So whats so exciting about lighting? Lighting accounts for 19% of the world electricity using up. Thats a huge amount and a huge occasion to minimize our consumption and reduce our cost Whats more, the beauty of switching to energy efficient is that we can make cuts today. In terms of climate change improvement, that is the main win of all.

Green is good, and right now, energy efficient light bulbs are all the rage. With the looming phase-out of old style incandescent light bulbs in many industrial countries, people are faced with choosing between a handful of energy efficient forms of lighting – compact fluorescents (CFL) and light emitting diodes (LED)

In the current days, South Africa is in a critical situation. The country is making improvement on the current infrastructure of the power station, and Eskom expenditure plan over the next number of years required to keep the country on track is exceptional.

Theres a massive pressure to put together the power capacity. The truth is it has become impossible to reach the required leve of consumption over the next 10 years. So. On the other side of the coin, main users need to reduce their using up by introducing new systems that will reduce the consumption of kW and thats were Voltex come in. There are vast occasion within the country power predicament and the consumption of energy saving bulbs has become important.

Not only has the power crisis affected the lighting sector, but the financial metldown too.

The general drop off in lighting equipment wolrdwide has been in region of 30-35 over the last two years.

Six or seven year ago Voltex was the earliest lighting company to aim at energy services,long before the lack of power capacity became an issue in South Africa. We targeted it from a strategic point of view a lot sooner than it happened. That means that when you’re chasing energy services projects, its not economy related. If theres an recognized company thats already using energy saving lighting and you can offer them an striking pay back, which we do, then we are no reliant on new building construction taking place.

Energy programs, both in terms of products and systems are critical for South Africa going forwards.

It is clear that Voltex will without doubt continue to play a major role inbringing the latest technologies to the market and secure its postion of leader for years to come. We are based on sound planning and strategy building, and making sure that is reviewed.