A pre-programmed energy saving lighting system, comprising: a power circuit operative to control provision of electrical power from an input power source to a light source; an energy profile control component configured to store one or more pre-programmed energy profiles, and to provide signals to the power circuit to control the provision of electrical power from the input power source to the light source according to a selected pre-programmed energy profile as a function of a current time value; characterised in that; the energy profile control component further is configured to store at least one user-defined energy profile, and in that the pre-programmed energy saving lighting system further comprises; a bypass component operatively coupled with the input power source to sense input power conditions and operatively coupled to the energy profile control component and operative to create or modify the at least one user-defined energy profile based at least partially on a predefined sequence of power conditions; an internal clock component operative to provide the current time value to the energy profile control component to start the pre-programmed energy profile; and a sync input operative to start or program the internal clock component where the sync input is operative according to a signal from the power circuit to start the internal clock component when power is applied to the lighting system, where the energy profile control component stores a plurality of pre-programmed energy profiles including a default energy profile and one or more secondary profiles, further comprising a bypass component operatively coupled with the input power source to sense input power conditions and to select one of the secondary profiles based at least partially on a pre-defined sequence of power conditions. a power circuit operative to control provision of electrical power from an input power source to a light source; an energy profile control component configured to store one or more pre-programmed energy profiles, and to provide signals to the power circuit to control the provision of electrical power from the input power source to the light source according to a selected pre-programmed energy profile as a function of a current time value; characterised in that; the energy profile control component further is configured to store at least one user-defined energy profile, and in that the pre-programmed energy saving lighting system further comprises; a bypass component operatively coupled with the input power source to sense input power conditions and operatively coupled to the energy profile control component and operative to create or modify the at least one user-defined energy profile based at least partially on a predefined sequence of power conditions; an internal clock component operative to provide the current time value to the energy profile control component to start the pre-programmed energy profile; and a sync input operative to start or program the internal clock component where the sync input is operative according to a signal from the power circuit to start the internal clock component when power is applied to the lighting system, where the energy profile control component stores a plurality of pre-programmed energy profiles including a default energy profile and one or more secondary profiles, further comprising a bypass component operatively coupled with the input power source to sense input power conditions and to select one of the secondary profiles based at least partially on a pre-defined sequence of power conditions.