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LED lighting may appear to be a bit on the expensive side when installed, but it can
save you energy and therefore money in the long run.
With another electricity shortage feared this winter, a local association is promoting LED
lighting as the way of the future. Sohn Jung-in tells us more. This is a parking
garage of an apartment complex in Gwangju where the LED lights automatically turn on
or become brighter when a person or a car nears the area.
The management of the complex says it set them back nearly 48-thousand U.S. dollars
to install the lights, but it's an investment they expect to get back.
"We are now saving up to 72 percent, or almost 46-hundred dollars from the average total
electricity bill of 63-hundred dollars every month."
With the effectiveness of the eco-friendly lighting coming to light, the Korea Association
For Photonics Industry Development, or KAPID, is actively pushing government agencies and
the private sector to embrace the LED industry and turn Gwangju and other cities into LED
cities.
"For outdoor public spaces, the city of Gwangju is planning to replace more than 10 percent
of the streetlamps with LED lights within next year and continue the substitution extensively."
KAPID, which has a goal to achieve a 60 percent penetration rate of LED lighting by the year
2020, is also working on helping Korea's 800 LED-related companies make inroads into other
markets in Europe and Southeast Asia. Sohn Jung-in, Arirang News.