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Reducing Commercial Lighting Costs

Commercial buildings use more electricity for lighting than any other end use. A remedy may be on the way.

By Noreen Seebacher | Updated on May 01, 2009

Electricity accounts for more than half of energy consumed by commercial buildings–and commercial buildings use more electricity for lighting–38%–than any other end use, new government statistics show. Maybe that’s why industry experts report growing interest in high efficiency lighting products.

A record 21,000 attendees, for instance, are expected at the 20th annual edition of Lightfair International, one of the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade shows. The show, scheduled to run May 5 through May 7 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, attracts design, lighting, architectural, engineering and construction industry professionals from around the world.

Energy experts say the right lighting can save commercial property owners significant sums of money. The Energy Information Administration–the statistical agency of the US Department of Energy–defines commercial property as “any building that is not residential, not agricultural, and not manufacturing.”

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