Garching, Germany, 19 September 2024 – As one of the world’s leading providers in general lighting for professional lighting experts and consumers, LEDVANCE is committed to measuring and reducing the environmental impact of its products and services. With externally verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) based on the ISO14025 and EN 15804+A2 standards, the company now provides comparable, objective and third-party verified data regarding the environmental performance of its portfolio in Europe.
Andreas Adam, Head of Global Sustainability at LEDVANCE: “EPDs quantify the environmental footprint of our lighting solutions throughout their life cycle. Our objective is to have externally verified EPDs for at least 80 percent of our entire professional luminaire portfolio in Europe by the end of 2026. To date, we are 25 percent into the journey with 24 EPDs covering 330 products, and we have prioritized our highest-demand products so that our customers and the public are able to access this information as soon as possible.”
For an EPD, the environmental performance is evaluated in a transparent, systematic analysis over the entire life cycle of a product, displaying several indicators such as global warming potential or the depletion of abiotic resources. LEDVANCE publishes EPDs via PEP Ecopassport®, following an industry-defined standard for luminaires. As a member of the P.E.P Association, LEDVANCE has contributed to and advocated for the innovative lighting standard PSR0014 for luminaire EPDs in collaboration with Lighting Europe and the PEP Association.
According to the United Nations Climate Change secretariat (UNFCCC), electricity for lighting accounts for approximately 15 percent of the global power consumption and for 5 percent of the worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. With a global transition to efficient lighting, these emissions could be reduced by over one-third.
Jue Wang, Executive Senior Vice President at LEDVANCE: “Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important topic in lighting. Customers are looking for better solutions or products in terms of environmental aspects. EPDs give verified information about the environmental impact of a product over its entire lifecycle. For us as a company, the learnings gained from the EPDs are valuable to further advance sustainable innovations in the lighting sector.”
As Life Cycle Assessments of LEDVANCE products show that the use phase dominates the environmental impact of luminaires during their life cycle, LEDVANCE is dedicated to optimizing power consumption during the use phase by involving intelligent control of luminaires with sensors and Smart Light Management Systems.
With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries and business activities in over 140 countries, LEDVANCE is one of the world's leading companies in the field of general lighting for professional customers and end users. Emerging from OSRAM's general lighting division, LEDVANCE's portfolio includes a wide range of LED luminaires for a variety of applications, intelligent lighting products for smart homes and smart buildings, one of the most comprehensive offerings of advanced LED lamps in the lighting industry, and traditional lamps. In addition to offering products under its own product brand LEDVANCE, the company continues to use the OSRAM and SYLVANIA trademarks for many of its products in agreement with OSRAM. Beyond lighting, LEDVANCE offers vertically integrated, renewable energy solutions for the building sector. Together, the lighting division and the renewable energy division form a comprehensive ecosystem for residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
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