Targeted engagement with trade associations
The Zumtobel Group engages with trade associations, standardisation committees and lighting societies with the aim of establishing the best conditions for optimum energy efficiency and the best lighting quality for the lighting industry and its customers. Until he left the company in April 2010, the previous CEO of the Zumtobel Group, Dr. Andreas J. Ludwig, was President of CELMA (the European umbrella organisation for manufacturers of luminaires and luminaire accessories) and chaired the lighting division of the Central Association of the German Electrical and Electronics Industry (ZVEI).
Policy makers have recognised the enormous potential that energy-efficient lighting has for reducing CO2 emissions. With its Directives on the energy efficiency of buildings, products and services, the European Union has created a framework whose gradual transposition into national law is expected to boost demand for energy efficiency services (see "Energy Performance of Buildings Directive" information box and "Energy Services Directive" information box). This is a development welcomed by national and international trade associations, lighting societies and standardisation committees such as CEN and CIE. However, the current requirements of existing EU lighting legislation do not cover all aspects of sustainability, being solely restricted to energy efficiency.
Together with the trade associations, the Zumtobel Group is out to ensure that the EU Directives for energy-efficient lighting are systematised into "Lighting Systems Legislation" (LSL) and is therefore actively involved in CELMA's "LSL Task Force". The aim of the task force is to obtain new EU legislation on sustainable lighting solutions from 2013 which takes both aspects of sustainability into account: energy efficiency and lighting quality. This legislation should promote proper planning, installation, operation and maintenance of lighting systems, further opening up the market for intelligent, sustainable lighting solutions and speeding up the replacement of inefficient systems.
Policy makers have recognised the enormous potential that energy-efficient lighting has for reducing CO2 emissions. With its Directives on the energy efficiency of buildings, products and services, the European Union has created a framework whose gradual transposition into national law is expected to boost demand for energy efficiency services (see "Energy Performance of Buildings Directive" information box and "Energy Services Directive" information box). This is a development welcomed by national and international trade associations, lighting societies and standardisation committees such as CEN and CIE. However, the current requirements of existing EU lighting legislation do not cover all aspects of sustainability, being solely restricted to energy efficiency.
Together with the trade associations, the Zumtobel Group is out to ensure that the EU Directives for energy-efficient lighting are systematised into "Lighting Systems Legislation" (LSL) and is therefore actively involved in CELMA's "LSL Task Force". The aim of the task force is to obtain new EU legislation on sustainable lighting solutions from 2013 which takes both aspects of sustainability into account: energy efficiency and lighting quality. This legislation should promote proper planning, installation, operation and maintenance of lighting systems, further opening up the market for intelligent, sustainable lighting solutions and speeding up the replacement of inefficient systems.
