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Al Rashed explained . “ This shift will be most dramatic in the share of lamps sold for retrofit projects , where older lighting is often replaced specifically to improve efficiency .
“ Although Navigant Research forecasts that only five percent of lamps sold to retrofit projects worldwide in 2013 will be LEDbased , that share is expected to grow to 40 percent by 2017 and 63 percent by 2021 .”
Technological Innovation Lighting is currently responsible for 19 percent of global electricity use and around six percent of global greenhouse gas emissions , making AGT ’ s commitment to the global trend all the more vital in the Middle East . However , in everything AGT does , the testing prior to market release is stringent and specific to the necessary environment in regional conditions .
“ We test every single product we receive from our partners ourselves before launching to the market .” Al Rashed said . “ Our testing facility is in our own corporate offices where we carry out live , actual scenarios .
“ In the future we may introduce a laboratory or specific testing facility , but I think the method we are using right now is a more realistic approach and is working very well for us .”
Technological innovation is another area where AGT is especially thriving at present , epitomised by its work in harnessing solar power .
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“ LED is also evolving towards OLED which will be an entirely new experience to what people are used to at the moment , so we need to make sure we are setting the standards in this evolution ”
– Mohamed Al Rashed
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