According to The Guardian, leaked documents showed that UK officials pushed for voluntary energy reduction targets, instead of the originally planned mandatory target of 20 per cent reductions by 2020. The new Energy Efficiency Directive introduces targets for public sector …
According to The Guardian, leaked documents showed that UK officials pushed for voluntary energy reduction targets, instead of the originally planned mandatory target of 20 per cent reductions by 2020.
The new Energy Efficiency Directive introduces targets for public sector buildings and utilities. Countries will have to draw up plans to make their buildings sectors more efficient, while energy companies will be asked to reduce sales to industrial and household clients by at least 1.5 per cent a year.
Meanwhile the UK government is fighting to keep VAT on energy-efficiency products at the reduced rate of five per cent, after Brussels said it had to be put back to the standard rate of 20 per cent.
11 February 2011
Lighting was one of the brighter spots in Philips’s 2010 fourth-quarter figures, reported last month. Outgoing president and CEO Gerard Kleisterlee said sales of Lumileds and LED-based lighting products and services continued at a high double-digit rate, in contrast to less-than-impressive figures for some other parts of the company’s operations.
03 October 2011
The members of the LIF have voted to merge with the Lighting Association, Lux magazine can reveal.
