The Impact

THE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

Much of Australia’s climate change debate is focused on ‘generation side management’ - ways to reduce emissions from electricity generation such as clean coal, solar, wind and geothermal sources.

However, the first approach usually advocated in addressing climate change is ‘demand side management’ - reducing current energy usage. This is typically described as the ‘cheapest megawatt hour is the one we don’t use’ or the ‘cleanest power station’ is the one we don’t build.

One of the key values of our technology is that it will become a significant force in the reduction of greenhouse gases in Australia and the world. BluGlass’ technology aims to help reduce the amount of electricity used in lighting significantly.

The Facts

Globally it is estimated that LEDs could save 30% of the electricity used in general lighting.
Our Sydney based pilot plan is designed as an environmentally safe facility capable of manufacturing semiconductor materials and eventually LEDs
Our unique process not only has the potential to dramatically reduce the cost of making LEDs but also uses a more environmentally benign process free of the highly toxic ammonia
LEDs do not contain the extremely harmful substance, mercury, found in CFLs and are safe to dispose of at the end of their long life

Once LEDs replace inefficient current technologies such as incandescent bulbs and environmentally harmful technologies such as CFLs, much less electricity will be required to light our lives. Less energy consumption directly equates to less greenhouse gas production in our atmosphere.