After the 311 earthquake in Japan pay more attention to the energy crisis, energy policy development become a major focus, the Japanese government believes that to solve the energy problem must be from the supply (generation) and demand (use) both start with, the supply side will focus on development renewable energy generation, demand side to promote LED lighting and other energy-saving appliances popularity.
Japan 10 belong to different regions of the power companies to adjust lights combined electricity and reduce electricity consumption per watt of electricity is not high, the purpose is to encourage all units to switch to LED street lighting, road lighting, 2011 LED Japan the proportion of about 10%, expect the new system after the implementation of electricity can be replaced with LED lighting to accelerate the speed.
Investigation of a research institute, all switch to LED lighting can save the equivalent of 13 Japanese nuclear power plant generating capacity of electricity power remarkable potential, which, on the business of saving the best use of lighting, LED lighting for the Japanese government is currently The subsidy is also being dominated by small and medium enterprises and public facilities.
Japan’s LED lighting with green building development, from 311 in the reconstruction after the earthquake, the first installation of the building and home energy management systems and other energy-saving LED lighting, appliances, expectations of future expansion to other new buildings. 2025 the Japanese government target to install all building energy management system in 2030 all use the next generation of lighting such as LED or OLED, 2050 to complete the popularity of zero-carbon buildings.