Severn Wye Energy Agency
Spectrum
Background
Spectrum is a pilot project for PROEFFICIENCY - a three year project, supported by Intelligent Energy Europe, which focuses on increasing the use of energy efficient lighting, fridges and freezers.
Key Points
An initiative to promote the use of energy efficient lighting and refrigeration in Europe
Bringing together retailers and consumers in voluntary pilot initiatives to increase awareness and uptake of energy efficient products
Aims
The objective of this pilot project is to encourage local independent lighting retailers to stock and promote a more varied range of subsidised energy efficient light bulbs, than the standard energy efficient lightbulbs that are usually distributed to consumers.
This is being combined with energy efficiency advice centre activity to inform consumers about the variety of bulbs available through the promotion and to advise on the different types of bulbs that are likely to be best in different situations.
Activities
- One-day conference in partnership with the UK Lighting Association
- Distribution of over 30 'Light-box' units to be used at events to display low energy light bulb libraries
- Participation of six Energy Efficiency Advice Centres covering eight regions of the UK
- Invitation to 45 independent lighting retailers to participate
- Promotion of the UK Lighting Association's 'Energy Efficient Lamp Scheme'
- Design & dissemination of low energy lightbulb promotional leaflet for use by the Energy Efficiency Advice Centres to promote local stockists to the public
- A comprehensive low energy lightbulb data-base
- A low energy lightbulb savings calculator
- Engagement of seven local environmental groups
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Coordinator
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Stuart Davies - Project Manager
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Related Projects
Participants
- Devon Energy Efficiency Advice Centre
- Dorset EEAC
- Shropshire, Herefordshire & North East Central Staffordshire EEAC
- Wiltshire EEAC
- The UK Lighting Association
- The Federation of Energy Efficiency Advice Centres
- Gloucestershire Energy Efficiency Advice Centre
- Bristol and Somerset Energy Efficiency Advice Centre
Expected savings
It is anticipated that the project could produce energy savings in the region of 80 MWh/year and 34tCO2/year, based on the assumed participation of 10 independent retailers and the substitution of 1,000 bulbs for energy efficient alternatives.