Lighting Market
Lighting is a $75 billion business globally each year growing at an estimated 8 to 12% per annum.
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An estimated 400 Million halogen lamps installed globally with sales of 200 million units per annum generating revenues of USD $2 billion.- An estimated 8 billion incandescent lamp sockets (GLS) between the US and Europe with 15% to 25% connected to dimmer circuits.
- Approximately 80 million low voltage halogen downlights are sold in North America.
- Approximately 20 million low voltage halogen downlights are sold annually in Australia alone with a growth rate 8.5% per annum (Ref: MEPS Report 2005/13).
Halogen downlights are dangerous and expensive to run
- Halogen downlights are known to be responsible for fires in excess of 180 residential and commercial buildings each year in Australia alone, endangering life and causing millions of dollars in damage, and thereby prompting restrictive regulations in Australia and overseas markets.
- Read this article – Minister urges safety check of installed downlights
- Read this article – Minister reiterates warnings on downlight safety
- Read this article – The danger of downlights
Halogen lights are inefficient and could cost you as much as $350 per lamp to run over the next 5 years- Halogen downlights are responsible for an estimated 3 million tons of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere globally each year in Australia alone. The scale of this problem has alerted Australia, the USA and other nations to the need for legislation restricting their use.
