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   This event is being organized jointly by ESMAP and the WBG Energy and Extractive Community of Practice This event is being organized jointly by ESMAP and the WBG Energy and Extractive Community of Practice This event is being organized jointly by ESMAP and the WBG Energy and Extractive Community of Practice This event is being organized jointly by ESMAP and the WBG Energy and Extractive Community of Practice This event is being organized jointly by ESMAP and the WBG Energy and Extractive Community of Practice This event is being organized jointly by ESMAP and the WBG Energy and Extractive Community of Practice This event is being organized jointly by ESMAP and the WBG Energy and Extractive Community of Practice This event was organized jointly by ESMAP and the WBG Energy and Extractive Community of Practice

Street lighting is an important sector of interest for many World Bank Group clients around the world.   In addition to achieving significant energy savings (often above 50%), the benefits of energy efficient street lighting are multiple—from reducing cities’ electricity bills, reducing O&M costs and creating fiscal space for other priorities—to providing enhanced security and safety for vehicles and pedestrians, contributing to enhancing the attractiveness of a city, to reducing greenhouse gas emission and contributing to expanding coverage and quality of lighting service.  

Street lighting is typically an area where municipalities have control and an investment which has a short payback period.  However, energy efficient lighting technologies, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), have higher upfront cost (compared to less efficient options).  How can we help our clients select and implement efficient lighting technologies that will deliver value for money?

In this BBL, colleagues learned about—and discussed potential application of—the Street Lighting Product Evaluation Tool  developed under the auspices of the Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD).*   SEAD’s street lighting work focuses on working with partners and municipalities to ensure successful integration of energy efficiency criteria in street lighting product procurement.  An overview of best practice approaches from around the world for overcoming key barriers to adopting more efficient technologies, including an orientation on the SEAD Street Lighting Product Evaluation Tool complemented the event.  The event was carried out by:

Chair | Ms. Julia Bucknall, Practice Manager, Energy and Extractives, The World Bank Group

Speaker | Ms. Graziella Siciliano, Fellow, Office of International Affairs - International Climate Change Policy and Technology, U.S. Department of Energy.

Presentation:  SEAD: Improving Procurement Practices to Accelerate Market Transformation

Discussants:

  • Mr. Ashok Sarkar, Senior Energy Specialist, Energy and Extractive Global Practice, World Bank Group

  • Mr. Luiz Maurer, Principal Industry Specialist, WBG Climate Change VP – International Finance Corporation

  • Mr. Sebastian Scholz, Senior Economist, Urban, Rural and Social Development Global Practice, World Bank Group

Contact: Martina Bosi @ mbosi@worldbank.org

* The Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) is a voluntary multinational government collaboration whose primary objective  is to accelerate global market transformation for energy-efficient products.  It is an initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial and the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (more information can be found at SuperEfficient.Org).