Developing energy efficient and smart lighting education in Vietnam and Myanmar

Artificial lighting is a basic need for human wellbeing and performance when there is no access to daylight. Large populations, mostly in rural areas, depend on traditional biomass-based lighting techniques whereas in developing countries with electricity supply mostly energy inefficient electric li...

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Published in2023 IEEE Sustainable Smart Lighting World Conference & Expo (LS18) pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors van Duijnhoven, Juliette, Bhusal, Pramod, Bizjak, Grega, Kobav, Matej Bernard, Aarts, Marielle P.J.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 08.06.2023
Subjects
Artificial light
Developing countries
Education
education development
Energy efficiency
Greenhouse effect
Industries
lighting
smart
Sociology
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Summary:Artificial lighting is a basic need for human wellbeing and performance when there is no access to daylight. Large populations, mostly in rural areas, depend on traditional biomass-based lighting techniques whereas in developing countries with electricity supply mostly energy inefficient electric lighting is applied. Implementation of energy efficient and smart lighting products and systems could reduce the annually increasing energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries. However, these relatively recent energy efficient and smart lighting solutions are not common in developing countries due to various barriers including a lack of awareness and information, a lack of qualified engineers, and a lack of experience in implementing, testing and maintaining energy efficient and smart lighting design.This article summarizes the education development activities carried out at six universities in Vietnam and Myanmar. In addition to education development, lighting labs were established, teachers and technical staff were adequately trained, and interaction and cooperation between higher education institutions and public bodies and industry were enforced.
DOI:10.1109/LS1858153.2023.10170148