The Selecting of Environmentally Friendly Lighting System for Electrical Equipment Repair Shops

Today one of the Federal programs implemented in Russia at the state level, is a program of energy conservation and energy efficiency to reduce the specific consumption of fuel and energy resources. Electricity for lighting accounts for 15% global power consumption and about of 13% power consumption in Russia. The article deals with the approach to lighting systems design on the basis of energy-saving technologies. Switching to energy-efficient lighting is one of the fastest ways to decrease cost of lighting. The paper proposes a new approach to evaluate ecological safety and economic efficiency of three most popular options of the lighting systems. In order to confirm the advantages of this approach to energy savings in industrial premises were undertaken the calculations. The article presents the results of the selection of the most appropriate environmentally friendly lighting system for electrical equipment repair shops using the analytic hierarchy process.