EFFICIENT ENERGY UTILIZATION AND LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY

The Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan (IEIJ) organized the Special Technical Committee of Effective Energy Utilization in lighting in 1991, and made several surveys for almost two years. The aim of this committee was to have a better understanding of the present status of lighting technology in Japan especially from the view point of energy efficiency and thus to find the direction of lighting research. This report presents the summary of the energy situation and energy conservation policy of Japan, the present status of energy efficient lighting equipments, measures to reduce the electrical energy demand for lighting without hindering the quality and the present condition of effective utilization of energy for lighting in Japan.