The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) has announced discounted pricing agreements with 25 manufacturers of energy-efficient products, including Dialight, covering indoor lighting, clean vehicles, traffic and street lighting, building products, advanced waste management technologies, water system components and alternative energy technologies.
Dialight will offer solid-state lighting products, based on the use of the latest light emitting diodes (LEDs), to 1,100 cities in the United States and 40 key cities throughout the world. The initial focus will be on traffic signals but will eventually include other products which use LEDs.
Roy Burton, group chief executive of Dialight, comments on Dialight's participation in CCI's global Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Programme: "Solid-state lighting can make a significant contribution to climate initiatives by reducing energy consumption over conventional light sources. I believe the Clinton Climate Initiative will accelerate the adoption rate of this important technology on a global basis.
"The move to solid-state lighting is important for cities as well as consumers, given the growing importance of issues such as rising global temperatures and energy costs. Being invited to participate in the climate initiative recognises Dialight's expertise in solid state lighting."
As a result of the discount programme, participating cities will have access to hundreds of individual products that reduce energy consumption in buildings, decrease fuel consumption and pollution by vehicles and capture and convert landfill methane into electricity.
"Climate change is a global issue that we must address immediately if we are to reverse its catastrophic effects," said former president Clinton. "I am pleased that many businesses and organisations are now working with my foundation to supply efficient and clean energy products. By offering these products at a discounted rate, we can ensure that more cities and citizens have access to them and that the market for clean energy technology will grow. Together, I hope that we can have a measurable impact on greenhouse gas emissions around the world."
(Jim Evans)
