with the State Bureau of Radio, TV and Film. A teaching programme on efficient lighting was also introduced into home decoration TV shows. TV material was also placed on CDs and distributed.
- An information drive for the Green Lights project was held in 2002 during China’s national Hi-tech Week in May. Brochures were also distributed to students and the general public during Energy Conservation Week in 2005.
- Articles on efficient lighting were published in daily newspapers, domestic and international magazines.
- An information and awareness-raising promotion was conducted through primary schools and communities. The schools’ campaign was organized under the slogan ‘Children to Parents to Society.”
- Publications and promotional material for professionals and the public included seven books, many brochures and reports.
- A series of seminars, workshops and training activities were held. There were 30 training courses for professional lighting designers, and 15 for large-scale users. National and international lighting conferences were held - Green Lights and Green Olympics (2002); International Green Lights symposium (2004); International Conference on Electricity Saving in the Domestic Sector (2004); and Right Light 6 (2005).
- A web site in English and Chinese was developed. More than 60 Chinese and two English newsletters were published and made available on the Internet.
- A series of Bulk Purchase Training Workshops targeting major purchasers (government, schools, hospitals, commercial centres, hotels, etc) were held in 2004. The workshops provided information on the cost and quality benefits of bulk purchase and provided assistance with establishing a bulk purchase group.
- Seminars were organized to encourage energy management companies (EMCs) to offer on-going lighting efficiency services. Six EMCs, capable of completing a total of 10 projects per year, are now offering such services, which will produce an estimated 16.7 million kW/year in savings.
Expected Outputs:
Selected Project Results -
- Total energy saving in Chinese lighting in 2004 resulting from the activities of the project was 15.78 billion kWh (equivalent to US$ 986 million savings in electricity costs to the consumer).
- The cumulative savings in lighting energy since project initiation in 2001 have been 25.54 billion kWh (equivalent to US$1,596 million savings in electricity costs to the consumer).
- A reduction of 4.9 percent in lighting electricity use was recorded for 2003 and estimated emissions related to lighting in 2004 were reduced by 4.3 million tonnes of carbon with cumulative reductions in carbon emissions of 6.8 million tonnes of carbon since project initiation.
- There was an increase in awareness of high efficiency products and an increase in the number of users (households and non-domestic bulk users) - from 32.1 per cent in 2002 to 34.7 per cent in 2003.
- There was a 46 percent increase in the output of high efficiency lighting products and a substantial (approximately 40 per cent) increase in China’s exports of high-efficiency lamps between 2002-2003.
- More than 600 lighting products, for eight different lighting product types, from 46 firms were certified.
- By the end of the project 400 products (in eight lighting product types) from 46 firms had been certified by the China Energy Conservation Product (CECP) Certification Committee. A CECP logo has been provided to promote certified products, and manufacturers are being encouraged to adopt it.
Project Status:
Completed in 2005Resources:
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