BOMBAY EFFICIENT LIGHTING LARGE-SCALE EXPERIMENT (BELLE) - BLUEPRINT FOR IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND REDUCING PEAK ELECTRIC DEMAND IN ADEVELOPING-COUNTRY

This paper presents the Bombay Efficient Lighting Large-Scale Experime nt, a practical approach to the problem of simultaneously meeting deve lopment and environment goals through increasing electric end-use effi ciency. The major elements of the project are described, together with an exposition of the barriers to implementation that they are designe d to address. The discussion illustrates the potential benefits, as we ll as the difficulties, of increasing energy efficiency in developing countries.