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The Earth Hour campaign to turn off
lights for an hour has completed a
record journey across more than
6,525 cities, towns and municipalities in
150 countries and territories and this year it
is considered as the biggest participation
growth for the largest voluntary action for
the environment since 2007.
Speaking in this context, Manjul Trehan,
Director-Sales (Indian subcontinent),
Lutron, said, "As energy saving has
become a global concern, this year Earth
Hour organized by World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF) supported by us has
encouraged many participants to go for
dimming for the rest 364 days to save
energy for the
environment. We are
getting many
enquiries from the
residential and
commercial industry
for energy efficiency
products such as dimmers, automated
shades and occupancy sensors etc."
Dimming the light by 25 per cent saves
20 per cent of electricity and extends light
bulb life by four times. Dimming by 50 per
cent saves 40 per cent of electricity and
makes a light bulb last 20 times longer.
History of dimming was rewritten in 1960,
when Founder of Lutron, Joel Spira
invented the first ever energy-saving
electronic dimmer. Before that, dimming
was done with bulky rheostat dimmers
which could only dim by transforming
electricity into heat without saving any
energy at all.
People are deeply conscious of the
growing concerns and are taking initiatives
to support the Earth Hour and they are also
opting for many other ways to save energy
in many other ways, a note from Lutron
observed.
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