The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), in partnership with Scottish Enterprise and Zero Waste Scotland, has launched an R&D competition for Scottish SMEs to invent a new street lighting system.The winner will get a feasibility grant of £10,000 to cover overheads. The winning invention will need to meet all low carbon demands, from reduced energy consumption and running costs to reusing or recycling waste materials.'An SFT study indicated that an investment of £300m in LED lighting could deliver up to £900m of avoided costs over a 20-year period,' said Viv Cockburn (pictured left), low carbon director at SFT.
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