Lighting Fixtures Energy Efficiency Upgrade and Operating & Maintenance Cost Reduction

About the Program

Category: County Resiliency (Best in Category)

Year: 2013

It is estimated that 86% of the world’s primary energy production in 2005 came from burning fossil fuels which is one of the major contributors to environmental pollution, the “green house” effect and its associated global environmental changes. As responsible stewards of the nature and the environment, an ever-present” and collective effort is needed and felt to reduce the effects of burning major fossil fuels and return human use of the earth natural resources to within sustainable limits. Sustainability has become a complex term that can be applied to almost every facet of life. Defining sustainability on an ecological level as “the ability to maintain or exploit the earth’s natural resources at a rate at which they can be replenished naturally”. A step in the right direction to sustainable living is to increase public awareness and adoption of recycling practices, renewable energy sources and reducing energy consumption.