1、Voice of the Lighting Industry in Europe 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 2 A paradigm shift is taking place in the lighting market, moving beyond energy efficiency towards quality of light and Human Centric Lighting. This requires a change from “cost of ownership” thinking towards “benefit of use” considerations
2、. Hardware and products will release their full benefits only with software help and system thinking. With the implementation of LightingEuropes Strategy Roadmap 2025, we are focussing on the strategic growth drivers for the industry that will benefit the European users and the environment: LEDifica
3、tion, Intelligent Lighting Systems, Human Centric Lighting and Circular Economy. LEDs enable very energy efficient solutions, while at the same time, the technology facilitates an improvement in the quality of light. One role of LightingEurope is to assure that policy makers do not only see the ligh
4、ting industry as a key generator of energy savings but to secure enough regulatory room for manoeuvre to allow lighting users to benefit fully from this new technology, not purely from the energy efficiency aspect. The introduction of LED technology is changing the lighting industry from “analogue”
5、to “digital” particularly on the controls and sensors side. As buildings become smarter and need to operate as connected ecosystems,lighting will become the backbone of an intelligent building. The European lighting industry aims to grow the market by stimulating intelligence, controls, sensors and
6、dimming. We must ensure that the users of lighting installations benefit from better lighting which is enabled by LEDs and Intelligent Lighting Systems. Light can improve cognitive performance, energize, increase alertness or ease relaxation. It can improve mood, as well as stabilize the sleep-wake