India and other countries to promote clean energy lighting technology

23, the United Nations Environment Program in Singapore, organized by the theme of climate change in the business and market environment business summit. At the summit, one of the world's two largest lamp manufacturers - Germany OSRAM group said, the company has been in India, Kenya, Uganda, 3 developing countries had no electricity in rural areas the implementation of clean energy lighting technology called "Sun Hong Kong", that is to use solar energy and clean the battery used for lighting in the area and greatly changed the status of combustion of kerosene.

According to OSRAM group statistics, the world needs to burn 77 billion tons of kerosene per year, up to a value of $30 billion, emissions of carbon dioxide emissions of 1.9 tons, exacerbated by global climate change. Lighting accounts for 19% of the world's total electricity consumption, equivalent to the sum of electricity consumption in India and china. OSRAM group is considering the use of energy-saving fluorescent lamps instead of ordinary incandescent lamps, reducing the global lighting electricity consumption. Environmental business summit in Singapore is the second time, the United Nations Environment Program for those who make outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment, the state leaders awarded the earth action award. A total of more than 500 political and business people from more than more than and 30 countries attended the summit.