Efficient Lighting: The Next Frontier, May 28

The Worldwatch Institute
cordially invites you to attend

Towards a New Culture of Lighting

FEATURING

Martin Goetzeler , CEO, OSRAM GmbH

WITH

Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute

AND

Jeffrey Harris, Vice President, Alliance to Save Energy

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

10:00 am to Noon

International Trade Center

Rotunda Room

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Light food and refreshments will be served.

Efficient Lighting Symposium

Electric lighting accounts for 19 percent of global electricity consumption and nearly 5 percent of carbon dioxide emissions. These numbers continue to rise as modern lighting spreads across the developing world. However, new lighting technologies such as compact fluorescent bulbs and light-emitting diodes are now advancing rapidly and have the potential to vastly improve lighting efficiency and displace millions of tons of carbon.

This symposium, featuring Martin Goetzler, the CEO of Osram, one of the world's leading lighting manufacturers, will focus on the potential to improve lighting efficiency. Goetzler, together with the other panelists, will discuss the policy options available to accelerate the advance in lighting efficiency and will assess the impact of the national lighting efficiency standards the U.S. Congress passed in December, as well as the new policies enacted or proposed in Europe, China, and other parts of the world. The symposium will also address the potential for new lighting technologies to meet the needs of hundreds of millions of rural villagers who do not have access to electricity and are still dependent on kerosene lamps.

OSRAM, headquartered in Munich Germany, is one of the world's leading lighting manufacturers. Known for its innovation, 60 percent of Osram's sales come from its energy-efficient products. Owned by Siemens, Osram employs more than 41,000 people and has 48 production facilities in 17 countries. Osram operates under the name Sylvania in the United States and is now developing an efficient, solar-powered lighting system for use in remote, rural areas.

Worldwatch delivers the insights and ideas that empower decision makers to create an environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs. Worldwatch focuses on the 21st century challenges of climate change, resource degradation, population growth, and poverty by developing and disseminating solid data and innovative strategies for achieving a sustainable society.

Sponsoring Institutions

Worldwatch Institute

Alliance to Save Energy

OSRAM GmbH