Lighting for net zero

This paper outlines progress and priorities for lighting with a focus on efficiency, circularity and daylighting as we transition our buildings to net zero and beyond.

Key findings

Our headline recommendations for lighting to continue to be a successful part of the net zero pathway include:

• More empirical research on how the successful rollout of low energy lighting has impacted energy use in homes and business buildings
• Consideration to the extension of building regulation requitements for lightings controls in our buildings for both homes and offices
• Setting a trajectory for building regulations to address embodied carbon emissions including those from lighting. 
• Lighting manufacturing and markets needing to be designed for circularity 
• The planning process to emphasise the benefits of daylight
• The development of a building daylight indicator to allow for an early comparison between buildings and the consideration of daylight against other aspects of sustainability.