P3 – ENERGY CONSERVATION THROUGH REPLACEMENT OF FLUORESCENT LIGHTS WITH

ENERGY EFFICIENT LED LIGHTS

ESTIMATION OF ANNUAL CO2 REDUCTION BY REPLACEMENT OF FLUORESCENT LIGHTS WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT LED
LIGHTS - DIAMOND FABRICS LIMITED

Rapid urbanization and increasing population growth are changing the global climate at an unprecedented rate.
Pakistan ranks amongst the top of those nations where vulnerability index due to climate changes is very high.
At present, the country’s GHG emissions are increasing at an annual rate of 6% or 18.5 million tons of CO2. CO2
is most significant among GHGs as it contributes more than 70% of atmospheric concentrations.
In the current scenario, Sapphire Diamond Fabrics Limited took initiative to play its role in the reduction of CO2
emissions in the factory premises. Facility has almost 10,000 fluorescent lights installed at different areas. These
lights consume 28 W and 36 W with T5 and T8 rods respectively, we have replaced these high energy consuming
lights with energy efficient LED tube rods. Data was logged for per month electricity consumption in kWh, before
and after the replacement of LED lights and the results were quite impressive.

kWh consumed before and after LED

lights installation
140000
129024
120000 116122
100000 96768
90317 86443
80000 77799
60000 64512 60510 64832

40000 43222

20000

0
July Aug Sep Oct Nov

Energy Consumed before replacement (kWh) Energy Consumed after replacement (kWh)

Figure 1: Units Consumption Chart – LED LIGHTS INSTALLATION PROJECT

After analyzing the results, calculations were performed in order to find the actual figure of annual reduction in
CO2 emissions and it seems that the initiative taken by DFL was very good. So, LED lights installation will be
increased in the future.

Division Denim Apparel Weaving Total Units

LED Lights installed 1720 2700 6000 4420 Pieces
Total kWh Saved per day 412 648 2592 3652 KWH/day
Daily electricity cost saved 8240 12960 51840 73040 PKR/day
Annual CO2 reduction 75.19 118.26 473.04 666.49 T.CO2/Annum
Project Total Cost 14,522,508 PKR
Payback 199 Days