Report: 1950s lighting technology costing UK industry £1.4bn a year

James S Murray
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UK lighting start-up Vita Energia reveals huge savings that could result from new energy-efficient systems

UK industrial and manufacturing firms could save themselves up to £1.4bn a year by switching to new lighting technologies, according to a major new study undertaken by one of the UK's leading energy efficient...

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