Two years to save nearly 20 billion IKEA only LED light bulb measures assists

China LED Reuters] IKEA announced from September 1, 2015, all stores will only sell LED bulbs and lamps, enhance customer sustainability at home. The initiative was first proposed in 2012, and IKEA is pleased to be able to actually achieve the goal.

Since 2013, the United States IKEA store guests have accumulated to buy 7 million 600 thousand LED bulbs, a total of nearly $3 billion (about $18 billion 970 million) energy costs.

According to IKEA research shows that the United States in 2012 and in 2015 the most enthusiastic about the purchase of LED bulbs, following a few important findings:

In 2015, the country's 64% users to buy a home at least a LED bulb, while the same data in 2012 was 49%. In 2015, 51% Americans bought more than one LED bulb for home use, compared with $39% in 2012.

Now it seems that the Americans for the benefits of LED lamps need to be strengthened. About 68% Americans still do not understand the LED life of up to 20 years, and a total of 34% Americans do not know the energy consumption of LED lamps is lower than other bulbs.

IKEA group's (Chief Sustainability Officer) Steve LED (Steve Howard), said. With the rapid rise in household electricity tariffs, and global energy consumption rose, LED lamps will bring a great impact. We believe that everyone should be able to afford a more sustainable home, and we will make sure that the price of LED bulbs is affordable for most people. "

LED bulbs use only 15% of the energy required for conventional incandescent bulbs and have a life span of up to 20 years. LED provides high quality light source and can be applied to a variety of different needs, such as temperature and color difference. IKEA intelligence in the set price close to the people, the 2 single pack LEDARE E26 400 lumens /40 watt bulb priced it at $4.49 (about $135), the lighting will be sustained 20 thousand hours of operation, but also cost-effective than all other low-cost lighting. IKEA also provides a set of 600 lumens /60 watt adjustable light bulb, priced at $4.49, as well as the price of 10.99 U.S. $1000 lumens /75 adjustable light bulb. Most of the LED IKEA quality bulbs are adjustable, and provide a variety of shapes and sizes to choose from.

Lars, President of IKEA, Petersson, said: "in IKEA, we believe that all of us should have affordable sustainable home life, and thus save energy costs in Lars. At the same time, by reducing energy consumption, but also reduce greenhouse gas emissions, contribute to climate change. Changing a light bulb may seem like a small move, but in fact it's a big change. We have to recognize that if one million people will be replaced by a light bulb LED bulbs, it is equivalent to the loss of energy consumption of less than 6700 cars, but also the equivalent of a year to plant a tree of 1 million 700 thousand. This is a big change. "

IKEA is also gradually reducing the company's energy use, and improve the proportion of renewable energy use. IKEA's goal is to achieve as much as possible in 2020 to produce as much as its renewable energy targets. By the end of 2015, IKEA's renewable energy investments in the United States will produce more than 4 times as much energy as their American stores.

Recently, the IKEA group and the IKEA foundation invested $1 billion 120 million to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy, and to help those communities and support. As of the end of 2015, IKEA group will invest $1 billion 900 million in raw energy investment. (Chinese LED net emmachang)

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