Rabat, March 20 -- Morocco's Minister of Energy, Mines, and Sustainable Development Aziz Rabbah has called for cities to review their public lighting systems to ensure greater energy efficiency.

Rabbah was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 5th African Energy Efficiency Meetings on March 13 in Casablanca.

"Cities have an interest in reviewing their street lighting system to minimize this expense and use the savings in other services," Rabbah said.

He argued that public lighting is a "trigger" for moving toward sustainable cities but did not give a reason why.

Rabbah gave the example of the transportation sector, the main consumer of energy. particularly fossil fuels. The transportation sector consumes about 38 percent of the foss...