Sustainable Lighting

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium

Cover Photo Photo by Cathy Walker-Steidinger and Delila Bane, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (IL) Community Unit School District #5

Oceanarium Architects: Lohan Caprile Goettsch architects, Chicago

Oceanarium Lighting Designers: Claude R. Engle

Lighting Products by Philips: These products reduced mercury levels in Shedd Aquarium

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Definition

“Sustainable lighting design meets the qualitative needs of the visual environment with the least impact on the natural environment.”

International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Sustainability Committee, 2000

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle:The Key to Sustainable Lighting

State government mandates and corporate awareness are causing environmental attention & compliance to grow very fast

Sustainable lighting practice is part of sustainable development

Environmental decision-making is now made at a higher level in most organizations:

Top down directive to “buy green”Value CreationLong term customer relationships

Sustainable Lighting Good Practice Redefined

• Five years ago, good lighting design practice included a strong focus on architectural integration and decoration – with some technical attention to basic energy conservation.

• Today, environmental awareness is inherent to good practice for every project – beyond energy efficiency – to include maximum use of daylighting, origins & longevity of products, reuse, recycling & disposal considerations.

Sustainable Development Commitment

“We recognize the need to perform not only against a single, financial bottom line, but against the triple bottom line. This involves the simultaneous pursuit not only of economic prosperity and environmental quality, but of social equity as well. It’s about living up to our brand promise, Let’s make things better.”

- Gerard Kleisterlee, President, Royal Philips Electronics

Philips provides a publicly disclosed certification. Philips’ Alto ISO compliant LCA meets MTS’ Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Standard. LCA identifies product benefits/impacts throughout the supply chain.

Public Disclosure

EPA Hierarchy – Lamps

Reduce - Environmental impact (mercury,lead) Reuse - mercury Recycle - mercury containing lamps Dispose - last choice & not advisable due to

environmental impact & liability, & not legal in several states including California

Environmental Impacts of Lighting

Raw materials & processes to make fixtures, ballasts, lamps, controls

Longevity of those products to reduce replacement & waste

Energy/watts consumed by fixtures when installed Fuel to deliver products to project sites &

packaging for safe transport

Sustainable Lighting Questions:life cycle impacts & benefits

Raw materials: What are the materials needed? Where are they from? Are they renewable or are we depleting a limited supply?

Process: Where are the products assembled, are any hazardous chemicals used? Is the health of the workers at risk? What emissions or water-borne chemicals leave the factory? How much waste is created to make 1 product?

Sustainable Lighting:life cycle impacts & benefits

Packaging / Delivery: What packaging materials are used to safely transport the products? How much material is needed? Is the material bio-degradable? Can it be recycled? Does the manufacturer take it back to reuse it? How close is the factory to the project site? Can the products be delivered all at once to reduce fuel waste?

Installation / Use: How easy is the product to install? Can it be easily damaged during installation? How long will it last? What can be done to increase its life?

Sustainable Lighting:life cycle impacts & benefits cont…

Reclamation/ Reuse / Disposal: Is the product reusable? Is the product recyclable? Is it biodegradable? Can it be sent back to the manufacturer for reuse? Do materials go to landfill & if so how much? All landfills leak & create environmental degradation.

Reduction –1st “R”

Reduce mercury content- www.INFORMINC.org

Ask manufacturer mercury content Reduce lead solder usage-94% lead free by end

2003- Introduction of low mercury T-5

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* Based on 20K burning hours, Hg content of 23 mg/ T12 lamp, and 8 mg per T8 lamp. Hg content of fuels is US weighted average for fossil and nonfossil fuels, calculated from “Environmental and Health Aspects of Lighting: Mercury” J.IES 1994. Disposal emissions assume 3% in residuals of recycling, 90% from incinerators.

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Lifetime Mercury Emissions

The Mad Hatter

Regulation & Standards State of Iowa State contracts require lowest

mercury available

State of Washington statute - no mercury or lowest available

LEED-Existing Buildings targets mercury content to 100 picograms per lumen hour, per LEED-EB 2nd review draft currently posted on USGBC.org

MERCURY FISH ADVISORIES

Illinois – All Rivers and lakes San Francisco Bay Delaware River (NJ) Onondaga Lake (NY) Snake River (OR) The Everglades

Coal fired power plants are predominant mercury source.

Case Study

Philips Lighting FormulaAn Energy Blueprint for the Nation

Relamped Berkeley California city block with energy efficient lighting

Residential & Business

Demonstrated how easy it is to improve efficiency by changing lamps

Created a Blueprint for others

Partners: Department of Energy, State of California & City of Berkeley

Case Study…

Longer Lamp Life: Less WasteLess Manufacturing, Less Replacement

Fluorescent extended rated life

Universal T8 20,000 hrs (all ballast types)

Advantage - Plus T8 24,000 hrs

Induction Lighting 100,000 hrs

Halogen longer life of 2-3 versus incandescent

Longer life products reduce Lamps to eco-system Packaging Transportation emissions

High performance longer life lamps reduce waste& pollution from power plants!

Induction System (QL)

55W - 3500 lm 85W - 6000 lm165W - 12000 lm

Induction Lighting:A Sustainable Product

Induction Lamp Life 100,000 hrs Mercury 5-7.5 mg Color Rendering 85 White Light Instant on

High Pressure Sodium Life 24,000 hours Mercury 17-25 mg Color Rendering 22 Orange-Yellow light Restrike 10-15

minutes

Reusing materials-second “R”

Recycled mercury used for dosing lamps Barrier layer allows continual reuse of mercury

during operation Active industrial reuse of glass in tube

manufacture Reuse of packaging – internal shipments Recycled content packaging

Recycling –third “R”

Industry active in outreach program (SWAMA, ALMR,NEMA)

Distributors encouraged to develop recycling programs

Introduction of end users to recyclers

Recycling of Mercury Lamps

Reverse Distribution- WESCO Maine Distributor-Recycler partnership Distributor prepaid box program Recycler Direct Contact with end users Recycler partnership with County and

Municipalities For more info: 732-563-3197

States requiring recycling of all lamps

California Minnesota Vermont Maine Rhode Island Connecticut Florida-1/2 of state

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: The Key to Sustainable Product Manufacturing

Internal program for sustainable product design & manufacturing

Reduces energy use Reduces manufacturing waste Reduces water use Reduces emissions ISO 14001 certification ISO 14040 compliant product life cycle assessments

(LCAs)

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