Pune, July 20 The Indian Society of Lighting Engineers (ISLE) in association with MIT Lighting Research Academy and CIRT. held a national workshop on street Lighting at CIRT Bhosari The workshop was held to discuss various aspects of street lighting and suggest effective solutions for the benefit of the public at large. "Street lighting is an undeniable aspect of modern civic life and accounts for city's 38-40 per cent of electricity consumption. Effective and efficient lighting is a prerequisite for the holistic development of any city as well as for creating a feeling of well-being and security. However with the increasing cost of electricity and concerns of global warming, intelligent power consumption is the need of the hour," stated a press release. The national workshop organised by ISLE was a outcome of the innovative city beautification program initiated by MIT-LRA wherein a study was undertaken with the vision of saving electricity and environment. Post the study lighting experts from Australia Prof. Warren Julian and. Reg Wilson gave their recommendations on lighting as a means of city beautification. Avinash Kulkarni, national president, ISLE, in his introductory speech briefed about the changing scenario of the lighting and the journey of FTL as the most common mode of light to today's metal hide lamps. He emphasized that such seminars should be organized where in there is a healthy interaction between the industry and the end users. The first half of the seminar was dedicated to the industry, wherein K. Naveen, deputy general manager, Crompton Greaves, Mumbai, Arun Moorty, Country Head, Echelon Asia Pacific Ltd., Mumbai, Indranil Goswami, general manager, Lighting Design & Application Centre Philips, Gurgaon gave their opinion on the street lighting scenario in the country. K. Naveen educated about the basics of lighting. Speaking on the occasion, Moorty elaborated on monitored lighting, the opportunities and the challenges involved in the same. He emphasised that the need of the hour is the standard based monitored street lighting solutions in India. Goswami explained the new concept of the "Cosmopolis" an effective options of lighting which offer improved optical quality, is compact and very efficient for reducing the electricity consumption. The Cosmopolis lighting, a eco-friendly green light, will be installed for the first time in India at the Commonwealth Games at Balewadi in the city. Pravin Tupe, executive engineer, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, explained an ideal case study of how the PCMC has been successful in reducing the electricity consumption. PCMC, with a sole objective to reduce electricity consumption, replaced 6000 sodium vapour lamps by T 54*24 fitting. As a result, the consumption reduced to 4, 68, 758 Watts in May this year from 8, 07,398 Watts in January, thereby saving Rs. 12.10 lakhs. The dignitaries discussed the evolution of street lighting system, the complaint redressal in street lighting system. Anu Chaudhary elaborated on Carbon Credit as a concept and various aspects of the topic. She elaborated the need of the carbon credit policy and the projects in Pune & India. Summing up the deliberations of the workshop, Kulkarni made following recommendations